Egis and Projacs, Creating Value Together in the Middle East
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Sign up to receive Egis Contact International International Creative for the long term June 2016 BREAKING NEWS Inauguration of a section of the Gebze-Izmir motorway in Turkey © JEAN HARITO n 22nd April 2016, the President The 40 km section open to the public includes Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurated management of the Orhangazi Samanli Othe laying of the last segment of the Tunnel (3,591 metres) which is today the Izmit Bay Bridge, the first section of the longest tunnel in operation in Turkey. The Gebze-Orhangazi-Izmir toll road. The section opened section also includes 3 toll plazas and adjacent to the bridge (40 km between the an operations centre in Altinova. bridge and Orhangasi) was also inaugurated In 2018 the Gebze-Izmir motorway and opened to toll paying traffic. will include the operation by GIIB of The operator for the full project is Gebze 420 kilometres of motorway, 33 viaducts, 3 bi directional tunnels, 17 rest/service areas © JEAN HARITO Izmir İşletme ve Bakım (GIIB), a 50%-owned and 187 overhead bridges. This project is the subsidiary of Egis, in partnership with the largest motorway operation managed by a project concessionaire Otoyol (50%). subsidiary of the Egis Group and confirms The Izmit Bridge, renamed for the opening Egis’ position as a world leader in the In this issue Osman Gazi Bridge, after the founder of operation of motorways and tolled motorway the Ottoman Empire, is a 3.3 kilometre structures. Egis has a strong presence in BREAKING NEWS 1-3 suspended bridge with a central span of Turkey, operating the Duplex toll tunnel 1,550 metres, the fourth longest span in the under the Bosphorus, the 3rd bridge over 360° 4-9 world for this type of bridge. It is scheduled the Bosphorus and the adjacent motorway to open to traffic in June 2016. network. FOCUS 10-11 CONGRATS egis contact - June 2016 12 1 BREAKING NEWS Jordan: Egis signs strategic agreement in water supply sector Nicolas Jachiet, Chairman and CEO of Egis, has signed an agreement with the Jordanian government for the improvement of drinking water supply in the governorates of the North of Jordan. compounded the problems facing the supply of drinking water, which was already under considerable strain due to growing demand for water, limited resources and a high ratio of water loss on the main network, otherwise known as non-revenue water (NRW). Over a period of 14 months, teams of Egis specialised in water in association with VINCI Construction Grands Projets will contribute their extensive technical skills to assist the YWC in the delivery of this vast project. This will involve performing work on existing networks (diagnosis, prioritisation, replacement and renovation) but also introducing operational and asset management tools, collecting data (taking measurements on the network) and analysing © SERGEI GORSHKOV findings through the use of indicators. his project in which Egis will provide now and 2030, a further 30 million m3 technical assistance to the Yarmouk will be necessary to meet drinking water TWater Company (YWC) will address requirements in the governorates of the A project with many issues at stake problems relating to drinking water North of Jordan (Irbid, Mafraq, Jerash and The project implemented under the auspices shortages in Jordan. Ajloun). of the FASEP, an aid fund backed by the The Yarmouk Water Company manages Since the beginning of the armed conflict French Ministry of Finance, will run pilot 80 million m3 of water per year. Between in Syria in 2011, the arrival of refugees has schemes on a rural and an urban zone. France: Opening of the Forum des Halles “Canopy” in Paris n Tuesday 5th April the Forum des Halles “Canopy” was inaugurated Oby the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo. After 6 years of work the redevelopment of Les Halles reached a high point with delivery of the 7,000 m² of public buildings and 6,200 m² of retail under the cover of a gigantic 15 metres high glass roof. The project owner for the redevelopment project was awarded to the SemPariSeine/ Egis partnership. A team of 3 people has been active on the project full time since 2010. The building, now renamed “Canopée des Halles”, is the second largest shopping centre in France and will welcome some 40 million © ONICKZ ARTWORKS visitors each year. egis contact - June 2016 2 Egypt: Line 3 of Cairo city metro Egis deploys its heavy urban metro system engineering capabilities for phase 3 of Cairo metro line 3, within a Franco-Egyptian consortium A consortium* in which Egis is involved, line will run a total of 43.5 km from Cairo together with the Egyptian design Airport in the north east to Rod El-Faraq in consultancies ACE and EHAF, has been the north and the University in the south. awarded an