Backfilling works for the Olympics

7 October 2010 - New contracts - Russian Federation

DEME, a subsidiary of CFE (VINCI Construction) is participating in the preparatory works for the construction of the Olympic village in Sochi, where the 2014 Winter Olympics are to be held.

The company is charged with banking up, to a height of 2.5 m, the marshy Imeretinskaya zone (412 hectares). This operation will involve extracting 8 million cu. metres of sand from the Black Sea, transporting it (through pipes) over a distance of 120 km and banking it up on site.
Valued at €27m, the works started in July and will last 14 months.