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1998 Annual Report

Photography:

Aerocamera Hofmeester, C. Barriquand-Treuille, Ph. Bastin, Y. Blond, R. Brown, L. Delmas, Goodshoot, B. Granier, Ph. Guignard, F. Latreille, M. Pallardy, J.-E. Pasquier/Rapho,

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Contents

Editorial 2

Key Figures 1998 4

Highlights 1998 6

Locations 7

Building 8

Civil Engineering 16

Hydraulic Engineering 24

Car parks 32

Key locations 38

• Handover in 1998

of the structural work

on the Georges

Pompidou European

Hospital in Paris’s

15th arrondissement.

• Roadworks carried

out in the Central

African Republic

between Bangui,

Damara and Sibut.

• Cast-iron

pipelaying as part

of the reconstruction

of the Avre aqueduct

in Auteuil-le-Roi in the

Ile-de-France region.

• The Méridien Gaité

Montparnasse car park

in Paris is one of the

53 sites which Sogea

manages in 22 French

cities.

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Editorial

Sogea’s earnings improved substantially in 1998

in all its business lines despite an ongoing slump

in building and a decline in large civil engineering

projects on the domestic market.

After several difficult years and a major

restructuring effort, Sogea is now back on track

as a high-performance group adapted to

its markets and refocused on its four main business

lines — Building, Civil Engineering, Hydraulic

Engineering and Services. Its strength lies in

its dense network of autonomous and responsive,

quality-oriented and customer-focused specialized

local subsidiaries, all supporting a locally

designed, regionally and nationally coordinated

marketing plan.

When Sogea’s teams commit to projects

on the ground they have the guaranteed backing

of the entire group’s resources: this organization,

geared to operational efficiency, proved itself in

1998 and enabled Sogea to be involved in a large

number of high-profile projects in France.

Notable examples are the T2 and T4 towers at

La Défense, the renovation of Kastler Guitton

high school in La Roche-sur-Yon, the Vernègues

and Tanus viaducts, the headquarters of

the European Parliament in Strasbourg, drainage

and water supply system works for the Montpellier

tramway and carparks at the Lenval clinic in Nice

and the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.

On the international market, where the group

generates 50% of its sales, 1998 was a particularly

good year. Sogea successfully boosted its local

development strategy in Great Britain, Belgium,

the Netherlands, Portugal, Africa, the Indian Ocean

and the French Antilles. This strategy has proved

especially effective in Africa, where the group won

very large contracts for dams, roads and hydraulic

engineering structures, as well as in Madagascar

with the second phase of the GR canal,

in the French Antilles, with the household waste

incineration plant in Fort-de-France and in Belgium

with a number of large pipeline construction

contracts. It was also highly successful in Great

Britain where Norwest Holst, a commercially very

dynamic Sogea subsidiary, should soon be signing

a first large Private Finance Initiative contract.

Sogea intends to build on this momentum in 1999.

Staying ahead of the curve when it comes to our

customers’ expectations; devising the best solutions

to meet their needs; enhancing our focus

on comprehensive offerings and turnkey projects;

accelerating our development in the area of services,

while making the most of the local roots and

involvement which underpin the strong

relationships linking our subsidiaries with

their customers; pursuing indispensable ongoing

individual in-house training programs: these

activities will be our strategic focus in 1999

and will constitute major assets for Sogea

as it expands into new markets and consolidates

its excellent performance.

Xavier Huillard

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Board of Directors

Serge MichelHonorary Chairman and Director

Xavier HuillardChairman of the Board

Directors

Gérard Billaud

Michel Cambournac

Bernard Huvelin

Jean Malassigné

Roger Martin

Gérard Mohr

Pierre Parisot

Antoine Zacharias

Executive Committee

Xavier HuillardChairman and Chief Executive Officer

Pierre-Michel ChaudruDeputy General Manager,

Ile-de-France

Jean RossiDeputy General Manager,

French Regions

John StanionChief Executive of Norwest Holst Group PLC

Philippe RatynskiDeputy General Manager,

International

Pierre BillonFinancial Director

Jérôme BenetLegal Director

Hervé MellerHuman Resources Director

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Key Figures 1998

Ile-de-France 1,503

International 539

French Regions 2,268

MFF

Building

Turnover by geographic areaas percentage, in millions of FF

and millions of Euros

229

82

1,875 286

346

Md

Ile-de-France 128

International 1,291

French Regions 703

MFF

Civil Engineering



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197

901 137

107

Md

Ile-de-France 169

International 1,229


MFF

Hydraulic Engineering



26

187

336 51

174

Md

43

40

6

11

43

23

4

30

9

37

24

30

United Kingdom United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Turnover buildingin millions of FF


1996 19981997 1996 19981997 1996 19981997

Turnover civil engineeringin millions of FF


Turnover hydraulic engineeringin millions of FF


1996 5,287

MF

806

Md

1997 6,422 979

1998 6,185 943

1996 3,109

MF

474

Md

1997 3,247 495

1998 3,023 461

1996 3,122

MF

476

Md

1997 2,722 415

1998 2,878 438

1996 19981997

1996 19981997

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4

10

36

9

Ile-de-France 63

North-West 17

South-West 74

MFF

Car Parks



as percentage, in millions of FF


10

3

West 7 1

South-East 16 2

11

Md

Ile-de-France 1,863

International 3,059


MFF

285

466

3,112 474

644

Md

Engineers,Managerial

Manual Workers

Clerical, Technicaland Supervisory

Employees

as percentage and number

1,722

11,037

2,743

Building 6,185

2,878

3,023

MFF

Turnover by

line of business

943

438

Car Parks 177 27

461

Md

Turnover by

geographic area

as percentage, in millions of FF


71

18

11 15

35

25

25

Civil

Engineering

Hydraulic

Engineering

United Kingdom

Turnover car parksin millions of FF


1996 157

MF

24

Md

1997 164 25

1998 177 27

in millions of FF


Turnover

1996 11,677

MF

1 780

Md

1997 12,558 1 914

1998 1 86912,263

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25

50

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Highlights 1998

inauguration by the Prefect of Mayotteof the Petite-Terre salt water desalinationunit designed, financed and built bySogea Mayotte. • 23 April: Sicra’steams hand over the Melun courthouse.

MayNorwest Holst starts construction of Southampton Magistrates’ Court. • On Reunion, SBTPC startsconstruction of a 46-lot private-sectorhousing estate in La Possession and hands over a traffic intersectionconnecting Departmental Roads 6 and 10. • 15 May: Sogea commissions

the first installment of the Frielaspurification plant in Portugal.

June• 18 June: the keys to the Cité Judiciairecourthouse complex in Bordeaux,built by Gauchoux are handed over. • 24 June: handover in Lille of PaulVerlaine middle school, designed andbuilt by Sogea which has also beenentrusted with its maintenance for a period of 15 years. • Seven newcertifications for Sogea: six ISO 9001certifications for the building and civilengineering activities of Sogea Est andits subsidiaries Hallé, Chanzy-Pardoux,Sotram and Sorec; one ISO 9002certification for the industrialmaintenance activity of SBMI, a subsidiary of SBTPC. • Martinique:inauguration of the Trois-Ilets andTrinité purification plants.

JulySogea sells its subsidiary TPI Ile-de-Franceto Campenon Bernard SGE and thelatter sells its Alsatian subsidiary, Urban,to Sogea. In the south-east of France,Sogea also transfers its building andcivil engineering activities to CampenonBernard SGE. • 10 July: partial

handover, two months ahead ofschedule, of Anna-de-Noailles middleschool built by Sogea Nord-Ouest. • Great Britain: Norwest HolstConstruction starts cladding and airconditioning work on a building forIBM in Hursley Park in Winchester.

AugustBelgium: Denys starts construction of the Outer-Nederhasselt-Aspelarecollector main in Ninove; after an auditof AIB-Vincotte Inter, Sogea’s Belgiansubsidiary renews its “LSC” safetycertificate for a period of 3 years. • Cameroon: the Esso road projectexceeded a million hours worked withouta single accident or day of sick leave.• Béziers: Cavalier, a subsidiary of SogeaSud-Ouest, hands over the facades of the Armand-Thiery store situated ina historic preservation area in the citycenter.

