Creative for the long term | January 2017International

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Under the Government of India’s prestigious smart city mission, Bhubaneswar, the capital of the

State of Odisha, is the first among 20 cities shortlisted for development in the first round of implementation.

With a vision of developing a livable, child-friendly, eco-friendly and transit-oriented development based, economic hub for the region, the city has proposed to implement several Area Based Development (ABD) projects as part of its Smart City Proposal (SCP).

In this regard, to implement the projects, a special purpose company called Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) was formed and invited to submit bids for Project Management Consultancy.

Egis participated in the competitive bidding process along with other reputed multinational companies and has been awarded the project.

As Program Management Consultant for implementing ABD projects, Egis shall carry out feasibility studies, detailed design, engineering and project management of implementation of various sub-projects, around 23 different projects, across seven urban infrastructure/engineering sectors.

These services shall be provided by setting up a Project Management Unit at BSCL office by a dedicated Egis project team.The scope covers: situation analysis, feasibility study, detailed design and detailed project report (DPR), preparation of tender documents, assistance with bidder

selection, project management & monitoring of implementation and post implementation, defect liability period and delivery of all 23 projects.

Egis’ mission will be to ensure delivery of smart, sustainable designs, with state of the art technology & engineering, innovations towards successful and timely implementation of the Smart City Proposal.

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Egis has been awarded Programme Management Consultancy (PgMC) for Area Based Development projects for Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited.

Implementation of Smart City projects in Bhubaneswar City, India

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EgisMex, subsidiary of Egis in Mexico, celebrates its first year of existenceAt the end of 2016, Egis officially inaugurated its Mexican subsidiary in the presence of the French Ambassador to Mexico, Madame Maryse Bossière, Egis’ teams, clients and partners.

Grand Paris Express metro: EPCM contract for infrastructure on line 15 East

A new tram route in Lviv, Ukraine

Following an initial flagship contract awarded in 2015 for line 3 of the Guadalajara metro, Egis has continued

its Mexican development and is working towards its objective of becoming a reference in engineering and operations, for the long term.

In 2014 Egis reinforced its presence in Mexico, following the launch of the National Infrastructure Programme 2014-2018, which lays plans for several major rail projects. After a year of commercial presence Egis created in 2015 its Mexican subsidiary EgisMex, its development has been oriented around two key sectors, rail engineering & concession and operation of road infrastructure.

EgisMex aims to progressively enter all the business areas of Egis in this large North American country. Important needs have been identified in particular in the airport,

building, urban, water, ports, and energy sectors which are all fields of expertise for the Group.

Société du Grand Paris, the project owner, has entrusted the Koruseo consortium* (headed up by Egis) with the EPCM contract for civil engineering and construction work along metro line 15 East.

Line 15 East will be a 24 kilometre-long automatic metro line linking Saint-Denis Pleyel in Seine-Saint-Denis department to Champigny Centre in Val-de-Marne department. Trains will service 12 municipalities, connect with other Grand Paris Express metro lines (i.e., lines 14, 16 and 17), and provide links to

downtown Paris and the rest of the Greater Paris region via the RER, metro, tramway and T-Zen bus rapid transit networks.

The section between Saint-Denis Pleyel and Rosny-Bois-Perrier is scheduled to enter service in 2025 and the section between Rosny-Bois-Perrier and Champigny Centre should begin to operate in 2030.

*The Koruseo consortium brings together the expertise of four world-renowned engineering firms – Egis (lead company), Tractebel engineering, Ingerop and Aecom – along with six award-winning European architecture firms.

The line 4, which was opened on November 17, links the city center with the largest residential part of the city -

Sykhiv. This newly-built section is expected to transport 48,000 passengers daily. It will increase tram coverage to 50% of the city and significantly reduce traffic congestion during peak hours.

The project consisted in the construction of a tram track, modernisation of the rolling stock tram depot and construction of three

new substations. Egis provided technical supervision of works.

Starting from today, tens of thousands of residents of Lviv will be able to get to their destination faster. Thanks to quick and safe connections, this residential district with a population of 100,000 will gradually be modernized in the center of business and administration activity, relieving thus the historical center.

