Sogea - 1999 annual report - Vinci
Sogea - 1999 annual report - Vinci
Sogea - 1999 annual report - Vinci
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Outlook<br />
In its traditional operating zones <strong>Sogea</strong> will be<br />
maintaining and consolidating its position by<br />
leveraging the know-how acquired in maintenance<br />
and repair work and also in high-tech specialty areas<br />
such as guided horizontal drilling or construction of<br />
large diameter pipelines.<br />
The development of networking and synergies with<br />
specialized building and civil engineering entities, as<br />
well as project planning and pre-development should<br />
make it possible for <strong>Sogea</strong> to focus more on<br />
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operations with private-sector developers.<br />
Overseas, the outlook is also promising, particularly<br />
in the environmental sector where many new projects<br />
are expected to be coming on stream.<br />
On the international market <strong>Sogea</strong> has a position,<br />
a reputation and skills which should enable it to<br />
maintain its level of activity and even to win new<br />
contracts in its traditional zones of operation and<br />
beyond.<br />
Finally, in coming years <strong>Sogea</strong> will be looking<br />
into opportunities for acquisitions which will be<br />
particularly targeted on niche markets in the<br />
hydraulic engineering sector and on high-potential<br />
geographic regions in France and abroad.<br />
3. The SIVU water<br />
treatment plant of<br />
the Upper and Lower<br />
Goulaine, built by<br />
<strong>Sogea</strong> Atlantique,<br />
was acceptance<br />
tested in <strong>1999</strong>.<br />
4. <strong>Sogea</strong> is today<br />
a specialist in large<br />
diameter pipe laying<br />
on both the French<br />
and international<br />
markets.<br />
NEAR EAST<br />
Efficiency doubled on networks<br />
In <strong>1999</strong>, <strong>Sogea</strong> and its subsidiary WMI completed work to<br />
improve the efficiency of the drinking water systems in<br />
Bethlehem and Hebron in the Palestinian territories in the<br />
southern West Bank.<br />
For three years, <strong>Sogea</strong> and WMI teams updated the map<br />
of the systems of the two cities, detected and repaired leaks,<br />
organized water and billing management systems and trained<br />
the staff of the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA).<br />
The efficiency of these networks which in 1997 stood at only<br />
40 to 45% is now more than 80%.<br />
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