Benoit De Lavigne

Experience

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  Fougerolle Gabon

  Aug 1988 - Jul 1990

  Agency Manager

  Road and infrastructure works on the "Transgabonais" railway line. 5 employees.

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  Bouygues Construction

  Aug 1990 - Aug 1997

  Sales and Works Engineer

  1990 - 1992 : Commercial Engineer at SCREG Bâtiment 1992 - 1993 : Commercial Engineer at KESSER 1993 - 1997 : Commercial Engineer then Works Engineer at BOUYGUES Belgium,Director of the Park Leopold Project for SA COBEPA (18,000 m² of offices).Responsible for the completion of the Park Atrium Project for the JOSI Group (32,000 m² of offices).Commercial development in Ile-de-France and Alsace.

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  Cofinimmo

  Jan 1997 - Sept 2000

  Contracting Authority

  Contracting Authority management for COFINIMMO for the Charlemagne project: offices, conference centre for the European Commission - 77,000 m² - €83m of works

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  F.C.D. SA

  Jan 2000 - now

  Director - Partner

  Delegated project management for real estate projects for major investors in Belgium and France (up to 100.000 m² - average amount of work 25 M€).✅ Director of complex real estate projects from the feasibility study to the delivery of the project for private and institutional clients.✅ Technical, administrative and financial conductor of innovative real estate projects of offices, conference centers, housing, universities, retirement homes, retails and parking.✅ Coordinator of all stakeholders, consultants and companies and the link with the main private or public clients and users such as: ➡️ The European Commission, the Council of the European Union, the European Central Bank, the Committee of the Regions, the Belgian Federal Ministries: Foreign Affairs, Finance, Health. ➡️ Institutional investors: COFINIMMO, BELFIUS, AG Real Estate ➡️ The Universities UCL - Saint Louis and KU Leuven ➡️ Private developers✅ Technical advisor for the maintenance management of Belfius Insurance buildings (+/- 20 buildings) by focusing on the Optimization of the energy consumption and the life span of the buildings. ✅ Due diligence expertise for the purchase of buildings or real estate companies.Main projects in progress: For Belfius Insurance: 🔎The project to set up the KULeuven campus in Brussels for the 600 years of the University (30,000 m²,50 M€), has been successfully completed by setting up an ad hoc cooperation structure, resolving language concerns, allowing a mutual understanding of the different actors.For AG Real Estate: Urban Court Project🔎142 apartments in Brussels (18,000 m², 26 M€).This project, impacted by the Covid crisis and the war in Ukraine, required flexibility, reactivity in the management of supply risks, and in-depth coordination of the different stakeholders in this Project. Show less