SeptemberPantin: completion of work carried outon the Chocolaterie Zac by Sicra. • 19 - 20 September: as part of Journéesdu Patrimoine (Heritage Days),Cavalier holds two stonecuttingworkshops at its worksites at theSaint-Pons-de-Thomières cathedraland the Madeleine church in Béziers. • Benin: Satom is awarded workpackages A and C of the main roadconstruction project currently underwayin western Africa, an expresswaybetween Cotonou and Porto-Novo.

January15 January: inauguration in Mantes-la-Jolie of the François-Quesnayhospital built by Sicra and SogeaNord-Ouest. • Sobea Ile-de-Francebegins operation of the car parks at the Stade de France. • Dodin handsover the deep water port in Bayonne.

FebruaryThe Doukkala agricultural developmentoffice awards the second phase of its irrigation project to Sogea Maroc. • In Levallois-Perret, SICRA beginsconstruction of 57 housing units forMarignan.

MarchThe order for design-and-buildconstruction of 55 student housing unitsin Perpignan goes to Sogea Sud-Ouestas general contractor. • 6 March:inauguration of the Flintshire Bridgein north Wales.

AprilPremier Trophée Sécurité awarded byEntreprise Solvay to Chanzy-Pardoux, a subsidiary of Sogea Est. • 12 April:

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OctoberCité Internationale in Lyons:completion of structural work on theHilton Hotel. • 16 October: Denys,Sogea’s Belgian subsidiary, celebratesits 75th anniversary. • Portugal:inauguration of the Ermesinde waterpurification plant.

November10 November: Sogea Sud-Ouest handsover the Vincent Badie bridge on theMontpellier tramway constructionsite. • Dodin and SBTPC are awardeda contract to build two structures onthe Sainte-Marie bypass on Reunion. • Toulon Naval Dockyard: Dodin is awarded the contract to widen andlengthen the wharf which will berththe Charles-de-Gaulle aircraft carrier. • 24 November: Sogea Madagascarsigns a contract to develop the LakeAlaotra agricultural project zone.

DecemberSogea Est is selected to build theterminal facilities at Bâle-MulhouseAirport as well as the public accessairport buildings at the VatryEuroport in the Marne region. • Martinique: in association with SGEEnvironnement (SGE Group), CGEA-Onyx and CT Environnement, SogeaMartinique successfully bids for thedesign, construction and operation ofa household waste incineration plant.

Locations

In the Ile-de-France region, Sogea’s current organization

is based on two subsidiaries: Sicra, specializing in building,

and Sobea Ile-de-France, specializing in hydraulic engineering,

environmental engineering and parking facilities.

In the French regions, Sogea has seven regional divisions

which cover multiple business lines and are themselves

structured in highly decentralized local companies.

To this must be added Dodin, specializing in civil engineering.

In the Overseas Departments and Territories,

Sogea has been established for the last fifty years,

particularly in the French Antilles and the Indian Ocean.

On the international market, apart from its longstanding

roots in Africa, where it has operated for more than 70 years

in 26 countries, Sogea operates in Europe, particularly

in the United Kingdom with Norwest Holst and in the

Benelux countries through its Belgian subsidiary Denys.

InternationalThe Flintshire Bridge

in north Wales.

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Île-de-FranceThe Melun courthouse, the keys of

which were handed over on 23 April 1998.

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Overseas departmentsand territoriesThe Trinité purification plant in

Martinique, inaugurated in June 1998.

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French regionsThe Vernègues viaduct on the future

TGV-Méditerranée rail line.

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Building

Sogea was particularlyactive in hospitalconstruction in 1998. The companycompletedconstruction of theGeorges PompidouEuropean Hospital in Paris and beganwork on two privateclinics: the Lenvalhospital in Nice and the Bouchardclinic in Marseille.

business activity is again buoyant thanks

to momentum provided by the private

sector. This trend has, however, started

to slow down in the single-family

housing sector as a result of the recession affecting British industry.

In consequence, Norwest Holst has refocused some of its lines

of business and merged some of its subsidiaries.

Despite a difficult situation in the building sector due to reductions

in public financing, the French building market picked up,

in relative terms, in 1998. In this context Sogea set up a decentralized

organizational structure based on a network of autonomous

local contractors.

In the United Kingdom where Sogea operates through Norwest Holst,

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through Marchés d’entreprise de travaux publics(METP) public procurement contracts and through its subsidiaries specializing in restoration of historicmonuments. In hospital construction, Sogea hasdemonstrated its technical capabilities on large projectssuch as the Georges Pompidou European Hospital(Architect: A. Zublena). It has also demonstrated its ability to innovate in the private sector.More generally, the company works in close partnershipwith private-sector developers and clients for which it seeks innovative solutions in terms of financing, realestate searches, design, construction and maintenance.The company has developed this type of relationshipmore particularly in the industrial and service sectors,

where it has a considerable track record: the Smartplant in the Moselle region; the Renault Technocentreat Guyancourt; the Rousset 2000 site; the T2 and T4towers at La Défense; the Ava (Architect: ACAU) andRhône-Poulenc office buildings; and the headquartersof Vivendi and Barbara.In the United Kingdom, Norwest Holst has also pursueda strategy based on flexibility and innovation.

ProfileMore than half of Sogea’s net sales are generated in building. The company is today one of the leadinghousing construction companies in terms of both new construction and renovation. In recent years it hasdeveloped its capabilities in renovating occupied premiseswith particular emphasis on REX (experimental works)projects carried out in partnership with the Ministry in charge of Housing. Sogea has also innovated bydeveloping LQCM (Controlled Quality, Controlled Cost)procedures which make it possible to reduce rent and related charges by 20 %, as well as HQE (HighEnvironmental Quality) procedures. In public sector building, particularly in schoolconstruction, Sogea has successfully renewed its offer

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Development of the Villejust ZacIn 1992, Sicra was selected to perform the architectural, technical, economic, sales, legal,

administrative and financial studies associated with the development of the Villejust Zac.

Following on from this first series of tasks, Sicra and its subsidiary Sogam were awarded a number

of different development contracts (restructuring of the rainwater drainage system, road access,

development of the site as a whole for building, etc.) as well as the land acquisition and developed

zone sale transactions. Today the Zac is home to three restaurants, a mini-drugstore and a home

improvement store and it will soon welcome a mini-storage facility.

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(Architect: C. de Portzamparc), several office buildingsin Montrouge (Architects: Sopha Architects and Arte & Charpentier), the T2 and T4 towers at La Défense, a shopping center near Marne-la-Vallée(Architects: Chapman-Taylor Partners), AnatoleFrance middle school in Puteaux (Architects: CabinetGuidicelli) and Baudelaire high school in Evry

This enabled it to benefit from the deregulation processin the United Kingdom and from the development ofthe Private Finance Initiative (PFI) under which publicprojects can be entrusted to private sector operators.

ActivityIn the Ile-de-France, after maintaining a very highlevel of activity in previous years, Sicra experienced a substantial drop in its order book in 1998. The company thereupon reorganized into businessesspecialized by market segment. Three businesses wereset up to focus on new construction, two on renovation

and one on maintenance, alongside the subsidiariesspecializing in industrial buildings (Sirca) and landdevelopment (Sogam). Meanwhile, Sicra refocused its new construction activity on private-sector clientsand on the Vivendi Group’s property developers and it reduced its activity in social housing and publicbuildings, where price levels are still low.

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Following the T4 tower which houses the Cegetelheadquarters in La Défense, Sicra is buildingthe T2 tower in the heart of the Danton Zac.

1 Sicra restructured 24 housing units in the rueAugier in Paris’s 16th arrondissement.

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Sogea Nord completed the second phase of the Centre Nausicaa oceanographic museumin Boulogne-sur-Mer in 1998.

2 Norwest Holst Construction began work on a fitting out of Chester Mail Centre.

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In new constructionwork, in the course of FY 1998 Sicracompleted the CCIPheadquarters building inBoulogne-Billancourt

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Technical feat at Strasbourg CathedralSince the 1950’s, Chanzy-Pardoux has been working on the renovation

of Strasbourg Cathedral. After a ten-year break, this Sogea subsidiary

resumed work on the site in 1998 with a major technical achievement.

