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4-5 INTERVIEW Bernard Lemoine report 15-21 Chairman of Eiffage Énergie and of Clemessy Highly specialized jobs 6-9 HIGHLIGHTS performed by Eiffage 10-11 THE EVENT Eiffage’s sphere of expertise encompasses a whole range of outstanding professions as testified by the know-how to which this Grand stadium of Lille: let Group can justifiably lay claim, the universal areas covered and the celebrations begin! the highly specialized conditions under which these professionals The Eiffage teams are getting into action so work. An overview of such jobs: that the LOSC team can play its forthcoming match on home-ground, on 18th August in 16 Marine engineers working under water the brand spanking-new Grand Stadium. 17 Stonemasons 18 Deep-sea diving professionals 12-14 INVITED GUESTS 19 Removing and replacing piping-systems in nuclear Pierre Ferret and power-stations Denis Valode The Grand Stadium is not the creative 20 Robotic gluing and assembly of mirror parts achievement of a single architect but, 21 Heating specialists to regulate wine vat temperatures in fact, of … two such architects.

synergie Publishing Director: Pierre Berger. Editor-in-Chief: Sandra Weigand. Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Sophie Sanchez. Article-contributors for this edition are: Jean-Louis Alcaïde, Marion

Bentz, Audrey Bourgeois, Maud Breheret, Pascale Chastras, Hélène Grimaldi, Régine Knecht, Hélène Lelut, Alice Leroisse and Marek Pawlukiewicz. Design-layout: agence@ spherepublique.com. Photo accreditations: ANMA/Artefactory, Bruno Bertin, Joachim Bertrand, Barbara Dumont, Elisa/Valode & Pistre Architects/Pierre Ferret Architect Workshop / Max Lerouge, Christophe Guibbaud, Frédéric Hédelin - public works, Artur Jasinski & Wspolnicy Studio, Ora-Ito Architect, Aurélien Pic, Yves-Marie Quemener, Gérard Tordjman, Karine Warny – Tandem. Technical photography support: APRR, Clemessy, Eiffage, Eiffage Constuction, Eiffage Construction Métallique, Eiffage Énergie, Eiffage Public Works, Pradeau & Morin. Printed on FSC-certified Novatech Satin.

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Editorial “Working better as a team” The Eiffage convention 2012, which was held for the first time on the14th and 15th June 2012 in Marseille, was attended by 450 senior managers because I wanted to focus primarily on the proper management and monitoring activities to be conducted on the sites. I believe that it is an essential priority 22-23 to improve the management of the smallest sites by sharing our good working practices, and similarly to improve that of the largest or most complex sites by creating synergies amongst the different branches. The joint working efforts are, in fact, bearing fruit, as has been attested by the public- private partnership contracts recently awarded, when looking at these eight colleges in Seine-Saint-Denis, for which Eiffage has been commissioned to ensure the design, construction, operation and 28-31 maintenance over a twenty year period. Thereafter, in a context which remains under certain pressure, both at financial level and 22-23 FOCUS in terms of market forces, the diversity of our locations and expertise, coupled with Eiffage Rail feels like greater consistency in applying these, are testimony of our success and improved it has grown wings margins. Eiffage Rail, a subsidiary created in In such regard, our economic model which January 2010, has gone up a gear to aim combines putting down roots locally and for membership of the highly selective club making global offers, must more than ever of the “top 4” of those majoring in railway- before be given substance. We still must engineering projects in France. Its size will develop our business goodwill and show a tenfold growth over a five-year strengthen our existing network so as to be period, in terms of turnover and workforce. even closer to our clients. At the same time, we have to progress from a product-related logic to a combined 24-27 NEWS product/service logic in order to meet better the requirements of our clients. In fact, we are increasingly becoming bound under 28-31 Commitments contract to a performance-related obligation, but with decreasing means Have your say to achieve this. This should, nevertheless, Coming back to the in-house satisfaction encourage us to strengthen our design survey conducted at Eiffage by the design capacity and rigour with regard to the and opinion-poll company, Harris figures. Interactive. In parallel, we must identify those markets most likely to prove productive and profitable in the future and adopt a dynamic approach 32-35 INITIATIVES to ensuring that we attain a guaranteed market position. It is by working together that we shall launch a new Eiffage!

Pierre Berger Managing Director

July 2012 3 INTERVIEW

Synergie : You assumed the Chairmanship of the Energy branch of Eiffage, in March 2012. Can you provide us with an outline of the process which led to this? B.L. : I have been working in the energy sector for more than fifteen years and I am therefore fully aware of the various facets of this sector and the stakes involved. From 1983 to 2002, I was employed in various capacities in Alstom, in Energy and Transport. In 2003, I returned to the electrical engineering Bernard Lemoine, Chairman of Eiffage Énergie and of Clemessy group, Cegelec, which maintains a presence both in infrastructures sector and in the industry and service sectors. “In today’s world, Following the buy-out of Cegelec in 2010 by Vinci, I became Assistant Managing Director of Cegelec and Deputy Managing Director of the Energy division of Vinci. energy stakes are Being an engineer at heart, I still find these professions inspiring me with a driving passion. crucial.” “Weak currents Bernard Lemoine assumed the Chairmanship of the show sustained Energy branch of Eiffage on 15th March 2012. He growth” highlights the determining qualities characterising

Synergie: Which lessons have you learnt the services provided by the Group, in a context where from such experiences? energy, performance guarantees and savings are B.L. : During the nineties, I lived through the difficult transformation of an increasingly becoming strategic issues. industrial giant. Such an experience, at the time, enabled me to become immersed in the management style To come back to the thread of my account, Synergie: What are the strengths of applied by the English and to learn I also lived through the merger of Alstom Eiffage’s Energy division? that performance targets could be met with the Swiss-Swedish company, ABB, B.L. : This is the third national player in by adapting to alternative reference and thus evolved in a highly international standards. The French think in terms the electrical and air-conditioning sector environment. Thereafter at Cegelec, I of profit whilst the English conversely achieving a turnover of almost 3.2 billion apply a cash culture – where cash funds immersed myself in the service culture euro. It has vast development potential are often perceived as the only really of our local professionals in the areas and operates in national markets where tangible financial means. Profit is an of services, industry, infrastructure and the competitors are all subject to the opinion, cash is a fact! large-scale specialist project sectors. same constraints. Furthermore, in

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today’s and even more so, in tomorrow’s and better coordinated. I therefore set 50,000 euro, which provide us with world, the energy stakes, both in terms up monthly business reviews, thereby a livelihood. We must maintain our of production and consumption will providing an opportunity to review the market share in this sector! remain crucial. activities of the units. Every manager As regards exports, I am aiming at a of a profit centre must have clear Specifically, the services of the Energy 30% increase in turnover by targeting responsibilities and clear-cut annual division remain a determining factor to the African continent as a priority. For objectives. There must be no cop-out of ensure energy efficiency in buildings and historical reasons, we enjoy a certain achieving performance. To summarize, infrastructures. For the past ten years, degree of closeness with some of these I intend putting Eiffage’s Energy under the energy-saving part – i.e. all that countries and we are able to respond to due pressure. is at the heart of automated systems, their requirements, in terms of buildings safety and energy management – has and infrastructure. We can deliver been showing steady and sustained “Defining a specific “turn-key” projects, thereby providing growth compared with the strong power real added value. The potential is consumption element. Operation and strategy for each promising. maintenance may be added to this in sector of the market” order to guarantee our clients such Synergie: In your opinion, is energy efficiency performance-levels co-operation between divisions a basis over the long-term. Finally, within the for development? Eiffage Energy division I get a feeling Synergie: Have you devised a three-year of the culture of good workmanship, action-plan? B.L. : Absolutely. Eiffage’s Energy division which is frequently appreciated by our B.L. : I intend setting out a specific must contribute to Group and not only clients. strategy for each sector of the market at financial level. The various divisions – for example, in the service sector of Eiffage can and must interact more upstream of any projects. The Synergie: Which, in parallel, are the (education, real-estate, health…), industry (aeronautics, environment, synergy between the divisions must challenges that Eiffage Énergie should not, however, come into play solely take up? petrochemical…) and infrastructures (telecommunications, transports, at commercial level. Both the clients B.L. : Eiffage’s Energy division is not one of networks …) – because these activities and players financing the projects now the most efficient performers amongst cover very different stakes, which must demand guarantees and sustainable the companies of the sector with respect be very clearly defined. performance. The energy-management to safety and profitability. This is why systems lie at the heart of running In my opinion, defining a strategy it is essential to keep reminding our and maintaining buildings as well as means drawing up a report of the places on-site teams of the importance of infrastructures in the long-term. The in question and specific objectives and meticulously respecting the pertinent role of the Energy division is essential then outlining the means of achieving safety measures on a daily basis. here. this: what stage have we reached? Where In addition, the financial culture is are we heading? How do we get there? I becoming a lot more sophisticated have set up shared communication tools Synergie: Why are you confident? in order to be able to respond to these B.L. : To my way of thinking, you don’t Born in 1958, Bernard Lemoine is a three challenges for each industrial go out onto a sports pitch to lose, but graduate of the ‘École Polytechnique’ hy sector in which the division operates, rather to win! Others have achieved this, p and ‘École nationale supérieure des télé- by the end of the year. In some cases, so why shouldn’t we ? We have huge

ra communications’. From 1983 to 2002, the responses will be straight-forward; levers such as Clemessy, for example. g he held various posts whilst employed in others, some company buy-outs will The synergy at this level of approaching by Alstom, in the transport and energy perhaps be necessary in order to develop specialists, local practices and specialist sectors. In 2003, he joined Cegelec, certain activities. jobs is unheard of and a highly promising which maintains a presence in infra- Concerning safety, it is essential for us undertaking. And then, there is, above

hort bio hort structure projects, as well as equally, in to be amongst the best in the business, all, that formidable strength which we S the industrial and service sector. In in the short term. With regard to can call upon from our male and our 2010, it became part of the Vinci Group. profitability, the operating result must female workforce, duly equipped with Bernard Lemoine was then appointed equally be brought up to the level of the required skills and ready to rally Assistant Managing Director of Cegelec and the best performers. It is important to round to rise to the challenge and win! Deputy Managing Director of the Vinci nurture our goodwill; all those small Confidence is contagious and I have no Group’s energy department. commissions amounting to less than doubt as to our success! —

