Company
BESSAC, a company specialized in the field of tunnels and microtunnels, has 40 years of experience in underground works, in various applications.
![Bessac](http://www.bessac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/lentreprise1-1024x593.jpg)
Key Points
![des équipes très spécialisées, mobiles et réactives](http://www.bessac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/experts_specialises_noir.png)
Highly specialized teams, able to mobilize and respond quickly
![tunneliers](http://www.bessac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/tunneliers-1.png)
A fleet of more than 40 TBMs and MicroTBMs
![innovation](http://www.bessac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/innovation-noir.png)
Strong capacity for innovation
Impact
![collaborateurs](http://www.bessac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/collaborateurs.png)
250 collaborators
![tunnels-realises](http://www.bessac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/tunnels-realises.png)
100 km of tunnels in 10 years
![micro-tunnels](http://www.bessac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/micro-tunnels.png)
90+ km of microtunnels in 10 years
![chiffre-d-affaire](http://www.bessac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/chiffre-d-affaire.png)
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
![Bessac](http://www.bessac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/lentreprise1-1024x593.jpg)
Construction of our new headquarters
![2013](http://www.bessac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20131.png)
Winner of the International Tunneling Award with TDM, Hong Kong
2013
2009
![2009](http://www.bessac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2009.png)
Triple certification in Quality, Safety, and Environment, and creation of Bessac Andina in Colombia
![2004](http://www.bessac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20041.png)
Concept and manufacture of the first Bessac EPB TBM for the VL10 Project near Paris in France
2004
2001
![2001](http://www.bessac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20011.png)
First subway project for Bessac, Lot 3, Line B in Toulouse, France
![1995](http://www.bessac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1995.png)
First international project, BEWAG, in Berlin, Germany
1995
1990
![1990](http://www.bessac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1990.png)
Soletanche acquires Bessac
![1985](http://www.bessac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1985.png)
Concept and manufacture of the first Bessac compressed-air TBM for use in a rainwater collection project near Paris in France
1985
1976
![1976](http://www.bessac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1976.png)
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