Before dismantling each of the flying buttresses of the cathedral’s

northern facade, the company had to design and install a support

system to contain the pressure of the nave during refurbishing of

the buttress stones.

R e n o v a t i o n

In the French regions, 1998 was a year of consolidationfor Sogea’s building activities.In the Nord region, the school construction market heldup well. Caroni, for example, was able, at the beginnningof the year, to obtain an METP contract for the Guiscardmiddle school (Architect: M-F. Manière) and for theAvesnes-sur-Helpe high school (Architects: H. Guillard -L. Simoens) and then, during the summer, contracts forthe Fiegnies middle school (Architect: J. Corbeau) andthe Caudry high school (Architects: Kroll - Nicol - Thelot).The company also completed the Nausicaa center inBoulogne-sur-Mer (Architect: J. Rougerie). Sogea Nord-Ouest was involved primarily in buildinghousing and office space as well as functional structures:

Aristide Briand high school in Evreux (Architects: J. Berteau - Concept Architectes), Irène-Joliot-Curiemiddle school in Le Havre (Architect: Ataub) and theBretonneau hospital in Tours (Architect: A. Zublena).During the fiscal year, Sogea Nord-Ouest also completed

a 480-unit housing project in Egly in the Essonneregion (Architects: Cabinet Appia - Petitperrin).Additionally, Sicra continued renovation work on the Quatre Tours experimental works project in Blanc-Mesnil.Maintenance activity continued at a satisfactory level, particularly at the Rueil 2000 site, the Léonard-de-Vinci university complex, the Bibliothèque de France and the headquarters of Arthur Andersen.Sicra Maintenance Multi-Services also obtained the maintenance contract for the Stade de France.

Building

Birmingham International AirportThe West Midlands regional office of Norwest Holst, Sogea’s British

subsidiary, has just been awarded a design-and-build contract to erect a new

5,700 m2 building in the heart of Birmingham International Airport.

Holst & Co. had taken part in designing and building the new terminal at

Birmingham International Airport back in 1939.

N o r w e s t H o l s t

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(Architect: Luc Martel) under an METP publicprocurement contract. In renovation, the principalprojects were the Alcatel headquarters building in Paris (Architects: Arte & Charpentier) and

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Roussillon region, Sogea Sud-Ouest’s activity remained buoyant, particularly in the housing andschool construction sector. In the South-East, Sogea transferred its building andcivil engineering activities to Campenon Bernard SGE.Here, as in the Rhône-Alpes region, Sogea will fromnow on be restricting itself to hydraulic engineeringand services.

construction, under an METP contract, of Anna-de-Noailles middle school (Architects: Cabinet ZAD).The company also recorded strong private-sectordemand and successfully continued its expansion intoproperty development in several cities in Normandy.Its achievements include the Sainte-Catherine Hill development project in Rouen (Architects:Artefact - Acau).In the West, the main contracts of 1998 were forconstruction by Sogea Bretagne of a gendarmerie barracksin Vannes (Architects: Etablissement du génie), structuralrenovation of Kastler-Guitton high school in La Roche-sur-Yon (Architect: M. Goujon), and the schoolcomplex at Saint-Nazaire (Architects: Cabinet AIA).

In the East, Sogea acquired Urban as part of a reorganization of SGE Group construction and civilengineering activities in that region. Chanzy-Pardouxcontinued construction of the European School in Luxembourg (Architect: Cabinet Bauer) andcompleted restoration work on Meinsberg Castle (Architect: M. Goutal) as well as the construction of the headquarters of the European Parliament inStrasbourg (Architects: Architecture Studio Europe).

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Sogea Ouest began structural renovation ofKastler-Guitton high school in La Roche-sur-Yonin December 1997. Work should take 3 years to complete.

1 Sogea Sud-Ouest’s Building agency handedover the Toulouse hotel trades high school in 1998.

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SBTPC, acting as general contractor,completed construction of the Saint-Pierre IUTon Reunion.

2 Chanzy-Pardoux completed construction of the European Parliament headquarters buildingin Strasbourg in 1998.

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Finally, Sogea Est was awarded, as part of a consortium,two large contracts to build airport facilities at Bâle-Mulhouse Airport and the Vatry Europort.In the South-West, building activities in the Aquitaineand Midi-Pyrénées regions were brought together in Toulouse where Sogea handed over, among otherprojects, a hotel trades high school in 1998 (Architects:Alet, Sassus, Galavielle, Pages). In the Languedoc-

Participatory planning and construction site messaging systemIn 1998 Sogea Nord-Ouest began construction of

75 housing units at Margny-lès-Compiègne for the

SA HLM Cilova housing authority. This project is part of

an experimental works (REX) project headed by Sogea’s

Marketing and Development, France Department.

The experiment involves “participatory planning” of

the site and includes installation of a construction site

telematics messaging system entirely developed and

managed by Sogea’s Information Technology Department.

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a satisfactory manner despite the halt in socialhousing. Among the main completions of 1998 were: Nuffield Hospital (Architects: Genesis - YRM Architects) and the Tudor Court residentialhotel in London (Architects: Llewelyn Davies); the Crescent Theater in Birmingham (Architects:Temple Cox Nicholls); the chemistry building at the University of Southampton (Architects: HampshireCounty Council); a student accommodation inManchester (Architects: Cruickshank Seward); a carpark in Derby. Several large new contracts were alsosigned in the course of the year, in particular for construction of a shopping center in Preston,

In the Indian Ocean, Sogea’s focus was primarily on housing and public buildings, particularly schools.Sogea Reunion is building the Rivière des Galetsmiddle school (Architects: F. Payet - B. Fontaine) and the Saint-André media library (Architects: P-J. Bertin-Lebeigle), while SBTPC has been doing a brisk business in social housing construction.Activity is also on the rise in Mayotte, with, in particular, construction of the Pamandzi middleschool (Architect: D. Héricourt).In the French Antilles, Sogea continued to develop its building activity, with an emphasis on socialhousing. The company built 132 units in Baie-Mahault and another 148 in Le Lamentin while

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continuing construction of the Schoelcher towers(Architect: Montjoly).On the international market, activity was sluggish in Africa with the notable exception of Gabon where Sogea built the prison in Franceville andseveral rural health centers. In Africa the Group also built thirty schools in Benin with Japanese financing.In the United Kingdom, Norwest Holst’s strongposition enabled it to complete the fiscal year in

Sogea’s building agencies recognizedIn 1998 Sogea’s building agencies were extensively rewarded for their efforts

regarding quality. Five of their number were certified by the French Association

for Quality Assurance (AFAQ): Sogea Est and three of its subsidiaries (Hallé,

Chanzy-Pardoux and Sorec) received ISO 9001 certification while SBMI, a subsidiary

of SBTPC on Réunion, was awarded ISO 9002 certification.

C e r t i f i c a t i o n s

OutlookHaving successfully completed its local focus strategy,Sogea now needs to make the most of its role as adviserto building clients and to communicate its expertise in project development and its innovative approach.Developing the Sogea offering means first and foremoststrengthening internal and external synergies.Networking the competencies and know-how of eachof the entities which make up the Sogea Group should make it possible to offer clients customized,innovative solutions.Sogea is positioned today as more than a buildingcontractor - it is a partner to public and private sectorclients which is able to offer a comprehensive range of services, from development to maintenance and

from design-and-build construction to the operation of concessions, analogous to what Norwest Holst is already providing in the United Kingdom underprivate finance initiative operations.

a design-and-build carpark and a cinema multiplex in Reading (Architects: Haskoll & Co) and a newwing of the National Portrait Gallery in London(Architects: Jeremy Dixon - Edward Jones).In the Engineering sector, Rosser and Russell, a subsidiary specialized in building services and inmaintenance, broke even for the first time in fiveyears. In 1998 it undertook, among other things, the fitting out of two banks, Daiwa (Architects: Ove - Arup Partners) and Rabobank.In the field of process services, Norwest Holst hasconcentrated all of its business activities in a singlecompany, Norwest Holst Engineering Limited. This new entity now offers a full range of services:

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In 1998, Sogea Martinique continuedconstruction of the Tours Schoelcher studentdormitory.

1 In Cambridge Norwest Holst startedconstruction of a complex comprising a 2,450 m2

office building and external parking.

