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> One week to change the public perception of disabled people – 14th November 2011
Rabot Dutilleul Group participated in a great number of events in favour of the employement of disabled people.
During this 15th edition of the week in favour of the employment of 
disabled people, the Rabot Dutilleul Group, from November 14th until November 19th, participated in a great number of events aimed at encouraging the professional integration of disabled persons: the Employment and Handicap Forum on November 15th in Marcq-en-Baroeul ; involvement in a special company for disabled workers (ESAT) “Hors les murs & Handicaf鮓 in Lomme on November 16th; Forum for the Employment of Disabled People on November 17th in Wasquehal.
These meetings are organised to help disabled job applicants to meet recruiters. They have two aims: to start a recruiting process and to put an end to preconceived ideas about disabled people.
These actions reflect the Rabot Dutilleul Group’s determination to initiate a true “HR” policy of recruiting, professionally integrating and maintaining in employment disabled workers.
For more information:
www.agefiph.fr
> Dare to generate value - 8th November2011
This was the subject of the World Forum on a Responsible Economy which took place from November 15th to 17th in Lille at the Grand Palais, and of which the Rabot Dutilleul Group was one of the sponsors.
The aim of this event is to disseminate “good practices” among international companies that are committed to being socially and environmentally responsible.
This event was an opportunity for Rabot Dutilleul to present its “RédGES” plan, which aims to reduce by at least 20% the greenhouse gases emitted by the Group.
Rabot Dutilleul is also involved in the World Forum through Claude Lenglet, the Scientific Manager of the Group and co-pilot of the Research Committee of the Lille Think Tank.
Programme & registration:
Go to www.worldforum-lille.org
> Rabot Dutilleul and the Ecole Centrale de Lille make their partnership official – 3 November 2011
On Thursday 3 November 2011, Etienne Craye, Director of the graduate engineering school Ecole Centrale de Lille and Jean-Pierre Sternheim, CEO of the Rabot Dutilleul Group and a graduate of the school, signed a partnership agreement at the school’s campus at Villeneuve d’Ascq.
Under this 3-year agreement, the Lille construction and public works group and the graduate school of engineering will seek to establish gateways between the business and student environments and help young people into professional employment during and after their studies.
This partnership will take the form of a series of educational, institutional and professional actions:
- Participation by Rabot Dutilleul in the career forums organised by the Ecole Centrale
- Contributions by its staff to the thematic subjects of the 3rd year
- Visits to construction sites
- Cooperation in Research & Development and technology transfer
- Work placements for student engineers
- Job offers
- Development of common themes in CSR (corporate social responsibility)
This partnership confirms the resolve of Rabot Dutilleul to go on building lasting relationships with the Graduate Colleges.
More:
www.ec-lille.fr
> Rabot Dutilleul sponsors the 2011 class of Polytech - 22 October 2011
The 2011 class of the Polyetch graduate engineering school in Lille recently celebrated the end of their degree courses. Nearly 300 young engineers and their families took part in this latest graduation ceremony sponsored by Rabot Dutilleul.
Gilles Dupont, Managing Director of Rabot Dutilleul Construction and himself a graduate of the Polyetch, took the opportunity to present the group and the activities in which it is involved, especially in the field of innovation, the theme ofthe event. In its partnerships with graduate schools, Rabot Dutilleul has undertaken numerous actions.
Firstly, educational and institutional: arranging lectures, courses and career testimonials that stimulate interaction with students, and airing subjects related with industrial projects.
Then professional actions: providing site visits, work placements and jobs.
Finally not-for-profit and financial actions: sponsoring associations and events, supporting Foundations and sponsoring students.
This initiative illustrates the resolve of Rabot Dutilleul to go on building lasting relations with the Graduate Colleges and enabling them, in turn, to contribute their vision of how professional engineering practice should evolve.
More:
www.polytech-lille.fr
> School boys and girls from Lille take over a Rabot Dutilleul construction site - 10th October 2011
As part of the 9th edition of “Les Coulisses du Bâtiment” organised by the Fédération Française du Bâtiment (FFB) , 400 teenagers from the 4th and 5th forms visited the Arboretum construction site in Lille on Friday 7th October.
Greeted by 20 or so staff from Rabot Dutilleul Construction and the Fédération Française du Bâtiment (FFB) , the schoolboys and girls from all over the Lille conurbation had the opportunity to discover the world of building and civil engineering by taking part in playful educational activities. The programme included: discovering the main structural works (concrete pouring and form setting, iron framework fixing, etc.) and ancillary trades (design office and consulting engineering, methods etc.), “risk hunting” (detecting hazardous situations on a building site), quiz on the environment, etc.
We thank all the Rabot Dutilleul Construction staff who helped to present their trades with passion and let’s hope this day will encourage future vocations!
