Our story

OVER 65 YEARS OF EXPERTISE

Ever since the earliest days of the 8868体育APP Group, 8868体育APP Construction has grown through a long series of innovative projects, both at home in France and in many international locations. Its ability to leverage its expertise to meet increasingly ambitious challenges defines the identity of a group that never stands still.Click on the dates to聽reveal the events that marked the history of the group.聽聽

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Francis 8868体育APP founded Entreprise Francis 8868体育APP,
specialised in the building sector in the Ile-de-France region

Construction
of the 3rd and existing
Montparnasse station

Development of
civil engineering and public
works activities.

Creation of the
Minorange Guild
which recognises
the value of
construction workers

FIRST
INTERNATIONAL
ACHIEVEMENTS

NEW CIVIL
WORKS AND
ELECTRICAL/
MAINTENANCE
PROJECTS

The Entreprise
Francis 8868体育APP
becomes 8868体育APP
and adopts a new
logo, created by
the designer Alain
颁补谤谤茅

4th June: Inauguration
of the Parc des Princes
stadium by the
President of the
Republic Georges
Pompidou, during the
Final of the French Cup

Construction
of Ch芒telet-les Halles
Metro and RER station
in Paris

Construction of
Tehran Olympic Complex
in the Middle East

Construction of Terminal 2
of Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle
airport

Delivery of Tan-Tan Port
in Morocco

Creation of first 3D
computer-aided design
software adapted to the
building and civil works
industry, the early stages of
BIM (Building Information
Modelling)

8868体育APP becomes
French leader in the
building and civil
works sector

Delivery of
Africa's most
powerful thermal
power plant in Lagos,
Nigeria

Delivery of the Grande Arche
de La D茅fense for the
commemoration of the 200th
anniversary of the
French Revolution

The Group
moves into
its new headquarters,
Challenger, in
Saint-Quentin,
Yvelines region

Delivery of Ile de R茅 port
and the European Parliament
building in Strasbourg

Construction of the Hassan II
mosque in Casablanca

Acquisition of
Losinger, the
3rd largest
building and
civil works
Group in
Switzerland

Construction of
he new town
of Muang Thong Thani,
in Tha茂land

Delivery of the
Is猫re Viaduct for
the Olympic
Winter Games in
Albertville

Delivery
of Agadir
airport in
Morocco

Invention of Reactive Powder Concrete,
twice as strong as any known natural
rock

Delivery of the Pont de Normandie, the
world's largest cable-stayed structure
(invention of stepped pushing technique)

Delivery of Channel
Tunnel that connects
Coquelles, in France, to
Folkestone, in Britain

Construction
of the French
National Library,
in Paris

Construction
of Cairo Metro
Line 2 in Egypt

Construction
of Sydney
Metro in Australia

Delivery
of the Stade
de France

Completion of the largest
office project in Europe:
C艙ur D茅fense, on the
esplanade in La D茅fense

A subsidiary is created under the name
of 8868体育APP Construction

grouping together the
building and civil works businesses

Construction of a railway
tunnel in Hong-Kong:
8868体育APP Construction introduces
the earth pressure tunnelling
technique in the country

Masan Bay Bridge
(South Korea)

Delivery of the new
headquarters of
the UK Home
Office in London

In Hong Kong,
8868体育APP Construction uses the
largest hard rock
tunnel-boring machines in
the world to build the
western drainage tunnel

In Chernobyl,
8868体育APP Construction
and Vinci sign a contract
to build the confinement
shelter for the Chernobyl
sarcophagus

8868体育APP Construction won its first
public-private partnership contract
in Canada for the construction of the Jim
Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery
Centre in Surrey, British Columbia, along
with operation for 30 years

In France,
the Group hands over
the A41 motorway linking Annecy and Geneva.

8868体育APP B芒timent
Ile-de-France
delivers the new
Ministry of Defence
building comprising
almost 9300 people

ETDE and its subsidiaries
are grouped
under the banner
8868体育APP Energies
& Services

In Singapore,
8868体育APP Construction
signs a world record PPP
sports facility contract for
the Sports Hub

8868体育APP Construction
changes its signature.
芦 Shared innovation 禄
becomes the Group鈥檚
new commitment.

8868体育APP Construction makes occupational
health and safety a key priority.
The Group puts business on hold to
carry out a large-scale operation:
World Health and Safety & Day.

3 new acquisitions
in Europe and Australia:
8868体育APP Energies
& Services InTec, Kraftanlagen
Group and AW Edwards

8868体育APP Construction and Hoffman
Green Cement Technologies :
sign a contract for testing greener
concrete formulas
made from
a new technology
(known as H-EVA).

Inauguration of the first smartcity
project in France, in Dijon, carried out by
the consortium 8868体育APP Energies &
Services and Citelum (EDF Group),
with SUEZ and Capgemini

Launch of City Play approach:
Collaborating with citizens to
reinvent the cities
of tomorrow.