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Sogea Nord-Ouest completed Anna-de-NoaillesHigh School in 1998.

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Optimization of site logisticsSicra completed the La Chocolaterie Zac project in Pantin in 1998. This

operation, conducted in two phases, included 171 housing units and

162 parking spaces (Architects: Pierre Granveaud, Pablo Katz and

Georges Peressetchensky). The first phase provided Sicra with an

experimental works (REX) opportunity involving site logistics optimization.

The methods worked out during the first phase, which was handed over

in June 1997, provided substantial inspiration when the second phase of work

was organized.

L a C h o c o l a t e r i e Z a c i n P a n t i n

process control, mechanical electrical andinstrumentation, telemetry, telecommunications,acoustic engineering, insulation and offshore facilitiesas well as long-term maintenance of all these services.

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Civil Engineering

In Africa, Sogea was

awarded, through

its subsidiary Satom,

the construction

contracts for two

dams at Dapaong

in Togo and Ziga

in Burkina Faso

in 1998.

These two contracts

complement Sogea’s

order book on the

African continent.

thanks to its local roots in small-scale

civil engineering and to synergies

established with Dodin in large

engineering structures and maritime

and river works. In FY 1998, civil engineering activity accounted

for some 30% of Sogea’s overall net sales.

In 1998, the civil engineering market was hit by a reduction

in public funding and an increase in competition which put

pressure on margins, including those in Sogea’s traditional

operating sectors such as engineering structures, maritime and

river works, car parks and works related to the environment.

Sogea was nevertheless able to hold its own on this market

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Vivendi Groups. Sogea’s track record, know-how and experience enable it to offer all its differentcustomers innovative technical solutions implementedby mobile and versatile teams. Sogea’s regionalentities are supported by the technical capabilities of Dodin, which specializes in large engineeringstructures and maritime and river works. Some of theseentities have their own specialized agencies. To servetelecommunications operator SFR, Sogea Ouest andSogea Est have set up dedicated teams responsible forbuilding the infrastructure needed to expand thatcompany’s mobile telephone coverage. In the greaterParis area, the Sobea agency in Massy specializes in civil engineering related to the environment.

In the West, Sogea has developed synergies withVivendi subsidiaries such as Dalkia and Générale des Eaux. Sogea Sud-Ouest has an agency inToulouse which specializes in civil engineering and whose achievements in 1998 included theBergères viaduct on the A89 motorway (Architects:Atelier 13 - J.P. Loupiac) and work on the futureMontpellier tramway.Civil engineering also makes up a major portion of the company’s business in Africa, where Sogea

ProfileSogea was active in all areas of civil engineering:structures of all types, underground works, maritimeand river works, construction of waste treatment andrecovery plants, environmentally related civilengineering and industrial civil engineering. In partnership with other entities belonging to theSGE and Vivendi Groups, the company is also involvedin cogeneration, construction of relays for SFR andthe laying of telephone cables. In addition, Sogea carriesout roadworks and earthmoving work in Africa.Even though its civil engineering activities are largelyperformed for public-sector clients, Sogea has alsostarted to develop a private-sector customer base on this market, helped by synergies with the SGE and

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Underwater earthmoving

In 1998, Sogea Est and Dodin began the fourth and penultimate phase of work on

widening and deepening the Meurthe at Nancy. Using underwater earthmoving

techniques, Sogea and Dodin teams will increase the river’s depth to five meters.

This work will displace 100,000 m3 of earth under water and use 1,000 tons of sheet

piling to protect the banks.

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and its subsidiary Satom have been operating fornearly 70 years and have 26 agencies throughout the continent. Roadworks and earthmovingaccounted for 50% of the company’s 240 millionEuros (1.6 billion French francs) net sales for the year

in Africa. In 1998 the company also won largecontracts for the construction of two dams in BurkinaFaso and Togo.In the United Kingdom, Norwest Holst workschiefly in the field of roadworks, earthmoving andenvironmental engineering.

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ActivityIn mainland France, the main projects headed in 1998by the Sogea regional divisions and subsidiaries werethe Val de Rennes, the Montpellier tramway,structures on the RN 114 in the Pyrénées Orientalesregion and river works at Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire.Another highlight in 1998 was the construction of the Bergères motorway viaduct on the A89 nearUssel, an incrementally-launched bridge which holdsa French record with three 65-meter spans. In addition, Sogea started construction of a 28,000 m3

drinking water reservoir in Montpellier and, in a consortium with Dodin, completed work to widenand deepen the Meurthe River.

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The Bergères viaduct on the A89 sets a new

French record for an incrementally launched

bridge with three 65-meter spans.

1 Dodin Ile-de-France carried out the riverbank

works at Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire.

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Sogea Sud-Ouest built several structures

including the Vincent-Badie bridge as part of

the Montpellier tramway construction project.

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Record set

With the construction of the Bergères

viaduct, Sogea Sud-Ouest has just beaten

a French record held by ... Sogea.

This incrementally launched bridge

on the A89 comprises three 65-meter

spans, greater than the previous record

(62 meters) held by the Vernègues

viaduct built by Sogea Sud-Est and

Dodin.

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Toulon navalshipyards to berth the Charles-de-Gaulleaircraft carrier, the Poumas bridge near Mende and the la Galaube loose-rock dam in the Aude region. Finally, Dodin will construct the Verrières (Architect:Mascarelli) and La Rauze viaducts, two structureswhich will reach more than 100 meters in height andhave spans of 130 to 144 meters.In the field of the environment, one of Sogea’sstrengths, the year’s highlights include civil engineeringwork on the Ginestoux purification plant nearToulouse (Architect: T. du Bouetiez), structural workon the incineration plants of greater Metz (with a capacity of 90,000 tons per year) and Mulhouse,civil engineering on the Monthyon composting center

and the construction, as general contractor, of the Champagne-sur-Oise waste treatment plant.Finally, the TPI subsidiary was sold to CampenonBernard SGE in 1998. This operation is part of theSGE Group’s concentration of its civil engineeringactivities in the Ile-de-France region.

and the deep water wharf in the Port of Bayonne. In terms of new business, 1998 was an exceptionallygood year for Dodin with orders for a series of structureson the A89 (Architects: Lavigne et Montois), the Villeneuve-sur-Lot locks, the wharf on piles in the

Civil Engineering

From Bayonne to Toulon

After handing over the extension to the Bayonne

deep water port in January 1998, Dodin began

construction, in that city, of a new 128-meter long

wharf situated on the Saint-Bernard bank. In late 1998

the company also won the performance-related

competitive bidding for the extension, in Toulon,

of the Naval Dockyard wharf where the aircraft carrier

Charles-de-Gaulle will be berthed.

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In 1998 Dodin handed over the Tanus road viaduct inthe Viaur Valley (Architect: P. Fraleu) and the VernèguesTGV viaduct along the route of the future TGV-Mediterranée high-speed rail line (Architect: Amadeo).The company also handed over the Saint-Bernard wharf

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In the Overseas Departments and Territories,

several important orders were placed on Reunion in the course of the year. These included a series of bridges with segments cast in place and launchedincrementally on 50-meter high piers, built in Bras-Panon by SBTPC (Architect: Lavigne) and twostructures built in a consortium with Dodin on theSainte-Marie bypass (Architect: Fraleu). In Martinique, Sogea, in association with SGEEnvironnement and CGEA, won a performance-related competitive bid for the design, constructionand operation of a household waste treatment plantin the center of the island.

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The Tanus road viaduct in the Viaur Valley,

which is 100 meters high, holds a French span

record at 190 meters.

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In 1998 Dodin built a large number of structures on the

A89 motorway which will connect Clermont-Ferrand

and Bordeaux, including the viaduct on the Isles.

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In June 1998, Sogea Est handed over the waste

incineration plant of greater Mulhouse with

a capacity of 172,000 tons.

In 1999, Sogea will complete construction

of the ordinary industrial waste sorting center,

which is the second segment of the overall

urban waste treatment system in the Mulhouse

region.

3 In January 1998, Sogea Réunion started

construction of the Mon Caprice interchange

on the RN3 at Le Tampon.

