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Offering

Artelia’s best throughout France

The notion of proximity is in Artelia’s One of the strengths of this close proximity is that many employees actually originate from
genes. It embodies the Group’s the regions in which they work. They reside in and have respect for their region, they want the
determination to tailor and deliver best for it, and are thus able to provide clients with attentive support and appropriate advice.
its finest skills straight to its clients, For the Group, which is always seeking out new talents, cultivating this regional dimension
regardless of their size, location or also means that employees have the possibility of living and working in different parts of the
requirements. We have developed country.
our network of offices all over France
and its overseas territories with The other strength of this organisation is its multifunctional nature, an aspect that has been
this in mind. Unlike our competitors the focus of much work over the past ten years. In the building construction sector, we more
who, after the 2008 financial crisis, than doubled the number of employees in the various regions of France between 2010 and
withdrew to a few regional offices, 2020, setting up specialised units such as those in Lyon (private healthcare), Grenoble (semi-
we maintained and even strengthened conductors), Toulouse (railway stations), Bordeaux and Lyon (architecture), among others. In
our presence, expanding from the water, urban development and mobility sectors, many employees were already working in
35 to 55 offices between 2010 and the regional offices in 2010, but they have been joined by new talents with the aim of offering a
2020. Artelia is the only regional wider range of expertise in each office. Lastly, the acquisition of Auxitec in 2017 added further
development company in France to expertise in industrial engineering, making our network truly multifunctional.
offer such comprehensive coverage. More important still, we have learned to blend and harmonise these multiple skills derived
from Coteba, Sogreah and Auxitec, both in the regions and the central units, in order to offer
clients a complete range of specialist skills and services. This cross-disciplinarity is now
common practice and today we are in a position to handle all types of projects throughout
France, delivering the very best of Artelia’s know-how.

Sébastien Pailhès
Executive Director I Urban & Regional Development
François Rambour
Executive Director I Buildings, French Regions & Equipment

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