assignment as General It will travel through the city centre and Consultant for phase 3 of the third line of beneath the Nile, and 23 of its 33 stations the Cairo metro system, comprising final will be built underground. design review and construction supervision up to handover. A metro line built in 4 phases © AHMED REFAAT The construction of line 3 of the metro has ith a population likely to grow to 20 been scheduled in 4 phases. million inhabitants between now and 2022, Cairo is one of the largest Phase 1, on which service commenced in 2012, Acknowledgement of metro expertise W is the central stretch, running underground cities in the world. The Egyptian government The contract entails the review of shop recognised the strategic importance of and calling at 5 stations between Attaba and drawings and the supervision of construction developing an efficient transport network Abbasia. work. covering the metropolitan region. Phase 2 runs 7.8 km between Abbasia station This General Consultant assignment will Line 3 was commenced in 2007, adding to and Haround El Rashied, including 4 km be carried out by a multi-disciplinary team Cairo’s transport service offer (previously underground. proficient in Civil Engineering and Plant and with two metro lines in operation), and giving Phase 3 (to which the contract relates) Equipment issues. fresh impetus to the metro network. The new extends line 3 westwards from Abbassa. This Scheduled to last 8 years, this phase 3 will line will connect the two banks of the Nile phase comprises 15 stations and is a total of draw on the work of Egis teams specialising and will provide relief to one of the most 18 km long. Most of it will run underground in metro Systems. congested thoroughfares of the city. (10 km) with some elevated sections (6 km). Featuring two branches (splitting apart on Phase 4 will extend the line from Haround * Corsortium between Egis and the French engineering the west bank side of the city), the completed El Rashied to Cairo Airport. firm Systra (lead contractor) Madagascar: Launch of the first telecommunication tower integrating vertical wind turbines Wind-it® is an innovative renewable energy generation solution developed since 2007 by Elioth, a specialist subsidiary of Egis. The company, whose purpose is to provide energy supply solutions for off-grid or poor-grid sites, and Towerco of Madagascar (TOM), leader in telecommunication infrastructure in Madagascar, launch the first commercial pilot of Wind-it®, a built-to-energy telecommunication tower integrating vertical axis wind turbines. hanks to its patented structure, this An agreement for a commercial pilot has tower can integrate one or several been signed with TOM within the framework Tvertical axis wind turbines into a tower of the rural extension of TOMnetwork, an of significant height (50 m in the case of the extension which promotes autonomous model pictured opposite) while co-locating and renewable power generation solutions. several mobile operators. The expansion of mobile networks, the It can produce energy independently pooling of stations and growing concerns and, combined with a solar-powered unit, about global warming are all factors which helps to considerably reduce and possibly dispense with the traditional use of costly should contribute to the development of and polluting fuel oil-driven generators. Wind-it®. The initial target is the African © TIBO D’ABOVILLE market, where the potential for new base The Wind-it® tower, which is totally modular, TAKE A LOOK can also be scaled to produce excess energy and stations to be built between now and 2020 at the presentation video of the thereby contribute to local electricity needs. amounts to tens of thousands. project at http://www.wind-it.fr June 2016 - egis contact 3 360° PROJECT MANAGEMENT Egis and Projacs, creating value together in the Middle East A new chapter is being written in the history of Egis with the recent acquisition of Projacs, a leading Middle Eastern project management company. This move comes just at the right time for the two firms, both firmly intent on uniting their forces to win new international contracts. © AL ESAYI stablished in 1984, Projacs has forged Kuwait and the Qatar Olympic Committee, a solid reputation in the Middle East as well as for private sector clients such as Between Egis and through a wide and varied range of on the development of nine Accor hotels E Projacs, there exists project management and works supervision in Saudi Arabia, the new National Bank of a quite obvious services in the field of building projects. Kuwait landmark head office or the Citystars complementarity Featuring in the world’s top 15 firms in its hotel development in Sharm el-Sheikh, in terms of both speciality, the company generates sales of Egypt. services and in some 70 million dollars and employs 700 © BORIS-YVAN DASSIÉ © BORIS-YVAN strategies.