Rennes Metro Line B contract awarded
16 October 2013The consortium led by Dodin Campenon Bernard (Vinci Construction) and including GTM Ouest and Botte Fondations, both subsidiaries of Vinci Construction France, as well as Spie Batignolles TPCI, Spie Fondations and Legendre Génie Civil, has been awarded the contract to execute the underground works for Line B of the Rennes metro in France.
The contract, worth almost EUR 320M (USD 431M), includes the construction of 8km of tunnel, nine stations and four associated emergency shafts.
The TBM will start up at the end of 2014; delivery is scheduled for February 2018. Some 500 people will work on the site, including about 60 per cent from the Rennes area, employed by the consortium¹s local companies, suppliers and subcontractors or hired particularly through social integration programmes.
Vinci companies worked earlier on Line A of the Rennes metro.
