The Prime Minister of Qatar visits two QDVC worksites


On February 27, 2010, the Prime Minister of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al Thani, visited worksites in the new city of Lusail. Among the officials who accompanied the Prime Minister were Ghanim Bin Saad Al Saad, CEO of Qatari Diar and Mohamed Al-Hedfa, CEO of LUSAIL. The visitors toured the Lusail Car Parks site currently under construction in the Marina District and the light-rail project site (LRT), two worksites operated by QDVC, the Qatari subsidiary of VINCI Construction Grands Projets (49%) and Qatari Diar (51%).
Events - 03/11/2010

 

Contract to upgrade drinking water supply and treatment in Jamaica

VINCI Construction Grands Projets was recently awarded the first phase of the contract to upgradedrinking water supply and treatment for the town of Kingston, the capital of Jamaica, by the NWC (National Water Commission). The contract is worth €51 million. The work involves laying 19 km of pipes and upgrading two water treatment stations. WMI, subsidiary of VINCI Construction Grands Projets, will be responsible for optimising management of the network.
Contracts - 03/08/2010

Hydraulics

Baptism of the first TBM for the Liefkenshoek

The first of the two pressurised-mud tunnel boring machines built for the Liefkenshoek rail tunnel in Antwerp (Belgium) was baptized on 5 January. Named Schanulleke (from the name of a character in the Belgian Suske & Wiske comic strip), it will dig one of the two (7.3m interior-diameter and 5.9m-long) tunnels for the project. The second TBM, Wiske, arrived on the worksite on 19 January and will be baptized at the beginning of March.
Events - 01/27/2010

Transportation