Creative for the long term | September 2016International

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Poland: Operation of the City of Krakow’s public bike scheme

Egis has won a contract with the Krakow municipality for the operation of the public bike scheme of the city against

four other competitors.

Within the framework of this 8-year contract, Egis will replace the existing scheme with a new one while ensuring continuity through the integration of the current users’ database. The contract involves an implementation period of three months after which the new generation bikes will be deployed progressively to reach 1,500 active elements by April 2017.

The future Krakow bike scheme will use a new technology developed by the company Social Bicycles where the data for renting and returning a bike is stored on the bike rather than at the station. This will improve

user experience by reducing the risk of bike stations being either too full or too empty. If the station is full, the user can simply park the bike nearby. To avoid missing a bike, the user can book a bike in advance at a chosen location through a mobile application. All bikes are equipped with a GPS and an accelerometer which allows the operator to track each bike in real time. Vandalism rates will decrease subsequently.

“The city of Krakow is particularly attractive for the deployment of this technology, since the city suffers significant congestion issues. By eliminating the problem of parking or finding a bike, the scheme presents a healthy alternative or a complement to traditional commuting” says Rik Joosten, Chief Executive Officer of Egis Projects.

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For this project Egis and its subsidiary Projacs are bringing their know-how in airport engineering around different

areas of expertise.

Abha is a regional airport servicing the capital of Asir Province in Saudi Arabia. The region has recently witnessed a strong growth in air traffic with new international flights to main neighbouring cities like Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam, Cairo, Doha or Dubai. Passengers increased by nearly 20% between 2014 and 2015.

Strong opportunities for growth At most of the 27 domestic and regional airports in Saudi Arabia a series of

development projects are planned or under way. The construction of new terminals at Abha Airport has already boosted its capacity to five million passengers per annum. Additional extension projects are to be achieved and Egis will provide its wide-range expertise in airport engineering.

Egis’ assignment on the project Egis is currently developing the master plan in order to anticipate and prepare for the airport’s long-term growth over 20 years. The Group is also providing design management and construction management services for the new terminal building as well as the necessary annex buildings and infrastructure. Egis has also provided value

engineering which looked at the previous design of Abha Airport in all its aspects with a focus on reducing life cycle costs of infrastructure while optimising quality and functional performance.

Saudi Arabia: Egis and Projacs are providing key assistance in developing Abha International Airport

The consortium designer, with Egis, Pell Frischmann and Tony Gee, has won the contract “Midland Metro Alliance: design of line 2 and multiple extensions” in Birmingham.

One year ago the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) chose Abha International Airport to become a hub serving the southern region of Saudi Arabia in an aim to contribute to strengthening economic activities.

Firstly, this will be an upgrade to the existing line, on behalf of the WMCA (West Midlands Combined Authority).

The Birmingham light rail network will be extended by offering a more attractive public transport system highlighting urban regeneration projects and with costs substantially lower than those generally observed in Britain.

The Alliance, an innovative schemeThe project will take the form of an Alliance between: Owner (WMCA, the public transport authority) / Designer (Egis lead contractor together with Pell Frischmann and Tony Gee) / Contractor (Colas Rail in association with Barhale, Thomas Vale and Auctus Management Group) working as a “virtual” company.The scale of the proposed development

program, and the commitment to a 10 year period provides the Alliance with a unique opportunity to develop efficient bespoke solutions, build long term relationships with key stakeholders and to play a major role in the enhancement of the communities within which it will be operating.

The first extensionsThe first project will be to implement the extension, including a section without overhead lines, from New street station to Centenary Square, one of the emblematic places in Birmingham. The extension is expected to open in 2019.The second extension to Edgbaston is scheduled to open in 2021. A third extension which will connect the Bull Street area in Curzon Street Station, will also feature the future high speed line “HS2”.

Great Britain: Extension of the tram network in Birmingham

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“Play Safe Stay Safe”, a road security awareness campaign accompanies roadworks in Qatar!

CSR, a source of innovation and opportunityMaking sustainable development a real driver for making our offer stand out, creating value to enhance the competitiveness of our company and the attractiveness of the regions where we work, with the focus on a positive and shared economy are the key points of our CSR roadmap.

