VINCI Construction subsidiaries, VINCI Construction Grands Projets and Bessac (Soletanche Bachy) have won the contract to design and build a 10 km treated water transmission pipeline to supply the centre of Ho Chi Minh City, the economic capital of Vietnam.
The $69 million (€60 million)project is being funded by the Asian Development Bank and Sawaco (Saigon Water Corporation) as programme manager.
The contract, which was signed on 24 August in Ho Chi Minh City, includes:
- detailed project design;
- production of prefabricated reinforced concrete pipe sections with an outside diameter of 3 metres;
- pipe installation by means of pipe jacking; drilling of 16 shafts;
- and construction of 11 connections and five stubs for future connections to the network.
The pipeline route runs along metro Line 1 which is currently under construction, and under the Saigon River.
The project will take an estimated 3.5 years to build.
VINCI Construction has operated in Vietnam since 1994. In 2014 it signed a partnership with the Ho Chi Minh City Polytechnic Institute to welcome and train Vietnamese students on Group worksites.
VINCI Construction Grands Projets has carried out a large number of sewer projects for Vietnamese cities, including Thai Nguyen and Hoi An (a UNESCO World Heritage site) in 2016, Vung Tau in 2013, and Ha Dong in 2008.
VINCI Construction is active on five continents, with more than 68,000 employees and almost 800 companies generating revenue of €13.7 billion in 2016.
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