VINCI Construction wins a contract to build a water treatment plant in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

19 November 2019 - 8:45 am - New contracts - Cambodia

· Design-build of a drinking water treatment plant and transfer pipelines
· $200 million (€182 million) contract
· Population of 1 million ultimately served

On 14 November 2019, VINCI Construction Grands Projets signed a contract with the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority to design and build the Bakheng water treatment plant in the northern outskirts of the Cambodian capital.

The first phase of the project, with a value of $155 million (€141 million), covers construction of:
- a first treatment line with a capacity of 195,000 cu. metres per day,
- the intake in the Mekong River with a capacity of 390,000 cu. metres per day,
- two 1.4 metre diameter pipelines with a length of 1.5 km to carry water from the Mekong to the treatment plant,
- a 2 metre diameter pipeline with a length of 7.8 km (including a 630 metre river crossing to be built using a microtunneling machine) to bring drinking water to more than 500,000 inhabitants of the capital city.

To minimise the plant's carbon footprint, its electricity requirements will be partly supplied by 27,000 sq. metres of solar panels with 3.8 MW installed capacity.

The project, co-financed by the French Development Agency, the European Investment Bank and the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, will employ more than 500 local workers and supervisory personnel at the height of activity.

The contract provides for a second conditional works phase with a value of $45 million (€41 million). This phase is designed to double the plant's treatment capacity to 390,000 cu. metres per day. Following handover of the second phase, the project will provide drinking water for a population of one million.

The new project confirms VINCI Construction Grands Projets' commitment to expanding drinking water access in Cambodia. In 2017, the company handed over the Niroth drinking water plant on the outskirts of Phnom Penh and the wastewater treatment plants at the Phnom Penh and Siem Reap airports. This year, the VINCI Construction Grands Projets hydraulic engineering teams also delivered two drinking water plants in Siem Reap and Chamkar Mon (in the centre of the Cambodian capital).

Since it was founded in 2000, VINCI Construction Grands Projets has built water projects that supply six million people with drinking water and treat wastewater for a population equivalent of 2.5 million around the world.

 

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About VINCI Construction
VINCI Construction, a global player and European leader, is active on five continents, with more than 72,000 employees and 830 companies generating revenue of €14.9 billion in 2019. Structured according to an integrated model, the company has the capacity to intervene over the entire life cycle of a structure (finance, design, construction, maintenance) in eight sectors: buildings, functional structures, transport infrastructure, hydraulic engineering, renewable and nuclear energy, the environment, oil and gas sector, and mines. Through its low carbon concrete brand Exegy, VINCI Construction offers all its clients the opportunity to minimise the carbon footprint of their structures, with the aim of using 90% low carbon concrete by 2030.
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About VINCI
VINCI is a global player in concessions, energy and construction, employing 280,000 people in more than 120 countries. We design, finance, build and operate infrastructure and facilities that help improve daily life and mobility for all. Because we believe in all-round performance, we are committed to operating in an environmentally, socially responsible and ethical manner. And because our projects are in the public interest, we consider that reaching out to all our stakeholders and engaging in dialogue with them is essential in the conduct of our business activities. Based on that approach, VINCI’s ambition is to create long-term value for its customers, shareholders, employees, partners and society in general.