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The quest for sustainable water resources in TanzaniaEgis is currently conducting studies to seek out safe, reliable and sustainable water resources for the local population of Arusha (Tanzania).

This project helps to showcase Egis’ expertise in identifying, managing and operating water resources in Africa.

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Arusha is located in the midst of major national parks and volcanoes and is one of Tanzania’s major tourist hubs.

The local water utility AUWSA* provides drinking water to a population estimated at 550,000 in 2015 (corresponding to 94,000 m3/day), however, forecasts indicate that demand for water is set to soar by 50% by 2030.

With a view to meeting current and future requirements, AUWSA has commissioned Egis to compile an inventory of all existing underground and surface water resources.

As Bastien Lemaire, Project Manager at Egis Eau explains, “this study is part of a wider programme to provide sustainable potable water and waste treatment services to the city of Arusha. It is based on 60 geophysical profiles and 12 test holes bored at an average depth of 250 m. Rivers originating and flowing around Mont Meru and Daluti crater lake will also be subjected to a qualitative and quantitative analysis. After nine months of surveys (in April 2017), AUWSA will be equipped with a development strategy that reflects its capacities in terms of drinking water production and related waste treatment.”

The operation is funded by a loan from the African Development Bank and is in phase with the goals set out in Tanzania Development Vision 2025, designed to combat poverty and improve living conditions, notably by developing basic infrastructure. Improving water access also has benefits in terms of climate change adaptation and water source management and will help curb water-borne diseases and reduce care requirements.

*Arusha Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Authority

Visualisation of a mini-drone on the screens of the air traffic control system of the French Civil Aviation

Authority is an unprecedented event. This technological advance is the result of team

work between the Airborne Concept company and Egis, based on the development of an ADS-B (Automatic dependent surveillance – broadcast) transceiver mounted on a mini-drone.

Last September, the 2 companies ran a demonstration before representatives from the Technical and Innovation Directorate (DTI) of the Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) and officials from other organisations who have an interest in this initiative. The purpose was to demonstrate the effectiveness of their solution as a potential means of identifying and localising a certain type of drone.

The ADS-B transceiver is mounted on a drone and it automatically broadcasts messages, with position and identification data, on a radio frequency that is traditionally used in the aeronautics industry. It is obviously a means of monitoring and detecting drones in real time. The technology is interoperable with air traffic control systems and it is potentially an effective solution to ease public fears of an increasing number of drones taking to the sky.Cooperation between the two companies is a first step towards providing a solution which could comply with proposed legislation calling for a compulsory electronic reporting device on all drones.©

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Tomorrow’s city: how will it work?Naturally, everybody is talking about the city these days because this is where all the great changes appear to be taking place.An in-depth report on a very contemporary phenomenon.

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With the arrival of the new technologies that are set to shake up man’s relationship with his environment, pressing ecological and climate imperatives, and small,

gradual changes in mindsets and socio-economic patterns, cities are constantly reinventing themselves. But how can we ensure that they develop in a sustainable manner that will benefit future generations? A lot of people have spent a lot of time pondering this matter, with varying degrees of success.Although the methods and resources that need to be deployed are still being debated, everyone agrees that a new approach is needed to deal with the city and how it works, with a focus on more efficient, eco-friendly models and the welfare of urbanites.

Engineering to the rescue!For the transition to be a success, an integrated focus is needed along with a different approach to urban design and deploying the innovations that underpin all aspects of urban development. While this is no easy task, it is a familiar one for the engineering specialists, consultants and urban service operators like Egis who have been keeping tabs on the transformations taking place for a number of years now. For engineers, innovation is a powerful catalyst for boosting all measures of urban performance – attractiveness, energy efficiency, resilience, etc. – and this is precisely the reason why teams from Egis are constantly deploying concrete, high value-added solutions in the domains of urban engineering, eco-mobility, economic and spatial planning, and project management, etc.

The economic benefits of such strategies can be detected at all levels of the urban ecosystem.

Moreover, the growing number of “smart city”-type initiatives – frequently more pipe-dream than reality for the moment – are complicating matters still further given the number of stakeholders and new business models involved, governance difficulties, fragmented initiatives, etc.

To help give local and regional bodies a better understanding of the issues, Egis has put together an integrated smart city strategy that focuses primarily on the need to forge a global vision, tailored to each locality or region.

