35 years of major projects around the world

An engineer from the Ponts et Chaussées, Pascale Commun has been leading major projects for more than 35 years, in France, the Middle East and Canada. She is now Technical Director at Aecon, in Montreal.

She was a BIM pioneer at VINCI Construction Grands Projets, in charge of the digital transformation of engineering at Bouygues Bâtiment, project director for the NEOM airport with Ateliers Jean Nouvel, and then senior project director at CIMA+ on the Montreal REM.

In this interview

• From the École des Ponts to an international career
• BIM at VINCI and Bouygues: building a department from scratch
• The Montreal REM and the Mount Royal tunnel: an award-winning project
• The NEOM airport with Jean Nouvel: an extraordinary challenge
• Infranuage and predictive maintenance of civil engineering structures
• Technical Director at Aecon: PPPs, design-build and major projects
• BIM, AI and digital twins: what will change engineering
• Her advice for young engineers