News Vinci JV wins €2.7bn contract for the Grand Paris Express Société du Grand Paris, the body in charge of building and running a group of rapid transit lines in the Paris city region, has awarded its first design-and-build contract to…
News Vinci JV wins major Slovakian road job A joint venture led by Vinci Construction has won a €330m contract to build the second lot of the northern highway bypass of Prešov, Slovakia’s third-largest city. Over four years,…
News Hitachi, Vinci to build French-Spanish grid link across Bay of Biscay Hitachi Energy and Vinci have won contract to connect the French and Spanish electricity grids with two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) links across the Bay of Biscay. Combined, the links…
Companies Vinci buys its first toll-highway concession in Brazil Vinci Highways just got its first toll-highway concession in Brazil by acquiring a 55% stake in Brazilian road operator Entrevias from Brazilian fund Patria. Agreed in December 2022, the sale…
News Vinci’s Seymour Whyte lands $385m in Australian road work Transport for New South Wales has awarded Vinci’s Australian subsidiary Seymour Whyte two projects with a combined value of A$385m (€240m). One sees the company building a 5km section of…
News Vinci to build €178m police station in Nice Two French companies, Vinci subsidiary Dumez Côte d’Azur and architect Wilmotte & Associés, have won a €178m contract from the French Ministry of the Interior to design, build, maintain and…
News Vinci starts €388m hydroelectric and irrigation project in Senegal Vinci Grands Projets has broken ground on a 128MW hydroelectric project in the west African state of Senegal. The 108m-high Sambangalou dam will be located near the town of Kédougou…
News €4bn contract sees Vinci build first 2GW converter platforms for North Sea wind A subsidiary of French contractor Vinci has won a contract worth €4bn to build wind farm infrastructure in the North Sea. Cobra IS and its subsidiary Dragados Offshore will work…
News Vinci takes charge of 13 Mexican airports Vinci Airports is now the biggest shareholder in Mexican airport operator OMA after finalising the acquisition of Fintech’s 29.99% stake for $1.17bn. The deal announced this summer gives Vinci an…
News Vinci Highways takes controlling stake in 570km São Paulo motorway Vinci Highways has acquired a 55% stake in the Entrevias motorway that crosses São Paulo State from north to south.
News Vinci wins Canadian safety prize for compressed air exoskeleton An exoskeleton devised by a Canadian subsidiary of French contractor Vinci and Montreal-based Biolift has been honoured by Quebec’s Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association. Eurovia Quebec and Biolift won…
News Vinci, Ferrovial land €4.4bn Toronto metro tunnelling project Toronto transit developer Metrolinx has awarded a €4.4bn privately-financed tunnelling contract to a joint venture of Ferrovial and Vinci Construction Grands Projets for the city’s Ontario Line mega project. Set…
News Vinci denies worker-abuse claims in Qatar ahead of charges this week Vinci Group defended its record on workers’ rights in Qatar today as it confirmed that its subsidiary Vinci Construction Grands Projets had been summoned to appear before an investigating judge…
News Vinci, Aurecon join Auckland’s €305m Penlink project New Zealand’s transport agency has appointed a consortium to build a two-lane toll road in North Auckland.
News Vinci subsidiary to replace 675km of French tracks French rail infrastructure operator SNCF Réseau has chosen Vinci Construction subsidiary ETF for a five-year contract to renew 675km of track on the French rail network.