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VINCI awarded a hydraulic contract in Jamaica
Nanterre, 2 February 2026 VINCI awarded a hydraulic contract in Jamaica A design-build project covering 68 km of drinking water pipelines A €144 million contractA strategic project to make the country more climate resilient Jamaica’s National Water Commission (NWC) chose VINCI Construction Grands Projets to carry out a project within phase 1 of the Western Water Resilience Programme. This investment plan seeks to renovate and develop the drinking water network in the north-west of the country, w
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