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As we see it, the city of the future is one that will be able to deal with the massive demographic, energy, ecological and digital transitions currently taking place throughout the planet.

OLIVIER LEDRU, Urban Market Director at Egis

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A different approach to energy

Eco-friendlyurban design tools

Encouraging responsible building practices

Solar mountains, Wind-it® mobile telephony pylons built into wind turbines, Cellter® photovoltaic shelters, and recycling braking energy from metro systems… these are just some of the solutions developed by Egis to boost renewable energy use in urban areas. Its engineers are designing heat networks capable of harnessing even waste heat from industry to power entire neighbourhoods in Paris-Saclay, Rungis, Bordeaux, etc. Thanks to its subsidiary, Elioth, the Group also won a prize in the 2015 French Carbon-light Architecture awards (Architecture Bas Carbone) organised in partnership with the Lille 3000 initiative.

In its "Renaissance Factory" project, Egis focused on a specific neighbourhood in Lille (Northern France) in order to assess the transformations needed in the city. The project involved tracing out the energy landscape between now and 2050 by factoring in global warming and the constraints related to cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Because cities are fluid environments, it is not always easy for public and private stakeholders to test innovations there and this is where design modelling tools come in really handy!Thanks to experience gained on the Astainable® project that seeks to make Kazakhstan’s capital a showcase for sustainable urban development by 2030, Egis now has extensive urban design modelling expertise in 3D demo modelling, participatory lifestyle research, codesign, crossroads mobility and road sharing, etc. These techniques make it possible to analyse urban complexity on a manageable scale and validate innovations under real conditions. They also facilitate the take-up of new services and enhance the sustainability of urban innovation business models by confronting them directly with real operating conditions. All practical good sense at the end of the day!

Because of ageing structures with poor energy efficiency standards, construction remains France’s most energy-intensive sector. Happily, solutions do exist!

In addition to retrofits, green building techniques using bio-sourced materials and energy-positive infrastructures actually produce more energy than they consume. As a party to the future Bâtiment Responsable 2020 regulations (i.e., sustainable building practices for the future) Egis is very familiar with all of these aspects. Indeed, Egis, Caisse des Dépôts and La Poste group recently set up SOBRE, a joint venture focused on the energy transition, tasked with providing real estate professionals with concrete solutions for tracking and reducing their energy consumption.

Towards win-win mobility solutionsWith the digital boom and growth in the sharing economy, new uses promoting smarter mobility and "virtuous" behaviour are in increasing demand. In response, Egis is developing a number of cutting-edge new mobility services via numerous partnerships (e.g., with Auchan, Nissan, Shell, etc.) forged to promote electro-mobility in France, or to operate parking services for the City of Amsterdam. In Rotterdam, Egis has come up with a positive tolling system that rewards commuters who are prepared to leave their cars at home during rush hour periods.

The Group has also perfected a dynamic lane management system on the A48 Motorway at Grenoble and on Saint-Nazaire Bridge to optimise traffic flow. New schemes introduced in town centres such as the BikeU® bike-share scheme deployed in Poland encourage the use of soft mobility solutions.

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Like a new brushstroke on the urban fabric, the bridge is everything that a town planner could ask for. It was

delivered at the end of the Summer and the metallic arched structure is designed to give soft modes of transport (tramway, pedestrians, bikes, etc.) access to the areas around the old port that have been earmarked for potential redevelopment under the Deux-Rives urban regeneration project. As Claude Le Quéré, head of engineering consultancy Egis Jmi Paris, tasked with designing the Citadelle Bridge explains, “the structure built under the contractorship of Compagnie des transports strasbourgeois (CTS)** was designed to serve a springboard for the redevelopment of a section of the Port area.”

Turning technical constraints into opportunities While the unadorned style of the arch is a strong architectural statement, it is also a technical response to the challenges it has been asked to meet.Jean-Bernard Nappi, architect at Egis Environnement, in charge of architectural design, clearly states that, “we wanted a solution that was as simple as possible in response to a highly complex environment. Due to urban restrictions on both banks, the tramway route curves considerably. The position of the arch, the deck width and the configuration of the suspension cables have all been designed to leave enough room for the tramway and pedestrian footpaths. The arch’s

axis of symmetry is right over the centre of the deck and the anti-symmetrical suspension system puts both sides of the arch under equal pressure, ensuring perfect stability.”3D modelling was used in the pre-project phase to test a range of geometrical designs in order to work towards the optimal structure.