As a designer, standard setter and operator, Egis has an influence on the execution of tens of billions of

euros’ worth of works and on the operation of facilities and amenities used by millions

of people all over the world. We recognize the importance of these societal responsibilities. Our unique position enables us to capitalise on and utilise experience acquired over the entire life cycle of works. It also enables us to have an overall understanding of challenges in terms of environmental impact, economic efficiency and social equality.

A question for Martine Jauroyon, Egis Transformation & Sustainability Officer“Egis’ goal in terms of corporate social responsibility is to combine economic objectives with social, societal and environmental responsibility. What is your approach?”

“Our approach to CSR is neither moralistic nor philanthropic, but rather a way of moving forward that is rooted in an economic and societal reality. It is part of a sustainable performance approach for Egis, its employees, its clients and for the people and regions where we work. All our actions are motivated by purpose and consistency.”

The “Play Safe Stay Safe Campaign” is an educational campaign catering to children focusing on the topic of road

safety and the danger of construction.

There are massive construction works ongoing in Doha, Qatar. Children are often keen to explore new areas and may display a natural sense of curiosity for anything new that’s going on. However they are not aware of all the dangers that come along with the heavy construction equipment. It is our responsibility to educate them of the danger around the construction site.

Employees of Expressway Programme created campaign material using a scale model as a mock-up of construction site. The model replicates the construction site which includes Ashghal (Public Works Authority in

Qatar) hoarding, pedestrian crossing, traffic lights, heavy machine and equipment. To make the presentation interesting to the children, the programme incorporated cartoon video, flash cards and a colouring contest.

According to the Expressway team “The response received from the children was very encouraging and we were pleasantly surprised by the reaction from one of the children when

we raised the issue of driving fast. The child remarked “my mummy drives fast” when told that we should not drive fast!

Having witnessed that, we strongly believe that this campaign would have a positive impact on society. We are not only inculcating safety value to the young, but also indirectly driving through the message to the parents.” A message that Ashghal wants to spread among all road users and members of society of all ages is: to be safe.

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In August 2016, members of the Expressway Programme - Group 8, Al Rayyan Road Upgrade Project 007 Contrat 1, a project in which Egis is involved, organized a safety campaign at Al Rayyan “Busy Hand Nursery”.

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360°In France...In France, the Group was involved in eight out of ten projects to build or renovate the stadiums used for the 2016 European Football Championships. Let’s focus on the expertise required for these new 21st century arenas.

Stadiums are truly exceptional, multi-

functional engineering feats, executed

in an incredibly short time. Because they are

designed to accommodate all sorts of sporting

and artistic events, they now include shops,

restaurants and hotels and have become new

urban living spaces with their own access,

transport and flow management issues.

Because it is able to handle all of these myriad

infrastructure design issues, Egis has become a

heavyweight player in the sports projects arena.

Egis - stadium designer

Paris A stadium of princely corporate boxesThanks to work recently carried out at Parc des Princes, the stadium can now welcome 48,000 spectators and the capacity of the corporate boxes has jumped from 1,500 to 4,500.Egis took over from the engineering firm initially designated as prime contractor to complete the renovation work carried out on the corporate boxes, reception rooms, passageways and catering areas. Certain boxes and reception rooms now have de luxe amenities befitting a palace!

Bordeaux A multi-purpose stadium with state-of-the-art sound and lightingMatmut Atlantique is a 42,000 seater stadium with adjustable capacity. Special attention has been paid to landscaping through pioneering architecture that features 1,000 steel columns evoking the pine forests of the nearby Landes region. Egis’ bioclimatic design used aeraulic, thermal and natural light simulations as well as a High Environmental Quality (HQE®) approach with ambitious energy performance targets once the stadium is up and running. Egis also focused on providing optimal sports lighting and sound for spectator comfort and drew on the experience acquired working on the Paris Philharmonic and Grand théâtre de Casablanca projects.

Marseille Broad-ranging expertise in complex structures that blend into their surrounding environment: the winning combination The 67,000 seater Stade Vélodrome is now a monumental piece of infrastructure, enhanced by an iconic architectural design. During the three years of building work, the Stadium remained open for business and managed to host 80 matches and over 3 million spectators in perfect safety… Spectators are now protected from the elements by a gigantic Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) canopy supported by a 6,000 tonne steel frame. Egis was responsible for technical engineering for all job lots, i.e., frame design, concrete structures, renovation of stands, outside work, seismic structural assessment, multi-services and the rain water harvesting and air conditioning system.