July 2012 5 HIGHLIGHTS

The eight architects gave the various establishments a decisively modern appearance, which breaks with the linear facades of old and showcases timber framing. Eiffage wins contract for eight colleges worth almost 200 million euro in Seine-Saint-Denis

At the beginning of April, Eiffage was “Changing the appearance” of the colleges years for providing service, major awarded a partnership contract to of Seine - Saint-Denis – that is the aim of maintenance and renewal work. This type build eight 21st century colleges by the the General Council chaired by Claude of project will provide a consistent volume General Council of Seine - Saint- Bartolone who, in this respect, adopted an of activities for the subsidiaries for 2013- Denis.This is a first for the Group. Even exceptional investment plan of 703 million 2014 as well as recurrent income for twenty though, in August 2010, Eiffage was euro over the period from 2010-2015. Hence, years – whilst having everything well under commissioned with the energy efficiency twenty one colleges will be built or rebuilt, control from a risk aspect. — improvements of eighteen lycées in the 12 of which on the basis of a partnership Centre region and then in February 2011 with contract. constructing the professional lycée Jean- Zay At the beginning of 2012, Eiffage was POINT OF REFERENCE in Jarny (Meurthe-et-Moselle) as a public- successful in winning the two lots of four This is the first time that the Group private partnership, this is the first time that establishments it was bidding for, will take responsibility for the finance, construction, operation and the Group will be responsible for the finance, representing a turnover of almost 200 maintenance of the colleges under building, operation and maintenance of million euro, to which will be added 2.5 the order governing partnership colleges under the Order of 17th June 2004. million euro for rent per annum over twenty contracts of 17th June 2004.

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The whole thing hinges around a central location comprising all buildings and which will accommodate the new town hall and market hall.

Arcachon: the summer resort town dons its best finery

For Eiffage, the inauguration of the which was created during the second half structures to balconies, through pediments, summer resort of Arcachon (Gironde) in of the 19th century and highly admired for gables and mosaics. Some of the forgotten the middle of March marked the outcome its residences of that time. materials, such as the glazed tiles, have been of a four year construction project. This This is the opportunity for Eiffage Construction repeated for the event. Nearly all the completely new Project of 32,000 m2 to testify to its triple competence as a developer, accommodation has already been offered represents a turnover of 150 million euro promoter and construction company. Working for sale since the beginning of June. — for the real estate part and 72 million euro together with seven architects, the teams from for the building section. The Group was the town and Eiffage drew their inspiration POINT OF REFERENCE 2 € chosen to rebuild 70,000 m2 of paving right from the local heritage. They therefore had 32 000 m , 150 m turnover for the real estate part, 72 m € turnover for the in the heart of Arcachon, over a surface area recourse to local companies and craftsmen to building section, 337 new apartments, of three hectares, whilst maintaining the develop elements, which will liven up the 1,200 5,500 m2 businesses, 1 multiscreen architectural identity of this bathing resort, linear metres of facades – from framework cinema, 1 parking area for 650 cars.

Home stretch for the tram network of Greater Dijon

The bets were on for the tram network of Greater Dijon (Côte d’Or). Eiffage was largely involved in executing part of each of the two lines. The track was welded on 4th May last in the presence of François Rebsamen, the senator- mayor of Dijon. The commissioning of the first line for commercial service is scheduled for September 2012, i.e. six months in advance of the original deadlines and the second line will be welcoming its passengers in December. For the Group, which called in 150 people, the completed work represents 42 million euro of turnover (excluding tax), of which 30 million euro was for the infrastructure and 12 million euro for the track. This is the first tram system executed by the Group as a whole. The infrastructure and track laying work was assigned to one group of companies only. — The commissioning of the first line for commercial service is scheduled for September 2012.

July 2012 7 HIGHLIGHTS

A veil of glass is laid on the Louis Vuitton foundation

A technical feat of aesthetic audacity. conceived by the American-Canadian centre of the building. Technically, large The “Louis Vuitton creative foundation” – the architect, Frank Gehry, winner of the Pritzker wooden and metal posts – the “tripods” – are exceptional building dedicated to prize (1989) and the Gold Lion prize of the covered with a stainless steel net framework contemporary art, commissioned by Bernard XI Biennale of Venice (2008). supporting the glass panels. The first four Arnault, the president of the LMVH luxury Glass sections of inextricable complexity! glass sections have been partially laid. But group, to house his collection from 2014 They total 13,500 square metres and comprise this is like lacework because each piece of onwards – is under construction in the Jardin 3,600 glass panels of 1.5 x 3 metres with an glass has its own unique shape according to d’acclimatation in the Bois de Boulogne overhang of more than 20 metres. Their the highly complex drawing produced by (Paris). This is an extraordinary site, in which design required the development of specific Frank Gehry – who, incidentally, was behind Eiffage Construction Métallique is involved computer-aided design software. Their fitting the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao. in the delicate task of building the twelve demanded the technical experimentation Completion of the work is scheduled for the glass sections forming the glass chrysalis appraisal of the scientific and technical end of 2013. —

Eiffage Construction Métallique was commissioned with the delicate task of building the twelve glass sections which will form the glass chrysalis conceived by the American- Canadian architect, Frank Gehry.

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Meeting point in 2014 for the Eiffage marathon on the Millau viaduct

The Eiffage marathon on the Millau viaduct (Aveyron) will, from now on, take place every two years. The next run will be held in 2014, when Eiffage will celebrate ten years of the viaduct being opened to traffic. The latest run took place onS unday, 13th May 2012 and was hugely successful. Almost 14,000 runners, ranging from enthusiasts to seasoned professional athletes, crowded the deck under glorious sunshine. This was nothing more or less than a half marathon of 23 kilometres, of which 5 kilometres were at an altitude of 270 metres, between the sky and earth! Amongst the 14,000 participants were almost 450 Eiffage colleagues, including the managing director, Pierre Berger, who brilliantly defended the Group’s colours. —

POINT OF REFERENCE A half marathon of 23 kilometres, of which 5 kilometres were at an altitude of 270 metres, between the sky and earth.

Almost 14,000 runners, ranging from enthusiasts to seasoned professional athletes, crowded the deck under glorious sunshine.

Eiffage 2012 convention: 450 managers meet in Marseille

Working better together.This was the main thread of the Eiffage 2012 convention which took place in Marseille (Bouches-du- Rhône) on the 14th and 15th June 2012, attended by 450 managers of the Group. The managing director, Pierre Berger, would, in fact, like to develop the synergies between the various branches of the Group and encourage mobilisation of all key skills. Beyond this, in a context that is still difficult, both at financial level and in terms of markets, greater coherence is a guarantee of success and improved means of retaining margins. The inter-branch synergies can also lead to winning large-scale contracts. — Find Pierre Berger’s full speech, together with the presentations of the various © Christophe G uibbaud The Eiffage 2012 Convention took place in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), on the 14th and 15th June 2012, delegates on Planet’Eiffage. attended by 450 managers of the Group.

July 2012 9 The Event Grand Stadium of Lille: let the celebrations begin!

The Eiffage teams are spending the whole summer getting into action. Their aim: to allow Losc, Lille’s football-team, to play its first match on home-ground on the coming 18th August, in a brand spanking new grand stadium.