An integrated designJean-Bernard Nappi goes on to explain that the architects wanted to “maintain transparency in order to present an unhindered view of the canal.” As such, the team focused on solutions that avoided building piers in the canal itself. “A consultation process focused on the edges of the deck and resulted in a bevelled form that refines the bridge’s appearance. As well as complying with safety standards, the guardrails also enhance transparency thanks to a series of perforations designed to reflect wave movements in the canal.”

Claude Le Quéré adds that “the entire quest for form involved juggling between technical constraints and an aesthetic vision, together with a desire to build something that would be simple but elegant and in phase with future development plans for the area. The project team was also able to pool experience in designing civil engineering structures with rail engineering expertise in order to handle all of the interfacing work with the tramway line, i.e., route compatibility, track-laying method, factoring in malleability criteria and integrating rail equipment.”

The elegance and technical excellence of the Citadelle Bridge is down to the care and attention that went into its design.

* Competition organised by the French ministries for the Environment, Energy and Marine Affairs and Economy, Industry and the Digital sector, Syntec-Ingénierie (French engineering industry representative body) in partnership with the Monitor press group.

** CTS: Strasbourg public transport company

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CLAUDE LE QUÉRÉ, Head of engineering consultancy Egis Jmi Paris

The innovative quality of the bridge – reflecting a trade-off between technical constraints and aesthetic vision – resides in its complex geometry, itself the culmination of a quest for optimal balance in terms of physical forces at work.

JEAN-BERNARD NAPPI, architect at Egis Environnement

The elegant curves of the Citadelle Bridge in Strasbourg (Eastern France) have not just won the hearts of Strasburgers. The engineering structure that now spans the Vauban docks – appearing to defy gravity as it does so – also emerged as the runaway winner in the 2016 French National Engineering Awards.*

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Institut Jean Lamour (IJL), world leader in basic and applied research in materials and process science and engineering,

now boasts state-of-the-art facilities where researchers are able to work on both current and future programmes in optimal conditions.

Thanks to the joint efforts of Egis, which was in charge of engineering and work site management, and architects Michelin & Associés, this impressive lab (28,400 sq.m built on five levels, including one underground level) was handed over to its research staff in Summer 2015. Building/research facilities interfacing has been ongoing since June 2016 with a view to conducting the first on-site experiments in 2017.

Exceptional needsAs Frédéric Lantz, Executive Director of Egis Bâtiments Grand Est points out, “this project was deployed in the research sphere where the overriding concern is the quality of scientific experiments. So we had to ensure highly specific and ultra-stable physical ambiances in terms of lighting, noise, vibrations and ventilation, etc., as well as flexible research facilities that can be

adapted to experimentation requirements. The facility design also needs to be able to keep pace with developments in research instruments so that researchers can stay at the top of their game.”

The new IJL also has exceptional hosting facilities that comply with the strictest technical, functional and security standards. Egis had to devise solutions that meet the latest challenges in the research sphere without loosing control over site operating costs.

Co-designing with the end userWith 8,800 sq.m of research labs, 5,400 sq.m of technical facilities, 3,800 sq.m of offices and 2.8 km of passageways, the infrastructure resembles a high-tech factory. Pierre Brunet, Deputy Director of IJL believes that “given the Institute’s multiple and complex requirements, it was vital to involve researchers – as future users – in the project design process. Thanks to the constant dialogue between engineers and researchers, it was possible to tightly integrate both current and forecast future functional requirements.”

Egis used digital modelling to validate all proposed installations and to provide the operator with an effective means of planning the work required for future experiments.

“This is a textbook case of using digital modelling to track the entire life cycle of a facility”.

Sizeable challengesTask No. 1: eliminating vibrations! Given IJL’s insertion within the urban fabric, the proximity of the local tramway and the presence of bridge cranes for heavy lifting, “the solution involved disengaging the “ultrasensitive” experimentation bays from the buildings themselves”, explains Frédéric Lauber, works manager at Egis. “Consequently, the high-precision machinery is mounted on massive concrete blocks that are themselves attached to anti-vibration slabs and structurally de-coupled from the building.”

