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Additional
information
Glossary
Facilities
Management
(FM)
Granulates
Green IT
A service that involves providing a firm’s support functions, especially building maintenance
and operation. Services include, for example, security, reception, switchboard, office transfers,
removals, mailroom, cleaning and gardening. They may also include space and infrastructure
services (hard FM) such as heating maintenance and telecom and radio network maintenance.
Coated materials derived from old pavements that have been planed or torn up and intended
for re-use in new paving after treatment (recycling) in a coating plant or in place.
Responsible and sustainable Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) whose
design or usage helps to reduce the negative impacts of human activities on the environment,
helps to improve living conditions for the general public and working conditions for employees
and helps firms to cope with environment-related regulatory developments and to contribute
to green economic growth.
Order book
(backlog)
Order intake
Pass-foncier ®
At Bouygues Construction and Colas, the order book represents the amount of work that remains
to be done on projects for which a firm order has been taken, i.e. for which a contract has been
concluded and has entered into effect.
At Bouygues Immobilier, the backlog corresponds, each time the financial statements are signed
off, to the book sales that remain to be recognised on aggregate business activity by value. It is
expressed in euros or months’ sales (on the basis of the previous 12 months’ sales).
The total amount of sales represented by firm orders. A contract is deemed to be firm when it
has been signed and has come into effect (i.e. the service order has been issued and all the
conditions precedent have been lifted) and the financing is in place.
Means-tested scheme to promote first-time home ownership set up by the French government
and the social partners for the acquisition of a new home (house or apartment).
Green Office ®
A trade mark created and marketed by Bouygues Immobilier for positive-energy office buildings.
Green Office ® Meudon is the first large-scale positive-energy office building in France.
See also Bepos.
PFI (Private
Finance
Initiative)
Scheme introduced by the British government in 1992 under which private-sector operators
are entrusted with the financing and construction of public infrastructure and the subsequent
provision of maintenance and related services.
Guild worker
Specific term used by Bouygues to recognise the value contributed by building workers. An
in-house guild, the Minorange Guild, was created in 1963 to promote the company spirit, pride
in work well done and the transmission of knowledge to younger workers. The Minorange Guild
has inspired similar initiatives in other Group business areas, in particular at Colas.
Positive Energy
Consortium
A consortium created on the initiative of Bouygues Immobilier in October 2008 to pool the R&D
efforts of various players involved in the operation of new-generation positive-energy office buildings.
Its aim is to reduce the energy consumption of future buildings and increase their capacity
to produce energy from renewable sources. Optimising the carbon balance is another goal.
H&E
Habitat & Environment. Certification awarded by Cerqual and developed in conjunction with the
work of the HQE association. Applicable to new apartment buildings and clusters of detached
houses, it is based on seven environmental criteria (environmental management of the project,
clean site, energy/greenhouse gas emissions, construction/choice of materials, water, comfort
and health, green behaviour).
For further information: www.cerqual.fr
PPP
(Public-Private
Partnership)
Property
development
An alternative to traditional public procurement methods. In return for a set rent, private firms
construct and maintain buildings and/or infrastructure (hospitals, schools, prisons, etc.) which
are then made available to the public sector.
The assumption of responsibility, for a price determined with the client, for the completion of a
building programme, including the legal, administrative and financial aspects connected with
the project.
HQE ®
Noveom
High Environmental Quality label awarded by Afnor Certification. The certification of office buildings
(NF Bâtiments Tertiaires – Démarche HQE ® ) is delegated to Certivéa (CSTB), of collective
housing (NF Logement – Démarche HQE ® ) to Cerqual and of detached houses (NF Maison
Individuelle – Démarche HQE ® ) to Céquami. The aim is to limit the environmental impacts of a
construction, rehabilitation or renovation project in terms of consumption of natural resources,
waste management, noise, etc. THQE (very high environmental quality – See RT2012) is neither
a label nor a standard, but merely a reference to HQE certification. It is sometimes used in place
of THPE (very high energy performance). In October 2006, Bouygues’ headquarters became
the first office building in Paris with HQE ® certification.
For further information: www.assohqe.org
New generation of adaptable serviced residences created by Bouygues Immobilier. Designed
with the help of an occupational therapist, Noveom residences meet the needs of occupants at
all stages of life, making them high-quality places to live.
Public service
delegation
QSE
Quarry
Contract whereby a public-law entity entrusts the management of a public service for which it is
responsible to a public- or private-sector delegatee whose remuneration is substantively linked
to the results of operating the service. The delegatee may be asked to build structures or acquire
assets necessary for the service.
A management system that incorporates Quality, Safety and Environment features. The requirements
of Afaq QSE certification awarded by Afnor can be met through standards such as
ISO 9001, ISO 14000, OHSAS 18001 and ILO OSH 2001.
Site for the extraction of rock and production of aggregate suitable for use in road building.
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