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Three high-altitude

construction sites

Dodin has been working on one very

high altitude construction site after

another. Having completed the Tanus

viaduct in the Viaur Valley, whose central

pier exceeds 100 meters in height and

which holds a span length record

(190 meters), the company, which

specializes in large engineering

structures, began two similar projects

in 1998. On the A20, Dodin is building

the La Rauze viaduct whose central

spans reach 130 meters, and which has

piers 100 meters high. On the A75

motorway, the company is constructing

the Verrières viaduct near Millau.

This structure, which is 720 meters long,

has a composite deck with a 144-meter

main span; its highest pier reaches

142 meters.

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In central Africa, Sogea’s results in 1998 were mixed.The company completed the Mitzic-Oyem road in Gabon. Work on the Bangui-Damarat-Sibut roadproject in the Central African Republic proceeded fullsteam ahead, and promises to be a resounding successfor the company. On the other hand, a project for the Esso oil group in Cameroon, expected to generate much businessactivity in 1999, was suspended at the end of 1998 at the request of the client. Finally, the deteriorationof the economic situation in Gabon has promptedSogea to gradually reduce its activity in that country,where a portion of its contracts suffered from a shortfall of local financing.

In Africa, the main civil engineering contracts awardedto Sogea were the Ziga dam in Burkina Faso and the Dapaong dam in Togo, the Cotonou-Porto Novohighway in Benin and the Kayes-Yelimané highway in Mali. These projects bear witness to a recovery of business activity in West Africa, Sogea’s traditionalarea of operations. Also noteworthy is the start of construction of the Moulouya bridge in Morocco, a project whichcomplements Sogea’s traditional focus on hydraulicengineering in that country. In eastern Africa, Sogea’s activity is now much reduced.This is a result, in particular, of the cancellation by the Ethiopian government of the Mille-Assab road

contract because of the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea. An arbitration proceeding has beeninitiated.

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Doubling the capacity of the Saint-Denis viaduct

The Seine-Saint-Denis DDE (department of infrastructure) has awarded to TPI Ile-de-France and

Dodin the contract to double the capacity of the Saint-Denis viaduct. The second, parallel structure

is 770 meters long and has sixteen spans. It is make up of a metal frame deck, four girders

with spacers and a reinforced concrete slab which is part of the structure.

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OutlookSogea has embarked on a process of diversifying its civil engineering activities – in terms of itscustomer profile and of the sectors in which it works – with the development of its environmental, industrialand telecommunications activities.In its traditional areas of business, Sogea hasidentified many projects – motorways, high speed rail lines, canals, port facilities, large engineeringstructures, etc. – which should, over the next tenyears, generate a fully satisfactory level of activity,particularly for Dodin.In the Overseas Departments and Territories,particularly the French Antilles, Sogea should be ableto capitalize on recent investments in the area of

environmental protection. The numerous purificationplants built by the company in 1998 and the award of the incineration plant contract in central Martiniqueare examples.On the international market, and particularly in Africa,Sogea is acquiring a special position as a partner in large projects financed by international lendingagencies in the area of road infrastructure, of course, and also in the area of maritime workswith the support of Dodin.

In the United Kingdom, in 1998, Norwest Holst madesatisfactory progress on the civil engineering market.A highlight of the year was the opening of the Flintshire Bridge in north Wales, by Her Majestythe Queen - a project which was given an award by the Concrete Society (Architects: Percy ThomasPartnership). Work continued on a number of railand motorway projects such as the A12-M11interchange near London. A number of new contracts were also signed in thecourse of the year: a sludge treatment facility for the Severn Trent Water purification plant, a householdwaste treatment unit for Hampshire Waste Services,construction of a large sewer system with OTVB

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Satom is performing work packages A and C

of the Cotonou-Porto Novo expressway

in southern Benin.

1 Norwest Holst handed over the Hampshire

West Services waste treatment and recycling

plant in 1998.

It is the largest plant of its kind in the United

Kingdom.

3 Norwest Holst completed the 1.5 kilometer-

long A12 and M11 motorway junction east

of London.

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in Birkenhead in Merseyside, construction of a viaduct in Yorkshire (Architects: Charles Haswell & Partners). Finally, a design-and-build contract for a service station and car park at Luton airport.

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Three new certifications

Sogea Est and its subsidiary Sotram

were awarded ISO 9001 certification on

3 June 1998 for their civil engineering

activity. On Reunion, SBIE, a subsidiary of

SBTPC, obtained ISO 9002 certification on

31 January for its bituminous mix activity.

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Satom won the contract for construction of the

Ziga dam in Burkina Faso, thanks to a proposal

based on a compacted rolled cement spillway.


Sogea is one of the specialists whenit comes to layinglarge-diameterpipelines. In Auteuil-le-Roi its subsidiary SobeaIle-de-France laid 250 meters of 1,800 mm diametercast-iron pipes as partof the reconstructionof the Avre aqueduct.

In the United Kingdom, term maintenance

contracts secure repeat business and

the company has also won water purification

plant construction and renovation contracts.

Sogea’s hydraulic engineering activity,

structured on the basis of small agencies, had a good year overall

in FY 1998, the market being made up for the most part of small

contracts generating steady business activity.

Hydraulic engineering is a traditional business line at Sogea.

In the course of its history going back more than a century,

the company has acquired comprehensive expertise and know-how

in France and on the international market, particularly in Africa

and the Benelux countries where Sogea and Denys are among

the leading companies.

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ProfileSogea does nearly a fourth of its business in hydraulic engineering, primarily for public-sectorcustomers. Specializing in the laying of pipelines and the construction of water treatment plants, the company is also active in all other areas of hydraulic engineering: design and management of drinking water supply systems and rainwater and waste water drainage systems; supply, laying,renovation and maintenance of pipelines and networks for all fluids, in all sizes and materials,with and without inspection facilities; design and construction of drinking water plants and purification plants; construction of pumpingstations, pressurizing stations and salt water

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desalination plants; drilling and pipe and pipelinelaying using micro-tunnelling machines.Sogea is organized as a network of flexible andresponsive agencies operating locally, and this makesthe company a particularly useful partner for localauthorities requiring small maintenance works and pipe system construction and repair in an urbanenvironment - operations for which the client’sprimary concern is that the work be completed

The large diameter pipeline specialistSobea Ile-de-France, the lead company in the consortium which built the connecting pipe system

for the Meaux purification plant, completed this large project in the summer of 1998. Work included

the laying of 1,000 mm-diameter concrete pipes at a depth of 9 meters with preliminary excavation

and groundwater lowering; the laying, at a depth of 7 meters, of 2,000 mm-diameter concrete pipes

and 1,200 mm-diameter sheetmetal reinforced pipes in linear sheathing; and finally, the laying of

cast iron pipes in diameters ranging from 150 mm to 1,200 mm. During the same period Sobea

began the laying of 250 meters of 1,800 mm-diameter cast iron pipes in Auteuil-le-Roi as part of

the reconstruction of the Avre aqueduct.

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ActivityIn mainland France, there was a particularly largeamount of hydraulic engineering work in 1998 andSogea’s projects included the Saint-Germain purificationplant in the Aube region, the biological purificationplant in Cucuron for Sivom Durance-Lubéron and the prototype purification unit for the Achères plantin the Yvelines; its specialized subsidiaries carried outa number of projects involving the use of advancedtechniques: a technical drainage tunnel in Bercy (Claisse),rehabilitation of the port of Ivry-sur-Seine (Dodin Ile-de-France) and rehabilitation of the L’Haÿ-les-Roses(Cofex), Ménilmontant and Clichy reservoirs.

quickly with the least possible inconvenience to residents. Sogea also uses state-of-the-arttechnologies to provide innovative solutions in morecomplex projects, such as guided horizontal boring.In the French Antilles and the Indian Ocean, Sogea has for several years been one of the foremostproviders of design and construction of watertreatment, purification and desalination plants. The company now has a considerable track record in this area. It includes the Fort-de-France, Trinité

and Trois-Ilets plants in Martinique and the saltwaterdesalination plant in Mayotte.On the international market, in addition to the company’s extensive activity in Africa, the UnitedKingdom with Norwest Holst and the Benelux countrieswith Denys, Sogea is currently carrying out a largenumber of hydraulic engineering projects: design andconstruction of several purification plants in Portugal,water supply projects in Asia and consultancy,support and evaluation work in Palestine.

