2013-vinci-annual-report

92 CONTRACTING / EUROVIA
Lastly, in specialist activities, business
remained buoyant for Cardem, a subsidiary
specialising in deconstruction, boosted by
an acquisition in the Greater Paris area in
the run-up to the Grand Paris projects. The
company’s integrated asbestos removal,
demolition and pollution remediation solutions
were employed on sites of all kinds,
including a fossil-fired power plant in Loire
sur Rhône, a hospital in Clermont Ferrand
and several high-rise apartment buildings
in Lyon, Strasbourg and Bezons. Subsidiary
Signature also continued to record good
levels of business in its road sign and road
marking activity.
Europe
Germany
Business declined 7.3% to €0.8 billion.
Eurovia GmbH continued to scale back
activity in order to maintain margins in the
very difficult market environment.
This affected mainly the roadworks-related
business lines (civil engineering, earthworks
and demolition). In the motorway
sector, 2013 saw strong activity on the A5
project in Baden-Württemberg and the A9
motorway in Thuringia, where Eurovia is
working for VINCI Concessions under the
A-Modell programme to renovate a 46.5 km
section between Berlin and Munich.
The project includes widening a 19 km
stretch to three-lane dual carriageway.
The year’s other main projects included
construction of the new Schwanebeck
motorway interchange north of Berlin and
the renovation of the city centre of Koblenz.
United Kingdom
Eurovia UK Ltd recorded 47.4% growth in
revenue to €0.5 billion, attributable to multi-year
contracts won during the previous
year and ongoing sales and marketing
momentum. In addition, two 25-year PFI
contracts won in synergy with VINCI
Concessions came into force in 2013.
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One covers renovation and maintenance of
the road networks of the London Borough
of Hounslow (432 km of streets and 763 km
of pavements) and the other the Isle of
Wight (821 km of roads and 767 km of pavements).
Apart from these two operations,
13 service contracts for the maintenance of
road infrastructure, with an average duration
of five years and seven months, were
under way at the end of 2013.
In works activities, Eurovia UK Ltd continued
construction of a new 1.6 km road
link in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, and
won the contract to build a roundabout in
the same city. Additional contracts were
REVENUE INCREASED
47% IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM.