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12 BESIX BESIX at a glance - Milestones 2019 Activity Report 2019 13 Milestones 2019 JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH MAY JUNE JULY BESIX Foundation celebrates its 10th Official opening of the 3rd chamber of the BESIX is awarded the construction of The Refuse Derived Fuel Facility in Umm Al BESIX is awarded the Rail Baltica Central BESIX installs first Clean Air Panels on a anniversary. The foundation, created on Princess Beatrix lock in Nieuwegein (The the Zin in N(o)ord building, an example of Quwain (UAE) reaches financial close. This Station project, including the design and pilot project basis along a service road used the occasion of BESIX’s 100th anniversary, Netherlands) by HRH Princess Beatrix. circular economy in Brussels (Belgium). This plant will treat 1,000 tonnes of municipal construction of the Riga passenger station, for the construction of the future N434, a supports associations active in countries major real estate project is a 110,000m² waste per day and convert it into RDF. the railway bridge over the Daugava river road infrastructure project of the Province of where the group operates. building in the centre of one of Brussels’s and the railway embankments. South Holland in The Netherlands. Al Janoub Stadium, formerly known as READ MORE ON PAGE 52. main business districts. Al Wakrah Stadium, hosts first football DMCC awards Uptown Dubai Super game and welcomes a staggering 40,000 Tall Tower Construction Contract to Six spectators for the Emir Cup Final. Construct. The 339 metre high, 78-storey READ MORE ON PAGE 78. will provide breath-taking views of Dubai’s waterfront and iconic skyline. BESIX is awarded the construction of the BESIX delivers towing facilities at Port Belgian Pavilion for Expo 2020 Dubai, a Hedland (Australia). The project includes the reference in the field of eco-design. Under installation of mooring pontoons, cyclone the theme “Smart & Green Belgium 2050”, moorings, access walkways and services the Pavilion has the shape of a green arch, Completion of the Jebel Ali Sewage for the new harbour tugs that will service the combining the latest intelligent technologies BESIX anchors itself in the future with the Treatment Plant in Dubai (UAE), the largest Capesize vessels shipping iron ore from Port and technical techniques. French pavilion for Expo Dubai 2020. The STP project BESIX ever embarked on. It will Hedland. “Pavillon France” is a 5,100m² futuristic ensure that all of Dubai’s sewage is treated AUGUST work designed around the theme of light. up to international standards and without BESIX wins LNG berth marine structure environmental nuisance. project in Kitimat, British Columbia (Canada). Works include the construction APRIL The Berliner Philharmoniker inaugurates of a 500-meter-long quay wall, an LNG BESIX’s 3D concrete Printing Lab opens in the concert hall of the Gotthard Hotel and platform and all associated mooring and Dubai (UAE). Residences, which was built by BESIX in berthing structures. BESIX builds a new logistics platform at Andermatt (Switzerland). Brussels Airport, including warehouses, Launch of LN24, the 24/7 French-speaking offices, loading/unloading areas and a news channel in Belgium. BESIX Nederland colleagues move into their covered car park. READ MORE ON PAGE 111. new ‘smart’ headquarters in Dordrecht (The READ MORE ON PAGE 76. Netherlands). Thanks to the interconnection of energy, telecommunication, technology and other systems, this smart building can connect mass of data and draw useful conclusions. READ MORE ON PAGE 58. The Global Safety Time-out gathers participants from BESIX sites all over the world. 14 BESIX BESIX at a glance - Milestones 2019 Activity Report 2019 15 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER BESIX Nederland is the first company in NOVEMBER Official opening of the 100% energy- complex utility construction and one of the neutral sewage treatment plant in Tiel (the Start of the construction of a new 1,071 BESIX and NDI GROUP are awarded the Six Construct receives two awards from meter quay wall by the Southern Canal contract to build a shipping channel through first in civil construction in The Netherlands client RTA (Dubai Road Transport Authority) Netherlands). The plant will produce 3.6 Dock in the inner port of Zeebrugge the Vistula Spit peninsula, in Poland. Works to obtain the step 4 certificate of the Safety for Best Contractor - Mega Projects 2019 million kWh biogas yearly, enough to make it (Belgium). include breakwaters, quays, a channel, Culture Ladder (SCL). and Best Contractor for HSE performance energy neutral. READ MORE ON PAGE 70. lock infrastructure with rotating bridges and 2019, for the Shindagha “Infinity” Bridge sluice gates, buildings and roads, as well as Project. an artificial island. Over 1,700 employees worldwide roll up Re-opening of the flagship store Flamant their sleeves to clean the public spaces Sablon in Brussels (Belgium). The façade DECEMBER around sites and offices. As many as 774 features the new Flamant logo and the Official opening of the first A-STAY hotel, BESIX RED delivers the new global garbage bags or five tons of litter were tagline ‘You’re Home’. located in Antwerp (Belgium). headquarters of FERRERO International collected! READ MORE ON PAGE 108. Six Construct wins the Shindagha Corridor Agribusiness Group, right next to the Grand Project in Dubai (UAE). The project is Duchy of Luxembourg international airport. focused on improving various local roadways in the heart of Dubai. Inauguration of the Crown Princess Mary´s Bridge over the Roskilde Fjord in Denmark, completed three months ahead of schedule..