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Business activities
and CSR
Colas
as a result of an ongoing programme to upgrade
infrastructure in Quebec, a recovery in private
investment in the west of the country driven by the
mining sector and the energy sector in Alberta,
and acquisitions in Quebec and British Columbia.
Thanks to the quality of its extensive network of
contractors and its vertically-integrated business
model, ColasCanada completed another good year
in a buoyant economy.
In the United States, warm asphalt mixes accounted
for 32% of output in 2011, compared with 14%
in 2010, and aggregates from recycled pavement
for 20%, compared with 22% in 2010. In Canada,
the use of warm asphalt mixes and cold in-place
recycling of aggregates is continuing to grow.
Rest of the world
Sales fell slightly in Morocco, in a context of lower
levels of activity and fierce competition, in West
Africa (Benin, Togo and Gabon) and in the Indian
Ocean region, with the exception of Mauritius,
where the market remained buoyant and Colas
took a 50% stake in Gamma Materials Ltd, a
company that produces construction materials.
In New Caledonia, activity continued to benefit
from a vigorous economy in the North province.
In Asia, where Colas operates in eight countries
and focuses on the production, distribution and
sale of bitumen products, all units reported an
increase in sales on 2010 in a shrinking bitumen
market. Subsidiaries in Australia reported strong
sales growth.
Warm asphalt mixes continued to make progress
in the Indian Ocean region and were used in over
25% of surfacing projects in Mayotte. In Asia,
in-place recycling is continuing to increase in
Thailand.
Projects
112,300 projects were completed in nearly
50 countries in 2011.
France
> Lowering of a 1.2-km section of the A29 motorway
to allow for the crossing of the future
Seine-Nord Europe canal and construction of
a temporary section of motorway; resurfacing
of sections of the A11, A23, A36 and A48
motorways and construction of the Montluçon,
Fleuré and Chanos-Curson bypasses using
recycled pavement; maintenance of sections
of the RD388 and local roads in south-western
France using warm asphalt mixes.
> Upgrade of city entrance roads in Lyon, Marseille
and Saint-Brieuc; creation of carriageways for
the Toulon tunnel; development of access roads
to the future Lille Stadium using recycled warm
asphalt mixes and noise-reducing, skid-resistant
surfaces, with people in integration schemes
being hired to work on the project.
> Continuation of construction work on the T1, T2,
T3, T5 and T6 tramway lines in the Paris region,
including the hiring of people in integration
schemes. Start of construction work on the Tours
tramway using warm asphalt mixes. Laying of
track for tramway lines in Dijon and Lyon.
> Installation of sound barriers on the A31 motorway.
> Construction of the Hauterives and Beynes gas
storage plants as turnkey EPCC projects.
> Night-time resurfacing of platforms on lines
1 and 13 of the Paris metro using low-temperature
asphalt, with specific measures being taken
to protect workers and the environment.
> Waterproofing, cladding and roofing of the buildings
of the Georges-Frêche secondary school
in Montpellier.
> Provision of 90,000 m² of Coletanche ® waterproofing
membranes for a mining project in
Chile.
> Closed-line turnkey upgrading of the Siorac-
Sarlat and Bergerac-Sauveboeuf railway lines.
> Start of work on the Majicavo prison in Mayotte,
a design-build project.
International
> Refurbishment of the main runway at Manchester
airport and the relaying of track under multiyear
MAC contracts and a MAFA maintenance contract
in the south-west of England.
> Resurfacing of the E34 motorway in Belgium.
> Construction of a section of the new tramway
line in Geneva, Switzerland.
> Construction of sections of the M3 and M0
motorways in Hungary, a section of the D3
motorway in the Czech Republic and the Poznan
motorway bypass in Poland.
> Resurfacing of Interstates 90 in Wyoming and
26 in South Carolina; resurfacing of the runway
at Anchorage airport in Alaska (United States).
> Construction of Highway 85 on the Trans
Canada Highway and Highway 73 in Quebec;
construction of an intermodal rail logistics hub
at Calgary in Alberta (Canada).
> Earthworks for the Tangiers-Kénitra high-speed
rail link and construction of a 9-km section of the
Casablanca tramway in Morocco.
> Extension of the runway at Port-Gentil airport in
Gabon.
Building tramway infrastructure
in Angers, western France
EPCC: Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning - MAC: Managing Agent Contractors (UK) - MAFA: Multi Asset Framework Agreement
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