Housing in Darboussier, Guadeloupe
_ Overseas France. VINCI Construction has operations in practically all of overseas France. In building and civil engineering, its local subsidiaries were mainly involve in projects on Reunion Island (La Kanopée eco-districtin La Possession, Roland-Garros airport, East River bridge), in Guadeloupe (new housing in Pointe-à-Pitre’s Darboussier neighbourhood) and in Martinique (extension of Aimé-Césaire airport). In transport infrastructure, there was significant activity in New Caledonia (upgrade of the road along the Anse Vata seafront, repair of a heavily damaged road between Dumbéa and Païta) and in Mayotte (the administrative department’s first bus rapid transit project).
Auckland, first extradosed bridge
_ In Australia, Seymour Whyte completed or continued work on major motorway projects (M1 Pacific Motorway, Bruce Highway, Princes Highway) and won major infrastructure projects in Sydney (landside infrastructure and facilities for the future Western Sydney international airport and 7.5km of the M12 motorway that will provide access to the airport) and in Melbourne (Healesville–Koo Wee Rup road upgrade, with duplication of lanes over 5km). The company is also involved in the Causeway pedestrian and cycling bridges in central Perth.
In New Zealand, HEB Construction was selected for the Penlink project in north Auckland (7km of roads and the country’s first extradosed bridge) and in Wellington, where it was appointed to build 4.5km of shared paths and an embankment along the harbour. In the Christchurch area, the company’s two road upgrade and maintenance contracts were renewed for five years.