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Sogea Martinique performed the extensionwork on the Fort-de-France purification plant.

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At the Choisy-le-Roi waterworks Sogea iscurrently building a 35,000 m3 drinking waterreservoir. Sobea Ile-de-France is providing all the hydraulic equipment for the plant.

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Sobea Ile-de-France carried out work to restorethe interior watertightness of the Ménilmontantreservoir in Paris.

3 Sobea Ile-de-France completed rehabilitation,using horizontal drilling, of a sewer collectormain for the Paris Airport at Roissy.

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municipalities; upgrading to standard, in a consortiumwith OTV, of the Maxeville purification plant nearNancy; construction of a drinking water reservoir andpipelaying work for Générale des Eaux, in Montpellier;the construction of gravity collectors and drainagepipes at the future Seyssinet-Pariset plant in the Isèreregion; the diversion of water systems along the routeof the Lyon and Montpellier tramways; the underground connection between the Ourcq Canaland the Avenue d’Italie in Paris for Sagep; and lastlythe rehabilitation of the Avre aqueduct.Apart from this work in its traditional hydraulicengineering business line, Sogea also expanded intoindustrial hydraulic engineering in 1998.

Among the main contracts signed in FY 1998 were a contract for maintenance and rehabilitation of pipesystems without inspection facilities for the City ofParis and the water network in the Bois de Boulogne;three-year contracts for the Bordeaux and Strasbourg


New-generation purification plantsIn 1998, Sogea Martinique completed construction

of the Trinité and Trois-Ilets purification plants with

population-equivalent capacities of 10,000 and 15,000

respectively. Improving on the smaller units which

they replaced, the two new plants will make it possible

to streamline the drainage system and provide a

satisfactory solution to the difficult problems of

odor control. Completed as design-and-build projects,

these two purification plants are the most modern in

Martinique in terms of both their technology and their

site-adapted architecture.

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Highlights of the year included: laying of pipelinesystems for several plants belonging to the LafargeGroup and for the Générale des Eaux plant in Choisy-le-Roi; the upgrading to current standardsof the waste water network at the Rhône-Poulencplant at Villefranche-Limas; the laying of a pipe system to carry oxygenand steam for Sollac atFos-sur-Mer, and, againin the Bouches-du-Rhôneregion, modernizationworks at the BP refineryat Lavera.As part of its expansionin the West of France,

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Sogea also acquired the Société bretonne de travauxpublics, a company based in Saint-Nazaire.In the Benelux, 1998, which marked the company’s75th anniversary, was a very good year for Denys.Activity was sustained in drainage systems, with the laying of a large-diameter collector main at Ninove for Aquafin, and of the Dampoort-Zuidpark collector, which involveddrilling under the Escaut River - a technique which is one of Denys’ specialities. The subsidiary proved particularly dynamic in the industrial sector where it signed contracts with ranking companies including Distrigaz, Air Liquide and Air Products.

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Sogea Rhône-Alpes built the gravity collectorand the drainage pipe system at Seyssinet-Pariset in the Isère region.

1 Sogea Sud-Ouest carried out the work to detour a 500 mm-diameter cast iron pipelineadjacent to the Place de la Comédie as part of the construction of the Montpellier tramway.

2 Sogea Sud-Est completed the laying of an oxygen and steam transport pipeline for the Sollac plant in Fos-sur-Mer.

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Diverting the drinking water supply line to make way for the tramway in Lyon.

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Innovations in drilling techniquesIn drilling, Sobea Ile-de-France has developed two

innovative techniques which are unique in France:

guided horizontal boring and horizontal boring to

destroy and replace pipelines. Two recent projects

demonstrate the efficiency of these technologies.

In Le Bourget Sobea Ile-de-France performed guided

horizontal boring under the RN2 Highway in

400 diameter at 9 meters depth over a length of

36 meters as part of drainage work in connection with

the development of the Parc des Expositions exhibition

grounds. In Pierrefitte, the company performed a

horizontal boring operation over a length of 60 meters

to replace a stoneware with a PVC pipe.

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and rehabilitation of water networks, continued its activities in Palestine and Mauritius. Sogea Portugal, in partnership with the company’sWater Process department, commissioned two purification plants in 1998 and continuedconstruction of a third.

Socea, the concrete pipe manufacturing subsidiary,confirmed its leadership in high-tech products withthe launch of production and assembly ofprefabricated elements for very large diameter wells.Its know-how was officially recognized with the award of Vlarem certification, which relates toenvironmental protection standards.In the French Antilles, Sogea sold its waterdistribution activity in Guadeloupe to Générale des Eaux, while continuing its hydraulic engineeringactivity (pipelines and water treatment plants),particularly in Martinique where the Trois-Ilets and Trinité purification plants were handed over in 1998.

In the Indian Ocean, Sogea Réunion signed a largenumber of water supply, pumping station andreservoir contracts. Sogea Mayotte, which distributeswater on the island, has expanded its business in allareas of hydraulic engineering and built a salt waterdesalination plant (Architect: J-M. Meheut). Business was also satisfactory in Madagascar whereSogea built an irrigation canal and an earthen dyke.


Three plants equipped with the Sogea processOn 15 May 1998, just as Expo 98 was opening in Lisbon, Sogea commissioned

the first phase of the Frielas purification plant with a population-equivalent

capacity of 700,000. In October, the Ermesinde purification plant, with

a population-equivalent waste water treatment capacity of 67,000, was

brought into operation. The Freixo purification plant with a population-

equivalent capacity of 170,000 was also built during the year. These plants use

treatment processes developed by Sogea which also provides equipment,

engineering and commissioning.

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In Morocco, Sogea enjoyed sustained activity in 1998with, in particular, the supply and installation of concrete pipes for the Doukkala irrigation scheme.This very large contract involving 147 km of half-shell pipes and 28 km of large diameter pipes has called for a doubling of production at the pipemanufacturing plant which the company owns in Sidi Bouknadel. The scheme, which will make itpossible to irrigate 16,000 hectares, is being partlyfinanced by OECF.Sogea’s international development activity,which is primarily focused on hydraulic engineering,proceeded very well in FY 1998. Water ManagementInternational, a subsidiary specializing in evaluation

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OutlookWhile consolidating its positions on its traditionalmarkets and strengthening its partnership relationshipswith local authorities, Sogea is focusing its developmentprospects on industrial customers. In this sector thecompany has recognized capabilities in highly technicalareas and it will be concentrating on these incomingyears. Sogea intends particularly to capitalize on itsexpertise in the field of network repair, maintenanceand rehabilitation, where it has developed, and thenvalidated in large projects, a number of state-of-the-art techniques. These innovative solutions provideSogea with an asset which benefits its customers.In the area of land development, Sogea’s hydraulicengineering activity should benefit from internal

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Denys built the Westerschelde Oost naturalgas pipeline for Gasunie in Ossendrecht.

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Denys completed for Distrigas: manufacturingand laying of natural gas pipelines andconstruction of two tunnels under the AlbertCanal and the Meuse River.

2 The Sidi Bouknadel pipe manufacturing plantwas already supplying the pipes used by Sogeain the drinking water supply system in Rabat backin 1931.

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Three new labelsIn 1998 Sogea received three certifications for its civil engineering and

pipe system activities. On 23 April Sogea Nord-Ouest’s Basse-Normandie

agency obtained ISO 9002 certification. On 17 July, Sogea Rhône-Alpes

received the same certification for all of its pipeline activities. Finally,

on 7 August Sogea Nord-Ouest’s Haute-Normandie agency obtained this

label for its civil engineering activities.

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synergies with the company’s project development andbuilding units. Additionally, Sogea will be developingits partnership strategy with private-sector propertydevelopers.On the international market, the company has a largenumber of major assets. In the Benelux, Denys, with a

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reputation for expertise in the advanced-technology sectorsof drilling and micro-tunnelling, will be expanding itsunderground works activities in coming years. In theUnited Kingdom, Norwest Holst should experiencesimilar development in the area of the environment.In Africa, especially in Morocco and also in Sogea’s othertraditional areas of operation, hydraulic engineeringshould maintain a steady level of business. Finally, Sogea’sinternational development strategy is already beginningto pay off and should continue in future, particularly inPortugal, Palestine, Asia and eastern Europe. WMI, asubsidiary specializing in hydraulic engineering, and Sogea’sWater Process department are the main driving forceshere, working in close conjunction with Générale des Eaux.