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Lille The most flexible!Stade Pierre Mauroy is an impressive 30 metre-high, 50,000 seat arena and a boon for the City of Lille which now has a fitting home for its football club and a state-of-the-art venue for hosting major events. The retractable roof can be closed in a mere 30 minutes and a concert hall located under the northern half of the pitch can be set up in 24 hours to welcome between 6,500 and 30,000 spectators to various types of sporting / cultural events. The stadium has obtained HQE® certification for energy and water management and maintenance. Egis was in charge of coordination and engineering on structural work, plumbing and elevators together with certification and waterproofing of structural work and assistance with works oversight and acceptance. Egis also performed the seismic survey for the project as a whole.

Nice A benchmark for eco-stadium designThis innovative infrastructure comprises a 35,000 seat multi-purpose stadium, a 29,000 m² shopping area under the forecourt, the national sports museum (integrated within the North Stand), 1,300 underground parking spaces and a two-hectare landscaped area at ground level. The structure is covered by a mixture of wood and metal which reduces the carbon footprint, as well as by an 8,500m² photovoltaic facility which means that the stadium is actually energy-positive. The energy mix is rounded out by a geothermal facility. A significant part of this infrastructure is HQE® certified: a rain harvesting system supplies the lavatories and is also used to water plants.Egis was responsible for the general and environmental engineering aspects of the project. Elioth – the subsidiary dedicated to complex project structures – carried out the surveys and designed the canopy and building structure.

Lens Optimising comfort and servicesRenovating the Bollaert-Delelis Stadium mostly involved upgrading to UEFA technical specifications and regulations, resulting in an enhanced spectator experience and services and an increase in capacity to 38,000 seats. In addition to completely relaying the pitch and enlarged VIP reception areas on four levels, four megabeams were installed at the corner posts to support the steel frame covering the four stands. Egis’ remit covered structural and roadworks and miscellaneous infrastructure networks.

Saint-Étienne Renovating a functioning stadium Built in the 1930s, Stade Geoffroy Guichard in Saint Etienne is – along with the stadium in Lens – one of the few “English-style” stadia still left in France.The aim was to preserve the mythical quality of the place and incorporate a museum along with new-age modular, upgradable infrastructure. However, the Stadium had to be kept open during the building work with an obligation to host up to 29,000 spectators. In order to build the new lodges and add 6,500 places, Egis had to gradually migrate the various strategic functions (electricity power supply, emergency power system, police command post, fire safety officer post, etc.) towards their new locations.

Lyon Made-to-measure complex project management As well as a football stadium, Parc Olympique Lyonnais houses the training centre for the professional football team, two hotels, fitness and leisure centres and offices. Egis was in charge of project management and facilitating/anticipating the construction work and it was faced with two major challenges: juggling a number of different projects in a restricted space (i.e., construction of the stadium, mobility infrastructures and parking facilities) within very tight deadlines.The project required unprecedented levels of coordination and seamless planning. From an operational perspective, an innovative crowd flow management system was deployed with security-related features specific to football matches. Ticketing and access systems were designed from a city-wide perspective, reflecting spectator requirements in terms of both mobility (tramway, bus, car) and parking, with distant car parks linked to the stadium by shuttle buses.

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Architects: Wilmotte & AssociésAND NOT JUST EURO 2016 STADIUMS...

Egis was also involved in the following projects:

➜ the French rugby federation’s Grand Stade project

➜ Stade Jean Bouin (Paris)

➜ Grand Stade (Le Havre)

➜ renovation of Stade de Rennes

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Olembe sports complex In Africa, football is king! The future Olembé sports complex located on the periphery of Yaoundé will host the 2019 Men’s Africa Cup of Nations. The Italian Piccini Group is responsible for designing and building the complex and Egis has secured the project management and works surveillance contract for a 27-month period.The ensemble will comprise a number of world class sports amenities: a 60,000 seater covered stadium, two training centres, a man-made lake, a gymnasium, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, tennis, basketball and volleyball courts as well as a hotel complex and several shopping areas.

