SYSTRA's digest #16: November 2023

[RED TRACK 🚉] Find out the main news about #SYSTRA and its #subsidiaries in November. #ConnectedTeams Enjoy your #RedTrack read! 📭

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A contract for two new high-speed lines in Egypt

We are very pleased to announce that we have just been awarded a contract in Egypt 📍 to supervise the construction of two new high-speed lines 🚄, following on from our contract for the first Egyptian High Speed Line signed in November 2021.

We will carry out this assignment at the head of a PMC (Project Management Consultancy) consortium with Egis, on behalf of the National Authority for Tunnels (NAT), our long-standing partner.

On delivery, the EET (Electric Express Train) will carry passengers and freight on 2,000 km of lines divided into three lines (Green, Blue, Red).

SYSTRA is proud to contribute to the creation of this reliable, safe and sustainable mode of transport for Egyptians, tourists and freight operators throughout the country.

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Group news overview

[CONTRACT🖋] Two projects for SYSTRA in Manila and Luzon

SYSTRA has been awarded two projects in the Philippines 📍:

✅one for the Manila LRT, the capital’s rapid transit system,

✅ the other for the inter-regional railway system on the island of Luzon.

With these two contracts, SYSTRA is reinforcing its reputation as a leader in the field of engineering in the Philippines. This is also the first time that TÜV Rheinland Group and PwC have worked together with us in this country. Congratulations to our teams of SYSTRA Philippines, Incorporated 👏!

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[SOLIDARITY🤝] A bridge for communities in Rwanda

Already a week over for our international SYSTRA team who headed to Rwanda 📍 with Bridges to Prosperity (B2P), a non-profit organisation that builds bridges to help populations in rural and remote areas. This bridge will be their 500th one 🎂!

10 SYSTRA employees coming from India, France, Dubai, Canada, Brazil and the United Kingdom are building since last Monday a new bridge in the Rulindo region, in the north of Kigali.

This 59metres bridge will safely connect two areas of the 'Land of the Thousand Hills'. In only 5 days, the work has made major progress 💪, as you can see on the pictures: launching of the safety cable, construction of the deck, installation of the crossbeam supports and of the retaining cables.

Since 2014, SYSTRA and SYSTRA International Bridge Technologies contributed in the construction of 7 bridges with B2P.

#Solidarity and mutual aid move the world. Let's go #connectedteams!

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[ENERGY TRANSITION 🚃] eBRT 2030 in Rimini

SYSTRA is delighted to have participated in the General Assembly of the eBRT2030 project funded by the European Commission and coordinated by UITP, in the Italian city of Rimini 📍. Rimini’s eBRT trolley line called “MetroMare” will be the backbone of sustainable mobility along Emilia-Romagna region coastline.  

🧐 Did you know that BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) has strong impacts towards reduction of traffic congestion and air pollution? This is what 181 cities over the world have already implemented on a 5500 km total length. 

🤝 Bringing together 45 partners from across the EU and beyond, the eBRT 2030 project aims to demonstrate the applicability of a new generation of electric BRT systems in different urban contexts with innovative solutions. 

🚌 SYSTRA has a footprint in the bus world: more than 30 electric bus projects and several emblematic BRT projects, as in Dakar (first eBRT in Africa). As part of the eBRT2030 project, we are proud to be leading the predictive maintenance strategy program, contribute to innovation identification and demo assessment.#sustainablemobility

Marc Boudier | Christelle CHICHIGNOUD

World tour of our activities

[AUSTRALIA] Interoperability: the fast track to a seamless, railway system

As one of the most complex challenges facing the industry, Interoperability was a key topic of discussion at #AusRail2023 🛤️. While the benefits are clear, the way forward is not. Below we explore 5 of the essentials needed to achieve interoperability.

📥 Get more info and download a copy of the publication

[FRANCE] Raising awareness on the occasion of the European Week for the Employment of People with Disabilities (EWPD) (SEEPH - Semaine pour l’emploi des personnes handicapées)

Fighting against all forms of discrimination and guaranteeing the best working conditions for our employees with #disabilities, that's the mission SYSTRA France has set itself.

Let's take advantage of this key moment to raise awareness of the importance of #inclusion and raise the profile of this issue. With this year's theme unique to SYSTRA: the invisible handicap, we're determined to "popularize handicap so that it doesn't become a dirty word".

Because the first way to raise awareness is to open up dialogue, on the program we're inviting employees to :

👉 Learn about the disability agreement signed in 2023.

👉 Sharing an exchange breakfast specially produced by Les Fourneaux de Marthe et Matthieu and hosted by disability referent Valérie du Peloux and our nurses Marina DUVAIL and Sézélia BERTOUX.

🎯 The aim was to enable everyone to learn, enrich their knowledge and change their outlook, whatever their situation, report or ideas.

👉 Taking the time to decipher a series of playful, educational posters that break down preconceived ideas because 80% of disabilities are invisible tonwen jones for the Colagene Paris agency.

👉 Participate in the interactive game 'Out of the Box', immersive and inclusive to discover all aspects of disability in a playful way Ariane Conseil.

👉 Watch short, hard-hitting videos to understand disability at work Ariane Conseil.