THE HIGH ow that the work is finished 24-HOUR COUNT-DOWN held, such as rugby: the Tricolore POINTS get the show on the road! No sooner will the lights of the XV could be playing against OF 2012 And an emotional start August festivities have been Argentina on the 17th November N th on Saturday 18 August next: the switched off than our team mem- next. Amateurs take note! In 2016, 23 February: start of referee blowing his whistle right in bers will resume work to complete the metropolitan area of Lille will installing the the middle of the Grand Stadium the other installations of this be a candidate in the running to polycarbonate of Lille Métropole, accompanied unique stadium. A stadium – just welcome several matches of Euro pipes on the by the rousing clamour of 50,000 like the Millau viaduct – where all 2016. east-facing supporters. On that evening branches of the Group (Eiffage In the meantime, it will also have façade Lille’s football-team, the Losc, will Public Works, Eiffage Construction served as a venue for the holding 17 and welcome AS Nancy on the second Métallique, Eiffage Energie, Eiffage of large-capacity concerts (from 18 April: moving the day’s play for the League 1 football Construction, Eiffage Real-Estate 40,000 to 56,000 seats). A major “events box” championship. and Eiffage Concessions) played asset: its extending roof can be platform We’ll do everything to be ready for their part. From the outset, the closed within 30 minutes, so that 2 May: start of the crucial ‘D-Day’, Gilles Malavallon, stadium was designed bearing in play can continue in bad weather, installing the director of Elisa, stated. This 100%- mind its multiple uses, its specific noise can be attenuated in the neigh- stadium seats owned subsidiary of Eiffage was volumes, its organisation, access bourhood and “darkness” created for Summer: awarded the public-private partner- requirements etc., as detailed by any spectacles put on there. handover of ship contract with Lille Métropole the Director of Elisa. It was neces- But the most outstanding innova- the Grand in respect of the finance, design, sary to make immediate provisions tion is the “event box” – Mean feat Stadium to Lille maintenance, upkeep and the com- to make full use of this facility and of technological achievement. The Métropole mercial exploitation of this out- … make it profitable. northern half of the grassed area standing complex. The result is a worldwide unique is, in fact, spread out over a vast A venue, which will have required space – a stadium that can be an investment of 324 million euro changed within 24 hours into a sports (excluding the real-estate outlay), palace or an arena, so as to diversify is to be managed under a conces- potential sources of revenue. sion arrangement until 2043. It is Be the judge! In its stadium con- Gilles our responsibility to present the figuration (50,100 seating capacity), Malavallon, people of Lille with a brand spank- this luminous show-case will serve Director of Elisa. ing new stadium that is perfectly as a venue for football matches – suited to football and allow Losc the Losc - with an average priority to play its first home match of the of 25 days per annum. But, 2012-2013 season, as highlighted equally, other forms of big- by Gilles Malavallon. venue competitions can be A team at work strengthening its teams. Joining them are: Marie Chalhoub, formerly in charge of the ticket office of theS tade de France [National Stadium], Guillaume Narjoux, former General Secretary of Paris Bercy and ex-director of the Nikaïa palace in Nice, and seasoned connoisseur of the world of events and shows and Maxime Deneuville, head of security. In all 60 to 70 people will be working at normal cruising-speed in the Grand Stadium of Lille (excluding hotels), of which some twenty are employed directly in Elisa.

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24: number of hours required to transform the stadium from its football configuration to an arena configuration. 30: minutes to open and to close the stadium’s sliding roof 31: years; the term of the public-private partnership between the Lille Métropole Urban Community and Elisa, from the time of handover of the Grand Stadium 50,100: number of seats in the Grand Stadium, in its football- or rugby configuration 56,000: number of seats in the Grand Stadium, in its central scene configuration to put on a 360°show

metal platform. This can be raised delays and handover is scheduled launched a development pro- (4,000 metric tonnes!) and slid into for mid-December. Without gramme over approximately 20,000 position (to the nearest millimetre) further hesitation, Elisa, together m2 to include a residence for com- above the southern half. A gigantic with the assistance of Grand Stade munity services with 135 studio area is thus formed – the biggest Rayonnement, the commercial apartments to accommodate stu- in Europe. A huge curtain isolates arm set up with Losc, has already dents and 36 ‘T2s’ for business the unoccupied section of the sta- started with marketing promotions clients, plus two hotels (one, a two- dium. Pure magic! by holding hospitality events star B&B incorporating 99 rooms (spectators’ boxes, stands, etc.) and a three-star ‘Park Inn’ incor- 15,000 TO 30,000 SPECTATORS and promoting other adjoining porating 127 rooms), a keep-fit ACCOMMODATED IN THE areas which are likely to generate centre for sports-enthusiasts EVENT BOX additional income. Hence, 15% of (managed by ‘La Générale de According to whether the scene is the seats in the stadium are Santé’), offices and some ten or so located on one side or in the centre, classed as “VIP” (the highest rate restaurants, themed-bars, etc.. this box of tricks can be converted in France). In all, Elisa is aiming at an annual into a sports palace or concert Already, 80% of such spectators’ turnover of some twenty million venue capable of seating 15,000 to boxes are fully booked-up for the euro, during the initial years of 30,000 spectators. A number of next three years! 10,000 square- operation, apart from the sixteen sporting federations (tennis, table- metres of available multi-purpose, million Euros of annual dues that tennis, basket-ball, hand-ball, spaces have been provided. Apart Lille Métropole will be paying to equitation etc.) have already visited from competitive events, these the former during the 31 years of the site to assess its potential. As spaces can be used for exhibitions, the concession. With this for the event organizers, they will conventions, company seminars outstanding stadium, Eiffage appreciate the modular-concepts, and so on. Catering and hiring out intends to demonstrate that it is which make this arena unique in advertising spaces will also gua­ possible to combine inventiveness, Europe. This “event box” will, rantee additional income. Finally, technical expertise, beauty and however, only be completed at the together with Eiffage Real-Estate, profitability. — end of this year, owing to legitimate Eifaltis, a small subsidiary of Elisa,

Juillet 2012 11 Pierre Ferret Denis Valode Guests Ferret Architectural Valode & Pistre Practice Agency Two eminent signatures of the world of architecture at the service of a unique stadium

Lille’s Grand Stadium has not been signed off by one, but by two architects! Denis Valode, of the Valode & Pistre Agency, having won the French ‘Equerre d’Argent’ (1992) and the ‘Grande médaille d’argent’ of the Academy of Architecture (1999), and Pierre Ferret, of the Ferret Architectural practice, awarded the premier grand prize for architecture by the ‘Académie des Beaux-Arts’ and winner of the ‘Grand prix de Rome’ (1975), being a passionate enthusiast for sporting arenas. Renault’s ‘Technocentre’ at Guyancourt and the Leonardo da Vinci university project in particular, has been attributed to the former and the technical football centre and the Toulouse stadium to the latter. Interviews croisées.

Pierre Ferret

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“The Eiffage engineers are keen high-achievers”

Synergie: The Bird’s Nest at Beijing, erected for the 2008 Olympic Games, showed that stadia could be the vehicle for an image …

D.V. : When I gave a presentation of the Grand Stadium of Lille before the locally elected representatives, Denis Valode including the Mayor of Lille, Martine Aubry, I highlighted the fact that in our day and age, widespread metropolitan Synergie: Your agency, Denis Valode, Synergie: How did two architectural areas owe their very existence to has some spectacular achievements practices, each with its own identity their large-scale sports installations. to its credit – from the Contemporary and specific focus, work together on I’m thinking of the image of Beijing, Art Museum of Bordeaux to the ‘T1’ the Grand Stadium of Lille? formerly symbolised by its Forbidden Tower at La Défense in Paris. Is the City whilst today, it is reflected by the Grand Stadium of Lille your first D.V. : We were given responsibility for Bird’s Nest. It is a fact that the Grand sports-related feat? the choice of organisation and the Stadium will showcase the image of corresponding urban integration, as the Lille’s metropolitan area throughout D.V. : Yes, indeed! – following a Grand Stadium of Lille constituted the the world! It will become an icon! Its succession of nearly-successful founding of a new district. We worked form, its external façade made from attempts. Our agency had reached on the surrounding area of the stadium polycarbonate tubing to diffuse light as the finalist stage of preliminaries for and then on the accommodation, well as its retractable grassed platform, a project to complete the stadium at hotels and corresponding car parks. which will allow all types of shows and Melun Sénart (Seine-et-Marne), and We were also given responsibility for sporting events to be shown, make this then for completing that of Saint-Denis designing the shape of the stadium, its a unique structure. (Seine-Saint-Denis). That’s why, for envelope as a building, its structure the Grand Stadium of Lille (Nord), we and for co-ordinating the overall P.F. : The Bird’s Nest is, indeed, a vehicle embarked on this together with Pierre project. for an image but therein lies the danger: Ferret, a keen sports buff. it must not remain as such, i.e. a beautiful P.F. : We worked together with respect body without an engine inside! However, Synergie: Pierre Ferret, after the to the design and creation. Thereafter, a stadium is not an “object” but rather French national Rugby Centre at Denis Valode developed the envelope the combined concept of urbanisation, Marcoussis, you signed, together (roofing, steel-framework structure) architecture and functions, in which with Denis Valode, for Lille’s Grand and I worked on the overall arena living beings evolve. Stadium. From where does this (stands, walkways, sundry premises, passion for stadia stem? spectator-boxes, cloak rooms, grassed Synergie: What difficulties do stadia area and events box). Denis Valode was pose for architects? Can beauty be P.F. : I am both a sportsman and an used to large scale projects whilst I combined with such an imposing avid supporter of football and rugby was more familiar with the sporting edifice? teams. My professional degree awarded aspect and had greater contact with in 1975 by the School of Architecture the sporting movement. However, P.F. : Do rules prevent creativity? The of Bordeaux University, related to in the field of sport, the most minor very opposite is the case! Lille’s Grand a sports-related subject. I was also detail, such as the width of a seat, may Stadium imposed the need to delve for naturally interested in sports teams. well generate a ‘knock-on effect’ to the real treasures of technical inventiveness I completed the national Football extent where such width is reduced by and allowed us to invent new rules, to Centre at Clairefontaine (Yvelines), the the number of seats. Besides which, the extent where we created an “events national Rugby Centre at Marcoussis sport sometimes makes people go venue” made up of all kinds of parts, (Essonne), as well as the sports complex crazy! So sturdy seats and fittings which can also be used for football! at Dunkirk (Nord), the athletics stadium have to be provided whilst also taking Furthermore, we lowered the first in Tunis and the ‘PSG’ training centre at account of the health and safety of row of terraces in order to reduce the Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Yvelines). both spectators and players. impact on the environment. [g]

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“The Grand Stadium of Lille imposed the need for real treasures of technical inventiveness”