More:
www.ffbatiment.fr
> Rabot Dutilleul Partenariats delivered its first home for elderly dependent people (EHPAD) in Douai on 7th October 2011
After only 17 months of building works, Rabot Dutilleul Partenariats delivered a new home for elderly dependent people (EHPAD) to the general hospital in Douai on 21st October 2011.
Developed under a public-private partnership (PPP) over 30 years, the 12,000 sq. m. net floor area complex was completed sooner than expected. From November onwards, residents occupying the 238 bedrooms will benefit from the facilities of the EHPAD, including the long-term care unit, four Alzheimer units and a day care centre.
Optimising time for completion
In order to deliver a high quality healthcare facility that meets the demands of the hospital sector, Rabot Dutilleul Partenariats was able to bring into play the skills and know-how of companies within the Rabot Dutilleul group. While Rabot Dutilleul Construction was in charge of building the EHPAD in a record time (thanks to its judicious choices in terms of methodology, management, supervision and resources), Sitex (the group subsidiary responsible for maintenance) will provide the maintenance and management of the building for 30 years, as well as the renewal of structures and facilities.
Signed in April 2009, the public-private partnership contract included the financing, designing, building and maintenance of the home for elderly dependent people. The overall investment in this project comes to €28.6m.
To this day, Rabot Dutilleul Partenariats has three public-private partnerships completed or in progress: the inter-hospital laundry in Gonesse (95), the Douai EHPAD (59) and the Le Chesnois vocational training school in Bains-les-Bains (88). Many other projects are currently under way.
To find out more about the range of achievements and skills of Rabot Dutilleul Partenariats, come along on the 12th and 13th October to the Rencontres Internationales des PPP (RI PPP), stand 28 at the Palais des Congrès in Paris.
Project information and key figures:
Client: Centre Hospitalier de Douai (Douai general hospital)
Main Contractor: Auxifip (subsidiary of Crédit Agricole Leasing)
Design: Rabot Dutilleul Partenariats
All trades construction work: Rabot Dutilleul Construction
Maintenance over 30 years : Sitex
Architect : Chabanne & Partenaires
Engineering : SECA Santé
Production project management: François Lecat
Total investment: €28.6m
EHPAD rent : €1.6m per annum
Surface area: 12 000 sq. m. of net floor area
> Erwan Tabarly wins the Quiberon Solo race and works his way up to 2nd place in the 2011 in the Solo Ocean Racing French Championship - 30 september 2011
Erwan Tabarly, the sailor of the Figaro “ Nacarat – Groupe Rabot Dutilleul” yacht, dominated the Quiberon Solo race on Friday 30th September ahead of Morgan Lagravière, the young skipper from the Vendée region.
Having already won this race in 2009, Ewan Tabarly thus confirms his mastery of the Figaro circuit with a series of fine and promising results throughout the season: 3rd in the Bénodet-Martinique single-handed transatlantic race, 3rd in the Solitaire du Figaro solo offshore race, as well as setting a new record for the longest distance covered single-handed in 24 hours in a Figaro Bénéteau 2 yacht.
Erwan’s victory in the Quiberon Solo race ensures he is crowned second in the Single-handed Ocean Racing French Championship behind Fabien Delahaye, the skipper of Port de Caen Ouistreham yacht.
Congratulations Erwan, and thank you for a great 2011 season full of excitement and suspense!
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> Pascal Golebiowski appointed Managing Director of Sitex - 1st september 2011
Pascal Golebiowski joined the Sitex company as Managing Director on 1st September 2011 and will work alongside Chairman Jean Pierre Nacry.
Aged 48, Pascal Golebiowski previously held the post of manager in charge of profit centres for the Dalkia company.
In the course of his career, he has worked for various SMEs that install or distribute refrigerating equipment in the Nord-Pas de Calais and Picardie regions as after-sales manager, branch manager and then operations manager.
Pascal Golebiowski’s assignment is to develop Sitex’s drive for growth.
More information:
A specialist in the multitechnical approach, Sitex provides innovative solutions for the design, maintenance and operation of all installations in buildings. With its own specialist teams and dedicated divisions (Sitex Systems, Sitex Energy and Sitex Maintenance), Sitex provides both installation and maintenance engineering services for property managers, owners and occupiers, guaranteeing compliance in their plant and systems and energy efficiency in their buildings – in a word: maximum performance from their property assets.
> Rabot Dutilleul finalises the purchase of the Dominique Housieaux Group - 21 june 2011
Rabot Dutilleul is currently proceeding with its business development by reinforcing its Systems, power and maintenance division through the purchase of the Dominique Housieaux Group located in Lens (62).
