Twelve hours of competition and unfailing team spirit: the final of the Meilleurs Artisans de France RMC highlighted know-how in an atmosphere that was as competitive as it was friendly.
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On September 28 and 29, the Salon Paris Builders Show hosted in hall 7.1 of the Porte de Versailles exhibition centerin Paris, the final of the Best Artisans of France RMC competition organized by the radio of the same name. Partner of the challenge, Batirama goes behind the scenes of this event which spread an infectious good mood to the spectators, through the program “Grandes Gueules”, hosted live by Olivier Truchot and Alain Marschall: blue light and challenging atmosphere.
Masonry cell on the platform installed by RMC to put the two finalist teams into competition. © EJH
Promote the know-how of building craftsmen
“We have been organizing this competition for years but this is the first time that it is done by team, to emphasize cohesion and co-activity between trades, which is a reality on site.“, confides Marine Pons, RMC BFM ADS project director. It all started with an RMC tour, eight dates across the four corners of France, meeting artisans ready to take on the challenge. “On this occasion, from more than 100 candidates, two finalists were selected in each of the painting-decorating, masonry, plumbing-heating and carpentry trades to form two teams..” These teams are coached by two journalists and two influencers specializing in construction.
The team coached by Olive Truchot brings together four artisans selected among more of 100 candidates during of a tour RMC in eight steps has through there France. Painting-decoration, masonry, plumbing-heating And carpentry : four professions reunited For raise together THE challenge of the final. © Laure Pophillat
Employees of companies or self-employed entrepreneurs, their motivations are more or less the same: but everyone wanted to have a good time, to challenge themselves, to show their know-how and to meet other artisans outside the usual framework of their profession.
The “arena” is divided into eight cells. © EJH
A team final
For 12 hours, divided into four half-days, two teams of four finalists competed through implementation tests on four identical structures. In addition to their own work, each candidate must work for one hour on the construction site of one of the members of their team, chosen in consultation before the start of the test.
The Truchot team testifies
Trained cabinetmaker David Bross created Haddock Menuiserie, an individual interior furniture company in Rions, in Gironde: “I found out about the competition via the Internet. What I liked was the idea of promoting professions that are not usually promoted by the general public.c”. Stressed by the environment on the first day, David Bross found his means afterwards. He salutes the solidarity of his companions, whom he met on site, and the good organization. “I will learn something about myself from this experience, which is also a fun way to show my clients another side of my way of working and my ability to handle a challenge, because I will talk about it on my Instagram account.“
David Bross. © EJH
Owner of his company BP Masonry in Saint-Thual, in Ille-et-VilainePierre Ballaguy was propelled into the adventure by his 13-year-old daughter, who discovered the competition on the radio. “I only participated for fun. It’s a change of construction sites and it was the opportunity to come to Batimat, where I had never been. But no time to linger, the construction sites are waiting for me!“
Pierre Ballaguy. © EJH
And the winners are…
Judged on the precision and finish of their work, the two teams were decided by former finalists and various representatives of RMC partners in this competitionincluding members of Worldskills, co-organizer of the competition. L’Truchot team won the beteach winner having received a prize of €1,000 as well as lots of materials and tools allocated by the partners. THE different RMC media also offer them high visibility. A way to salute their expertise and their remarkable journey throughout the competition.
Let us also mention the finalists of the competing team, no less deserving and just as enthusiastic: Antoine Fantin-Henriot, mason; Guillaume Boidin, carpenter; Julien Jean-Joseph, painter-decorator and Théo Le Floch, plumber-heating engineer.
Of all this, each of these craftsmen will keep a good memory, a welcome smiling break in their daily professional life.
From left to right: David Disdier, plumber in Sainte-Tulle, in the Alpes de Hautes Provence; Pierre Ballaguy; Savanna Kerach, painter in Fontaine in Isère and the only woman finalist, and David Bross. © RMC
Source: batirama.com / Emmanuelle Jeanson / © RMC
