VINCI Wins a Design-Build Contract for a Section of the I-85 Interstate Highway in the United States

Regulatory News:

Vinci (Paris:DG):

Blythe Construction, a subsidiary of Eurovia (VINCI Group), has won a design-build contract to widen a section of I-85 in North Carolina (United States) and improve its interchanges. The upgrade is designed to improve traffic flow along the busy 12 km section by widening it from four to eight lanes. The project also includes the demolition and reconstruction of 11 bridges and viaducts (including a railway viaduct over the motorway) and construction of an interchange.

On this project, Blythe Construction will be applying the Recyvia® environmental process, which enables it to employ up to 50% recycled materials, for the first time on a major highway in North Carolina.

The design is currently being finalised. Work on the project is to get under way in early 2015 and handover is scheduled in December 2017.

Eurovia is a world leader in the construction, repair and maintenance of road and railway infrastructure. Operating in 16 countries, the company has 41,000 employees and generated revenue of €8.6 billion in 2013.