The Dominique Housieaux Group is specialised in all fields of finishing works and deals with all other trades such as hoisting, signage and industrial cleaning. As a result of this purchase, Dominique Housieaux remains Chairman of the Group he founded.
The deal includes Sitex, located in Tourcoing. The integration of the Companies of the Dominique Housieaux Group reinforces the position of Rabot Dutilleul in the fields of maintenance and multi technique works for the construction industry and therefore provides greater proximirt to clients and a stronger regional presence.
About the Dominique Housieaux Group:
Establishment: 1974
Number of employees: 130 persons
Annual turnover: 17 million euros
Location: Lens (62), France
Chairman: Dominique Housieaux
Client base: industry, services sector, distribution and public amenities and infrastructure.
> Lillénium, a new business and shopping centre for the Lille metropolitan area - 6 June 2011
Nacarat and Vicity are embarking on a 42,800 sq. m. property development in southern Lille combining economic development and architectural ambition...
Nacarat and Vicity are embarking on a 42,800 sq. m. property development in southern Lille combining economic development and architectural ambition.
Vicity and the Greater Lille branch of Nacarat are working on a combined development as part of a vast urban renewal project instigated by the City of Lille.
The development, designed in conjunction with the architect Rudy Riciotti, combines shopping facilities (a hypermarket and small shops), a 3-star hotel, restaurants and offices along with 1,300 parking spaces for cars and bicycles.
Designed to create jobs and drive the commercial redynamisation of the whole neighbourhood, Lillénium is also an innovative and sustainable architectural project. The building, which includes a large atrium, will boast 77% natural light, providing visual comfort and helping to save energy. Other example of systems introduced to improve the energy efficiency of the building include a green roof, water recovery system and the use of LED technology for optimal lighting. The Lillénium development project will also include the signature of a “green site” charter by the construction firms involved and a BREEAM® certification process.
Lillénium technical information:
Main contractors: Vicity and Nacarat
Project managers: Rudy Riciotti, AvantPropos and Projex
Financial partner: Crédit Agricole
Total surface area: 42,800 sq. m.
Location: rue de Marquillies, à Lille
First companies: E. Leclerc and Holiday Inn Express
Delivery: 2014
> GERIM and MCG announce their merger - 17 May 2011
The Group’s general contractors are joining forces and making no secret of their ambitions.
Established in 1975 and 2001 respectively, the GERIM and MCG general contractors have just announced that they are going to merge. In so doing, these two specialists in “turnkey” projects will be sharing their skills and geographical reach in order to achieve joint objectives set in cooperation with their shareholders, namely the Financière Duval and Rabot Dutilleul groups. The company resulting from this merger, called “Gérim”, will be a 50/50 joint venture whose aim will be to accelerate development in its favoured markets, i.e. industrial facilities, logistics, retail facilities and business parks.
The headquarters of the newly-established Gérim company are located at the heart of a business park in the Lille metropolitan area. This new park was jointly developed by companies that are members of the Financière Duval and Rabot Dutilleul groups. Already present in Paris, Nantes, Lyon, Bordeaux and Prague, Gérim, the new general contractor, plans to extend its geographical reach by taking positions in new markets, such as Slovakia, where it has just been awarded a contract for its first development in this country.
Such new impetus should enable Gérim to generate sales worth around 100 million euros over the next three years.
For + details: www.gerim.com
> Offices and shops in the center of Metz - 9 March 2011
In Metz, Nacarat is developing a tertiary unit in the vicinity of the Centre Pompidou.
The Nacarat Agency for the East of France, a Real Estate Company, a subsidiary of the Rabot Dutilleul Group, shall be building an 8,200 m² compound, in Metz, in the area of the « Amphithéâtre ». This unit called « La Halle », is in a first class location between the TGV railway station and the « Centre Pompidou ».
The building, designed by « Agence Nicolas Michelin et Associés » (ANMA), has a steel structure and shall be built according to the latest rules and regulations and to the most recent environmental developments. It shall include retail shops on the ground floor and on the platform level and offices in the three upper levels. Parking facilities located in the existing parking space, under the parvis, shall provide easy access to these new developments.
Currently, the Nacarat Agency for the East of France has already signed a firm commercial nine year lease with the « Caisse d’Epargne Lorraine Champagne Ardenne » for its regional head office, as from December 1st 2012, on an overall usable surface of 5,600 m².
> Rabot Dutilleul Partenariats wins another PPP contract - 17 February 2011
The Lorraine Regional Council has just awarded a contract to a consortium led by Rabot Dutilleul Partenariats to redesign, rebuild and maintain for 20 years the « Le Chesnois » secondary school for vocational training.