D.V. : The Association of Architects of Lille recently organised an exhibition on stadia throughout the world, which shows to what extent architectural solutions can lend different personalities to the stadia, in spite of the constraints associated with distance or the curves of visibility. Pierre Ferret Denis Valode As we designed the Grand Stadium of Lille to be lower but with greater profile P.F. : Oscar Wilde was fond of saying: form, a ‘Zénith’ and sports palace, we compared with traditional stadia, it One must have grand dreams so as not have been able to demonstrate at the does not display this overpowering to lose sight of them when pursuing tendering stage, that our project was scale as in the Parc des Princes in Paris. them. I never lost sight of my dream the best – something Martine Aubry In order to enhance the distinctive of the unique stadium! The “events always commented on. stamp that it imprints on its home- box” will allow you to attend an event town, the façade facing the road will be like an opera or a basket-ball world D.V. : The Grand Stadium of Lille already fitted with electro-luminescent diodes final. What is more, no other theatre serves as a reference point and will be designed to generate images. in the world can accommodate an a very attractive visiting card, knowing audience of 30,000 persons. Madison that our practice maintains a presence Synergie: The Grand Stadium of Square Garden in New York cannot not only in Paris, but also in Moscow, Lille will soon be opening its doors. take more than 22,000. Finally, owing Shanghai and Beijing. The State of Will this be a reference-point for to the combination feasible within one Qatar (for the World Cup) and Russia your practice? and the same installation in stadium- are planning to building stadia. —

How did your co-operation with the Eiffage teams go? Pierre Ferret: I have been working with Eiffage for Denis Valode: The concept of a retractable grass lawn immediately some time now, this being a pledge of the trust that appealed to Eiffage’s engineers who, ever since the Millau viaduct, I place in that firm.A t the project design stage, the enjoyed rising to the challenge of attaining such feats of Eiffage-teams immediately raised concerns about achievement! Without such an enterprising culture at Eiffage, the feasibility of the retractable grassed platform, there are certain factors which we should, otherwise, not have given that this was a first! When I conceived the overcome. The fact that Eiffage Construction Métallique, idea of the “events box”, I wasn’t sure whether specializing in steelwork-structures, is taking part here has also Eiffage would take the risk with this large-scale provided a sense of direction. We have enjoyed very good trust- innovation. Thanks to the in-depth technical inspiring relationships, both with Eiffage Concessions and with expertise of Eiffage’s engineers and site-workers, Eiffage Travaux Publics, as well as with Eiffage Construction, and who are accustomed to achieving the impossible we have thus been allowed to play our part in designing and since their involvement with the Millau viaduct, supervising the work. As architects, we can see the advantages we were able to achieve this world-first, bound to to be gained from such public-private partnerships, because produce a ‘buzz’ of excitement, as soon as the once a project is being finalized, we will be alongside those who broader public has the opportunity of viewing it. will be executing it and can thus define optimum solutions.

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These highly specialized jobs within Eiffage Stonemasons restoring the brilliance of historical monuments; professional ‘divers’ in oil-refineries, meeting the challenges of working on installations prone to bursting into flames; operators penetrating the bowels of nuclear power stations to replace thousands of pipes… Eiffage offers a broad range of highly specialist work, characterized by its know-how, the areas covered and the exacting conditions under which such work is carried out. Here is an overview.

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Highly specialized jobs performed by Eiffage are sometimes the fruits of MARINE ENGINEERS history and acquisitions – in the image of Munch. WORKING This company was involved in the maintenance of nuclear UNDER WATER power stations and joined Roughly 30 million euro of turnover per forces with Eiffage annum, 160 people, Eiffage Travaux Construction Métallique in 1994, or Pradeau & Morin, Maritimes et Fluviaux (Eiffage Public Works). a subsidiary of Eiffage Construction, which was n order to facilitate the dredging account of tides and bad weather, Jérôme bought back by Fougerolle of Mont-Saint-Michel (Manche), Scoffoni continued. Our highly specia- in 1985. These jobs are also one of the most visited tourist lised staff – pile drivers, marine engineers, often associated with sites in France, the teams of crane operators, welders – deep-sea divers, IEiffage Travaux Maritimes et Fluviaux tugboat captains – use specific equipment industrial maintenance in - ETMF for short – are working right such as lift pontoons, hydraulic hammers, the broad sense, or testify in the middle of the bay alongside jack operators, barge pushers … These to the highly specific their colleagues of Eiffage sites are linked with geotechnics and proj- expertise acquired over the Construction Métallique, in order to ects are becoming more and more complex. course of time, just like the prepare for the construction of a foot- We are also increasingly involved in specialized know-how bridge to take the place of the former design and build”. developed at Clemessy. sea wall. ETMF still has the wind in its sails ETMF is currently involved in the con- owing to the public authorities’ require- Others developed in the struction of the quays and in rede- ments to encourage river traffic, pro- field, thanks to certain veloping the banks of the eco-district ceeding with the developments contracts such as the job of adjoining the Flaubert Bridge in specified in the reinforced coastal a property buyer, which Rouen (Seine-Maritime). ETMF is also defence plans against natural hazards originated with the high- rebuilding the dam at Villeneuve-sur- speed Perpignan-Figueras Yonne (Yonne) on behalf of the Voies Extending the quay J – Port of Sète Navigables de France [Waterways of railway line site (Eastern France] and has extended quay J in Pyrenees, Galicia). the port of Sète (Hérault). Work on These highly specialized the latter site required the laying of jobs are also linked to the 120 concrete beams and 236 slabs special conditions of laid on 115 pillars under water! certain sites, such as the TIDES AND BAD WEATHER maritime civil engineering “We conduct 80% of our activities at the work carried out by Eiffage water’s edge, Jérôme Scoffoni, director Travaux Maritimes et of ETMF explained. We are mainly Fluviaux, which entail all active in the north-west corner of France the occupational hazards along the coastline from Dunkirk to Nantes and along the Seine even if this means of civil engineering sites, working in other areas of the national even if only battling the territory”. ETMF, which employs 160 tides and bad weather! people and achieves an annual turn- This report highlights over of around 30 million euro, has some of these occupations three agencies located in Haubourdin without obviously claiming (north), Petit-Quevilly (Seine- Maritime) and Caudan (Morbihan). to provide an exhaustive “Maritime civil engineering operations list, given that the Eiffage have to put up with all the usual hazards Group is multifaceted. of civil engineering sites and also take

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STONEMASONS Roughly 10 million euro turnover per annum, 40 people, Pradeau & Morin (Eiffage Construction).

he north tower of the church it compliant with health and safety. of Saint- Sulpice, the peri- A noble trade style of the Palais Royal or the Columns of Trône in the “We currently have forty stone cutters, TPlace de la Nation, in Paris (Île-de- because Pradeau & Morin only operates Cordouan lighthouse France), took on a new lease of life. in the Île-de-France, where half of the All these monuments were put into monuments are entered in the national (following the Xynthia hurricane), the expert hands of stone cutters record of historic monuments”, Pascal developing offshore wind farms (which of Pradeau & Morin. This subsidiary Pleuvy, director of Pradeau & Morin involves the planning and develop- of Eiffage Construction, which has indicated. “It takes roughly ten years to ment of port platforms) and marinas. been in existence for 120 years, is train a stonemason, of which four years “We are seriously thinking of extending the only company in the Group that are spent training for the CAP [professional our activities to the Mediterranean”, is qualified to work on historic certificate of aptitude] followed by a Jérôme Scoffoni added. “We have put ­monuments. Currently, Eiffage vocational diploma relating to historic ourselves forward as candidates in the Construction is restoring the Ecole monuments. We have no concerns about invitation to tender relating to the execu- des Francs-Bourgeois [Francs- recruitment, given that the youngsters are tion of the so-called frigate quays in the Bourgeois school] situated in a hotel attracted by the nobility of the trade and Toulon basin (Var) as part of the European of La Mayenne. This is a site also its artistic dimension”, he underlined. multi-mission Frigate naval programme”. employing the services of the Amongst such trades, the spirit of A contract estimated at 40 million ­“compagnons” [the association] of companionship is very marked – with euro which, in the event of success, stonemasons, together with their 3,000 stonemasons recorded in France could be an excellent bridgehead for colleagues from the traditional - “the working methods remain traditional ETMF to develop a sustainable and trades, in order to restore this par- even if stonemasons are increasingly using profitable business locally. — ticular hotel and teaching establish- electrical tools such as sanders or ment to its original state and make saws”. — © P radeau & M orin

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Colleagues of Eiffel Industrie penetrate so-called “pyrophoric” realms. DIVERS GOING DOWN INTO THE DEPTHS Roughly 2.5 million euro annual turnover and some twenty employees - Eiffel Industrie (Metals division).

n order to change catalysts, This is not the only original profes- sites following dismantling. This otherwise known as “chemical sion practised by Eiffel Industrie, also helps to prepare for any transformers” for industrial which, with its 2,500 workforce, is subsequent work or repairs to such processes, some twenty colleagues also involved in sectors as varied as equipment. “We are re-launching our Iof Eiffel Industrie regularly don aeronautics, marine, nuclear, petro- upstream maintenance support by protective diving gear, to penetrate to chemical, refinery or iron and steel. drawing up the maintenance schedule the very depths of installations located for units under construction, as well as within the bowels of oil-refineries - and, VIBRATION analyses the downstream maintenance of already in particular, deep within installations, “Eiffel Industrie remains highly active in existing plant and machinery, by termed “pyrophoric”, because their industrial maintenance. Some sixty or so integrating various disciplines, including contents risk ignition on exposure to of our colleagues are specialized in thermographic monitoring and vibration oxygen. They have to render such installing and maintaining steam or gas analyses”, as specified by Alain Noret. catalysts inert, by flooding them with turbines, in France and, above all, abroad”, Furthermore, a team of some sixty nitrogen, which then causes the Alain Noret, Director of Eiffel Industrie employees of Eiffel Industrie, being ambient air to become unbreathable. explained. The company is developing specialists in marine maintenance Eiffel Industrie is the second main its activities, for example, in high- and repair, will become involved in player in this highly specialist market, pressure cleaning, which involves “overhauling” private or military which, at national level, accounts for cleaning and scouring the plant and vessels during technical breakdowns some ten or so million euro turnover. equipment in refineries or in chemical or to carry out conversions. —