Cameroon Stade Ahmadou-Ahidjo, Yaoundé Yaoundé’s Stade Ahmadou-Ahidjo is getting a facelift as it prepares to welcome players and some 40,000 spectators to Africa Women Cup of Nations matches in November 2016. This event will showcase both the City and the Continent and stadiums will have to comply with the standards of both FIFA and the Confederation of African Football.Egis has a 15-month long mission as part of the renovation work: two months will be taken up with diagnostic reviews and rehabilitation studies and thirteen months with tracking the execution of all of the work being carried out on the Stadium. Marc Vallée, director of the Sub-saharan African region for Egis Bâtiments International explains that “there was a huge focus on security with the addition of a guardrail and optimised access to the very steep terraces. The Stadium was built in 1972 and included another major construction defect: the VIP seats were all facing into the sun! Egis’ specialised subsidiary Elioth has resolved this problem with a suitably adapted awning, making the project a resounding success. It is the fruit of a pragmatic alliance between local and outside expertise: 70% of the project team was drawn from Egis’ Cameroon-based teams.”

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Algeria The Baraki and “5 Juillet” stadiums in Algiers Numerous projects are afoot in Algeria to renovate/build the infrastructure that can be used to bid for future Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and they include the mythical Baraki Stadium in Algiers. According to Taieb Belhadj, director of the Maghreb region for Egis Bâtiments International, “we were able to use the Baraki Stadium project to showcase our expertise to the Government and become renowned as engineering consultants specialised in Algerian sports infrastructure. We were subsequently awarded the surveying and works oversight contract for the “Stade 5 juillet” in Algiers which involves renovating and covering the stadium and increasing its capacity to 80,000 in order to bring it into line with international standards. The same contracting authority then awarded Egis the contract for overseeing building work on Stade de Douera.”

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Modernising air traffic control in ThailandOver 104%! This is the jump in Thai air traffic forecast by 2026 and handling this increase will mean upgrading air traffic control systems to boost capacity and capabilities. Egis is bringing all of its security-related expertise to bear on this mammoth project.

There has been a relentless increase in air transport on a world-wide scale, particularly in Asia where the

International Civil Aviation Organisation has identified growth of 8% and 10%, respectively, in international and domestic passenger traffic. Thailand is especially concerned with this phenomenon and estimates that its own air traffic is set to double over the next 10 years. The country’s six main airports currently handle over 100 million passengers a year.

In order to deal with current and forecast growth, Thailand’s air navigation services provider AEROTHAI has launched a long-term project to improve the country’s Communications, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) infrastructure.

The project consortium includes Egis and its aviation consulting subsidiary Helios who are contributing all of their technical expertise in human factors and system safety, as well as the Irish Aviation Authority, with its vast operational expertise.

Glen Smith, Senior Consultant with Helios explains: “the large number of different infrastructures represents a big challenge insofar as Thailand has 5 approach control centres, 36 control towers, 7 defence control units together with the Bangkok regional air traffic control centre. All of these centres will gradually be equipped with a new air traffic control system and their automation and communication systems will get an upgrade.

For us, the big problem involves carrying out pre-transition safety studies in very different operating environments and for very different needs.” Indeed, the changes will concern both small aerodromes and major international and domestic hubs alike.

As part of the security-related aspect of the systems upgrade, the consortium has to conduct risk analyses on the technical, human and procedural changes inherent in the new systems deployment. This involves factoring in potential technical failures during system migration and ensuring that said risks are mitigated insofar as possible. Glen Smith adds, “our consortium was a natural choice for AEROTHAI given Egis’ successful track record of providing similar types of consulting services and technical assistance to air navigation service providers in both East Asia and Europe.

We need to define security requirements for systems used in both aerodromes that get three flights a day and airports that serve as major international and domestic hubs.”

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Providing quality services to free-flow tolling users in Florida For nearly a year now, Egis has been handling free-flow tolling operations for highways in the Central Florida region (around Orlando). The Group is tasked with providing all operational management services for the region’s 500,000 E-Pass users.

