{"id":4602,"date":"2019-05-14T08:49:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T13:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=4602"},"modified":"2019-05-14T08:49:24","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T13:49:24","slug":"dassault-aviation-starts-office-construction-at-merignac-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=4602","title":{"rendered":"Dassault Aviation Starts Office Construction at M\u00e9rignac Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

M\u00e9rignac, France, 14 May 2019 \u2013 Today, Dassault Aviation officially launched the construction of an office building on its site in M\u00e9rignac, France, as a step of its \u201cLeading our Future\u201d transformation plan. The building will accommodate design, development and after-sales support teams for the firm\u2019s civil and defense activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis ambitious project reflects our aim to bring together some of the teams who design and support our aircraft and those responsible for producing them. It fosters collaborative working as part of the rollout of our extended design office concept. The principle is to integrate even more and whenever required, from the design phase, all the trades involved in the product life cycle. This building will not just house offices, it will be one of the means to reframe the interactions between M\u00e9rignac and Saint-Cloud. We are expecting better links between technical competence, product knowledge and customer services\u201d, said Eric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation. \u201cIt is one of the focuses of our transformation plan which, without altering the DNA that has underpinned our century-long success, aims to make our company more flexible and more competitive to respond to the technology challenges ahead and the changes occurring in the world around us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new building will offer 25,800 sq. m of surface area over four levels with a total capacity of 1,500 workstations including 24 modular collaborative work spaces and nine project offices. The building will also provide VIP rooms for our civil and military customers, a Falcon command center, rooms for aircraft system test benches, a Virtual Reality Center, an Immersive Reality Center and an auditorium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The highest environmental standards will be applied including smart lighting and energy management, solar panels (4,000 sq. m), reinforced insulation, green roofs, and a heat recovery system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presided over by Eric Trappier, alongside Val\u00e9rie Guillemet, M\u00e9rignac Site Manager, the \u201cgroundbreaking\u201d ceremony was attended by many local elected representatives, particularly the President of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region Alain Rousset, the President of Bordeaux M\u00e9tropole Patrick Bobet, the Mayor of M\u00e9rignac Alain Anziani and the Mayor of Bordeaux Nicolas Florian. Representatives of official services, as well as the region\u2019s aviation ecosystem and the media were also present at the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work is scheduled for completion at the end of 2020, and the building should be commissioned in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Dassault Aviation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With over 10,000 military and civil aircraft delivered in more than 90 countries over the last century, Dassault Aviation has built up expertise recognized worldwide in the design, development, sale and support of all types of aircraft, ranging from the Rafale fighter, to the high-end Falcon family of business jets and military drones. In 2018, Dassault Aviation reported revenues of \u20ac5.1 billion. The company has 11,500 employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twitter : @Dassault_OnAir<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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