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“Pipe removers”, “pipe refitters” in nuclear power stations An annual turnover of approx. 40 million euro and a workforce of roughly 100 at Munch (Eiffage Construction Métallique).

is located in Frouard, near Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle) and celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 1999, is involved in fitting entire tranches of power stations”, he added with enthusiasm. “We are still the only French company to carry out such operations and have accordingly filed a number of patents. Hence, a conventional operation will extend over four to five weeks, working a seven-day week. The workers operate in very difficult conditions, in a damp atmosphere, often having to bend over or kneel down”. Such de-piping work, as freely admitted by Étienne Royer himself, “is not much fun”. Pipe refitting, on the other hand, is a less tedious process. In “the good years”, Munch, Munch provides entire tranches of power stations. with its workforce of around 100, generates a turnover of 40 million hey seem to be working in turbine. In order to condense this steam euro. However, Munch does not intend the very entrails of a nuclear into water, it has to pass through to stop whilst on such a good track! Its power station. They are thousands of pipes already conveying the new challenge? – “full-scale refits” of surrounded by thousands water from the “cold source” – i.e. the power stations. Please note EDF’s Tof pipes – between 90,000 and third circuit”. schedule, which aims at increasing the 120,000 of them! – laid out in layers useful life of French nuclear power four metres high and stretching from Highly-specialised tooling stations from 30 to 50/60 years. So eleven to thirteen metres in length. “Carrying out the appropriate pipe removal much renovation work at the mid-life They take on the task of replacing / pipe refitting work, requires experience, stage, which implies replacement of and refitting these pipes – otherwise machinery and highly specialized tooling, certain installations and.... thousands referred to in their jargon as “pipe as the pipes are as thin a cigarette paper! of pipes – predictably contributes to the removers” and “pipe refitters”. These Étienne Royer explained. “Munch which greatest fortune of Munch! — are the one hundred or so colleagues at Munch, a niche company that is part of Eiffage Construction Métallique that is nurtured by its Director, Étienne Royer. “A power generating station includes three circuits”, recaps Étienne Royer, who equally directs the boiler-making division and specialist sectors of Eiffage Construction Métallique. “The reactor, which produces the pressurized hot water, is located in the first circuit. This pressurized hot water will be used to generate the steam of the secondary An operation spread over four to ten weeks. circuit which, in turn, will rotate the

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ROBOTIC GLUING AND ASSEMBLING OF MIRROR PARTS Roughly 6 million euro turnover per annum, 30 people, Clemessy (Ouest-Atlantique).

n order to fit mirror parts to vehi- Guédon, company director of Clemessy At the outset, we developed our company by cle bodies, the car manufacturers Ouest-Atlantique. working for the PSA Group in particular, traditionally used rubber lip seals. whereupon we gradually expanded to other But, towards the end of nineties, Highly specialized, European car manufacturers, which is what Ithese rubber lip seals were replaced we shall continue to do, he continued. At the technical know-how by gluing. The large windscreens as same time, we would like to pass on this know- well as the small windows such as the Thirty people at Clemessy can master this how to other assembly lines – in particular to rear quarter panels located at the rear technology, which has been installed with all parts of the body made from composite mate- of the vehicles, or the sliding roofs are the car manufacturers. It requires highly rials, which are an interesting alternative to now assembled in this way. It is in this specialized technical know-how in several steel. The car manufacturers are most anxious context that the automatic gluing sectors, such as controlling temperature, flow to reduce the weight of cars by going one machines, using robots and marketed rate and pressure to ensure an even application step further and improving energy costs. under the Rambure brand, have been of glue on the windows, as well as mastering Parts made from composite materials are developed at Clemessy in Rennes (Ille- mechanical integration and the appropriate assembled by gluing and constitute a et-Vilaine), as explained by Philippe robotics, Philippe Guédon explained. de­velopment strategy, he concluded. —

Installations supplied by Clemessy, Russia.

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Staff at Therm-Inox help the cellar masters to maintain their vats at the proper temperature. HEATING SPECIALISTS TO REGULATE WINE VAT TEMPERATURES Roughly 1.5 to 2.5 or iced water, which circulates in as his own heat regulation cabinets. His million euro turnover many pipes. A unique know-how within colleagues are all specialists - heating per annum, ten people, the Group and rare within the wine engineers, pipe welders, refrigeration Therm-Inox and Therm- trade: the number of companies offer- and electrical engineers etc., - who are ing such a service can be counted on all familiar with working on gas or fuel Inox Maintenance the fingers of one hand, in a market oil boilers. As part of our work, we (Eiffage Énergie which, in the Aquitaine region, does not installed more than 1 km of piping at exceed 15 million euro per annum! Mouton-Rothschild, he explained. I really Atlantique). appreciate the variety this job has to offer, Heat regulation which also puts me in touch with farmers and architects or even company directors. outon Rothschild, La Tour Therm-Inox and Therm-Inox It goes without saying that this trade only Martillac, Palmer, Haut Maintenance were established in 1999 operates by word of mouth. -Bailly! Therm-Inox and and 2000 respectively by a heat and Thierry Dubourg has a dream: of being Therm-Inox Maintenance, air conditioning specialist, Thierry able to pass on this know-how to other Mthe latest two companies which recently Dubourg. They were purchased by the winegrowing regions like Champagne became part of Eiffage Énergie, made Group in January last. It is true to say and Bourgogne. It would be sufficient to their appearance in the greatest vine- that Thierry Dubourg is practically a provide ad hoc training to a key air- yards of Bordeaux. The thirteen col- pure Eiffage product, having worked conditioning specialist to create equivalent leagues from the two companies spend at Forclum Electricity for 10 years, teams in these regions. And why not their days alongside the cellar masters, between 1983 and 1992. Having then create a division called Eiffage Énergie to help them maintain their vats at the spent a further 10 years at Spie Trindel, Grands crus et châteaux? In all events, correct temperature by producing hot he launched his business and designed he is not short of enthusiasm. —

July 2012 21 focus Eiffage declares its ambitions in the railway sector Eiffage Rail, a subsidiary formed in January 2010, is notching up top speed in its aim to become a member of the highly exclusive top-4 club in the railway industry in France. Its size will multiply tenfold in five years both in terms of turnover and workforce.

iffage Rail, the youngest working on many sites over the past awarded the 3 x 7 km Dijon tramway company, only founded ten and 10 years – whether in the tramway (Côte-d’Or) in July 2010, followed by E a half years ago, feels as if it is sector with a small group company the renovation of the T1 section to growing wings. Created in January (STPV) or the high-speed lines (LGV), Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) for 2010, this subsidiary of the Eiffage with LGV Perpignan-Figueras (see RATP and was also awarded the sec- Group has ambitions to join the boxed section) or various sections or ond tranche of the Bordeaux tramway highly exclusive top-4 club in the complex engineering structures on (Gironde) (extensions to Pessac and railways sector. “Aiming at the top 4 is the LGV East. Hence the need to com- Bègles) where work started this sum- normal. Eiffage is the No. 3 in France in bine the skills within one and the mer. Eiffage Rail is now intending to Public Works and Civil Engineering and same company. fight for all invitations to tender relat- one cannot do any less”, Jean-Luc Trottin, With a turnover of 3 million euro in ing to the establishment, renovation Director of Eiffage Rail explained. 2010, this has now risen to 20 million or extension of lines: Grenoble (Isère), Even if the fame of the Group is euro in 2011. We must maintain this Lyon (Rhône), Avignon (Vaucluse), undisputed, its prominence in the level in 2012 and reach 100 million Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin), the 5th line of railway sector was almost non-­ by 2015, with a financial balance from Montpellier (Hérault) or the two new existent, in spite of being involved in 2013 onwards. “Yes, we are aiming at Toulouse lines (Haute-Garonne). From expanding and achieving critical mass”, this September, an agency will be set Jean-Luc Trottin stated. “But without up in Île-de-France so to meet better “We are aiming at sacrificing profitability”. The number of the future requirements of Greater expanding and employees rose from 20 in 2010 to Paris. one hundred at present. 100 to 150 The second and third lines of achieving critical mass. new recruits are anticipated within ­development are the renovation of the next 2 years. Eiffage Rail therefore the railway lines and the ITEs – the But without sacrificing defined four lines of development: connected terminal installations – in profitability” first the trams. The company was other words, those railway infrastruc- Jean-Luc Trottin

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For the LGV Bretagne - Pays de la Loire, an innovation will allow us to lay 1,200 metres of sleepers and track per day!

