Within VINCI Energies, the business units making up Cegelec, a brand of international dimension, cover a major part of the group's expertise, including technology services for businesses and public authorities. Operating across a wide variety of business lines, their teams support customers' ambitious projects from start to finish.

Four main areas of activity

Cegelec business units design, install and maintain systems for industry, infrastructure and the service sector, especially in high-demand sectors such as energy and electricity, oil and gas, building, civil engineering and maintenance. 

Cegelec business units operate in four major fields of expertise:  

• - Electrical power
• - Information and communication technologies
• - Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC)
• - Mechanical engineerin 

In each of these fields, the specialised teams of Cegelec business units support customers throughout the lifecycle of their projects, from project engineering to equipment and infrastructure execution and maintenance. 

Cegelec teams make the full range of their expertise available to their customers across all sectors to guarantee reliability and safety.

An international brand

The brand also brings together, within VINCI Energies, a range of business activities dedicated to complex projects that are widely deployed internationally. 

Cegelec business units operate through permanent locations employing more than 22,000 people in over 30 countries in France, Europe and the rest of the world, notably including Brazil, Indonesia, the Middle East and Africa.

Industries

Cegelec business units offer innovative solutions to match the requirements of both installations and industrial processes.

Their services range from traditional trades – HV electrical installation, utility fluids (steam, water, gas) – to others that are highly specialized: instrumentation and control systems, white room installation, computerized pipeline management systems (SCADA), control systems in hostile environments, industrial site safety & security, etc.

Sectors in industry (Food-Processing, Automotive and Cycles, Chemicals / Pharmacy /Cosmetics, Aerospace Construction, Rail, Oil & Gas and Shipping) and energy are all fields in which Cegelec business units are active.

Infrastructure

With a presence in sectors that are highly demanding in terms of reliability and safety, Cegelec business units serve infrastructure with all their expertise and rigour. At the technological cutting edge, their services cover the following fields in particular:

• - Energy production (nuclear power plants, hydroelectric and fossil-fuel power plants, renewable energy),
• - Transport (public, road, rail, tunnel, airports, seaports, etc.),
• - Telecommunications, information and operational aids,
• - Water and waste treatment,
• - Security, Defence and Navy.

Services Sector

Due to their ability to integrate the whole range of trades and skills, Cegelec business units are preferred partners for project owners looking for a single contact for both new construction and renovation.

This is possible because they combine a diverse range of skills:

• - Climatic engineering,
• - Electrical engineering,
• - Plumbing,
• - Fluids,
• - Centralized building systems management,
• - Automatic systems,
• - Safety & security,
• - Communication and networks,
• - Building finishing work,
• - Multidisciplinary activities for building maintenance and operation.

Business units operating under the brand possess special expertise to suit assignments specific to all types of buildings: offices, hospitals, hotels, schools, shopping malls, cultural centres and other facilities open to the general public, including high-rise buildings.

Concerned with the clients’ energy efficiency requirements, Cegelec business units work on a policy based on Safety and High Environmental Quality (HEQ).