Group teamwork for the Les Jacobins cultural centre

7 September 2010 - New contracts - France

On 29 June, the town of Le Mans (western France) awarded the contract for the construction, on a general contracting basis, of the Les Jacobins cultural centre to a consortium headed by Heulin (VINCI Construction France), leader, and comprising HRC (Eurovia), Soletanche Bachy, a Soletanche Freyssinet subsidiary (VINCI Construction), and GT Iris (Energy business line).
The building (31,000 sq. metres) will feature a 827-seat theatre, 11 cinemas offering a total of 2,118 seats, rooms for cultural activities and a literary café. It will be built around a 1,800 sq. metre central courtyard, and provide underground parking, on three levels, for 601 cars and 108 two-wheeled vehicles.
Valued at almost €71m, the works, launched in early August, will take 33 months to complete.