Sylvain Merel and Patrice Broche began their collaboration in 1980 within the SARL MEREL and son.
In 1992, they decided to form Construction Savoyarde with twenty employees and a capital of €15,000.
The company has built a reputation on hydraulic structures in Tarentaise (pure water remineralization factory, drinking water tanks, pumping station, catchment source works, water-treatment plants, snow-blower work pieces).
The experience of these technical projects in difficult environments led the company on larger scope projects, such as sewage of Morzine, Vanoise and Samoens corresponding to 60,000 Inhabitants equivalent each.
Thereafter, it will never cease to grow and diversify:
1993: Company of road freight
1994: Concrete Hydraulic Sawing, Roads and utilities, Public Works
1995: Creation of facade restoration activity
1999: Creation of Tiling activity
2000: Real estate in the Alps has evolved, and some buildings do not meet the safety or customers standards. Consequently, Construction Savoyarde specializes a 3rd team in sawing and reinforcement. Recognized by design offices, the company is often consulted for reinforcements of structures.
2002: The turnover amounted to €8 million.
2004: To cope with the high business growth (+12% per year between 2002 and 2004), the company purchased and expanded a warehouse of 2000m2 near the headquarters.
2005: Construction Savoyarde achieves the restructuration of the Car Park of Villards Les Arcs 1800 (10,000 square meters over 5 levels).
2007: Creation of the Roads and utilities activity including Roads Sweeping, cleaning and disinfection of semi-buried waste containers (Molocks). The company then develops a turnover of € 18million.
2009: Limited company Construction Savoyarde becomes a simplified joint-stock company with a capital of € 800,000 maintaining the historical shareholders.
2010: After successful achievements as General Contractor and the desire to build environmental friendly and energy saving, the company meets and trains a Carpenter Companion of the tour of France to the new construction techniques of Low Consumption Buildings. A team of four carpenters headed by the companion is created.
2011: With €19.3 million of turnover year-end, Construction Savoyarde shows an annual growth of over 10% between 2002 and 2011.
Nowadays, the company has a dozen teams in Construction, three teams of Road utilities, three teams of Earthworks, three teams in Tiling, three teams of Concrete Sawing and Reinforcements, two teams in facade restoration and a Carpenters team.