Central Florida is one of the World’s great tourist regions. Because tolling remains a central focus of road

transport policy, the State’s public highway authority, Central Florida Expressway (CFX), wants highway users to receive the high standards of customer service that Americans are used to.As Jean-Marc Gautier, project director at Egis Projects puts it, “the highway authority is counting on us to foster customer loyalty based on an offering comprising state-of-the-art services and optimal accounting and toll collection processes. We also need to provide a number of ancillary services such as retail operations and toll recovery.”

This is a tall order, especially given the fierce competition from well-established US businesses in the sector. In order to deal with this challenge, Egis is leveraging all of its recent credentials and expertise obtained in projects in Europe and throughout the World. These range from central information system management to managing electronic tolling systems in a multi-cultural environment. Jean-Marc Gautier believes that “we are able to provide the client with all of the benefits of our sector-based know-how and expertise in specialised processes like direct marketing of subscriber management systems, together

with a streamlined organisation backed up by experts on the ground as well as those deployed out of Head Office.”

In practice, Egis’ teams are using various different media and sales channels: the reception areas at the two sales outlets which get 14,000 visits a month, a call centre that processes 5,000 calls a day, processing of postal / electronic mail, website, etc.

Rosa Rountree, CEO of Egis Projects USA believes that “the real secret of Egis’ success lies in its ability to combine the various different services, the IT resources provided by the client and its own in-house applications on a single platform.”

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The 120 highway authorities operating in the USA offer huge growth opportunities for Egis: in terms of attractiveness and competitiveness, being part of a major group is perceived as a key strength in America.

ROSA ROUNTREE, CEO of Egis Projects USA

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Florida is the second biggest US market in terms of planned tollway projects. With a team of 130 people, this operation expands our offering and consolidates our footprint in a huge developing market as well as our presence in the United States.

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The CFX highway network:

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Number of vehicles: 600,000

Number of calls processed:

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Number of toll transactions:

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URBAN TRANSPORT

Brest on a high! What if the best solution to urban traffic problems was to take to the air? This is what Brest Métropole (in Brittany, Western France) is banking on: in 2016 – with the support of Egis – it will launch France’s first urban cable-car system fully integrated into the public transport network.

The list of major cities with urban cable car systems keeps growing: New York, Rio de Janeiro, La Paz… In France,

around 20 projects are in the pipeline and the one nearest completion is located in Brest. So why cable cars? Thanks to their small physical and carbon footprints, they can be readily incorporated into the urban fabric, together with their ability to easily overcome obstacles and very low accident rate – all at a very low cost. This solution was the brainchild of the SEM-TRAM consortium, comprising Brest Métropole Aménagement and Egis, which was appointed as contracting authority for this highly ambitious project in 2013. More specifically, Egis is in charge of technical aspects and project scheduling and planning. The construction work has

been entrusted to a consortium of businesses headed up by Bouygues Construction.

From shore to shore...Brest’s new 420 metre-long cable car will cross the River Penfeld to link the Siam district to Capucins, a redeveloped neighbourhood that will soon have an additional 560 units of housing and 25,000m² of space for business and cultural activities. This will boost the attractiveness of the Right Bank of the river and expand the contours of the metropolitan area. As Philippe Cou, Egis Project Director points out, “an urban cable-car system is only half the cost of a bridge and really does appear to be the best solution for linking the two sides of the river. Moreover, deploying an additional mode of transport will avoid saturating Brest’s two existing bridges.”

Up and running by autumn!Work has now been completed. As Fabien Peyrard, engineer and Egis project coordinator explains, “the central pylon, which reaches a height of 76 metres, was placed between the two river banks within the naval base perimeter and a first test phase was successfully completed this summer”.

The journey lasts for three minutes and offers a birds’ eye view over the harbour area. The designers opted for a reversible system with

two suspension cables and two motor cables. Two 15m² cabins, manufactured by Swiss-based BMF, were dispatched and installed at the site. They can each carry between 40 and 60 people. The cable car is expected to transport 675,000 passengers a year, with a maximum load of 1,200 passengers per hour in each direction.

Economical, ecological and safe, the cable car link appeared as the natural solution for bridging the Penfeld River. Moreover, thanks to a “super capacity” system, energy used in braking during descent can be stored and reused when the cable car is climbing. Brest cable car will be open for business this autumn and incorporated into the public transport network. All passengers may access it with a city-wide travel pass 365 days a year until one in the morning.