tures which allow companies, quar- ries and ports to connect up to the national rail network. In the first case, this entails taking a greater chunk of the billion euro of work which SNCF puts out to tender each year on behalf of RFF, in order to regenerate and improve a railway network which ages very quickly. In the second case, there are many promising sites, even though the economic crisis beginning of 2015 and has to be com- With the LGV BPL brought in, Eiffage is slowing down investment. For pleted by mid-2016! Once again, Eiffage Rail is already eyeing up the projects example, Eiffage Rail will execute a will have to demonstrate its ability to for the next 20 years: the high speed multi-modal platform in the port of le innovate. A new method of laying track lines of Bordeaux-Hendaye, Bordeaux- Havre (26 km track, 52 points)... a on ballast is being investigated. The Toulouse, Paris-Orléans-Clermont- contract worth 13 million euro. aim: to install 1,200 metres of sleepers Lyon, and Paris-Normandy. And why This now leaves us with the fourth line and track per day! not, one day, the well-known Lyon- of development – the most symbolic: This is a 100% Eiffage offer and all the Turin or the costly Marseille-Nice the high-speed lines (LGV). Eiffage skills of the various sectors will be part routes… Coming closer to home: signed the 25-year public-private part- of the action: civil engineering and extending the E-line of the Paris RER nership agreement in July 2011 for the excavations, laying the tracks and cat- from Saint-Lazare to La Défense and construction and maintenance of the enaries, signalling systems, electrical Mantes-la-Jolie (Île-de-France) is LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (BPL), equipment and building the stations expected soon. Beyond France, there between Le Mans and Rennes: 214 km etc. Even the German subsidiaries will be no lack of projects. In two or of lines (including 182 for the LGV) and (Eiffage Rail Deutschland and Wittfeld) three years’ time, with the teams who an investment of 3.4 billion euro. This will be involved. This is, without doubt, will dedicate themselves to the LGV is the largest project of the Group – the main asset of the Group. The BPL, Eiffage Rail fully intends to including all sectors. This is something Millau viaduct project gave rise to branch out internationally and avail Jean-Luc Trottin is very proud of: “We’re team synergies - an interweaving of itself of the expertise and networks going to climb Everest”! What is more, its companies with a strong desire to of Eiffage Rail Deutschland, which we’ll have to work quickly – very work together and provide the prin- has a presence in Asia and Central quickly. The work is scheduled for the cipals with a global solution. Europe. —

A first experience of high speed All the Group sectors were involved in the 44.4 km section of the high-speed line (LGV) Perpignan-Figueras delivered by Eiffage in 2009. Commissioned at the end of 2010, this LGV made a 50-minute saving on the Paris-Barcelona route (8 hours previously,) thus putting these two metropolitan cities 5 hours 30 minutes away from one another, once the Spanish high-speed train network is connected. This is a first. The 53-year concession was awarded to TP Ferro, a Group held in equal share by Eiffage and ACS-Dragados of Spain.

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A futuristic service station on the motorway of the sun

A futuristic enclosure, a vegetable games room for the children, free Delek-BP oil company) and dome created by the design and WiFi access, an emergency station ultimately for the motorway architecture office of Ora-ïto… fitted with a defibrillator etc. APRR concession holder himself. Other The service area of la Chaponne, observed that where the buildings service stations, such as Allier-Doyet located close to Avallon (Yonne), on are pleasant, car drivers will be and Allier-Saulzet, near Montluçon the A6 in the Paris-Lyon direction, encouraged to take longer breaks, (Allier) on the A71 and fully meets APRR targets – i.e. to which are beneficial from a safety Châteauvillain, near Chaumont modernize the service stations and aspect, and they also tend to (Haute-Marne) on the A5 – will also provide a range of services under consume more, which in turn be redesigned with the same dual one and the same roof, such as improves sales for the operators (as, objective of architectural research shops, catering, lounge area or in this case, the Elior caterers and and a vast array of services. —

Tackling Puy-de-Dôme! A departure station inspired by the farms of the Auvergne and built entirely of black Volvic Stone; an arrival station in buried concrete at 1.415 metres altitude… Eiffage Construction and Eiffage Énergie demonstrated their skills with the construction of two stations at Panoramique des Dômes with the latest rack-and pinion train of Puy-de-Dôme. It was commissioned on 23rd June last. The engineers and workers spent one and a half year’s work on this Project, costing a total of 80 million euro, of which 13 million euro were for Eiffage Construction. All this under particularly acrobatic conditions – the sixty workers making up all trades, had to rub shoulders with a 1,500 volt power cable, with all the risks this entailed. The climatic conditions at the summit of the volcano were also particularly harsh (winds of up to 217 km and -30°C in February) not to mention the fact that the heavy site equipment had to use the only access road which had sharp bends over a distance of six kilometres. It was also necessary to evade the consequences of a possible earthquake … at the sides of the volcano by reinforcing the two buildings. —

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An ultra-modern commercial centre for Eiffage Poland

The teams at Eiffage Poland signed a contract for the construction of the Amber commercial centre in Kalisz, the oldest city in Poland located in the eastern central part of the country. The investment represents 160 million zlotys, i.e. roughly 36 million euro. The centre, which will feature four floors, will extend over a surface area of 88,000 m2 and will be built in nineteen months time. It will house 140 shops, including restaurants and cafés, 7 cinemas and a car park for 1,100 cars. —

The rectorate of the Academy La Seine-Saint-Denis is of Bourgogne will make a recycling its waste spectacular come-back in 2012 As a group, Eiffage Travaux Publics will be responsible for the entire civil engineering work In record time – i.e. in a space in Romainville and Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis) of eighteen months - Eiffage of the future household waste management Construction is putting the finishing depot of Syctom, the agency which processes and touches on the new rectorate of the recycles the household waste of 84 districts in the Academy of Dijon (Côte-d’Or) for the urban area of Paris. The contract, which includes national Ministry of Education. preparatory work, excavations, foundations, The eight-storey building, signed road building and other networks as well as the by the architect, Rudy Ricciotti, could building shell, comes to 61.6 million euro. It was be of particular significance with signed with Urbaser Environnement, a French its frontage, which is striated with subsidiary of the Spanish Urbaser group, which white ultra-high performance has been commissioned by Syctom to build and concrete strips supplied by Eiffage run this new unit. — Travaux Publics and its glued exterior windows supplied by Goyer, a subsidiary of Eiffage Construction Métallique. In fact, the facade company is fully responsible for this. This site also combines the skills of Eiffage Énergie, Clemessy and Eiffage Énergie Thermie, with Eiffage Energie, in particular, managing the technical overview. Handover is scheduled for 20th August 2012. —

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A military vessel refloated

ARC (Atlantic Refit Center) entrusted Eiffel Industrie Marine with the refitting of the former North Sea fisheries protection vessel. T h e G a n d R i n g: t w o y e a r s The operation mainly consists in strengthening the hull, creating new steel to complete the loop bulkheads, producing and laying a helicopter bridge Work on ring 4 in Gand (Eastern Flanders) started on the 1st March 2012. Eiffage and executing the pipework. Benelux is part of the consortium executing the project. The total work comes to Eiffel Industrie is also around 70 million euro and is expected to run for 32 months. The Flemish region involved at mechanical level, wants to complete the missing link by way of this public-private partnership as with overhauling all the ­step- quickly as possible. The project includes four bridges, including a suspension down gears – shaft lines bridge, five tunnels and almost 2.5 kilometres of road networks. Apart from the –rudder blades [part of the design and execution, the consortium will also be responsible for the maintenance ship’s rudder capable of of the infrastructure for the next thirty years. — pivoting]. The work started mid-February 2012 and will be completed in July. — Rejuvenating the bridge of Aquitaine Unibridge® bridges are Inspections carried out by the Interdepartmental spreading to the four roads directorate of Atlantique (Dira) revealed corners of the globe problems with the structure In Fos-sur-Mer (Bouches-du-Rhône), in the of the deck of the bridge dedicated Unibridge® workshop, modular bridges of Aquitaine (Gironde), the destined for the emerging countries (Philippines, large bridge of Bordeaux, Iraq, West Africa, Sri Lanka…) –, are following the which was built in the 60s. course of production, at a rate of two box caissons With its vast experience in replacing the connecting rods per day. The Unibridge® comprises basic caissons of the bridge of Tancarville, Eiffage Construction 11.60 metres long, which can be transported in Métallique was awarded the contract to restore this bridge. containers. No welding is required for their Engineers and fellow workers will proceed with the assembly. Since the project started three years ago, dismantling, reinforcement and refitting the bridge, as well more than 1,200 caissons have been produced and as replacing 662 fishplates [metal parts used to connect more than 200 bridges dispatched to the four two rails] and 850 traps. — corners of the globe. —

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The Quadrilatère Richelieu brought up to standard The Quadrilatère Richelieu, the historic site of the French national library in Paris (Île-de-France) has benefited from an upgrade to bring the electrical equipment (11 million euro), plumbing and fire protection systems (12 million euro) up to standard. Following a most thorough survey and clearing out of the existing installations, the electrical and thermal engineers from the Ile-de-France Region of The Jean Lamour institute in Nancy: Eiffage Énergie will carry out the complete renovation of An encounter with science all fluid-related systems. The Ministry of Culture also The European Union, the government, the region of Lorraine and Grand Nancy commissioned Eiffage (Meurthe-et-Moselle) are financing the building of one of the biggest scientific Énergie Thermie Île-de- laboratories in the east of France, on the Artem Nancy site. Its name? The Jean France to proceed with the Lamour institute. Eiffage Énergie Thermie Grand Est will be involved in this project* entire technical and and execute the Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning and Smoke Extraction architectural overview of sections lot as well as the clean rooms. The latter teamed up with the Faure Qei the project. This will allow design office (part of the ATR Group) for the design and build and completion of for perfect mastering of how specific laboratory-related work, until their qualifying results can be assessed. The to incorporate the networks same teams will construct the floors, walls and ceilings of the clean rooms within into the decor and panelling the confines of the building envelopes. The overall turnover will be 10.7 million euro, of these classified buildings.— given that the inauguration is scheduled for 2015. After having participated in the construction of the first tranche of this university campus, Eiffage Énergie Lorraine Marne Ardenne will again become involved on the site to deploy the CTM (Centralised Technical Management), together with Schneider Electric. — * as also Eiffage Construction and Eiffage Construction Métallique

Clemessy puts its energy in Lyon

As part of the Lyon Cité Campus university redevelopment project, the Insa faculty of engineering (National Institute of Applied Sciences) of Lyon (Rhône) commissioned a group of companies, including Clemessy, with the construction of an experimental engine platform. This one million euro contract will replace the current equipment with a more reliable, high- performance system. It will also enable outside organisations to use these premises and offer students greater openings in research and the economic world linked to their apprenticeships. Clemessy was chosen on account of its experience in test benches and process engines, in its expertise in car testing systems and owing to its presence in Lyon, to execute HV and LW systems and manage bench transfers, for the Accoustics department of Insa. —

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Have your say!