Car Parks

With 40,000 spacesunder management at 53 sites in 22 cities,Sogea is today the third largest carpark company inFrance. New contractswon by the companyin 1998 includemanagement of the 6,000 parkingspaces at the Stade de France in Saint Denis.

The company already has a good

customer base among local authorities

and is now developing the private-

sector market. More generally,

Sogea’s goal is to make car park management a fourth fully-

fledged business line alongside building, civil engineering and

hydraulic engineering.

Sogea is today France’s third-largest car park company.

Through its specialized subsidiaries - Effiparc and Gefiparc -

and its regional agencies, Sogea has more than 40,000 parking

spaces under management at 53 sites in 22 French cities.

The company had a good level of earnings in this activity

in FY 1998, and several new contracts were obtained.

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This approach is part of an overall strategy based on security, customer service, accessibility andparking convenience - a strategy which focuses car park design and arrangement on the user.

ProfileSogea’s experience in design, construction, renovationand operation of car parks makes it possible for the company to offer its customers a comprehensiverange of services, as demonstrated by the new contractswhich were added to its existing portfolio of activitiesin this field in 1998. This comprehensive capabilityalso makes it possible for the company to optimizemanagement of the car parks which it operates. As part of its overall process of optimizing its carpark activity, Sogea recently developed severalancillary services which set it apart. For example, in a number of car parks the company offers a carwash service, bicycle rental and charging facilities for electric vehicles.

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parks at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis since the beginning of the year. In late 1998 the companywas also awarded a contract to manage 340 spaces in Mantes-la-Ville.

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At the request of the city of Béziers, Sogea Sud-Ouestsigned a rider to the management contract for the Jean-Jaurès car park with a capacity of more than1,000 spaces. This new contract, which includes majorrenovation work and provides for the modernization

In the Ile-de-France region, Sogea manages morethan 23,000 spaces through its three subsidiaries:Sobea Ile-de-France, Effiparc and Gefiparc.

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Built in 1978, the Heurteloup automated carpark in Tours remains one of the most modernin France.

2 Sogea won the contract to manage the car park at the Méridien-Etoile Hotel in Paris a year ago.

3 Sogea manages many parking spaces in parking lots and along streets, in particularin Saumur.

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A first which is still unmatchedThe Heurteloup (Marconnet) car park managed

by Sogea Centre in Tours opened in 1978. Fully

mechanized and automated, this car park was

unprecedented in France when it was designed.

Consisting of 226 spaces spread over seven levels,

it has two elevator/handling machines which can

perform up to 115 entry-exit operations per hour.

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Sogea sold to SAP the company which holds the concession for the Saint-Arigle car park in Neversand aquired from SAE the Sorepar company whichoperates the concession of the Trait-d’Union car parkin Vannes. These transfers made it possible for Sogeaand SAP to rationalize their locations in these twocities and thus enhance their efficiency.

Again in the South-West, Sogea was awarded a design-and-build contract, under a call for tenderissued by the city of Bayonne, for the construction of a 420-space car park.In the South-East, Sogea’s recognized comprehensivecapability won it two large contracts for the design,construction and operation of the car parks at theLenval clinic in Nice (Architect: C-J. Schmeltz) andthe Bouchard clinic in Marseille (Architect: M. Dossetti).Lastly, it should be pointed out that during the year

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6,000 spaces operated at the Stade de FranceAs part of a consortium in which it is the lead company, Sobea Ile-de-France has

won the contract to manage the car parks at the Stade de France. The contract covers

the 6,000 parking spaces at the great stadium in Saint-Denis. The contract started

on 19 January 1998 and runs until 1 January 2000.

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of all the interior fittings and installations, is a good illustration of Sogea’s ability to optimize the management of car parks which it operates.

OutlookLocal authorities are a focus of Sogea’s car parkactivity. They will remain so, particularly since a largenumber of car park management contracts will soon be up for renewal, which means that there will beopportunities for Sogea to increase the number of spaces it manages and even improve its position

compared to its competitors. The private sector isanother major avenue for future development based on the company’s recent success in this area. In view of these prospects, Sogea’s renovation-operation capabilities are an asset which shouldenable the company to develop synergies between the car park activity and its subsidiaries specializing in civil engineering.The expansion of ancillary services, which havealready undergone trials at several sites, will becomean even greater strategic focus in future. This service policy, shared by all the car park teams,aims to make Sogea car parks into real “business areas”by focusing as much on the ancillary services as on security and convenience.

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Within the Société toulousaine destationnement (STS), Sogea manages 10 sitesin Toulouse comprising nearly 6,000 spaces.

1 Sogea will operate the 6,000 parking spaces at the Stade de France until 2000.

3 Sogea was awarded the contract to design,build and manage the Lenval Clinic car park in Nice.

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2 Sogea provides a full range of parking-relatedservices: design, construction, renovation andmanagement.

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With this in mind Sogea undertook a broad effort in 1998, involving communication and marketing tools,the goal being to create a true identity for Sogea’s carpark activity and, ultimately, to establish a uniformservices strategy.

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Addresses

Heulin301, av. Bollée - BP 22972005 Le Mans Cedex, FranceTel.: + 33 2 43 40 28 28 - Fax : + 33 2 43 40 28 29

South-West

Sogea Sud-Ouest381, av. du Mas-d’Argelliers34966 Montpellier Cedex 2, FranceTel.: + 33 4 67 69 72 00 - Fax : + 33 4 67 69 72 99

3, rue Gaspard-MongeZAC de Pessac-Canéjan - BP 160 33606 Pessac Cedex, FranceTel.: + 33 5 56 46 68 22 - Fax : + 33 5 56 36 75 75

60, bd de Thibaud - BP 178831084 Toulouse Cedex 1, FranceTel.: + 33 5 62 11 10 01 - Fax : + 33 5 62 11 10 34

BourdariosZI Les Ports82800 Nègrepelisse, FranceTel.: + 33 5 63 64 21 21 - Fax : + 33 5 63 30 80 65

Croizet-PourtyServières-le-Château19220 Saint-Privat, FranceTel.: + 33 5 55 28 26 05 - Fax : + 33 5 55 28 41 32

South-East and Rhône-Alpes

Sogea Sud-EstLotissement Plein Soleil13097 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 2, FranceTel.: + 33 4 42 16 07 00 - Fax : + 33 4 42 24 00 52

Sogea Rhône-Alpes12/14, route de Vienne - BP 700769343 Lyon Cedex 07, FranceTel.: + 33 4 72 80 12 80 - Fax : + 33 4 78 61 94 60

Specialized subsidiaryDodin 26, chemin de la Flambère - BP 312831026 Toulouse Cedex, FranceTel.: + 33 5 62 74 80 40 - Fax : + 33 5 61 49 20 87

Overseas Departmentsand Territories

French Antilles

Sogea Martinique206, av. Maurice-Bishop - BP 48597241 Fort-de-France Cedex, FranceTel.: (0 596) 73 19 00 - Fax: (0 596) 60 69 55

Dodin GuadeloupeImpasse Émile-Dessout - ZI de Jarry - BP 228497198 Jarry Cedex, FranceTel.: (0 590) 26 84 85 - Fax: (0 590) 26 87 92

Indian Ocean

Sogea Reunion1, bd du Chaudron - BP 2197491 Sainte-Clotilde Cedex, FranceTel.: (0 262) 48 39 00 - Fax: (0 262) 28 13 12

SBTPC28, rue Jules-Verne - BP 201397824 Le Port Cedex, FranceTel.: (0 262) 42 45 00 - Fax: (0 262) 43 49 80

Sogea MayotteZI de Kawéni - BP 2297600 Mamoudzou, FranceTel.: (0 269) 61 15 30 - Fax: (0 269) 61 13 77

Sogea MadagascarAnosizato Est - BP 517 - Antananarivo 101Tel.: (261) 20 22 695 95Fax: (261) 20 22 353 40