The colossal 8 MVA (Mega Volt Ampere) of installed electrical output is enough to power a city with a population of 10,000! Frédéric Lantz goes on to explain that “the challenge involved optimising electricity capacity and consumption by building operating scenarios with end users that factored in equipment sequencing. So, although the installed capacity is considerable, it could have been twice as much without all of this process optimisation work.”

In view of the frequently conflicting requirements of containment, hygiene and security, the premises have also been fitted out with state-of-the-art ventilation. Lastly, a distribution system has been set up that runs through all of the research labs to cater to the needs of researchers who handle an average of 65 different gases every day – four times more than in a hospital.

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Institut Jean Lamour, new flagship research institute in NancyThe new headquarters of Institut Jean Lamour in Nancy (Eastern France) is the product of a vision shared by both Egis and the scientific research community that provides the latter with a world class research facility.

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Air transportation security: a reward for the efforts of Madagascar and TogoThe Togolese and Madagascar civil aviation authorities may justly feel proud! Working hand-in-hand with Egis, the considerable progress registered over the past two years in terms of air transportation security has been roundly applauded by the international community. These are quantifiable successes based on a strong commitment to regulatory compliance.

In order to be allowed to travel safely in European airspace, aircraft operators must comply with very strict aircraft care

and maintenance and employee certification standards.While the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has insisted upon minimum requirements since ratification of the Convention of Chicago in 1944, it is the Members States themselves who are tasked with transposing these requirements into local legislation as well as with subsequent enforcement. The ICAO periodically audits local civil aviation authorities to check that local regulations comply with international standards and recommended practices and that all aircraft operators in the country in question actually apply such standards.

In many emerging countries, the ability of national aviation authorities to properly carry out their control and safety functions is considered insufficient for guaranteeing safe aircraft operations for other Member States who use these territories. In such cases, the ICAO may simply withdraw the right to operate, putting a considerable break on a country’s development.

Deserved plaudits for MadagascarSince 2015, France has been financing and coordinating a programme to provide technical assistance to the Madagascar Civil Aviation Authority (ACM) within the framework of a close partnership involving the French civil aviation authority (DGAC), the ICAO and Egis.

Thanks to this programme Madagascar became one of civil aviation’s star pupils in 2015 when it was awarded a certificate by the ICAO Council President in person at the organisation’s triennial assembly held in September 2016. This is a strong endorsement of recent progress achieved by Madagascar in the areas of security oversight and compliance with international standards.

James Andrianalisoa, CEO of Madagascar Civil Aviation Authority, is delighted that “the efforts deployed in partnership with Egis and DGAC have enabled us to establish a civil aviation authority that is fit for purpose and

capable of providing effective oversight of the Malagasy aviation sector. This has resulted in the lifting of restrictions on the national carrier, Air Madagascar, from operating in European Union airspace.”

Jean-Michel Restout, who headed up the project for Egis Avia goes on to add that “throughout the project, our experts on the ground liaised with teams from ACM on regulatory aspects, changes in organisational and technical procedures, the deployment of new services (Flight following unit) and theoretical and on-the-job training for inspectors from the safety oversight division.”

Togo Civil Aviation Authority leads the way in AfricaEgis has also been helping the Togolese civil aviation authority (ANAC) to bring its security oversight systems into line with the most recent applicable standards in the wake of changes to legislation and regulations covering on-the-job training, oversight and the resolution of security-related issues.

As Laurent Bazetoux, project manager at Egis Avia explains, “our consulting services, coupled with the efforts of the Togolese civil aviation authority, made it possible to achieve the objectives that we had set out together. We already worked with the ANAC in 2014 and 2015, and it managed to lift its compliance rate from 62% to 87% – two percentage points above target – making it the African leader in this area.”