18,197 colleagues at Eiffage replied by Internet or post to the large-scale in-house satisfaction survey, conducted by the design and opinion-poll company, Harris interactive. This is the opportunity for you to express your pride at being part of the Group, to pay tribute to the importance of its values and to underline the potential it can offer you. It also allows you to have a say on subjects like training, pay and even work organisation.

ou were asked to have your say and 80% depending on country) and by stated that they were happy working and you have done so! The post (with 7,374 replies, i.e. a rate of just with Eiffage (of which 31% were highly Y in-house satisfaction survey over 20% for France, which was well satisfied). Likewise, 89% of you stated conducted by the design and opinion- above the results normally obtained in that you were proud to belong to the poll institute, Harris interactive, during similar surveys). Group – which was a feeling particularly the spring of 2012 amongst all employees marked amongst the managers and col- in all countries of the Eiffage Group, was Strong attachment leagues, but a little less so amongst the crowned with success, with 18,197 to the Group employees, technicians and supervisors. replies (of which 14,770 were from Concerning the Group’s commitment, This feeling of belonging is somewhat France). The response to the survey was you can see the results below. One can geared to the agency or division you good both on the Internet (with 10,823 see right away that you felt attached to belong to rather than towards the responses, i.e. a rate of between 50% the company. 86% of those who replied Group. [continuation p.30]

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SURVEY RELATING On first sight, the main indicators are TO IN-HOUSE favourable to Eiffage SATISFACTION: Of which “highly satisfied” 86% 31% The survey relating to in-house 83% 31% satisfaction conducted by Harris Satisfaction 90% 29% 37% Interactive includes several 94% Of which highly proud indicators. We will highlight 89% 36% three important ones. Pride 88% 38% The first attests toyour pride 90% 31% 94% 38% in belonging to the Group, Of which “very much so” the second refers to your interest 83% 32% in the work and atmosphere 81% 35% Recommendation 84% 27% in the departments and 89% 32% the third testifies to your state of mind. Total Colleagues Employees, technicians and supervisors Managers

France and Poland withdrawn from these indicators

Job satisfaction is nurtured by job interest and the working atmosphere in the department Quite agree Rather agree Do not agree “I’m interested in my work” Do not agree at all X% ST agree Total 41% 48% 8% 3% 89%

Colleagues 38% 50% 9% 2% Employees, technicians and supervisors 41% 49% 8% 1% Managers 51% 44% 5%1%

“The atmosphere is good in my department”

Total 32% 47% 14% 7% 79% Colleagues 28% 48% 16% 8% Employees, technicians and supervisors 36% 46% 13% 5% Managers 42% 46% 9% 3%

The majority has a positive state of mind but a quarter of colleagues adopt an attitude of detachment.

Amongst the following words, which is the one Colleagues: 25% that currently best characterises your state of mind Employees, technicians with respect to your work at Eiffage? 2% and supervisors: 27% Managers: 36% 25% 14% (B=14) 27% 11% (B=25) Motivited (B=13) Confident 14% 58% Wait-and-see (B=15) 31% Sceptical (B=33) Colleagues: 12% Worried Employees, technicians Indifferent and supervisors: 18% Managers: 16%

Under the “motivated” section, France shows a 25% decline

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A sign of this commitment: 83% of col- leagues, who gave their opinion, con- firm that they would recommend Eiffage to the outside. In this respect, the management highlights, above all, the development potential within Eiffage and the culture of the company, whilst the workforce values the size of the Group, working conditions and respect of employees as ‘average’. All parties consider the Group as being solid and praise its values. They also underline the expertise and know-how of employees. However, whilst 58% of those who replied state that they are motivated or confident, 25% of them state that they are sceptical or worried and 14% adopt a wait-and-see attitude when they are questioned about their state of mind. Moreover, four out of ten employees state that they are unaware of the values of Eiffage, even though they make up the second, most prom- Xavier Lanthiez and Delphine Martelli-Banégas presented the results of the survey conducted by Harris Interactive ising image for the Group. during the convention that was held in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) on the 14th and 15th June 2012. © Christophe G uibbaud Interest in work A lot of you acknowledge your interest department. Even if the perception of to the point, remuneration, which is in work, but only 74% of you stated that industrial safety is satisfactory, several often judged as inequitable from the you had the necessary means to carry points spark off reservation: the lack point of view of the job itself and when it out and 79% considered that the of solidarity amongst colleagues, the compared with the rest of the sector. working atmosphere was good in your lack of recognition, training and, more Likewise, the quality of work organisation and procedures to be 18,197 responses complied with, seem capable of perfection amongst 30% of you. 18,197 of you replied to the in-house satisfaction survey conducted by Harris Hierarchical relations are also criticised. Interactive, of which 85% were men and 13% women. 81% were French, 7% The overall managers are more readily Senegalese, 4% Spaniards, 3% Germans, 3% Belgians, Dutch or inhabitants acknowledged for their availability and of Luxembourg and 1% Polish (the 1% balance corresponding to those less for their ability to adapt to change questionnaires where nationality was not specified). and provide training. In status terms, there are 55% factory workers and “compagnons” [association With respect to information, whilst members], 29% salaried staff, technicians and supervisors and 14% management 78% of you state that you are well – 2% of those questioned did not specify their position. All ages were represented informed about the current state of the with 6% young people under the age of 25 years, 23% in their thirties, aged Group or company, only 66% state that they have easy access to the information between 25 and 34 years, 45% in their forties, aged between 35 and 49 years required to do the job. and 23% seniors aged from 50 to 59 years. People aged 60 years and above The majority of you (84%) state that made up 2% of the respondents. In terms of seniority, the percentages differ you are confident in the future of appreciably with 12% of people who have been with the group for less than Eiffage. But only 70% of you state that two years whilst 19%, on the other hand, have been working for the Group for you are confident about the future of more than 20 years. The majority of staff have been with the company from your job within Eiffage or about your six to ten years. Responses, which well testify to the social reality of Eiffage. own future in Eiffage. —

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Five questions to…

→ Delphine Martelli-Banégas, Director of the Corporate Division at Harris Interactive The whole Group was mobilized and uniform”

Synergie: What interests does a large group like Eiffage Synergie: How to you correct the inevitable bias have in conducting an in-house satisfaction survey? “inherent in this type of survey? Delphine Martelli-Banégas : The main interest is to listen to D.M.-B. : We endeavour to check that the various Group employees and obtain feedback on their populations are all properly represented and reflect views of different subjects – including working the theoretical structure of the workforce. If there is conditions and the image they have of the company, any doubt about representation, then we try to its environmental policy or actions under the “correct” the missing population in order to banner of social responsibility. From this point of estimate its real position in the company. view, Eiffage made the courageous choice to survey all its employees – including all trades, branches and Synergie: How can Eiffage make best use of your work? countries – and in particular, to include the D.M.-B. : A global assessment of the results is essential. specialist trades. Very often, the large groups of It must also be ensured that they are relayed to the companies limit themselves to canvassing a section sectors and at different management levels. The of their company, like the managers for example, or latter must then share these results. The survey will staff employees, given that it is more easy to sound be all the more beneficial if an action plan is set up them out, simply because they have e-mail access. at the same time, based on the points of vigilance which have been identified in order to make Eiffage made the courageous improvements. choice to survey all its employees” Synergie: As for you, how did you conduct this enquiry? D.M.-B. : A large number of people – even within “Synergie : Were you surprised at the results? Harris Interactive or outside service providers – have D.M.-B. : The response rate is satisfactory – for all the been recruited. An initial design team spent one and categories of people questioned. Out of the number of a half month from the middle of March to the end surveys we carry out, one category - whether staff, a of April preparing the survey, on what was almost a sector or country – does not contribute. With regard to full-time basis. From the end of April, a production Eiffage, we did not note any special drop-out. The team proceeded with the “ground phase” which whole Group was mobilized and uniform. Besides consisted in producing the survey on line together which, the survey records very special situations with a postal survey. In the latter case this involved relating to certain categories of staff, such as the printing, putting the survey in an envelope and specialist trades or countries, such as Senegal. The posting it to all the countries before finally receiving perceptions thus processed are both specific and diverse, the questionnaires. An outside service provider meaning that the whole thing is not “averaged out”, manually entered the replies from the hard copy which would not make much sense. The results show questionnaires over the next days. Finally, the design that when the employees were not satisfied with certain team was responsible for processing and analysing aspects, they said so, without beating about the bush. the results over a period of three weeks in May.

