A N N U A L R E P O R T - Bouygues

Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France, for
example, sets up a system on all sites
for keeping abreast of local residents’
expectations and demands. The system
includes a site telephone number,
a freephone number and a complaints
book.
■ Community action and
sponsorship
Our companies carried out numerous
operations to show their solidarity
with communities in difficulty, in many
cases linked to our businesses and our
projects.
Our action in the
environmental sphere
We are stepping up our environmental
policy in order to limit environmental
impacts throughout the entire lifecycle
of our projects. A number of initiatives
along those lines have already
been taken.
■ Design
Our approach is to favour the development
of ecological alternatives at the
design stage in order to reduce the
environmental impact of our projects
during construction and operation.
A genuine capacity for innovation
and R&D
As part of its Research & Development
programme, Bouygues Construction
is exploring several avenues around
the theme of sustainable construction.
They include using an intranet
site to share environmental knowledge
within the group, innovation in
thermal, energy-conscious engineering
and analysis of the regulatory and
certification context. Research is also
being done to optimise the overall
• In the context of a road-building project
in Cameroon, DTP Terrassement
provided a school to accommodate
300 children from villages around
the Ngai Toukoulou life base.
• After the ravages of the tsunami in
Asia, Bouygues Thai rebuilt a new
school for 400 pupils at Baan Nam
Khen, co-financed by Bouygues
Construction, in a record nine
months. The school comprises 24
class-rooms and a new multi-purpose
building.
• ETDE embarked on a solidarity sponsorship
programme in 2005 and
selected a project which involves
installing six solar- and wind-powered
systems to provide electricity to
schools and hospitals on Nicaragua’s
Caribbean coast, a region where 80%
of the population is without power.
Mother and Child hospital, Kabul
• The Mother and Child hospital in
Kabul, financed by Bouygues and
public donations, was delivered on
16 February 2005. Designed and built
by Bouygues Bâtiment International,
the hospital with its up-to-the-minute
facilities is the only one of its
kind in Afghanistan.
In addition to these operations
rooted in our businesses, Bouygues
Construction is also involved in preserving
the cultural heritage and
has become a sponsor of the Louvre
Museum. It is funding the refurbishment
and installation of galleries
housing the museum’s collection of
Near Eastern artefacts from the Late
Antiquities period.
Baan Nam Khen’s new school, Thailand
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