Company
BESSAC, a company specialized in the field of tunnels and microtunnels, has 40 years of experience in underground works, in various applications.
Key Points
Highly specialized teams, able to mobilize and respond quickly
A fleet of more than 40 TBMs and MicroTBMs
Strong capacity for innovation
Impact
250 collaborators
100 km of tunnels in 10 years
90+ km of microtunnels in 10 years
70% of annual turnover made for export
Business Sectors
- Subway
- Oil & Gas
- Water & Sewerage
- Nuclear
- Mining
- Maritime Works
- Energy
- Technical Galleries
Our History
A Half-Century of Tunnels
2018
Construction of our new headquarters
Winner of the International Tunneling Award with TDM, Hong Kong
2013
2009
Triple certification in Quality, Safety, and Environment, and creation of Bessac Andina in Colombia
Concept and manufacture of the first Bessac EPB TBM for the VL10 Project near Paris in France
2004
2001
First subway project for Bessac, Lot 3, Line B in Toulouse, France
First international project, BEWAG, in Berlin, Germany
1995
1990
Soletanche acquires Bessac
Concept and manufacture of the first Bessac compressed-air TBM for use in a rainwater collection project near Paris in France
1985
1976
Concept and manufacture of the first Bessac non-mechanized TBM for a pedestrian underpass project in Toulouse
Creation of the company BESSAC Jacking & Drilling by Michel Bessac