Fédération Française Du Bâtiment history

1878A former subsidiary of Pont-à-MoussonThe story of Eau et Assainissement (the ancestor of Sogea) began in 1878, under the name Etablissements Charles Gibaut.

1880CCFE was created in Belgium in 1880, under the impetus of Victor Tercelin-Monjot and Frédéric de la Hault, a Belgian entrepreneur specialised in tramway construction.

Morillon-Courvol was founded in 1885 to operate the sand deposits of the Paris region.

Later, water and sewer networks became another pillar of VINCI's business: GTM (Grands Travaux de Marseille) was set up in 1890 to build and operate the sewer system in Marseille.

1891The birth of a leader Grands Travaux de Marseille (GTM) was created in Marseille in 1891 by local businessmen to equip the city with a modern sewage system.

1905Thinet was founded in 1905 in Saint-Romain-le-Puy, a small town of the Loire region.

1906Tunzini, a company specialised in heating equipment, was founded by Ernest Tunzini in 1906.

1907Charles Saunier, a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique, and Maurice Duval created Saunier Duval et Compagnie in 1907.

Loucheur was noticed for his organisational talents and his knowledge of the weapons sector and, in 1916, he was appointed Under-Secretary of State in charge of artillery and munitions, a vital job in war time.

10 Temporarily moderation did make itself felt in the mid- and late 1920's, years of economic recovery and growth.

1922Founded in 1922, Froment Clavier was specialised in the construction of grain silos made from reinforced concrete.

21 Lorwin, Lewis L., The Women's Garment Workers (New York: Huebsch, 1924), p. ixGoogle Scholar.

1925Caroni was founded in 1925, when Jean Caroni, a former GTM engineer, decided to create his own company in the north of France.

1926Travaux du Midi was created in Marseille in 1926, under the name Bertagnol et Compagnie.

In 1928, he teamed up with Sylvain Bourdin to create a roadworks company, Bourdin Chaussé. Upon Bourdin's death, Louis Chaussé was left in charge of the company they had created.

In 1929, he left Entreprises Limousin because the company was not interested in developing prestressed concrete, which Freyssinet had invented a year earlier.

He married the eldest daughter of Alexandre Giros, co-founder of SGE. In 1931, he became a member of the Board of Directors and, after World War II, he replaced Henri Laborde-Milaa as chairman.

In all of his functions, and at SGE, he always applied bold labour policies, but without ever playing a political role, contrary to Louis Loucheur.Named commander of the Legion of Honor in 1934, he always upheld the values of hard work and family duty.

André Balency-Béarn took over the company's management as of 1935.

He was appointed Chairman of SGE on 29 September 1937 and it fell to him to manage the company with caution and perspicacity during the war.

1938CAPAG CETRA, founded in 1938 by Louis Ducatel under the name Entreprise Moderne de Canalisation, is a prime example of successful diversification from pipe systems to large infrastructure.

After the French defeat in 1940, he joined the Resistance.

In 1941, Jean Lefebvre, who had already demonstrated a talent for innovation in his father's company, took control of both companies.

31 An indication of the order of magnitude (if not the exact amount) of the miners’ aid is given by John L. Lewis’ bill to the CIO after his break with the organization. It amounted to $ 1,904,303 for services (organizers, clerks, attorneys, executives, etc.). plus cash loans of $1,685,000 from the CIO's founding in 1942.

1944In 1944, anticipating on the reconstruction needs of post-war France, MM. Raimond and Metrich, architects in Lyon, founded Société Industrielle de Constructions Rapides (SICRA). After carrying out several emergency construction projects, the company began work on standardised housing projects.

In 1946, SGE was confronted with the French government's decision to nationalise electrical power.A leader in civil engineeringUnder the management of Jean Matheron and Paul Huvelin, Alexandre Giros's sons-in-law, SGE redeployed massively into civil engineering.

Sainrapt et Brice, however, was allowed to continue to operate and was awarded major work in the port of Dunkirk in 1947.

