(AOF) – Sogea-Satom and Vinci Construction Grands Projets, subsidiaries of Vinci Construction, have been selected for the design-build of drinking water supply infrastructure in the district of Mbarara, located in the south-west of Uganda. This project will be developed on behalf of the public company National Water and Sewage Corporation.
Initiated by the Ugandan Ministry of Water and Environment and financed by the French Development Agency, this turnkey project worth 73 million euros concerns the construction of a water intake on the Kagera River, a drinking water treatment plant, a drinking water treatment plant with a capacity of 30,000 cubic meters per day, a booster station and the laying of 62 kilometers of pipelines.
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Concern and Caution
La Capeb wants to be cautious in its forecasts for the whole year. It expects business growth of between 1.5 and 2.5% in 2022 due to economic uncertainties and rising prices. For its part, the French Building Federation (FFB) is expressing its concerns about the fall in sales of new housing for 2023. It also calls for measuring the impact of the ecological and digital transition on the sector. The RE2020 standard would thus generate additional costs of 5 to 12%. She would like to see a “National Construction Council” set up, recalling that the sector created more than 8,000 jobs during the first quarter.