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PHILIPPE COU, project director at Egis

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Egis and Ukraine: 20 years growing together

Ukraine is the second largest country in Europe and shares borders with seven other states. It is of key strategic importance at the crossroads between Europe and Asia and enjoyed sustained growth between 1998 and 2008. The country was badly hit by the worldwide recession but its economy was recovering up until the game-changing events of 2013.

Egis has been in Ukraine for the past 20 years. It has leading positions in a number of markets and excellent

development prospects. The Group opened an office in 1993 and set up a subsidiary in 1996 to capitalise on its success. (www.egis-ukraina.com).

As Matthieu Loussier, director for the Europe and Central Asia region of Egis explains “in the beginning, most of our business related to the TACIS 1991-1999 programme (Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States-CEI) set up to foster the emergence of a market economy. TACIS generated large volumes of business for Egis Ukraina.” Arnaud de Rugy, CEO of Egis Ukraina, adds that “we mainly provided technical assistance and consulting services to government ministries. Our teams were involved in major projects that related to harmonising Ukrainian legislation and regional development.”

Refocusing on engineeringAfter peaking in the early 2000s, Egis’ Ukrainian business fell off somewhat as the TACIS programme was wound down. Arnaud de Rugy goes on to say, “after 2008, our Ukrainian subsidiary began to refocus on the Group’s core business – engineering. In a country with a lot of ageing, Soviet-era infrastructure, this strategy helped us to secure a number of attractive contracts to oversee and redevelop key road transport corridors and provide technical assistance at local level.” For example, Egis oversaw work to upgrade the M06 Kyiv-Chop Highway through 2012, a programme that was jointly funded by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB). It was also around this time that Egis stepped up its operations in the Western Ukrainian city of Lviv by securing contracts to modernise urban transportation. Unfortunately, the events of 2013 and 2014 have severely curtailed this growth.Again Arnaud de Rugy explains, “in Crimea, we were busy supervising road projects and

renovation of the Simferopol-Yalta trolley–bus line for the National roads agency when suddenly, overnight, we were unable to gain access to the site. In spite of these difficulties, we were still able to complete the project in 2015. Other projects in Eastern Ukraine, including supervision of work to upgrade the M03 Kyiv-Dovzhanskiy Highway or providing technical assistance for the extension of Dnipropetrovsk metro, are proceeding at a slower pace but will all be completed.”As Oksana Zatvornytska, Deputy CEO of Egis Ukraina, points out “the situation is stable at present and investment is starting to return. Even though business is down, the crisis has actually created new opportunities for Egis on the back of greater commitment by EU and international institutions to help Ukraine develop its infrastructure.”

The crisis has actually created new opportunities for Egis on the back of greater commitment by EU and international institutions to help Ukraine develop its infrastructure.©

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Our main priority is to forge close ties with our clients based on long-term, “quality-centric” relations.

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On the right trackGiven the fraught state of public finances and the collapse in the value of the local currency, Egis is focusing on projects funded by international bodies such as the EBRD, EIB or the World Bank.

The Group has a number of competitive advantages in the country that account for the success it enjoyed in 2015. In Arnaud de Rugy’s opinion, “aside from our expertise, our strength lies in our local roots and knowledge as well as the close ties we have forged with the Ukrainian people.”

On 7 October next in Kiev, the Ukrainian subsidiary will celebrate its 20th anniversary in the company of its employees, customers and partners as well as Egis senior management. The Group will use the occasion to showcase and communicate its project-based expertise.

Matthieu Loussier believes that “Egis occupies a unique position in Ukraine. Our subsidiary has 70 employees, including 30 based at our main Kiev office. Our aim is to grow our offering and expand our footprint in the sectors of industry, construction, water and waste management

where clients demand a high level of expertise. Ukraine represents fertile investment territory for the Group.”