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The efforts deployed in partnership with Egis and DGAC have enabled us to establish a civil aviation authority that is fit for purpose and capable of providing effective oversight of the Malagasy aviation sector

JAMES ANDRIANALISOA, CEO of Madagascar Civil Aviation Authority (ACM)

In addition to the assistance we provided in situ, ACM personnel were also provided with theoretical and on-the-job training at the DGAC’s Paris offices

SOPHIE GERMAIN, Head of the Africa region for DGAC’s international cooperation programmes

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With 180 Egis consultants from more than 30 countries and 15 exciting different areas of expertise, Doha Metro is no ordinary project! Headed up by Qatar Rail – the national rail development network agency – in order to host the 2022 soccer World Cup and to guide the country towards a sustainable future, the project forms the cornerstone of “Qatar 2030 Vision”, an urban development programme with a resolutely sustainable focus.

In order to provide the country with a modern, fully operational transport system by 2020, the Louis Berger-Egis (LBERJV) joint-venture is tasked with tracking the different design phases and supervising civil engineering work for five different job lots. These include the 14 km-long Gold Line and its 10 underground stations, the 16 kilometres and six stations along the elevated sections of the Red and Green lines, and the multi-modal stations, including the showcase Msheireb Station, set to be one of the world’s biggest.

Stringent safety and regulatory standards Qatar Rail is demanding “zero accidents and zero incidents right through to project

delivery” – a massive challenge in view of the complexity and risks inherent to the project. But this has actually been achieved  on  the Gold Line where 25 million hours of work have been completed without an accident. Similar success has been registered on the Red Line, where Egis teams closely monitor compliance with international

quality standards. Grzegorz Szalinski, construction manager on the Red Line (northern elevated section) stresses that “safety is the client’s No. 1 concern. I really admire the work that has been done and the building techniques deployed. The bar has been placed very high and the project meets the highest international standards. I’m in charge of overseeing building work, supported by a team of 18 people that includes engineers specialised in quality assurance, construction and materials together with works inspectors. Our brief includes verifying the documentation of the different contractors and checking the work carried out on the sites while striving to maintain excellent client relations.”

A record-breaking project on a number of scores!Qatar Rail has managed to get 21 tunnel boring machines working at the same time. No mean feat! With its 23 km of tunnels, the Gold Line is a perfect illustration of this technical prowess and Jacobus Conradie, Deputy project director has been very closely involved. “We can now put figures on the work we have carried out: 16,000 pre-cast concrete rings, 3.5 million cubic metres of rock excavated, 900,000 m3 of concrete cast for the stations and

pedestrian passageways… We even achieved the fastest drilling rate when we bored 60m in a day with a single machine, compared with an average daily distance of just 18 m! Since 2012, I have participated in a series of roles as tunnel engineer involved in organising calls for tenders and in charge of surveys and civil engineering, as well as deputy project manager throughout the design and construction phases. Being part of a team of 151 consultants from all over the world is also both a challenge and a very rewarding experience.”

Cooperation and dialogue – the project watchwordsBetween the Red and the Green Line, Michael Cutts, Commercial manager, is in charge of a team of nine specialists with extensive experience in all project-related commercial and contractual matters: “I transferred to Doha last June. I’m in constant contact with the client and the contractor concerning all aspects of progress: payment milestones, claims, etc. It’s really exciting being part of such a historic project!”

The main Msheireb Station is also a keen focus of attention. Raluca Popa, Document control manager, plays a key role here: “I  liaise on all aspects of this activity with the client and the various different contractors. No two days are the same and each one brings new challenges. Cooperation is the watchword and I’m extremely proud of the work of my team day in, day out. “

JACOBUS CONRADIE, Deputy project director

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Doha Metro, Qatar A crack task force for a mammoth project! Qatar has embarked on one of the world’s most ambitious public transport projects. Egis has been on board since 2012, unlocking synergies between a huge range of experts from diverse backgrounds. Their brief consists of overseeing the management of this complex international project.

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In spite of its fraught political and economic situation, Brazil is still the largest economy in South America. Its vast natural resources make it essential investment territory and Egis has been busy providing the full range of its expertise here since 2011.

