Dura Soletanche Bachy, in operation since 1953, is one of the leading piling and specialist geotechnical engineering contractors in the Southern Africa region. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the World's leading geotechnical and underground engineering contractor, Soletanche Bachy (www.soletanche-bachy.com), a subsidiary of Soletanche Freyssinet. Soletanche Freyssinet consists of Soletanche Bachy, Freyssinet, Reinforced Earth, Menard, Nuvia and their subsidiaries, and is part of the VINCI Group (www.vinci.com). As a brief summary Dura has a wide range of specialist equipment and offers a variety of specialist services, activities and techniques which include:  All types of piling, including marine works  Port and harbour works, quay walls, dry docks  Lateral support, ground anchors, soil nails  Ground improvement, dynamic and vibro compaction  Retaining walls, diaphragm and slurry walls  Specialist grouting, jet grouting, compensation grouting  Tunneling, access shafts, cut and cover, station boxes  Environmental cut-off walls with active barriers for de-pollution or contaminated ground water. Dura Soletanche Bachy operates on the following Southern African countries: - South Africa - Zambia - Mozambique - Botswana - Swaziland - Lesotho - Malawi - Zimbabwe - Tanzania - Angola Has offices and branches in South Africa (Head Office), Zambia and Mozambique