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BUILDING IN AFRICA
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MOROCCO
ALGERIA
LIBYA
EGYPT
MAURITANIA
MALI
NIGER
CHAD
SENEGAL
THE GAMBIA
GUINEA-BISSAU
BURKINA
FASO
TOGO
BÉNIN
GUINEA
SIERRA LEONE
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DJIBOUTI
ETHIOPIA
NIGERIA
GHANA
LIBERIA
ERITREA
SUDAN
IVORY
COAST
CAMEROON
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
SAO TOME
AND PRINCIPE
GABON
SOUTH
SUDAN
CENTRAL AFRICAN
REPUBLIC
SOMALIA
UGANDA
CONGO
KENYA
RWANDA
DEM. REP.
OF CONGO
BURUNDI
TANZANIA
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AREAS West Africa and Madagascar ANGOLA
MALAWI
ZAMBIA
MOZAMBIQUE
NAMIBIA
BOTSWANA
SWAZILAND
LESCTHO
North Africa
Equatorial Africa
Central, East and Southern Africa
MADAGASCAR
ZIMBABWE
SOUTH AFRICA
Sogea-Satom
operates in around
20 countries in Africa.
Sogea-Satom
A local partner
As a company with historical roots in the continent and a corporate culture
with a clear emphasis on quality and team spirit, Sogea-Satom and its network
of subsidiaries operating in around 20 countries are an integral part of Africa’s
economic and social fabric.
S
ogea-Satom first ventured into Africa in
Morocco in the 1930s, opening its factory
in Sidi Boukna-del and providing the first
water supply pipes for Rabat. Sogea extended
its reach into the heart of the continent in
1948 by opening offices in Gabon, followed by
the first road-building contracts for Satom in
Niger and Chad in 1951.
80 years on the road together
The long-standing and well-established
links between Sogea-Satom and Africa, their
complementary skills and areas of expertise,
a willingness to pass on know-how and the
cultural diversity that enables both sides
to share ideas to their mutual benefit make
Sogea-Satom a long-term, responsible partner
for the countries of Africa.
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RN12, Burundi.
The synergies developed
within the group
mean tailored solutions
can be offered.
The power of a group
Sogea-Satom is one of the main international companies in VINCI
Construction, a strategic division within the VINCI group. Being part
of the world’s largest concessions and construction group, with almost
180,000 employees in around 100 countries, is a major advantage. S
ogea-Satom benefits directly from
VINCI’s wide-ranging know-how to
take advantage of the synergies it offers
in terms of expertise and resources. Other
group subsidiaries operating in Africa can
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complement Sogea-Satom teams and draw on
a range of highly specialised skills that have
been developed by VINCI.
Management team
Left to right and top to bottom:
Christophe Martin, Senior Executive
Vice-President and Regional Director,
Central, East and Southern Africa
Jean-Michel Guélaud, Senior Executive
Vice-President and Regional Director, Equator
Hervé Ronot, Senior Executive
Vice-President and Regional Director,
West Africa and Madagascar
Xavier Debreux, Human Resources
Director, Sogea-Satom Division
and VINCI Construction for French
Overseas Departments and Territories
Paul Scippa, Administration
and Finance Director
Cheikh Daff, Human Resources Director
Philippe Chavent, Chief Executive Officer
Thierry Lahuppe, Director, Equipment,
Purchasing and Logistics
Our vision, our values
Following in the footsteps of a long line of great builders, the men
and women of Sogea-Satom contribute to the development of Africa
based on a clear set of uncompromising values.
Loyalty
The risks inherent in individual autonomy and
the specific nature of our markets demand
total loyalty and transparency.
Professionalism
The rigour and competence of our teams are
a guarantee of quality for our customers and
success for the company.
Solidarity
We are modest about our successes and build
our future plans on the basis of respect for
other people.
Ambition
Responsibility
Shared success demands that each of us
assumes the responsibilities inherent in our
role and that we act effectively and on our
own initiative.
Safety
Protecting the health and physical safety
of our employees is a top priority, which is
inseparable from the success of our projects.
Perseverance
Given the international aspects of our
activities, operating the different areas of the
business requires conviction and tenacity if
we are to be able to make the difference.
As a driver of our shared development,
ambition is encouraged internally and fed by
an ongoing sense of curiosity.
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Redevelopment
of Zanzibar airport
Our mobile, multidisciplinary
teams are able to meet
the needs of any project, whatever
its geographical location.