Established in 1944, this vocational secondary school is located 30 kilometres south of Epinal in North Eastern France. It provides technical and vocational training in trades and services relating to environmentally friendly housing and leisure activities. Under the project, by the end of 2015 the school’s 300 pupils will move into new facilities for teaching and other functions, featuring classrooms, workshops, sports fields, a boarding house, etc. The school’s administration will be housed in the “chateau”, a 19th century building, which will be entirely refurbished.
This High Environmental Quality (HEQ) development features, in particular, the use of wood in the new buildings, green roofs and a wood-fired central boiler. Thanks to these features, the redevelopment is aiming at being certified as a low energy development.
‘Le Chesnois’ vocational secondary school in Bains-les-Bains (Vosges, France)
Consortium: Rabot Dutilleul Partenariats, Rabot Dutilleul Construction, Atlante Gestion (investor) and Faceo (property manager).
Architect: TOA architectes
Consulting engineers: Ingerop, Oasiis.
> A special award for “Le Grand Large” - 17 December 2010
The “Le Grand Large” housing scheme in Dunkirk, jointly developed by Nacarat, was honoured in 2010 with a special prize at the prestigious “Equerre d’Argent” architecture awards given annually by the Le Moniteur group for a French building.
Located between the sea and the town centre, the Grand Large neighbourhood is part of an urban regeneration project based on a sustainable development approacg. The first phase of this scheme, built by Nacarat in a joint development with others, involved 120 houses, divided into 70 flats (Gâbles), 23 intermediate housing units and 27 detached houses. The next phase of this vast project has now been set in motion by the granting of two building permits for the construction of 42 flats and 28 intermediate housing units.
Already the winner of an award in 2007 by the French Federation of Property Developers, Le Grand Large is a scheme that stands out as a benchmark in sustainable construction. The project is part of an urban development plan inspired by Agenda 21, and is based on an approach combining the fostering of social diversity and environmental protection. The special prize given as part of the “Equerre d\'Argent” 2010 awards by the Moniteur Group also honours the treatment of public spaces that promote "living together in harmony".
Le Grand Large, in Dunkirk (59)
Planner: S3D
Client: Nacarat (in a joint development with Nexity, Beci and Agur)
Project manager: Agence Nicolas Michelin & Associés
> Note
Also among the nominations for the Equerre d’Argent 2010 awards were two other projects involving the Rabot Dutilleul Group:
- LaM - Lille Métropole Museum of Modern Art, Contemporary Art and Art Brut, in Villeneuve d’Ascq (59)
Client: Lille Métropole Urban Community - Architect: Manuelle Gautrand - Facade latticework screens by: Betsinor Composites
- EDHEC Business School campus, in Croix (59)
Client: EDHEC - Architect: Zig Zag - Construction (joint contractor): Rabot Dutilleul Construction
> Sites to be visited by the public - 6 October 2010
Rabot Dutilleul Construction is a partner with the eighth happening of the "Coulisses du Bâtiment"...
The Fédération Française du Bâtiment (FFB) [French Building Federation] has launched "Les Coulisses du Bâtiment", therefore allowing the general public – and more precisely the young people – to discover the crafts of this sector of activity, by visiting open sites and workshops throughout France.
As for the previous years, Rabot Dutilleul Construction has given a positive answer to the request of FFB. On October 7th and 8th, the Company meets with several hundreds of school boys and girls, on the sites of the Lycée Jules Ferry, in Dainville (62) and that of the future regional head Office of the Caisse d\'Epargne [Savings Bank], in Amiens (80). These two sites are very interesting due to their magnitude, their technicality and their level of development… may be shall they generate new vocations!
More information:
On www.ffbatiment.fr
> A new challenge for Nacarat and Erwan Tabarly - 5 July 2010
Erwan Tabarly is returning to the Figaro 2010 circuit with his new sponsor: Nacarat. On board his new yacht, the 35-year-old Breton sailor is beginning his 11th season in the solo professional single-hull class.
A regular competitor on the Figaro Bénéteau yacht racing circuit from 2000 on, the winner of the beginning-of-season Port de France solo race and the current vice-champion of France in the solo offshore racing class, Erwan Tabarly has dominated the podiums for more than 10 years. On board his single-hull yacht sporting the Nacarat colours, the skipper will be somewhat impatiently waiting for the start of the very important Solitaire du Figaro solo race. Says Tabarly: "Teaming up with a new sponsor is always a new experience and definitely adds motivation, coupled with the desire to give him a great victory!”
Erwan Tabarly’s third place in the Solo Quiberon race on 18th June was already a wonderful achievement for his first Figaro Nacarat race.
The next event is the Solitaire du Figaro starting from Le Havre on 27th July.
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Erwan Tabarly wins the Quiberon Solo race and works his way up to second place in the 2011 Solo Ocean Racing French Championship