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After growing rapidly up to 2010, the Brazilian economy is now experiencing unprecedented

economic and political turmoil, “possibly the most serious crisis for 60 years”, explains Alexandre Zuppolini Neto, Senior Executive VP of Brazil Pole. “The fall-off in investment – particularly investment in infrastructure – has hit the engineering sector badly. After three years of recession, the sector has been knocked back 10 years”.But as Jean-Emmanuel Seixas, director of Brazil Pole, points out “even though we are suffering in the short term, the medium term is rich in opportunities as the country is short of public transport, motorways and airports. It still faces massive challenges.”Indeed, with a population of 205 million, Brazil is very poorly served by public transport. Take São Paulo for example: a mere 75 km of metro for 12 million people! The Country’s competitiveness is being hampered by an outdated and inadequate road network as well as by inefficient and very costly supply chains. Jean-Emmanuel Seixas adds that, “upgrading the country’s infrastructure involves massive challenges and Egis has all of the required expertise.”

Cross-cutting local expertise Not just anybody can do business in Brazil – it’s a tough market and breaking into it takes a long time. As J.-E. Seixas points out, “it is difficult to get a foothold in Brazil. Our strategy was to acquire local businesses. Our first acquisition in 2011 was Vega, provider of engineering and consulting services in the urban transport and rail sectors, and this

helped the Group to develop expertise in the freight sector, notably to help the giant Vale mining corporation to transport its iron ore. We also landed the S11-D railroad extension project (linking the S11-D mine to the Carajás Railroad) as well as the engineering and interfacing work on the Salvador de Bahia metro project.” The following year, Egis acquired Aeroservice, which works extensively with the government-owned corporation Infraero, operator of around 60 airports, as well as with the airlines and private consortia involved in privatising and upgrading the country’s airports. Finally, in 2015, the Group rounded out its Brazilian-based offering with Lenc, a company renowned for its expertise in road-building and civil, geotechnical and environmental engineering. Among its flagship projects, Lenc has been involved in design and works supervision for the São Paulo orbital motorway and in providing impact studies for Petrobrás’ offshore exploration activities. “This acquisition turned us into a leading player capable of providing a comprehensive range of engineering services

spanning urban development, regional and local planning and development and multimodal transport.”

New opportunities on the horizon Alexandre Zuppolini Neto is optimistic: “the political turmoil is nearly over and both public and private investment should take off again in 2017.” The privatisation and concession programme unveiled by the government in late September is very welcome news indeed! Egis is poised to step in as service provider and has signed contracts with a number of partners that stand a pretty good chance of securing airport concessions. Four of these have been put out to tender: Porto Alegre and Florianópolis in the South and Salvador and Fortaleza in the Nordeste region. The Group is already part of the consortium that operates São Paulo Viracopos Airport. “So there is huge potential here – Brazil needs to invest between 5% and 6% of its GDP in infrastructure over the next 20 years. Our strength lies in being able to deliver a complete range of engineering services from A to Z: from preliminary studies through to the operational phase. We can leverage not just our expertise in managing big projects and/or helping to estimate investment and operating expenditure, but also our experience in pro-mobility services such as smart parking systems, for example.” In conclusion, J.-E. Seixas explains that, “our priority is to get even better at what we do already and to continue to move into other segments of the market. Aside from our traditional core businesses, we are focusing on opportunities in the construction, energy,

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water and waste management sectors. We are aiming to double our revenues and to become one of Brazil’s Top 10 engineering firms – we’re already No. 11! The country is evolving, the market is maturing and it’s a good time to be creative and ambitious. The market sees us as a 100% Brazilian company, but also as a multinational with unique French “savoir-faire” and our innovative approach is much in

demand here. We are ideally placed to nurture and grow the innovative mobility services that Egis is developing in Europe. To make the most of our expertise and enhance our effectiveness, we have merged our three businesses and this cross-cutting approach will help us to develop the flexibility required in the current crisis as well as the new skills needed to tackle the future.”

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The Carajás Mine in Northern Brazil is the world’s largest iron ore mine: 109 million tonnes are extracted every year and taken 500 km by rail to the port of São Luis. A second iron deposit with an estimated annual output of 90 million tonnes has been discovered 100 km away and the Brazilian mining corporation Vale has invested around USD17 billion in this project over the past 10 years. Egis is a stakeholder in the two related infrastructure projects.

