Colas (Bouygues) secures 93 million euro road contract in Finland
Colas has announced, through its Finnish subsidiary Destia, that it has been awarded a contract worth approximately 93 million euros for the renovation of National Road 15 between Rantahaka and Kouvola, Finland.
The project, commissioned by the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, is scheduled to begin in the autumn of 2026, with completion slated for late 2029.
This strategic corridor for industrial and port logistics currently suffers from congestion and capacity constraints. The project notably includes the construction of overtaking lanes with a central median, a realignment of approximately 8 km of the route, and the reconfiguration of major junctions.
The scope of work also encompasses the construction of an interchange, upgraded intersections, a partial parallel road, as well as infrastructure for active mobility and safety (lighting, noise barriers, and wildlife crossings).
Bouygues SA is a diversified services group organized around four sectors of activity:
- construction (48.7% of net sales): construction and maintenance of transportation, leisure, and urban development infrastructures (57.2% of net sales; Colas; No. 1 worldwide for roads), building and public works activities concerning networks, electrical and thermal engineering, and facility maintenance (37.9%; Bouygues Construction), and real estate development (4.9%; Bouygues Immobilier);
- multi-technical services (32.7%; Equans);
- telecommunication (14.2%; Bouygues Telecom): mobile telephony, fixed telephony, Internet access, etc.;
- media (4%; TF1) ;
- other (0.4%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (49.8%), European Union (14.6%), Europe (14.1%), North America (12.1%), Asia-Pacific (5.2%), Africa (2.9%), Central and South America (1%), and Middle East (0.3%).
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