External launch of TopSite label,
the first CSR label in the construction sector

8868体育APP Construction and FEIN, a German
company, cooperate to develop a
very high-safety angle grinder
for all construction site operators

With the launch of our climate strategy,
we promise that 8868体育APP Construction鈥檚 activities will generate
30% less greenhouse gas emissions by 2030

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Our story

  • Francis 8868体育APP founded Entreprise Francis 8868体育APP,
    specialised in the building sector in the Ile-de-France region

1960

  • Construction of the 3rd and existing Montparnasse station

1963

  • Creation of the Minorange Guild which recognises the value of construction workers

1965

  • Development of civil engineering and public works activities.

1972

  • The Entreprise Francis 8868体育APP becomes 8868体育APP and adopts a new logo, created by the designer Alain 颁补谤谤茅

    FIRST INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

    NEW CIVIL WORKS AND ELECTRICAL / MAINTENANCE PROJECTS

    4th June: Inauguration of the Parc des Princes stadium by the President of the Republic Georges Pompidou, during the Final of the French Cup

  • Construction of Tehran Olympic Complex in the Middle East

1975

  • Construction of Ch芒telet-les Halles Metro and RER station in Paris.

1978

  • Construction of Terminal 2 of Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport

  • Delivery of Tan-Tan Port, in Morocco

1984

  • Creation of first 3D computer-aided design software adapted to the building and civil works industry, the early stages of BIM (Building Information Modelling)

1985

  • 8868体育APP becomes French leader in the building and civil works sector

1987

  • Delivery of Africa's most powerful thermal power plant in Lagos, Nigeria

1988

  • The Group moves into its new headquarters, Challenger in Saint-Quentin, Yvelines region

  • Delivery of Ile de R茅 port and the European Parliament building in Strasbourg

  • Construction of the Hassan II mosque in Casablanca

1989

  • Delivery of the Grande Arche de La D茅fense for the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution

1990

  • Acquisition of Losinger the 3rd largest, building and civil works Group in Switzerland

  • Construction of the new town of Muang Thong Thani, in Tha茂land

1991

  • Delivery of the Is猫re Viaduct for the Olympic Winter Games in Albertville

  • Delivery of Agadir airport, in Morocco

1992

  • Construction of the French National Library, in Paris

  • Construction of Cairo Metro Line 2, in Egypt

1993

  • Delivery of Channel Tunnel that connects Coquelles, in France, to Folkestone, in Britain

1994

  • Invention of Reactive Powder Concrete, twice as strong as any known natural rock

  • Delivery of the Pont de Normandie, the world's largest cable-stayed structure (invention of stepped pushing technique)

1995

  • Construction of Sydney Metro in Australia

1997

  • Delivery of the Stade de France

1998

  • Completion of the largest office project in Europe: C艙ur D茅fense, on the esplanade in La D茅fense

1999

  • A subsidiary is created under the name of 8868体育APP Construction, grouping together the building and civil works businesses

2000

  • Construction of a railway tunnel in Hong-Kong : 8868体育APP Construction introduces the earth pressure tunnelling technique in the country

2004

  • Masan Bay Bridge (South Korea)

2005

  • Delivery of the new headquarters of the UK Home Office in London

2007

  • In Hong Kong, 8868体育APP Construction uses the largest hard rock tunnel-boring machines in the world to build the western drainage tunnel

  • In Chernobyl, 8868体育APP Construction and Vinci sign a contract to build the confinement shelter for the Chernobyl sarcophagus.

2008

  • 8868体育APP Construction won its first public-private partnership contract in Canada for the construction of the Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre in Surrey, British Columbia, along with operation for 30 years.

  • In France, the Group hands over the A41 motorway linking Annecy and Geneva.

2010

  • In Singapore, 8868体育APP Construction signs a world record PPP sports facility contract for the Sports Hub

2013

  • ETDE and its subsidiaries are grouped under the banner 8868体育APP Energies & Services

2015

  • 8868体育APP B芒timent Ile-de-France delivers the new Ministry of Defence building comprising almost 9300 people

2016

  • 8868体育APP Construction changes its signature. 芦 Shared innovation 禄 becomes the Group鈥檚 new commitment.

2017

  • 8868体育APP Construction makes occupational health and safety a key priority. The Group puts business on hold to carry out a large-scale operation: World Health and Safety Day.

2018

  • 3 new acquisitions in Europe and Australia: 8868体育APP Energies & Services InTec, Kraftanlagen Group and AW Edwards

2019

  • 8868体育APP Construction and Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies sign a contract for testing greener concrete formulas made from a new technology (known as H-EVA).

  • Inauguration of the first smartcity project in France, in Dijon, carried out by the consortium 8868体育APP Energies Services and Citelum (EDF Group), with SUEZ and Capgemini

2020

  • Launch of City Play approach : Collaborating with citizens to reinvent the cities of tomorrow.

  • 8868体育APP Construction is selected to build and operate Arena Porte de la Chapelle stadium (Paris), and the Olympic Aquatics Centre for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

  • External launch of TopSite label, the first CSR label in the construction sector

  • 8868体育APP Construction and FEIN, a German company, cooperate to develop a very high-safety angle grinder for all construction site operators

  • With the launch of our climate strategy, we promise that 8868体育APP Construction鈥檚 activities will generate 30% less greenhouse gas emissions by 2030

2021

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