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Some notable projects that the company has recently participated in include :
• Angostura Hydroelectric in 2012 : Chile ’ s largest and deepest diaphragm wall , with a surface of 54,000 m2 ( 33.55 miles2 ) and a depth of 70 m ( 230 feet ).
• Pascua Lama Chile-Argentina mining project developed by Barrick Gold , currently detained : this site boasts the world ’ s tallest stem wall with a height of over 4,000m ( 2.5 miles ).
• ALMA Observatory in San Pedro de Atacama : building the foundations of the observatory ’ s antennas , at an altitude of 5,000 m ( over 3 miles ).
• El Teniente Mine , managed by CODELCO and awarded in conjunction with the Vinci Construction of Major Projects division : construction of access tunnels began in 2011 with an investment of US $ 400 million .
“ Vinci is one of the leading construction and concession groups worldwide and has several subsidiaries in the country . We are its oldest subsidiary in Chile , and we support other Vinci subsidiaries in the country ,” said Arnaud Chapuis , General Manager of Soletanche Bachy Chile .
Arnaud Chapuis CEO for Soletanche Bachy Chile
Chapuis studied civil engineering at the Ecole Centrale de Paris and Polytechnic University of Madrid . He has been at Bachy Soletanche since 1996 and first worked in Chile from 1997 to 2000 . From 2000 to 2011 , Chapuis worked at BESSAC , another Soletanche Bachy subsidiary group . Throughout his career , he is noted for handling all the special technology that Soletanche Bachy disposes of , as well as TBMs ( tunnel boring machines or “ moles ”) and micro-TBMs used by BESSAC . He has been General Manager of Soletanche Bachy Chile since 2011 .
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