VINCI awarded future concession for new Nantes airport

France's Government awarded (30-Jul-2010) a VINCI Concessions consortium a 55-year concession to operate Nantes Atlantique and Saint-Nazaire Montoir airport, as from 01-Jan-2011, as well as to design, finance, build, operate and maintain Nantes Grand Ouest Notre-Dame des Landes Airport. The design-construction consortium will consist of VINCI Construction France, Eurovia and Entreprise de Travaux Publics de l'Ouest (ETPO-CIFE). It will use the services, in particular, of the architect Jacques Ferrier, landscaper Bernard Lassus, ADPi for the airport engineering, as well as the following consultancies: Sogreah (infrastructure), SCE (space planning), SETEC (construction) and Elithis (energy). Operation of the airport will be carried out by VINCI Airports, a subsidiary of VINCI Concessions, in partnership with the Nantes-Saint Nazaire Chamber of Commerce and Industry. [more]