Bouygues

Bouygues Energies & Services has acquired robotics firm SEA Productique for an undisclosed sum. The French company also works on industrial IT solutions and automation for industry, primarily to help firms improve their processes in the manufacturing, food and pharmaceutical industries. Bouygues Energies & Services, a subsidiary of the French…

Highways England has shortlisted three joint ventures to build the £2.3bn Lower Thames Crossing. The new road tunnel is planned to link Essex and Kent under the River Thames. The shortlisted firms are: BFV JV – comprising Bam Nuttall, Ferrovial Construction and Vinci Construction Grands Projets. Consultants Atkins, Tecnica y…

A Keller/VSL International joint venture has won a £167m geotechnical package on HS2. The firms have been awarded the contract for the C1 section of the project, which will see the delivery of a viaduct and twin-bore tunnels under the Chilterns by the Align JV – made up of Bouygues…

Balfour Beatty, Kier and Morgan Sindall are among the winners on a £10.5bn NHS Shared Business Services framework. The major new framework is divided into five lots and covers all types of building and construction work, design, alteration and refurbishment. It is open for use by the NHS and all…

Kier has appointed a Bouygues UK managing director to help it push for growth in the Midlands and to take responsibility for performance excellence of its construction business nationwide. Chris Stevens, a chartered civil engineer who sits on Bouygues UK’s board, has been with the firm since it acquired Warings…

Bouygues E&S Contracting UK has agreed a loan from its parent company to help finance its activities, new accounts have revealed. The loan facility with parent entity Bouygues Energy & Services SAS, based in France, was put in place earlier this year following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bouygues…

HS2 is set to deploy a robot arm to automate two risky tasks during tunnelling work on the rail megaproject. The robot, dubbed Krokodyl, has been developed by main works contractor Align, a joint venture between Bouygues, Sir Robert McAlpine and VolkerFitzpatrick. It will be deployed on a pair of…

Bouygues UK returned to profit in 2019, as its turnover fell for the second year running due to its “increased selectivity” over work. The firm posted a £2.6m pre-tax profit in the 12 months to 31 December 2019, up from a loss of £528,000 the year before. Turnover fell from…

Bouygues Group posted an operating loss of €176m (£158m) for the first half of 2020, though the Paris-based conglomerate said it managed to return to positive territory in the second quarter, with an operating profit of €64m. The company said COVID-19 had “strongly impacted” its business and that a €2.8bn…

Bouygues UK is suing an electrical wholesaler over a fire at a major project, arguing that the incident delayed completion by nearly two months. The contractor completed the £126m Cambridge Assessment building in 2018, providing a new headquarters for the university’s exam board manager. Construction News visited the project in…