Flexible organisation
From road-building to hydraulic engineering and civil engineering
to building works, Sogea-Satom constantly adapts its physical and human
resources to meet its customers’ expectations as closely as possible. B
y pooling the know-how and expertise
of its teams in Africa, Sogea-Satom
has created a flexible and responsive
organisational structure, with a clear priority
on short decision-making processes. All of
these factors help to differentiate it from the
competition and anticipate changes in the
market.
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Responsibility and commitment
Mobility and organisational agility go hand
in hand with an acceptance of personal
responsibility and a business culture based
on trust and commitment.
Long-term
responsibility
Sogea-Satom is firmly committed to acting
on its social and environmental responsibility.
Its sustainable development policy is expressed
through a wide-ranging series of tangible
actions carried out as close to the ground
as possible.
Environmental protection
Systematic waste recovery, recycling of used
oil as fuel, the development of water treatment
systems, retention ponds for effluents and
energy-efficient driving courses are just
some of the measures taken by Sogea-Satom
to limit the impact of its activities on the
environment. Innovative ideas from its teams
are an important aspect of the policy.
Safety first
Protecting its employees and ensuring
their safety is a key objective, which drives
management at every level of implementing
safety policies, from wearing personal
protective equipment to vigilance over
employee transport, checks on equipment and
so on. Combating disease
Sogea-Satom also implements an active,
structured policy of promoting hygiene and
preventing and combating disease on the
ground, particularly HIV. It also supports
regular medical care for its employees by
helping them to access treatment.
ISSA: a commitment to solidarity initiatives
The ISSA campaign – Initiatives Sogea-Satom pour l’Afrique –
has supported social solidarity initiatives organised by
employees in areas such as local entrepreneurship and creation
of sustainable employment. Founded in 2007, the ISSA also
supports projects in the areas of education, social development,
health, nutrition, agricultural development, sanitation, etc. The
main focus is on tangible, long-term initiatives such as
purchasing machinery and tools, building schools, providing
plants to farmers, etc.
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People
For Sogea-Satom, people are at the heart of the issues it faces and its
organisational structures. Its diverse mix of cultures and occupations has been
a source of pride for the business from the outset, which is why it is committed
to supporting its employees and developing their skills throughout their careers.
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ecruiting locally and providing regular
staff training not only helps to develop the
men and women in the business but also
goes hand in hand with the increasing technical
complexity of the markets in which we operate
and improves productivity.
Encouraging talented people
across the board
Over recent years we have made significant
efforts to improve training for our workers,
particularly operators of heavy machinery and
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lorry drivers. Similarly, training programmes
for executive staff have enabled a significant
number of them to take on management or
supervisory roles (for example in administration,
finance and project management) at a local level.
The stated objectives of the policy are to manage
skills and pass on know-how as effectively as
possible.
Partnerships with local engineering
colleges
Sogea-Satom has entered into a partnership with the 2iE,
a college in Burkina-Faso, which has developed a number
of teaching modules in line with the company’s long-term
recruitment needs. The course is not reserved exclusively
for Sogea-Satom, however: although the company had
made a commitment to recruiting a minimum number of
students to ensure the course was financially viable, it was
quickly joined by the Areva, Bolloré and Delmas groups.
Sogea-Satom has also developed partnerships with Istac,
a college in Cameroon, which trains engineers on sandwich
courses in central Africa, and with the École supérieure
polytechnique in Dakar.
Sogea-Satom employs
over 10,000 people in Africa,
including 500 expatriates
of 23 different nationalities.
Sogea-Satom has high-tech
equipment and a large fleet
of road transport vehicles.
Equipment
From high-performance equipment to logistics support
from head office, Sogea-Satom has an extensive and diverse
machinery fleet, which it maintains with the utmost care.
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ogea-Satom has its own fleet of over
9,000 modern, high-performance
machines across the whole of Africa
– including lorries, digging equipment,
grading machines, concrete plants, coating
units, crushing units etc. – used in industrial
production or on-site crushing units, etc.. In its road-building activities, Sogea-Satom
has chosen to fit its equipment with highperformance technologies such as satellite
navigation systems.
These new tools are backed by significant
levels of investment in training and
familiarising the teams with the new
on-board technologies.
As a result, the business maintains its
own equipment, ensuring a high level of
availability and efficiency, and has provided
itself with the necessary internal skills and
resources to do so.
Logistics and purchasing are pooled within
the Sogea-Satom network enabling it to use
its fleet of equipment efficiently and optimise
its allocation.
