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Flag of Eiffage, two versions - Images by Ivan Sache, 15 November 2018
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Eiffage (website) is the third largest civil engineering construction company in France and the fifth largest in Europe. Eiffage was incorporated in 1993 as the merger of Fougerolle and SAE. The group includes several companies with a long history in civil engineering construction.
Fougerolle, founded in 1844 by Philippe Fougerolle (1806-1883), was
involved in the building of the Nivernais Canal. The company built in 1955 the Tancarville bridge, spanning over the Seine, for years the
longest (1,350 m) suspended bridge in the world.
The SAE (Société auxiliaire d'entreprises électriques et de travaux
publics) was founded in 1924 by the brothers Albert and Ernest de
Marchena and Gino Valatelli. In 1938, most of their 600 workers were
employed in the building of the first part of the first French highway,
between Paris and Saint-Cloud, the famous Saint-Cloud tunnel included.
The name of the group is a contraction of "Eiffel", "Fougerolle" and
"SAE". Eiffel, a company specialized in metallic construction founded in
1866 by the engineer Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), was taken over by SAE
in 1990.
Eiffage is divided in Eiffage Construction, Eiffage Immobilier (Real
Estate), Eiffage Aménagement (Planning), Eiffage Route (Road transport),
Eiffage Génie Civil (Civil Engineering), Eiffage Métal (Metallic
Construction), Gyer (aluminum and glass facades), and Eiffage énergie
Systèmes. The group was also granted a number of highways concessions.
Among the achievements of Eiffage are the Millau Viaduct (2004), the
Pierre Mauroy Stadiun in Lille-Villeneuve d'Ascq (2012), and the renovated Picasso Museum in Paris (2014).
Ongoing or planned projects are the reconstruction of the Grand Hôtel-Dieu in Lyon, the design of the Smarteille smart borough in Marseilles, and the building of the industrial campus of group Michelin in Ladoux.
Ivan Sache, 15 November 2004
A flag seen hoisted on a crane on 30 April 2007 in Lake Val-Joly (Nord) was white with the cubic company's emblem in red, and no additional writing.
The company also uses a red flag with the emblem and name on white (photo).
Ivan Sache, 15 November 2018
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Flags of Eiffage Construction and Eiffage Viaduc de Millau - Images by Ivan Sache, 15 November 2018
All branches of Eiffage have a similar emblem, made of the red emblem and the black, appropriate lettering. This emblem may appear on white flags, as it is the case for Eiffage Construction (photo) and Effiage Viaduc de Millau (photo).
Ivan Sache, 15 November 2018
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Flag of APRR - Image by Ivan Sache, 15 November 2018
Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhône (APRR), now the fourth largest highway
concession company in Europe, has the concession for 25% of the French
highway network. The company started in 1961 as Société de l'autoroute
Paris-Lyon (SAPL), to be renamed to Société des autoroutes
Paris-Rhin-Rhône (SAPRR) in 1975. Privatized in 2006, APPR is owned by
the Eiffarie consortium, formed by Eiffage and the Australian group
Macquarie.
APPR uses a red flag with the emblem of Effiage and the letters "APRR"
in white.
Ivan Sache, 15 November 2018