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FRANCE<br />
Valence<br />
Airport: ready for take-off!<br />
With a workforce of over 300 people on site,<br />
25,000 aircraft movements per year, a private<br />
aviation club and a small military base, Valence-<br />
Chabeuil airport plays a significant economic role in<br />
the Rhône-Alpes region. However the ageing infrastructure<br />
meant that the French civil aviation authority<br />
(DGAC) was threatening to withdraw its operating<br />
license. The Drôme local authority therefore decided<br />
to renovate the site, awarding the contract to Sacer<br />
Sud-Est’s Valence profit center and <strong>Colas</strong> Rhône-<br />
Alpes Auvergne’s Ardèche-Drôme center: resurfacing<br />
of airport access roads, upgrading of airfield ground<br />
lighting and marking to comply with safety standards,<br />
creation of a water and fire retardant storage facility<br />
for fire-fighting aircraft, etc. For the main runway,<br />
the subsidiaries suggested combining the use of<br />
Airasphalt ® – an asphalt mix specially designed for<br />
airfields – with the Colmat ® AF process – developed<br />
to reduce the risk of cracking – an alternate bid that<br />
helped the customer choose the Group! <<br />
REUNION ISLAND<br />
site-seeing 07<br />
Photovoltaic power<br />
generation:<br />
Smac aims high<br />
Reunion Island is blessed<br />
with an exceptionally sunny<br />
climate, making it an ideal<br />
location for photovoltaic power<br />
generation. As part of a<br />
partnership with Green Yellow<br />
(Casino Group), Smac used<br />
the Surfa 5® Solar process to fix<br />
solar panels on the roofs and<br />
parking lots of six shopping malls.<br />
ROUTES No. 25 – September 2010
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