Eiffage Group's Heritage and History
Over 150 years of history and collective memory bond the Eiffage Group with the companies that gave rise to its creation and with the general public. Since 1844, the Group has been working on projects that change the lives of men, giving form to often iconic achievements.
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2023
Civil engineering contract with EDF for the first two EPR2-type reactors in Penly
The civil engineering works includes construction of the reactor buildings and machine rooms, and the all-trades design and build of a 15,000 m2, six-floor operations centre. This work requires synergies between several of the Group’s varied areas of expertise.
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2023
Eiffage becomes sole shareholder of the Viaduc de Millau concession operator
This acquisition is a sign of Eiffage’s attachment to this major work of 21st-century architecture, built by the Group in just three years as part of a fixed-term concession contract ending in 2079. Eiffage has operated the Viaduc de Millau since it was commissioned in 2004. This new acquisition further enhances the Group’s concessions portfolio.
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2023
Design-build contract for a section of Line 15 East of Grand Paris Express
This new contract is testament to the trust that Société du Grand Paris has in the Eiffage Group, which has won 35 contracts in the construction of Grand Paris Express. These contracts demonstrate the Group’s ability to handle large-scale sustainable mobility projects.
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2022
Acquisition of 51% of energy-sector firm Salvia Group
Specialising in electrical, climate and energy engineering and maintenance, Salvia Group GmbH covers the entire technical life cycle of buildings. This acquisition bolsters Eiffage’s growth strategy in Europe, which aims to increase its territorial coverage and consolidate its expertise.
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2022
35-year concession contract to manage housing stock for the French Ministry of Armed Forces
This contract relates to “Housing Ambition”, a programme within the Ministry of Armed Forces Family Plan that aims to expand housing provision for Ministry personnel, with ambitious environmental goals.
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2021
Timber-framed Hypérion tower delivered
This 17-story tower, combining wood and concrete over a height of 50 meters, represents the largest wooden structure in France. Recognized as an "Industrial Demonstrator for Sustainable Cities" by the State, it was awarded the BIM d'Or 2019 for its BIM design. This achievement, rated E3C2, fully embodies Eiffage Group's strategy for reducing carbon emissions.
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2020
Eiffage named concession operator of the future A79 motorway in Allier, central France
The 48-year concession involves financing, designing, developing, widening, and upgrading to motorway standards as well as operating and maintaining an 89-km section of the current RN 79 national road between Sazaret (Allier) and Digoin (Saône-et-Loire) which will become the A79 motorway.
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2020
30-year PPP contract for the A3 motorway
Awarded by the North Bavarian motorway management company, Autobahndirektion Nordbayern, on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMVI), this contract covers a 76-kilometre stretch of the A3 motorway between Biebelried and Fürth/Erlangen.
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2019
Acquisitions of Lille and Toulouse airports
The Group’s expertise in major road infrastructure projects enables its to bid for a number of airport concessions in France. Indeed, airports represent a strategic development focus for the Group.
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2018
A consortium involving Eiffage won the contract for work package 1 of line 16, the largest in the Grand Paris Express programme
Through its Eiffage Génie Civil subsidiary, Eiffage and the consortium to which it belongs won the contract for work package 1 of line 16 of the Grand Paris Express that will connect Saint-Ouen to Aulnay and Le Bourget in Seine-Saint-Denis. The package will link line 16 to line 14 and includes building the first few kilometres of line 17 and the eastern stretch of line 15.
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2018
Acquisition of a 5.03% stake in Getlink (France & United Kingdom)
Eiffage has purchased a 5.03 percent* stake in Eurotunnel SE (Getlink), the concession operator for the Channel Tunnel until 2086 and a key player in European mobility infrastructure.
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2018
Acquisition of the Kropman group
Eiffage signed an agreement to acquire 51 percent of the Netherlands-based Kropman group. The group specialises in multi-technology electrical and mechanical engineering, and pollution monitoring and control.
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2018
Acquisition of Priora
Eiffage further strengthened its European presence with the acquisition of Priora AG, a leading construction business in German-speaking Switzerland.
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2017
Commissioning of Bretagne-Pays de la Loire high-speed line
The inauguration of the Bretagne-Pays de la Loire high-speed rail link on 20 June 2017 was the culmination of five years of work. This outsize project - 214 km of railway line - confirms Eiffage Group’s ability to conduct huge multi-system turnkey projects.
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2017
Construction contract for BNP Paribas Fortis headquarters
Construction of the 100,000 m2 BNP Paribas Fortis headquarters met stringent environmental and energy performance criteria. The objective was to construct a sustainable building with flexible interior layout options to exacting ecological, economic, aesthetic and social standards set by BNP Paribas Fortis.