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Sogea-Satom has repaired
5,000 km of damaged roadways
and built over 10,000 km
of bitumen-surfaced roads. ROADS and
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Koumra-Sarh road, Chad.
Douala, Cameroon.
Equatorial Guinea.
Millions of vehicles use roads built by Sogea-Satom teams
every day on the plains, in the mountains, across the desert
and in equatorial forests.
Connecting people and places
The company covers the whole of the roadbuilding process, from defining the line it will
take to signage, geotechnical surveys, quarry
operation, earthworks, drainage, structural
work, the pavement layers and top surface.
The teams from Sogea-Satom have mastered
all the techniques required for African
road-building as a result of their extensive
experience , including pavement layers made
of natural materials or treated with hydraulic
binders, crushed aggregate or bituminous
aggregate, and surface courses with a top
coating or layer of bituminous concrete, etc.
Applying road-building experience
to other sectors
Alongside its road-building projects, SogeaSatom also works on various general
earth-moving projects in Africa along with
deforestation and mining operations.
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HYDRAULIC
ENGINEERING
Sogea-Satom builds, develops
and guarantees the quality
of its facilities.
Offshore catchment facility,
Lake Victoria, Uganda.
Hydraulic engineering
works, Gaba, Uganda.
Water treatment plant,
Cotonou, Benin.
Water and energy are vital issues. Sogea-Satom’s expertise
in these areas is therefore a valuable asset.
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ogea-Satom’s skills in hydraulic
engineering are used in a wide variety of
different areas: from developing watersupply points in lakes or dams, to building
and refurbishing networks for drinking water,
waste water, rain water, industrial effluents,
hydrocarbons, gas or irrigation, building
and refurbishing drinking and waste water
treatment plants, supplying equipment for
maintaining pumping, treatment and sewage
works, building pumping and booster stations,
developing sea-water desalination plants, etc. Sogea-Satom also offers integrated turnkey
programmes combining a range of different
techniques, which tend to be the preferred
choice of international investors.
Multiple disciplines
The LSE teams – over 100 employees – specialise
in the following areas: street lighting, setting up
electricity networks for offices or industrial facilities,
providing lighting for road works, etc. In South Africa, SPC – Southern Pipelines Contractor – a subsidiary of Sogea-Satom, produces
concrete pipes and other prefabricated components (such as noise-abatement walls, concrete
tunnel segments, etc.).
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Renault-Nissan factory,
Tangiers, Morocco.
Sogea-Satom is involved
in designing, constructing
and maintaining highly
technical structures.
Port of Cotonou, Benin.
The new Moulay Al Hassan bridge,
Morocco.
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Sogea-Satom teams working in the area of infrastructure and civil
engineering provide technical solutions in line with the specific
characteristics of each development project and its geographical location.
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orking with local partners where
necessary, Sogea-Satom’s civilengineering teams are involved in
designing, managing and producing watersupply infrastructure such as water towers,
Port and maritime activities
Dumez Maroc has developed advanced expertise
in the area of industrial and commercial ports.
Some of the Sogea-Satom subsidiary’s key projects
include the ports of Cotonou in Benin and Dakhla in
Morocco.
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reservoirs, mains channels (open air and
in tunnels), sewage and treatment plants –
and airport infrastructure such as runways,
control towers and terminal buildings. Sogea-Satom also has experience in industrial
civil engineering, and has in-depth knowledge
of the specific techniques needed for building
structures such as deep-water ports, bridges
and viaducts, water-supply infrastructure for
regulation and/or producing electricity and
thermal power stations such as Kotu C in
Gambia or Tombo 3 in Guinea.
Sonidep building,
Niamey, Niger.
University of Toukra,
Chad.
Renault-Nissan factory,
Tangiers, Morocco.
BUILDING
Sogea-Satom’s responsive, flexible teams are building
the Africa of the future based on their long-standing experience
in working alongside local businesses and tradesmen.
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frica is continuing to develop its urban
infrastructure. Hospitals, universities
and secondary schools are being built
alongside housing, offices, markets and arts
centres. Sogea-Satom’s multidisciplinary teams
are well versed in resolving coordination and
logistics problems, ensuring they are able to
respond as quickly as possible by working with
local tradesmen to build all kinds of structures,
either as a general contractor or as part of a
turnkey programme.
Projects range from simple buildings, designed
and built to be operated and last with a
minimum level of maintenance, particularly
in areas away from the major cities, to
sophisticated structures using cutting-edge
materials and construction techniques.
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