Belgian leading infrastructure group BESIX announced that it has won a major contract to provide site management and civil engineering for a skyscraper in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, which will become the tallest tower in Africa.

Tower F is 935 feet high and is a project being developed by the African PFOS company with the support of the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Urban Planning. This is an initiative of Ivory Coast, one of the major French-speaking African economic powers. This is the second project linking Africa and Bessex, implemented by the government of Côte d’Ivoire. It adds to the La Mé drinking water plant currently under construction, which is one of the largest facilities of its kind in West Africa and will generate 30% of Abidjan's drinking water demand.

Pierre Cironval, Deputy CEO of BESIX Group: "BESIX is very proud to participate in the construction of Tower F. This is our second contract in Ivory Coast, a country that provides a favorable business environment and is economically vibrant. In Ivory Coast's leading construction company in Africa, we have found a high-quality partner.

"Together we have built one of the largest drinking water production plants in West Africa. We look forward to strengthening this alliance by participating in the construction of iconic buildings like Tower F. He added that the BESIX project will take place in July 2021. At the beginning, structural engineering was carried out on the existing foundation. Tower F was designed by Pierre Facuri and is located in the plateau area in the center of Abidjan. Tower F has been included in the urban development plan since 1970 and is the city’s administrative The sixth tower of the city.

Philippe Dessoy, general manager of business development, said: "BESIX's strength lies in its ability to perform the most technically complex projects, including buildings, ports and terminals, and environmental infrastructure. Our team owes its in-house engineering department Development expertise and experience accumulated in Europe, Africa and the Middle East over the past 110 years. BESIX is active in construction, real estate development and concession sectors in 25 countries and 5 continents. Its iconic achievements include Dubai’s world’s tallest tower Khalifa Tower. The engineering department of the group enables BESIX to execute complex and unique projects, especially in technical and environmental aspects. BESIX has built many high-rise buildings all over the world, especially in the Benelux and France, as well as Australia and several Middle East The country, through its subsidiary BESIX Watpac and Six Construction.

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In Ivory Coast, BESIX and PFOS Africa are completing the construction of one of West Africa’s largest drinking water production plants, in Lame. This factory provides drinking water to more than 1.5 million Ivorians. On the African continent, BESIX is currently contributing to the construction of the Great Egyptian Museum (Egypt), the Mohammed VI Tower (Morocco) and the Nahtigal Hydropower Project (Cameroon), which will generate one-third of Cameroon’s electricity. Editor/XuNing