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"The Millau viaduct takes its place among our most shining works of civil engineering. It brilliantly embodies the verve of our research and technology. The French people are rightly proud of the feats accomplished here – feats which speak for France."1 - Jacques Chirac, President of France, in 2004. "We were attracted by the elegance and logic of a structure that would march across the heroic landscape and in the most minimal way connect one plateau to the other. We were driven by the scale of the idea and the shared passion for the poetic dimension of engineering and its sculptural potential."2 - Lord Norman Foster, Architect of the Millau viaduct, in 2004. Introduction
The Government of France (GoF) invited tenders in June, 2000, to award the contract for the construction project. Eiffage Group TP (Eiffage) won the bid. Eiffage along with its subsidiaries and partners constructed the viaduct, raising the funds required on its own. Eiffage was to earn returns on its investment through the collection of toll charges.
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1] "France unveils its motorway in the clouds,"
www.timesonline.co.uk, December 14, 2004. |
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