2013-vinci-annual-report

64 CONCESSIONS / VINCI CONCESSIONS
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01 Four secured-visit itineraries
created in the spring of 2013 enabled
almost 8,000 people to discover the
works being carried out on the SEA
Tours–Bordeaux HSL.
02 Some 27 major engineering
structures will be built on the route of
the SEA HSL, including the 1,319 metre
Dordogne viaduct.
03 In 2013, Rhônexpress welcomed
1.2 million riders, with a satisfaction
rate of 95%.
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visitors to the 41,000 sq. metres of offices,
together with those using the nearby
14-screen UGC multiplex. In addition, the
Universcience public development agency
chose VINCI Park to handle upgrading and
operation over 18 years of the 1,450 parking
spaces at the Cité des Sciences et de l’industrie
science park.
In Strasbourg, VINCI Park won a new 32-year
concession contract for the Hautepierre hospital.
Apart from operation, management
and maintenance, the contract also provides
for design, finance and construction of the
800-space car park. The works will be
awarded to VINCI Construction France.
International
Brazil. VINCI Park took positions in Latin
America’s largest parking market when it
acquired a 50% stake in Moving, which
manages over 30,000 parking spaces and is
one of the sector’s leading operators in the
south of Brazil. Several major contracts
have been won since then for shopping
centres and hospitals, with VINCI Park
making successful inroads in the states of
Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
United States. 2013 saw record organic
growth – 185 new contracts for 215 new
sites – for LAZ, VINCI Park’s US subsidiary,
which expanded in a wide variety of segments
(retail, hotels, hospitals, events,
municipal car parks).
Belgium. In Nieuport, VINCI Park will be
handling operation of two public car parks
with a total of 700 spaces, together with
3,573 on-street parking spaces within the
framework of a consortium and on behalf
of a property developer.
United Kingdom. VINCI Park strengthened
its positions in the UK. The subsidiary won
an extension, until September 2015, of the
London Midland Rail contract (7,830
on-street spaces and 28 car parks) and also
obtained a contract in Milton Keynes for car
parks and on-street spaces.
Spain. In a consortium with other operators,
VINCI Park won two out of four
on-street parking contracts for the city of
Madrid. The 12-year contract provides for
the management of 85,000 parking spaces,
together with the financing, installation
and maintenance of 2,200 parking metres
and collection of the revenue from them.
In May 2013, VINCI Park increased its
stake in Epsa to 100% by acquiring the ACS
Group’s 50% holding. Epsa, a company based
in Zaragoza, manages four car parks under
concession (1,695 spaces) with an average
residual term of 31 years. The acquisition
bolsters VINCI Park’s positions in Zaragoza,
where the company already operated four
car parks and on-street parking.
Rail infrastructure
The year was dominated by intense activity
on the SEA Tours-Bordeaux high-speed line,
the biggest infrastructure concession
project currently under way in Europe.
In addition, in France, VINCI Concessions
2,000
LOCAL WORKERS RECRUITED
FOR THE SEA HSL PROJECT.