Flagship projects

In December 2015, Egis began providing technical assistance to the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine and the National roads agency as part of an EIB-funded engineering and consulting project. A consortium that includes Egis and two French government-backed agencies – Expertise France and CIVI POL Conseil – is tasked with upgrading road design standards, introducing the principle of road safety audits into Ukrainian legislation, training teams from both the National roads

agency and the Ministry of Infrastructure and organising awareness campaigns. As Arnaud de Rugy points out, “this project is being tracked by the EIB and it expects concrete results.” This project rounds out Egis’ current road safety engagements in Ukraine. These also include a pilot project to oversee the maintenance of a section of the M06 Highway along which the number of accidents has been significantly reduced.

Egis is helping the cities of Lviv and Lutsk to upgrade their district heating networks. “We are leveraging our experience in France and our engineering and organisational expertise. Our teams are present on the ground, partnering local authorities in the various different project implementation phases”, says Arnaud de Rugy. Under the three-year contract signed in 2014 with the municipal district heating company LvivTeploEnergo, Egis will set out in detail the work that needs to be carried out, help organise calls for tenders and track work in progress. The two-year contract signed in 2016 with LutskTeplo involves providing assistance with restructuring this district heating company (setting rates, upgrading infrastructure, etc.).

In the wake of the 2014 Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine, various EU directives need to be transposed into Ukrainian legislation and in early 2016 a consortium comprising Egis and German-based Dornier Consulting was mandated to assist

the Infrastructure Ministry with this process. This three-year project has a two-fold purpose: bringing national legislation into line with EU transport legislation and providing transport strategy implementation assistance with setting priorities and training managerial staff from government ministries.

Arnaud de Rugy explains, “this project leverages several different types of legal and technical expertise. In addition to focusing on EU legislation, the subsidiary’s teams are drawing upon experience they have acquired from their participation in regional projects. They liaise closely with Egis’ international experts who have headed up similar projects and are in a position to advise on this harmonisation process.”

Transport: based on solid European ties

Focusing on saving energy

Extension of Dnipropetrovsk metro on the right track!

New standards for a safer road network

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Since 1995, the 4km / three-station extension to Dnipropetrovsk metro has been frozen due to funding problems, however the project was relaunched in 2012 thanks to joint financing put up by the EBRD and EIB. Egis is assisting the municipal metro company with procurement activities and contract administration. Construction work is set to begin in the next few weeks. As Arnaud de Rugy explains, “the new

section will link the central rail station to the city centre. The European funding will help complete this highly symbolic and eagerly awaited project. I would like to congratulate all of Egis’ experts who assisted with selection of the Contractor in spite of the fraught political, economic and geopolitical climate in Ukraine over these past few months. We look forward to the start of this five-year project.”

Egis comes away with two prizes at Le Monde-Smart cities innovation awards!

Out of some 200 projects entered, “Smoothing road traffic spikes” deployed by Egis in Rotterdam

came away with two awards1.As Elena Umanets, project pilot and Head of innovative mobility services at Egis Projects explains, “unlike urban tolling or road space rationing which sanction drivers, reducing traffic spikes appeals to civic responsibility. Drivers who agree to leave their cars at home during the rush hour are given €2 – or even more in the event of acute pollution. It’s an effective, well-accepted system because it is based on reward rather than punishment.” This “made in Egis” solution featured in a TV report broadcast by France 2 on the main 8 o’clock evening news on 4 July 20162. The report followed an inhabitant of Rotterdam who has opted for this innovation and demonstrated how it is helping to change user mindsets. In the wake of Egis’ success in Rotterdam, Lille Metropolitan Urban Community and the Greater Paris region (Région Ile-de-France) are also planning to roll out this model in their respective

areas. Reductions of up to 8% in rush hour traffic have been achieved in Rotterdam since the system was deployed a few years ago.Xavier Odolant, director of the “Smart City” new services incubator at Egis Projects adds, “we are really proud that our work has been recognised. These two prizes help reward over four years of work by our Group, especially those teams specialised in new mobility-related services. This is a key milestone

in our aim of becoming one of the leading international operators of smart city solutions”.

1 Second prize in the Grand Prix for urban innovation awarded for technological or social innovations applied to cities; and second prize in the Mobility category presented for projects that “facilitate more economic and human traffic flows”.2 http://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/pays-bas/rotterdam-une-ville-qui-paye-pour-eviter-lesbouchons_1531411.html

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