News Vinci buys two firms to bolster North American road-building French contractor Vinci has bought two family-run firms to add to its road-building capacity in North America. One is Newport Construction based in New Hampshire in the US, and the…
News Portugal to enter talks with Vinci over Lisbon’s €9bn airport Portugal will start negotiating with France’s Vinci about building and running Lisbon’s €9bn international airport in the next few days, Portuguese newspaper CM reports. Ground could break by the end…
News Seymour Whyte to build bridge at Melbourne Airport Vinci Construction’s Australian subsidiary Seymour Whyte has won a €96m contract to improve road access to Melbourne Airport. The contractor will upgrade the airport’s forecourt and build a 550m bridge…
Companies Vinci launches succession plan for outgoing chief Huillard French construction group Vinci, the largest in the world outside China, has activated its succession plan for the retirement of chief executive Xavier Huillard, due after the company’s annual general…
Companies Vinci buys into green energy firm, eyes expansion in US renewables French construction group Vinci has finalised a €50m investment NatPower, a renewable energy developer set up in 2019. The company, which is based in Milan, London and Washington, DC, has…
News Court rejects Vinci’s claim for €1.6bn over cancelled Nantes airport A French court yesterday rejected a claim of nearly €1.6bn in damages made by Vinci in relation to the cancellation of an airport project near Nantes, website BMF Business reports.…
Projects Vinci celebrates opening of 93km Coastal Road in Côte d’Ivoire Vinci Construction is celebrating the opening of a restored 93km stretch of Côte d’Ivoire’s Coastal Road between Dabou and Grand Lahou. It strengthens the link between the country’s two main…
News Vinci wins seven-year deal to upgrade French rail system French contractor Vinci has won a seven-year contract to renew 800km of track and ballast in the French rail network. The deal, which is expected to be worth about €700m,…
Companies Vinci buys concession for busy Denver toll road Vinci Highways has agreed to buy NWP HoldCo, the company holding the concession for Denver’s tolled Northwest Parkway, a 14-km section of the city’s ring road. NWP HoldCo is currently…
News Vinci subsidiary picked to decommission two reactors in Sweden Swedish energy company Vattenfall has hired Vinci subsidiary Nuvia to decommission two reactors at its Ringhals nuclear power plant. Nuvia will take down unit 1, a boiling water reactor shut…
News Vinci wins €200m transmission contract in Senegal Senegal’s electricity authority Senelec has awarded a €200m contract to France’s Vinci Energies to install 1,350km of high-voltage and very-high-voltage overhead and underground transmission lines. The project part-financed by France…
News Vinci to run Dominican Republic airports until 2060 Vinci Airports’ concession to run six airports in the Dominican Republic through its subsidiary Aerodom just got a 30-year extension. It began in 2016 and was due to run to…
News Vinci, Acciona sign €6.15bn power transmission PPP for New South Wales A consortium of Vinci subsidiary Cobra IS, Acciona, and energy distributor Endeavour Energy has signed a commitment deed contract for a €6.15bn public-private partnership (PPP) project to erect a transmission…
News Vinci to build 1,950km of power lines in Brazil Vinci subsidiary Cobra IS has won three contracts worth a total of €720m to build 1,948km of high-voltage transmission lines in Brazil. Cobra has also signed two EPC contracts worth €550m…
News Vinci team takes 49% stake in Poland’s new airport company A team of Vinci Airports and Australia’s IFM Global Infrastructure Fund has been chosen as preferred investor for Poland’s new international airport. They were picked by Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK),…
News Vinci team picked to handle spoil from world’s longest rail tunnel A Vinci-led consortium has won an €800m contract to deal with 23 million tonnes of spoil produced in the boring of the 45km French section of the Mont Cenis base…
News Vinci to build, operate 106 charging stations in Germany The German Ministry for Digital and Transport has awarded Vinci Concessions three contracts to install 828 electric-vehicle charging points at 106 stations around Berlin, Hamburg and Leipzig.
News Vinci wins €160m LNG tank project in Rotterdam Vinci Construction Grands Projets has won a €160m contract to design and build a 180,000 cu m liquefied natural gas (LNG) tank in Rotterdam.