The business did not truly play a significant role until 1949, under the leadership of the founder's son.

In 1950, it rebuilt the Denain lock.

He did not join GTM until 1951.

In 1953, it was in charge of building the Paris-Le Havre pipeline, a vital structure for the development of the Paris area.

See Val R. Lorwin, “Collective Bargaining in Post-War France,” in the March 1957 Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, ed. by John P. Windmuller; and almost any current issue of Droit social.

Campenon remained chairman of Campenon Bernard until 1958.

But Algerian independence in 1961 hastened Eau et Assainissement's merger with Socoman, another Pont-à-Mousson subsidiary with the same chairman and directors.

In 1962, however, the virtuous cycle ended with the death of Edme Campenon and Eugène Freyssinet.

In 1963, GTM won the first tender to build and operate a parking lot beneath the Invalides esplanade.

In 1965, Balency et Schuhl was purchased by Pont-à-Mousson.

1966Campenon BernardIn 1966, Campenon Bernard engineers opened the longest viaduct in France to traffic.

1968Financial company SOGEPARC was created in 1968, probably under the impetus of Spie Batignolles, which, like GTM, was increasingly interested in parking concessions.

In 1970, Fournié-Grospaud teamed up with Garczynski Traploir and Mors Jean Bouchon, within a holding company called UEER, from which GTIE (Générale de Travaux et d’Installation Electrique) was created.

In 1974, just a few years after the closure of the La Villette abattoirs, GTM began works to develop 55 hectares of industrial wasteland.

1977FreyssinetThe Brotonne bridge, built in 1977, marked a decisive stage in the construction of cable-stayed bridges with prestressed concrete aprons.

In 1979, it merged with Pont-à-Mousson's construction businesses, Balency-et-Schuhl and GTBA, which had already been merged under the name Balency-Briard.

Sainrapt et Brice was purchased by Devars-Naudo and merged with SGE in 1981.

1982CBC (Campenon Bernard Construction) was founded in 1982 by two former Bouygues managers, Henri Becq et Gilbert Simonet, with the support of parent company Campenon Bernard, which wanted to develop building activities.

In 1984, Compagnie Générale des Eaux (now called Vivendi) became the sole shareholder of UEER, which changed its name to GTIE. GTIE made several acquisitions.

A year later he was appointed Vice-Chairman and CEO of SGE. Following the acquisition by Saint-Gobain, he remained on the board but retired from all his other positions in 1988.

Dumez acquired an interest in Chantiers Modernes and, in 1989, bought CFE, the historical leader of the Belgian construction market.

In 1992, Campenon Bernard Construction (CBC) purchased an interest in the company.

1994SGExThe inauguration of the Channel tunnel in 1994 marked the end of an exceptional technical and human adventure.

In 1997, Viafrance merged with Cochery Bourdin Chaussé to form Eurovia.

1998Campenon BernardThe Vasco de Gama bridge was inaugurated in 1998.

2001 Alstom Contracting was acquired by its managers and employees in a LMBO (leverage management buy-out) with the backing of financial institutions and was renamed Cegelec.

In 2009, Soletanche Bachy merges with the Freyssinet Group to create Soletanche Freyssinet, representing an array of brands and technologies that is unrivalled in the world of specialised civil engineering.

In 2011, Eurovia acquired Carmacks, a Canadian group of companies that build, operate and maintain road infrastructure.

2014On Monday 20 October 2014, the Louis Vuitton Foundation was inaugurated in Paris in the presence of Bernard Arnault, chairman of the LVMH Group, French President Francois Hollande, architect Frank Gehry, Xavier Huillard, chairman and CEO of VINCI, and numerous guests.

The deal is based on an enterprise value of Lamsac and PEX at PEN 5.5billion (around EUR 1.5 billion) as of 31 December 2015.

2020Groupama Group and Total signed an off-plan lease on 14 March 2020 covering the construction of The Link, Total’s new head office in Paris La Défense.