23/10/2025
[Ingenious Podcast] ‘Petronas Towers: the construction site that broke all records’ narrated by Christophe Dauchy
Listen to the latest episode of the Saga of Great Challenges, in which Christophe Dauchy, Managing Director of Soletanche Bachy, takes us behind the scenes of one of the first projects of his career: the foundations of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which are still the deepest foundations in the world today.
The podcast will soon be available in English and Spanish.
Ingenious, the Soletanche Freyssinet podcast, gives a voice to those who imagine, design and carry out exceptional technical projects around the world. Construction site stories, innovations, professional expertise… With this podcast, we offer you a glimpse into the human and technological challenges faced by the six Soletanche Freyssinet companies: Soletanche Bachy, Freyssinet, Menard, Geoquest, Nuvia and Sixense.
This episode is part of the series ‘The Saga of Great Challenges’. At the heart of major projects, there are always challenges to be overcome, but above all, there are women and men to face them. The Saga of Great Challenges recounts the technical and human adventures that shape our world.
Thank you to Christophe Dauchy, Managing Director of Soletanche Bachy, for sharing his experience of one of our company’s most iconic achievements.