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TRAINING AND RECRUITMENT “Job dating” in Vélizy

Master chefs with star ratings In order to help foremen develop their skills, Eiffage Travaux Publics has introduced Michel Gostoli, chairman of Eiffage Construction and Michel Boudinet, regional director of Eiffage a training scheme at national Construction Île-de-France, pointed out the importance of links between education and companies and presented the various professions in the building and real estate sectors. level, known as Master Chef. The course is geared to all A “Job dating” evening was held on 26th March last at the head office of foremen of the Road/Regions Eiffage Construction in Vélizy (Yvelines) to mark the entry of a promotional division of Eiffage Travaux group of students from the École supérieure d’ingénieurs des travaux de la Publics, irrespective of their construction de Cachan (ESITC) into the world of work. Created in 1991, after seniority and initial training. the baccalauréat, ESITC Cachan trains students in the building and civil It comes with its ‘leitmotiv’: engineering trades, by offering a 5-year course emphasizing the technological the different mix of levels and aspects of the construction sector. Eiffage Construction supported a expertise will provide the promotion from this prestigious school throughout the five years of training. richness of exchange, sharing Fifty of these students who registered for the 5th year, were taken on, as were knowledge and executing the also twenty students from year 4 seeking a course. Eiffage Construction will work together. start a new 5-year cycle from September onwards by sponsoring the On a practical level, “Master 2012/2017 promotion. — Chef” is broken down into two modules, of a total duration of 35 hours. This would form the common basis, which could “Bridges” towards the future then be completed by a specific course relative to each foreman, In 2011, Eiffage Énergie wished to bring an based on the requirements initiative, which was adopted the previous year expressed. A third, optional in the central eastern region, into general use: module, dedicated to both the namely develop an approach in a professional construction manager/foreman context, relating to the (re) learning of basic is also provided. This will allow knowledge – i.e. reading, writing and arithmetic. for an on-site assessment of the These problems can affect all colleagues. effective implementation of the They affect them both in their daily lives and in methods and tools developed carrying out their jobs and entail consequences during training and give in terms of site safety. How can one apply practical solutions to the an instruction which one does not properly problems encountered on a understand? The “link” approach, founded case basis. Thirty sessions have on a voluntary basis, has recently been developed already been scheduled for this in order to acquire and develop this basic year. The aim: to improve knowledge. One hundred and nineteen colleagues from Eiffage Énergie took productivity and share good part in the first sessions, which took place over 112 hours. Other sessions practices in matters of could be organised depending on demand. — prevention. —

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performances Expertise and innovation: a winning combination Midi-Pyrénées:

Eiffage Construction is multiplying its accessibility regional initiatives to bring out its pros! expertise and innovations in the foremen. A Purchase and Innovation Eiffage Construction fair will be held on the 27th November Midi-Pyrénées, the Pamiers 2012 in Bordeaux at the Pin galant in agency, was awarded the Mérignac (Gironde). Its subject is title of “accessibility pros”, “Savings in sustainable building” and by the French Building will be geared to the housing sector. Federation, through its The aim: to invite clients and foremen certification body, Qualibat. to discover the innovations presented This distinction highlights by suppliers – both in-house and those companies capable of outside companies. Eiffage guaranteeing or improving Construction is hoping to surf on the the accessibility of a building success of Sophia-Antipolis (Alpes- to the old and disabled. Maritimes), at the end of 2011, where the EFPI (Eiffage Construction fournisseurs The law of 11th February 2005 produits innovants – Eiffage Construction – Suppliers’ innovative products) fair was governing the standards held. Home automation, joinery profiles based on linen, LED slabs from Eiffage of accessibility “to and from Energie, HVA cabins, ConceptTM and Pac. R2 from Eiffage Construction Industries… a building for the old and there was no lack of innovation to provide answers to clients on the look-out for disabled”, is imposed on new state of the art products — public buildings in particular, as well as on buildings that are new or undergoing Clemessy on the way towards Group renovation and on individual homes. This decree becomes certification effective before 1st January 2015. Following an audit carried out by the Association française The “Accessibility pros” d’assurance de la qualité (Afaq) [French quality assurance certification is a guarantee association] from 12th to 30th March 2012, the companies, EIS, of professionalism for Clemessy Méditerranée et Fluides IT, were the first of the Clemessy principals. According to the Group to be awarded ISO 14001 certification. This standard regional directorate of the essentially covers environmental management – i.e. what a company does to environment, development minimize the damaging effects of its activity on the environment and continuously and housing (Dréal), roughly to improve its environmental performance. The experience of EIS, Clemessy 300 public buildings are Méditerranée et Fluides IT in this matter will be shared and carried out by the other affected in Midi-Pyrénées, companies of the Clemessy Group, which will also request certification during the together with many private course of the next three years. The aim is that all the companies of the Clemessy buildings (cinemas, hotels, Group will have been awarded their certifications by 2014. etc.). The demand for private What is more, Clemessy was awarded renewal of its AFAQ ISO 9001 certification, dwellings should also relating to quality management systems, for the coming three years. The scope increase given the ageing of certification covers engineering, design, studies, manufacture, installations, population. — commissioning, corrective and preventive maintenance of plant and machinery: ! Electrical (electric panels); ! Low and high voltage electro-technical systems up to 400 kV [kilovolts]; ! Mechanics of instrumentation, automation, IT and low currents ; ! Piping and measurement; ! Fire safety systems; ! Video monitoring and intrusion detection in the industrial and service sectors. —

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SOCIAL COMMITMENT The motorway puts on a fabulous spread

Let the holidaymakers discover or rediscover the value of French gastronomy, which is entrenched in the intangible cultural heritage of humanity: such is the ambition of APRR and AREA, which this summer are organising a series of events on the subject of “Culinary art, flavours and local know-how”. Hence, the equivalent of eighty days of games, workshops and tastings of regional products are anticipated. The two motorway concession holders enlisted the help of the general councils, regional councils and county tourism boards. The general council of Allier and the county tourism boards of Jura will organise some real events at the motorway service stations to help holidaymakers discover their regions, which are served by two networks. Partners, such as the Casino Group shopping outlets, the catering firm Élior and even ‘La Maison de La vache qui rit’ in Lons-le-Saunier (Jura) also willingly agreed to assist in order to help attract future tourists. —

Digging out a gas main: a life-size exercise

Poland is given the philanthropic award

The construction sector of Eiffage Poland was awarded the second “leaders of philanthropy 2011 prize” organised by the Polish building trade and industrial companies. In 2011, Eiffage Poland provided The Infrastructure division of the agencies of Eiffage Énergie the finance for a children’s leisure complex in Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées) and Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in Warsaw and the complete renovation of the fire-brigade and GRDF (Gaz Réseau Distribution France – a public hospital department in the Polish Gas distribution network of France) took part in an emergency capital. In addition, colleagues of the Group exercise, which simulated digging out a gas pipe. also participated in “Children’s Day” and A film of this event was sent to the parties involved and to carried out some renovation work in the the regional and national levels of Eiffage Énergie. This film socio-therapeutic centre of Warsaw. This was also distributed, with commentary, to all staff in Pau and year, Eiffage Poland was one of the sponsors Tarbes. This experience was truly appreciated by those of the European football championships involved (in-house and outsiders), the client (SDE), agencies, organised for children who live in a subsidiaries of the regional directorate and Eiffage Énergie, children’s home. — which could adopt this action at national level. —

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Eiffage challenge: roughly 3,000 sportsmen still in the running!

Multi-activities, football, tennis: this is divided into regions for the qualifiers! The first two days of this th34 Eiffage challenge took place on the 8th June at Touquet (Pas-de-Calais) and the 21st June in Vittel (Vosges). Roughly 500 colleagues took part in this internal competition, which was open to everyone. Welcome to the newly registered, who make up almost half! The programme will continue from September to November, so start training flat out this summer! A grand finale will be organised in June 2013. In all, roughly 3,000 colleagues from the Group will take part in these regional qualifications, which include all the divisions and all social-professional categories. —

agenda Delegation from Delegation from Delegation from the West: the South West: the South: 21st September 12th October 9th November in Cesson-Sevigné in Boé (Gironde) in Beaucaire (île-et-Vilaine) Delegation from (Bouches-du- Delegation from the île-de-France: Rhône) the North West: 19th October Delegation from 28th September in Paris-Val-de- the Centre-East: Le Grand Quevilly Marne (Val-de- 23rd November (Seine-Maritime) Marne) in Meyzieu (Rhône) Obtain all information from Planet’Eiffage Vittel 2012: all in action for the qualifiers.

The Eiffage foundation wants to 115,000 downloads from provide training in the building the motorway SOS and public works trade emergency call terminal The Eiffage foundation will support a project to the tune of The emergency call terminals developed by APRR 10,000 euro, proposed by Alexandre Chardon, director of Eiffage and accessible on Smartphones, has passed the Construction Franche-Comté, who would like to provide training 115,000 download mark. Almost 78.2% of these for the building and public works trade and thereby create jobs. were made by holders of iPhones and 21.8% by users The aim is to participate in the financing of the equipment on of Android Smartphones. This facility means that board a bus belonging to the Indibat Group – a bus that is meant drivers no longer have to get out of their car to make to be a mobile training and information tool. Indibat defines itself a call from the emergency call terminal, since the as a socio-professional ‘lift’ for latter is now “on board”. This will also limit the risks job-seekers and an external of accident. — human resources management service for the building and public works trade. —

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