Africa

Benin

SatomBP 2190 - Quartier Akpakpa Rue de l’Hôtel Aledjo PLM - CotonouTel.: (229) 33 00 94 - Fax: (229) 33 08 55

Burkina Faso

SatomZI Goughin - 01 BP 571 - Ouagadougou 01Tel.: (226) 30 20 72 - Fax: (226) 30 28 48

Cameroon

Sogea/SatomBoulevard des Nations-Unies - BP 283 - DoualaTel.: (237) 37 92 28 - Fax: (237) 37 85 11

Central African Republic

SatomAv. de l’IndépendanceBP 1368 - BanguiTel.: (236) 61 79 34 - Fax: (236) 61 79 38

Chad

SatomRoute de Farcha - BP 14 - N’DjamenaTel.: (235) 52 20 67 - Fax: (235) 52 20 69

Congo

SGE Congo120/121, boulevard Lyautey - BP 212BrazzavilleTel.: (242) 94 75 10 - Fax: (242) 94 75 11

Equatorial Guinea

Chez Sogea GabonBP 3936 - Boulevard Rémi IssembéZI D’Oloumi - LibrevilleTel.: (241) 76 61 19 - Fax: (241) 76 08 15

Sogea9, place de l’Europe - BP 32092851 Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, FranceTel.: + 33 1 47 16 40 00Fax: + 33 1 47 51 91 01 - www.sogea.fr

Ile-de-France

Sicra36, rue du Séminaire - Centra 307 Chevilly-Larue - 94586 Rungis Cedex, FranceTel.: + 33 1 49 78 51 00 - Fax : + 33 1 45 60 90 42

Sobea Ile-de-France54, av. Victor Hugo - BP 23492504 Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, FranceTel.: + 33 1 55 94 02 00 - Fax : + 33 1 55 94 01 90

French Regions

East

Sogea EstZA Lesmenils - BP 6954703 Pont-à-Mousson Cedex, FranceTel.: + 33 3 83 80 83 80 - Fax : + 33 3 83 81 29 89

Chanzy-PardouxRue Costes-et-Bellonte - 57157 Marly, FranceTel.: + 33 3 87 62 89 27 - Fax : + 33 3 87 65 39 48

Urban19, route d’Eschau67400 Illkirch-Graffenstaden, FranceTel.: + 33 3 88 40 56 10 - Fax : + 33 3 88 67 26 70

North

Sogea Nord274, bd Clemenceau - BP 301959703 Marcq-en-Barœul Cedex, FranceTel.: + 33 3 20 99 25 50 - Fax : + 33 3 20 99 78 00

Caroni Construction274, bd Clemenceau - BP 102959701 Marcq-en-Barœul Cedex, FranceTel.: + 33 3 20 99 78 78 - Fax : + 33 3 20 99 78 00

North-West

Sogea Nord-Ouest335, rue du Rouvray - BP 4376650 Petit-Couronne, FranceTel.: + 33 2 32 11 46 79 - Fax : + 33 2 32 11 46 00

West

Sogea Atlantique213, route de Rennes - BP 3944701 Orvault Cedex, FranceTel.: + 33 2 51 83 34 30 - Fax : + 33 2 51 83 34 49

Sogea BretagneZI du Prat - Av. Paul-DuplexCP 3724 - 56037 Vannes Cedex, FranceTel.: + 33 2 97 47 70 91 - Fax : + 33 2 97 68 84 56

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Ethiopia

SogeaBole Area - Woreda 17, Kebele 23House Number 2417 - Addis AbebaTel.: (251) 1 61 13 78 - Fax: (251) 1 61 25 81

Gabon

Sogea/Satom / SobeaBP 3936 - Boulevard Rémi-IssembéZI D’Oloumi - LibrevilleTel.: (241) 76 61 19 - Fax: (241) 76 08 15

Gambia

SogeaPO Box 2230 - Serrekunda - BanjulTel.: (220) 49 74 87 - Fax: (220) 49 57 66

Ghana

Sogea/Satom Ghana BranchAirport Residential Area - Houses n° 3 and 5Ambassadorial Estate ExtensionPO Box C 754 Cantonments RomanRidge-AccraTel.: (233) 21 77 56 62Fax: (233) 21 76 35 44

Guinea

Satom63, allée Ro - 408/82 Kaporo - BP 862ConakryTel.: (224) 42 12 88 - Fax: (224) 46 31 21

Ivory Coast

Sogea/SatomImmeuble Longchamp - Avenue MarchandBP 1876 - Abidjan 01 PlateauTel.: (225) 21 92 09 - Fax: (225) 22 60 72

Kenya

SogeaRoyal Ngao House - Hospital RoadPO Box 39367 - NairobiTel.: (254) 2 71 09 43Fax: (254) 2 71 10 59

Mali

SatomRoute des Abattoirs - BP 77 - BamakoTel.: (223) 21 85 57 - Fax: (223) 21 37 01

Mauritania

SatomBP 5573 - Îlot A n° 0076 Tevragh ZeinaNouakchottTel.: (222) 2 546 83Fax: (222) 2 546 84

Morocco

Sogea165, av. Allal Ben Abdallah - BP 121 - RabatTel.: (212) 7 70 07 12Fax: (212) 7 70 34 69

Niger

SatomZI Route des Brasseries - BP 139 - NiameyTel.: (227) 74 27 78 - Fax: (227) 74 26 90

São Tomé and Príncipe

SatomBP 285 - São Tomé

Senegal

SogeaDakarTel.: (221) 820 63 22Fax: (221) 820 63 24

South Africa

Southern Pipeline ContractorsPO Box 61 - 1836 Kliprivier (Transval)Tel.: (27) 11 903 84 54Fax: (27) 11 903 88 00

Tanzania

Sogea Tanzania BranchChole Road - Plot n° 1401 EMassani Peninsula - Dar es-SalaamTel.: (255) 51 601 158Fax: (255) 51 601 159

Togo

Sogea/SatomBP 35 - LoméTel.: (228) 21 41 88 - Fax: (228) 21 74 10

Uganda

SogeaTagore Crescent - Plot n° 11PO Box 6942 - KampalaTel.: (256) 41 54 39 14Fax: (256) 41 53 27 99

PortugalSogea PortugalEdificio MontevideoAvenida Montevideo, 236 - 4150 Porto

BelgiumDenysIndustrieweg 124B-9032 Wondelgem GentBelgiumTel.: (32) 9 254 01 11Fax: (32) 9 226 77 71

SoceaVaartstraat 126B-2520 Oelegem / RanstBelgiumTel.: (32) 3 475 00 08Fax: (32) 3 485 78 77

United Kingdom

Norwest HolstAstral House, Imperial Way - WatfordHertfordshire WD2 4YX - Great BritainTel.: (44) 192 323 34 33 Fax: (44) 192 325 64 81

Construction

Norwest Holst Construction LtdAstral House, Imperial WayWatford Hertfordshire WD2 4YXGreat BritainTel.: (44) 192 323 34 33 Fax: (44) 192 325 64 81

Norwest Holst UtilitiesWakefield RoadBootle-Merseyside L30 6TPTel.: (44) 151 524 49 00Fax: (44) 151 525 31 39

John Jones (Excavation) LtdNorjon House, Newby RoadHazel Grove, Stockport - Chershire SK7 5DUTel.: (44) 1 614 83 93 16Fax: (44) 1 614 83 80 06

Norwest Holst Soil Engineering LtdParkside Lane, Dewsbury RoadLeeds LS11 5SXTel.: (44) 113 271 11 11Fax: (44) 113 276 04 72

Engineering

Rosser & RussellBuilding Services LtdOrbit House, 1-6 Ritz ParadeLondon W5 3RDTel.: (44) 1 819 82 22 22Fax: (44) 1 819 82 22 10

Norwest Holst Engineering LtdAstral House, Imperial WayWatford Hertfordshire WD2 4YXGreat BritainTel.: (44) 192 323 34 33Fax: (44) 192 347 02 64

N+H Acoustics Ltd38 Station Road - WokinghamBerks RG40 2AETel.: (44) 118 978 52 65Fax: (44) 118 978 52 90

Manufacturing

Conren LtdRedwither Works, WrexhamClwyd LL13 9RDTel.: (44) 1 978 66 19 91Fax: (44) 1 978 66 11 20

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