All committed to a more inclusive society!

[BRAZIL] SYSTRA celebrates a decade of presence in Brazil 🎂

🎁 Congratulations, SYSTRA! In October 2023, we will complete 10 years of presence in Brazil!

This milestone represents a decade of work done with great commitment, seriousness and honesty, always in search of excellence and becoming the benchmark in the transportation and mobility sector! 🚗🚕🚙🚌🚎

❤️ We would like to thank the entire team, clients and friends who are and have been part of our history over the last 10 years for their dedication.

May the future hold many more opportunities for us to keep the world moving!

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[CANADA] SYSTRA Canada pays tribute to veterans on Rememberance Day

Every November, Canadians and members of the Commonwealth around the world wear the poppy in memory of those lost at war. At SYSTRA Canada, we recognize the importance of Remembrance Day. #Excellence and bold #leadership are among our core values; we believe that these are both embodied by our service members. We thank 🙏 our veterans and those who lost their lives defending our home for their #courage and #sacrifice.

👉 Find out more about the values of SYSTRA Canada

[INDIA] Annual dinner in Chennai

Our Chennai SYSTRA family came together in a vibrant celebration of the #Annual Dinner 2023.

The event kickstarted with lamp lighting by the India Leadership team and was filled with the spirit of values and camaraderie as it brought our colleagues closer. None of our Annual Dinner celebrations is complete without getting a taste of the culture, and our colleagues made sure that the audience experience the diversity of the region, through their spectacular cultural performance.

Sharing happiness, and success stories, we not only lit up the event but also with the warmth of our SYSTRA community.

👉 Check out the glimpse of the event

[SWS Türkiye] SYSTRA inaugurates its new office in Istanbul

The official Istanbul SYSTRA Office opening was held in Türkiye on 7 November in presence of the Group COO Jean Charles Vollery.  

SYSTRA strengthens its presence in the country with a new office opening in Istanbul in addition to the Ankara one, existing since 2011 and providing design and consultancy services in #metro, #railway and #highway projects. The new office is located in Kadıköy district of Istanbul, a 15 million of inhabitants metropolitan city that connects Asia and Europe with various #mobility and #transport solutions.  

SYSTRA SWS Türkiye operates in the field of complex infrastructure design that helps its customers solve their most complex challenges by transforming innovative ideas into sustainable realities, shaping a better world. It is already one of the biggest infrastructure design companies in Türkiye, having 125 in-house talents in different disciplines and providing complete infrastructure consultancy to clients. Istanbul office will help to reach more talents and rapid accessibility to local costumers.

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[SWEDEN] Meeting our future talents

Yesterday we participated in VARM (the V-technology section's and AE section's annual job fair at Chalmers University of Technology). On site we had several employees who met and talked to future talents in the industry. 🤩

We thank all committed students for a day together where we had the opportunity to make ourselves visible as a player in the industry and as a potential employer!

Congratulations to L. Dahlberg who won our competition. The prize will be sent by post. 💐

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[DENMARK] A new metro station in Copenhagen

In the coming years, Ny Ellebjerg Station will be transformed into Copenhagen South and become a hub for regional traffic 🚇

The new metro station on line M4 is scheduled to open in 2024 and SYSTRA Denmark (ex-Atkins Denmark) is the sub-consultant for the 1:1 landscape on the framework agreement with Metroselskabet & Hovedstadens Letbane, and has, among other things, designed the forecourt of the metro station, pavement, bicycle path, drainage system, traffic flow and utility management.

The new metro station will make it faster and easier for commuters to get from one mode of transportation to another. The station forecourt also caters to the surrounding area, which is home to many students and families.

M4 Sydhavn is expected to have approximately 9 million passengers annually.

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[UK AND IRELAND] An environmental award for Old Oak Common

We are delighted that Old Oak Common (a Balfour Beatty VINCI SYSTRA Joint Venture) has won a Green Apple Award for Environmental Best Practice internationally! 🍏

The OOC project was recognised for:

• Use of Qualis Flow (Qflow)

• Polymer slurry destruction (used in foundation pilings)

• Batching plant silo reuse

• Use of rubber-modified asphalt

• Use of electric crawler cranes

It’s wonderful to be acknowledged on an international platform for the strides we have taken so far towards a reduction in our environmental impact. 💪 🌱

👉 More about the Old Oak Common project

[USA] Discover BIM In One Click

Building comprehensive BIM models, increasing design reliability, reducing construction timelines, achieving more robust and faster production of our deliverables--these were the key drivers for SYSTRA to develop BIM In One Click: a unique collection of BIM modeling tools for all your linear infrastructure projects. Over 600 miles of rail lines have been modeled with BIM In One Click.

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[HONG KONG] A team building hiking trip

Today, I went on a heritage hiking trip with some Systra HK staff including our new joiners along the scenic Tai Tam Reservoir, Tai Tam Tuk Raw Water Pumping Station and villages along Tai Tam Bay Area.

The weather was perfect for outings and I managed to explain to our Staff the brief history of the Five Lan Nai Wan Villages, the history of the construction of the various Reservoirs in the late 1800s and the surrounding areas.

Many thanks for joining the heritage hiking tour today. Looking forward to our next outings.

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