The Baudin Chateauneuf group is a solid and essential player in construction and civil engineering, and has preserved the spirit of an independent family group driven by the passion and responsiveness of its 1,400 employees who work daily in France and abroad. It now operates in some thirty trades in metal and mechanical construction, civil engineering and building.
The group expands its capabilities, diversifies and constantly innovates to renovate our precious historical heritage and to build tomorrow’s urban landscape. The combination of our expertise, substantial industrial production, transport, assembly and maintenance resources enables us to meet the most varied needs for all types of projects at any scale.
- 1400 EMPLOYEES
- 22 COMPANY SITES
- 30 CONSTRUCTION & CIVIL ENGINEERING TRADES
- TURNOVER OF 300 MILLION EUROS
- 1000 CONSTRUCTION SITES PER YEAR
We listen to our customers’ needs and work to ensure they are fully satisfied, both in the quality of our work and by being within deadlines and budgets. The range of our construction and civil engineering trades and skills means we can :
- Respond to projects of any scale, from the simplest to the most complex
- Propose innovative solutions, while always optimising costs
- Ensure the highest quality by controlling the entire execution chain
As a reliable and responsive partner, we are always exacting and sustain the passion of our many trades.
100 YEARS OF HISTORY IN CHÂTEAUNEUF SUR LOIRE
It all began on the benches of the Châteauneuf-sur-Loire school in the French Loiret region, where Basile Baudin and Georges Camille Imbault met. The 2 men began their careers at the same time in the factory manufacturing and assembling prefabricated metal components, founded by Ferdinand Arnodin, the great specialist in cable-stayed bridges who invented transporter bridges.
1919 The shared passion of metal, large architectural constructions and technological challenges led the ingenious entrepreneur Baudin and the entrepreneurial engineer Imbault to found the company ‘B. Baudin et Compagnie’, a metal construction company, on 19 March. After the production of electricity pylons and farm sheds, the company moved quickly to constructing of metal bridges and took an active role in rebuilding French bridges after the damage caused during the Second World War.
1954 BAUDIN CHATEAUNEUF extended its metalwork expertise to activities producing structural steel building frames, marking the beginning of the active diversification policy that it still pursues today..
1962 A Civil Engineering department and a Drawing Office were created to construct reinforced and pre-stressed concrete bridges, as well as a Mechanical Engineering department that acquired numerous patents for innovation. At the same time, at the end of the 1960s, the company strengthened its mechanical potential.
1970 The General Contractor department was created to offer ‘turnkey’ services… the swimming pool business would follow.
1990 BAUDIN broadened its skills by developing other trades within the group: building cladding, transporting exceptional loads, stage machinery, civil engineering and building renovation..
Since the 2000s BAUDIN CHATEAUNEUF developed its activities and became a group by acquiring new subsidiaries and creating offices throughout France. Over the decades, the group has become a recognised worldwide player in construction and civil engineering for its excellent services at the highest technological level..
2019 BAUDIN CHATEAUNEUF is proud to celebrate its 100th anniversary !
PRESENCE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
Innovation
… THE FOUNDATION OF OUR PERFORMANCE
Because we are driven by the passion for our trade, our expert teams are the foundation of innovation at BAUDIN CHATEAUNEUF. Because every project is specific and every customer is unique, our solutions are tailor-made.
RENOWNED ENGINEERING CAPACITY
Recognised expertise, dedicated teams and a synergy of expertise: Baudin Chateauneuf offers renowned engineering capability for preliminary project design and ongoing sites. Our in-house drawing offices bring together more than 200 engineers, technicians and project managers dedicated to design, implementation and methods studies, and to research and innovation.
INNOVATIVE STRENGTH SERVING OUR CUSTOMERS
Our drawing offices and the production and execution capability of our sites spread across France make it possible to give substance to complex structures. Our engineering and inventiveness enable us to master the design of the structures and to innovate so as to make executing them increasingly competitive. The Group offers comprehensive services that create a ‘win-win’ partnership with our customers and partners.
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Innovative products
The Baudin Chateauneuf group’s performance and diversification derive from regular product launches. Our latest innovations :
- Modular bridges easy to transport and to assemble (BRIDGE CONCEPT),
- Modular multi-material buildings, particulary in the quality of finish, ernergy efficiency and speed of assemby (BIMM)
- Combined stainless steel/membrane public swimming pool easy to maintain and more economical (INOXINOV)
HIGH-TECH TOOLS : BIM REVOLUTION
Always at the cutting edge of technology, our teams use the BIM (Building Information Modelling) process, software for 3D modelling of building data. We are gradually extending the use of BIM to all construction stages for our structures.
Our commitments
Our constant search for the highest quality means that Baudin Chateauneuf has always been able to deliver well-executed structures within specified deadlines and with controlled costs. To achieve the best possible quality, we undertake to :
- Optimiser our skills, pass them on and organise them technically and functionally as well as possible
- Apply the same high standards and end-to-end thoroughness to the execution chain for our construction sites, both in-house and with our partners
- Guarantee our professional approach through certification bodies specific to each of our trades
Because men and women are our greatest asset, we give special attention to their health and safety. We therefore undertake to :
- Ensure everyone works under optimum hygiene and health conditions
- Assess the risks and establish procedures to ensure each person’s safety
- Communicate about shared vigilance
- Pursue our goal of Zero Accidents
Through a dynamic HR policy geared towards everyone’s fulfilment :
- Recruit and encourage the integration of young people
- Offer varied and stimulating career paths
- Develop skills by passing on expertise and training
We strive to respect the principle of equal opportunities. Baudin Chateauneuf obtained a score of 81/100 in the calculation of the Gender Equality Index. We are committed to making further progress in this direction.
We are committed to :
- Setting an example in energy efficiency
- Restricting our ecological footprint and controling the pollution generated by our activities
- Constructing more eco-friendly structures and making our construction sites “eco-sites”
- Favouring manufacture in our own workshops, environments with controlled environmental impact
- Managing and recycling our waste
- Reducing CO2 emissions as far as possible by optimising our transport and favouring local supplies of goods and services
RESPONSIBLE ECONOMY
Our commitments for a rich and collaborative societal policy :
- Drive economic development and supporting local and national employment
- Promote solidarity by forming collaborations and partnerships with local associations
- Champion the regions while preserving, sharing and promoting local, cultural or natural heritage