Bouygues Construction is a global leader in the construction industry. Active in the building, civil works and electrical installation/maintenance markets, it combines the power of a large group with the responsiveness of a network of companies organised in a number of complementary entities.
Aiming to meet their clients' needs in a changing environment, Bouygues Construction teams work each day to deliver innovative solutions for the construction, design, operation, maintenance and financing of buildings and infrastructures.

 

• Building
• Civil works
• Electrical installation/maintenance

Bouygues Construction is built on a network of complementary entities: Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France, Bouygues Entreprises France-Europe, Bouygues Bâtiment International, Bouygues Travaux Publics, VSL and DTP Terrassement (which have been brought together to form a new Specialist Civil Works division), a Concessions Division and ETDE. This vast network of companies all operate in close proximity to their customers and their markets, whether in France or around the world.

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Protecting the environment counts among the top priorities of Bouygues Construction. Recent years have seen numerous pro-environmental initiatives, and significant progress has been made in conserving the natural habitat, integrating structures into their surroundings, managing resources and recycling waste.

For example, construction of the A28 Rouen-Alençon motorway in northern France is subject to stringent requirements for the protection of wildlife, water and the countryside through which the motorway passes. The use of Ductal® ultra high-strength concrete for the motorway structures considerably reduces the thickness of the structural elements, thereby decreasing their visual impact.

Bouygues Construction pays great attention to any nuisance that could arise from its sites. Technical solutions have been deployed to limit noise levels and to ensure that building sites remain clean, have low visual impact on the surroundings and disturb local traffic as little as possible. Waste management procedures have also been put into place.

In addition, Bouygues Construction is developing a specific activity arising from environmental services. In the area of decontamination, the Brézillon subsidiary has developed an original physical-chemical process which has been used for treating of polluted sand from the holed petrol tanker, Erika.

As environmental protection depends more than anything on people and individual attitudes, training programmes have been organised seeking to raise employees’ awareness of risks to the environment entailed by construction work.

 

Bouygues Construction has been established internationally for many years, and has performed contracts in some 60 countries. Particularly active in Western and Central Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, the company has developed acknowledged expertise based on both technical and financial innovation. Bouygues Construction’s business outside France has grown by 75% since 1995. International expansion has been achieved by managing major projects, forming partnerships with local companies and establishing permanent local subsidiaries. In 2003, international business accounted for 41% of the company's total sales.