On July 12th, Siveco China held its mid-year management meeting at the iconic art-deco building Empire Mansions (淮海大楼) in Huaihai Road in downtown Shanghai. This meeting was the opportunity for our 10-people management team (5 men and 5 women) to review the company performance, to make decisions for the second half of the year and to spend the day together in nice settings!

The second quarter was an eventful month for the Siveco China team. Here is a quick peak into our Siveco People’s busy schedule.

Siveco China currently manages nine CMMS projects for gas turbine power plants owned by Algerian power generation group Sonelgaz. As two of the projects (Ain Arnat 1,200MW Combined Cycle Power Plant, built by Hyundai Engineering, and Boufarik 750MW Simple Cycle Power Plant), built by GAMA, are entering final delivery, Siveco conducted training at the EPC locations in Seoul, Korea and Istanbul, Turkey. For the two projects, the next activity is Site Acceptance Test (SAT) in Algeria.

On March 12th, Siveco Shanghai organized a team building day to relax, have fun and get to know new colleagues better. Activities not only included sports such as archery, table tennis and basketball shots, but also a stimulating while unfair counter-strike game between men and women. KTV is a must for the playful Siveco team and as usual, the day ended with nice food and beer!

As a French and also Siveco tradition, our Shanghai team celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany, also known as the Three Kings Festival on January 6. To celebrate the visit of the Three Magi to baby Jesus, the team gathered to share the ”galette des rois” (kings’ cake), and wine. Whoever finds the trinket in the cake is crowned king for the day. This year, we had the pleasure of welcoming two queens, Shirley and Amy!

On December 23, the Siveco China team held its traditional Christmas party. The theme this year was “Journey to the West” meets Bollywood! We had several Bollywood stars, Priest Tangseng and his disciples, Bull Demon King (and foxy lady demon!), Spider Monsters, Erlang Shen and other monsters in the famous Journey to the West legend. The party was such a fun with Indian buffet, costumes and… a surprise dance show by the Four Beauties from “India”!