Paris, March 19, 2014 - Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France, a Bouygues Construction subsidiary, has launched works for ICF Habitat La Sablière on the first design-build-operate-maintain (DBOM) contract in France for social housing.

The Group will construct three buildings containing 122 apartments in Achères, northwest of Paris.  Cogemex, a joint subsidiary of Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France and Bouygues Energies & Services, will provide maintenance for four years. Works are scheduled for completion in the first half of 2017.

The project has been designed in the innovative form of a DBOM, a type of contract based on public funding, unlike a public-private partnership (PPP). ICF Habitat La Sablière is therefore responsible for financing the operation.

This environmentally responsible project complies fully with the commitment to sustainable construction shared by Bouygues Construction and ICF Habitat La Sablière. The maximum consumption of primary energy (heating, hot water, lighting, ventilation and air-conditioning) will not exceed 50 kWh/m²/year. ICF Habitat La Sablière will inform and assist tenants so that they can develop the reflexes to ensure that this target is met.

Philippe Fabié, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Bouygues Construction, said: “After signing the first design-build-maintain (DBM) contract for the University of Bordeaux I in November 2012, Bouygues Construction is once again showing its capacity to adapt to meet all the demands of its customers, whatever type of contract or mode of finance suits them.”

Hervé Fontaine, Director of Development at ICF Habitat La Sablière, said: “Reducing operating costs is a top priority for ICF Habitat La Sablière, which is seeking to develop the environmental performance of its buildings. The DBOM contract will make it possible to meet these objectives thanks to its all-encompassing nature and the commitment shown by each partner.”