Bouygues S.A. () is a French engineering group headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of

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, France. Bouygues is listed on the

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exchange and is a blue chip in the

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stock market index. The company was founded in 1952 by Francis Bouygues and has been led by his son Martin Bouygues since 1989. Martin's older brother, Olivier Bouygues, is a board member. The group specialises in construction ( Colas Group and Bouygues Construction), real estate development (Bouygues Immobilier), media (

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), and telecommunications ( Bouygues Telecom).

History

The company was founded by Francis Bouygues in 1952.Sources:

In 1970 Bouygues became listed on the

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. In 1985 and 1986, Bouygues acquired road construction groups Screg, Sacer, and Colas; later reorganised as Colas Group. In 1987 the company started operating the television channel

TF1 TF1 (; standing for ''Télévision Française 1'') is a French commercial television network owned by TF1 Group, controlled by the Bouygues conglomerate. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network. TF1 is part ...

and in 1988 Bouygues moved into its new head office, the Challenger complex, in Saint-Quentin en Yvelines. In 1996 the company launched Bouygues Télécom and in 2006 the company acquired 23.26% of

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. In 2010, through its subsidiary Nerem Telecom, Bouygues also acquired HGT Telecom for $170 million from Henri Benezra and his brother Avi. In 2014, consecutively to

's cession of its Energy activities to

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, Bouygues granted a call option to the French government, allowing it to acquire a maximum of 20% of Alstom, currently owned by the group. In May 2018, the company purchased the Australian construction company A. W. Edwards. In 2021, Bouygues acquired the technical services business, Equans from

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in a transaction worth €7.1bn.

Business structure

The company carries out the following businesses: Construction * Bouygues Construction (100% share): construction, public works, energy & services, with a presence in 80 countries worldwide * Colas Group (96.8% share): roadworks, construction, railways and maintenance * Bouygues Immobilier (100% share): residential, corporate, commercial and hotel real estate and urban development, property development Telecoms - Media * Bouygues Télécom (90,5% share): mobile phone and fixed line operator *

(43.7% share): audiovisual group; with TF1 and 9 other TV channels. Transportation * BINA Istra (30.15% total ownership): Croatian joint stock company founded in 1995 to facilitate construction and subsequent management of an Istrian Y motorway Technical services * Equans

Financial data

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Major construction projects

Bouygues has been involved in many major construction projects including

Europe

* The

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completed in 1972 * The Tour First in 1974 * The

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completed in 1986 * The Île de Ré bridge completed in 1988 * The

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completed in 1989 * The

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completed in 1994 * The

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completed in 1995 * The Pont de Normandie completed in 1995, * The

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completed in 1998 * The expansion of Barnet Hospital completed in 2002 * The redevelopment of West Middlesex University Hospital completed in 2003 * The Brent Emergency Care and Diagnostic Centre completed in 2006 * The expansion of Broomfield Hospital in

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completed in 2010 * The expansion of North Middlesex University Hospital completed in 2010 Bouygues is also involved in HS2 lot C1, working as part of joint venture, due to complete in 2031.

Africa

* The Hassan II Mosque in

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, Morocco completed in 1992 * The Henri Konan Bédié Bridge in

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completed in 2014

North America

* The company also built the Port of Miami Tunnel completed in 2014. * Construction of the Iqaluit Airport terminal in

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, Canada, completed in 2017.

Asia

* The Gypjak Mosque in

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, completed in 2004. * The Singapore Sports Hub completed in 2014 * LRT Line 1 Cavite Extension due to be completed in 2025

Head office

The Bouygues head office is located at 32 Avenue Hoche in the

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. The American architect

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worked on this building, as well as the previous head office location, the Challenger complex in

Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines () is a new town and an agglomeration community in the French department of Yvelines. It is one of the original five villes nouvelles ( new towns) of Paris and was named after the Saint Quentin Pond, which was chosen ...

. This complex, situated in a tract in

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, is now occupied by Bouygues Construction, one of the group's subsidiaries.

Group and values

Social and environmental commitment

Since 2006, Bouygues has participated in the

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. The group sponsors The Shift Project think tank, with several other companies such as EDF, BNP Paribas or Saint-Gobain, which promotes sustainable economic development.

Controversies

Bid rigging

In September 2023 Bouygues Construction Expertises Nucléaires (BCEN) was fined €6.2 million after the French competition regulator found them guilty, along with five other companies, of

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over tenders for work at the

Marcoule nuclear site Marcoule Nuclear Site () is a nuclear facility in the Chusclan and Codolet communes, near Bagnols-sur-Cèze in the Gard department of France, which is in the tourist, wine and agricultural Côtes-du-Rhône region. The plant is around 25 ...

Bouygues (UK) Ltd. v Dahl-Jensen (UK) Ltd.

In this UK construction adjudication matter, the company's UK subsidiary had terminated the employment of its

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sub-contractor, Dahl-Jensen (UK). The adjudicator made a mistake in calculating outstanding payments due to Dahl-Jensen, which led to a

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ruling in 2002 which stated that

Flamanville

Between 2009 and 2011, Bouygues S.A. was illegally employing workers from Poland and Romania exposing them to inhuman working conditions at the construction site of the Flamanville nuclear power plant in

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. The company was later condemned for their practices before the court in Cherbourg and was ordered to pay sanctions of between €25,000 and €29,950.

Cyberattack on Bouygues Construction SA

On 30 January 2020 a ransomware-type virus was detected on Bouygues Construction's computer network although operational activity on the construction sites was disrupted. The "Maze Ransomware Gang" claimed responsibility for the attack and posted a 1.2 GB file that allegedly contained data taken from Bouygues Construction.