VINCI Construction has finalised the acquisition of the Seymour Whyte company based in Queensland. The acquisition was finalised following the purchase of 100% of the shares of the company previously listed on the Sydney stock exchange.

Seymour Whyte employs 475 people and generated revenue of AUD43 billion (US$33 billion) in the fiscal year ended on 30 June 2017.

Founded in 1987, Seymour Whyte is a well-known Australian company operating in the fields of civil engineering, earthworks and utilities, notably for the construction of roads, bridges and water and pipeline infrastructure.

Seymour White is made up of two entities: Seymour Whyte Constructions and Rob Carr Pty Ltd.
- Over the past decade, Seymour Whyte Constructions has completed more than 80 infrastructure projects in Queensland and New South Wales, including modernisation of the Ipswich motorway, the access roads to the Sydney airport and, more recently, renovation of a section of the Bruce Highway motorway.
- Rob Carr Pty Ltd is one of Australia’s leading water and pipeline infrastructure companies, specialising in microtunnelling and directional drilling.

This acquisition, added to that of HEB Construction in New Zealand in 2015, strengthens VINCI Construction’s operations in the Pacific area, where it generated 2016 revenue of €549 million, employs 2,000 people and delivers wide-ranging expertise in the highway construction, civil engineering, soil reinforcement and oil & gas sectors.

Jérôme Stubler, Chairman of VINCI Construction, said:

“Seymour Whyte is a company that resembles us, with a strong entrepreneurial culture. This acquisition will enable us to expand synergies with VINCI Construction’s existing expertise in Australia and more broadly in the Pacific area.”