The stakes were high: to build a military camp in Paris to house nearly 5,000 soldiers mobilised to secure the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The chosen place is the Reuilly lawn, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, which is used to hosting circuses and the famous Foire du Trône.
The inventory was carried out on Monday 29 April and the trucks bringing the elements of the future structures arrived the same day.
The aim is to build 31,000 m² consisting of 331 air-conditioned metal and wood buildings, including accommodation, sanitary areas (toilets, sinks and showers), a laundry room, an infirmary, etc.
The central and most visible element is the 5,000m² restaurant. It is composed of a hundred modules the size of a bungalow for the kitchen, the distribution of meals and the XXL dining room of 2100m².
A military site of a scale not seen since the Second World War to be built under extremely tight deadlines !
After 65 days, the keys were handed over to the Ministry of the Armed Forces on Wednesday, July 3, which took possession of the premises immediately.
The Economat des Armées is continuing its mission by providing day-to-day support for the site and will ensure the dismantling of the camp at the end of the 2024 Olympic Games.
A project led by the employees of the EdA, implemented by a plurality of partner companies, with passion and dedication in parallel with the 20 other projects carried out in the Paris region for the benefit of the Ministry of the Armed Forces and the General Directorate of the National Gendarmerie.