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Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Bid
Committee Unveils its Construction Partner
The company will work alongside the bid to
provide innovative construction solutions to
ensure Paris 2024 is the most sustainable and
environmentally managed Games in history.
The partnership was signed in Paris by
Bouygues Construction CEO Philippe
Bonnave and Paris 2024 CEO Etienne
Thobois. Also present were city Mayor Anne
Hidalgo, IOC member Guy Drut, Bouygues
Bâtiment Ile-de-France President Bernard
Mounier and Valérie Barlois-Leroux - Olympic
fencing champion at Atlanta 1996 and now a
Bouygues Construction project director. The
joint initiative will be known as “Sustainable
building with Shared innovation”, with
Bouygues pledging to “help Paris 2024 build
the sustainable city of tomorrow.”
With this new announcement, Paris 2024
now boasts 19 major French organisations
as sponsors, 15 of whom serve as official
partners and 4 as official suppliers. All of them
are international leaders in their respective
businesses, and together they are committed
to supporting Paris’ vision to host the 2024
Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Paris 2024 Bid CEO, Etienne Thobois, said:
“We are very proud to welcome Bouygues
Construction as Paris 2024’s 15th official
partner. Their know-how, expertise and that
of its collaborators worldwide will reinforce our
project’s sustainability and will help to improve
the living conditions of our population during
2024 and beyond.”
Bouygues Construction CEO, Philippe
Bonnave, added:
“The Olympic and Paralympic Games are by
definition a moment of sharing, of innovation
and can be a window into the positive aspects
of human nature. These are values at the
heart of our company’s ethos and is one of
the key reasons why we are so committed to
supporting Paris 2024.”
Construction Leaders • May 2017
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