The first involves doubling the capacity of the current rail link for transporting ore between Carajás and São Luis and Egis has been partnering Vale since the route planning and surveying phase, section by section.The second project concerns the 101 km railroad extension linking the new deposit to the existing Carajás-São Luis line. Egis has conducted all of the studies related to the construction of this new link, including the design of tunnels and viaducts being built along the route to mitigate its environmental impact.

Railroad links for the giant Vale mining corporation

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Once they have been compacted, the lateritic soils formed by the weathering of rocks in tropical climates make excellent roadbuilding materials.* Egis is heavily involved in research studies in this domain within the scope of the MCT (Miniatura, Compactação e Tropical) classification method devised by Douglas Fadul Villibor, Scientific Director at Egis Engenharia e Consultoria, in liaison with Prof. Job Shuji Nogami of São Paulo University.

This method aims to improve knowledge of the mechanical and hydrological properties

of lateritic soils in order to reduce the impacts of roadbuilding through maximum use of in situ materials and to keep down the costs of building and maintaining roads in tropical countries. At the same time, Egis is looking into low-cost solutions that could use fine, sandy lateritic soil along nearly 12,000 km of local roads in the State of São Paulo.

* Soil compaction is a technique used in civil engineering to improve the quality of soil used for construction purposes.

Paving the way towards better roads

Brazil wants to carry out exploratory drilling in the pre-salt fields off its coast and to help it secure the offshore exploration licence, the Government has asked Egis to carry out an environmental impact assessment study. The study covers 9,000 km of coastal waters containing a huge variety of ecosystems and significant traditional fishing activity. It will assess the environmental impacts

in 11 different marine sedimentary basins and highlight numerous protected animal species. Egis has also compiled fresh data on the distribution and characterisation of traditional fishing activities throughout the country, working alongside 500 coastal fishing communities. This information has all been gathered into a geodatabase that will be used as the key research project tool.

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Electronic surveillance of São Paulo’s traffic

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Egis is working with the Municipality of São Paulo to install and operate 220 automatic speed control cameras and radars. Over a five-year period, the LCL consortium* headed up by Egis will be tasked with installing the equipment and – once it has been technically certified by InMetro, the national metrology agency – processing around 3,000 photos each day depicting traffic violations. These photos are subsequently transmitted to the traffic management agency (CET) which has policing powers.

The system also monitors compliance with bus lanes, illegal manoeuvres at traffic junctions and day-to-day road space rationing measures.

Systematic electronic surveillance that meets the highest standards is currently one of the most effective means of improving road traffic safety in São Paulo.

* in association with Consilux TecnologiaLtda and LBR Engenharia e Consultoria Ltda.

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Modane: deep geotechnical drillingThe Lyon-Turin link is one of Europe’s great rail building projects. To ensure the safety of the future transalpine tunnel, a ventilation shaft is to be installed at Modane underground station and Egis will act as prime contractor.

The 57 km-long Mont d’Ambin base tunnel is the largest engineering structure along the Lyon–Turin rail link and when the line opens, it will be one of the largest rail tunnels ever built. The project owner TELT (Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin) has made Egis prime contractor (as part of a consortium with Alpina) for installing a ventilation shaft in the underground service station at Modane in Maurienne (France).

As Frédéric Walet, Deputy CEO, Egis Structures & Environnement explains, “a comprehensive geological survey is conducted before any work is carried out in order to secure control over the site’s geological and hydrogeological

parameters. Sinking a well that is around 600  metres deep and between 6 and 7 metres wide is an exceptional venture and may require highly specific tunnelling techniques such as raise boring*.”

Things are complicated even further by the project’s location at a sensitive natural site (i.e., Vanoise National Park, part of the Natura 2000 network of protected areas), meaning that any work carried out here is subject to very strict environmental constraints.Frédéric Walet adds that “given the complex geological context, management of drill cuttings and excavation techniques are all highly sensitive subjects that need to be addressed.”

Between now and the end of the year, Egis will carry out design studies to validate the project and the techniques submitted for consideration. Once this phase has been completed, Egis will help with selecting contractors and it will then track the work carried out. In addition to sinking the well, this will also involve drilling 4 km of galleries, logistics caverns and connecting tunnels.

* A technique used to excavate a shaft from the bottom up between two pre-existing levels, particularly suitable for deep excavation.

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