Sign up to receive Egis Contact International International Creative for the long term | September 2016 BREAKING NEWS Poland: Operation of the City of Krakow’s public bike scheme © BIKEU gis has won a contract with the Krakow user experience by reducing the risk of bike municipality for the operation of the stations being either too full or too empty. If As Operator, Epublic bike scheme of the city against the station is full, the user can simply park four other competitors. we will also ensure the bike nearby. To avoid missing a bike, that tourist user access the user can book a bike in advance at a to the scheme is Within the framework of this 8-year contract, chosen location through a mobile application. optimised. Krakow Egis will replace the existing scheme with a All bikes are equipped with a GPS and an hosts almost 10,000,000 new one while ensuring continuity through accelerometer which allows the operator to © EGIS tourists every year. the integration of the current users’ database. track each bike in real time. Vandalism rates The contract involves an implementation RIK JOOSTEN, will decrease subsequently. period of three months after which the Chief Executive Officer of Egis Projects. new generation bikes will be deployed progressively to reach 1,500 active elements “The city of Krakow is particularly attractive by April 2017. for the deployment of this technology, since the In this issue city suffers significant congestion issues. By eliminating the problem of parking or finding a The future Krakow bike scheme will use a BREAKING NEWS 1-3 new technology developed by the company bike, the scheme presents a healthy alternative Social Bicycles where the data for renting or a complement to traditional commuting” 360° 4-9 and returning a bike is stored on the bike says Rik Joosten, Chief Executive Officer of rather than at the station. This will improve Egis Projects. FOCUS 10-11 CONGRATS egis contact - September 2016 12 1 BREAKING NEWS Saudi Arabia: Egis and Projacs are providing key assistance in developing Abha International Airport 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. or this project Egis and its subsidiary development projects are planned or under engineering which looked at the previous Projacs are bringing their know-how in way. The construction of new terminals design of Abha Airport in all its aspects Fairport engineering around different at Abha Airport has already boosted its with a focus on reducing life cycle costs of areas of expertise. capacity to five million passengers per infrastructure while optimising quality and annum. Additional extension projects are to functional performance. Abha is a regional airport servicing the be achieved and Egis will provide its wide- capital of Asir Province in Saudi Arabia. range expertise in airport engineering. The region has recently witnessed a strong growth in air traffic with new international Egis’ assignment on the project flights to main neighbouring cities like Egis is currently developing the master Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam, Cairo, Doha or plan in order to anticipate and prepare Dubai. Passengers increased by nearly 20% for the airport’s long-term growth over 20 between 2014 and 2015. years. The Group is also providing design management and construction management Strong opportunities for growth services for the new terminal building as At most of the 27 domestic and regional well as the necessary annex buildings and airports in Saudi Arabia a series of infrastructure. Egis has also provided value © EGIS - JACQUES KHORIATY Great Britain: Extension of the tram network in Birmingham 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. irstly, this will be an upgrade to the program, and the commitment to a 10 year existing line, on behalf of the WMCA period provides the Alliance with a unique F(West Midlands Combined Authority). opportunity to develop efficient bespoke The Birmingham light rail network will solutions, build long term relationships with be extended by offering a more attractive key stakeholders and to play a major role in public transport system highlighting the enhancement of the communities within urban regeneration projects and with costs which it will be operating. substantially lower than those generally The first extensions observed in Britain. The first project will be to implement the The Alliance, an innovative scheme extension, including a section without The project will take the form of an Alliance overhead lines, from New street station to between: Owner (WMCA, the public transport Centenary Square, one of the emblematic authority) / Designer (Egis lead contractor places in Birmingham. The extension is together with Pell Frischmann and Tony expected to open in 2019. Gee) / Contractor (Colas Rail in association The second extension to Edgbaston is with Barhale, Thomas Vale and Auctus scheduled to open in 2021. Management Group) working as a “virtual” A third extension which will connect the Bull company. Street area in Curzon Street Station, will also © WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY The scale of the proposed development feature the future high speed line “HS2”. egis contact - September 2016 2 CSR, a source of innovation and opportunity Making 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. s a designer, standard setter and of people all over the world. We recognize the operator, Egis has an influence on importance of these societal responsibilities. Athe execution of tens of billions of Our unique position enables us to capitalise euros’ worth of works and on the operation on and utilise experience acquired over the “Our approach to CSR is neither moralistic of facilities and amenities used by millions entire life cycle of works. It also enables us to nor philanthropic, but rather a way of moving have an overall understanding of challenges forward that is rooted in an economic and in terms of environmental impact, economic societal reality. It is part of a sustainable efficiency and social equality. performance approach for Egis, its employees, its clients and for the people and regions where A question for Martine Jauroyon, Egis we work. All our actions are motivated by Transformation & Sustainability Officer All our actions are purpose and consistency.” motivated by purpose “Egis’ goal in terms of corporate social responsibility is to combine economic © BRIGITTE CAVANAGH and consistency.” objectives with social, societal and TAKE A LOOK MARTINE JAUROYON, at www.rse-egis.fr/en to find out all about CSR environmental responsibility. What is your commitments, our ambitions, our actions, our Egis Transformation & Sustainability Officer. approach?” solutions. “Play Safe Stay Safe”, a road security awareness campaign accompanies roadworks in Qatar! 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”. he “Play Safe Stay Safe Campaign” is Qatar) hoarding, pedestrian crossing, traffic we raised the issue of driving fast. The child an educational campaign catering to lights, heavy machine and equipment. To remarked “my mummy drives fast” when told Tchildren focusing on the topic of road make the presentation interesting to the that we should not drive fast! safety and the danger of construction. children, the programme incorporated cartoon video, flash cards and a colouring Having witnessed that, we strongly believe that There are massive construction works contest. this campaign would have a positive impact on ongoing in Doha, Qatar. Children are often society. We are not only inculcating safety value keen to explore new areas and may display According to the Expressway team “The to the young, but also indirectly driving through a natural sense of curiosity for anything response received from the children was very the message to the parents.” A message that new that’s going on. However they are not encouraging and we were pleasantly surprised Ashghal wants to spread among all road users aware of all the dangers that come along with by the reaction from one of the children when and members of society of all ages is: to be safe. 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 © MAIZURAH HATTA - EGIS © MAIZURAH HATTA September 2016 - egis contact 3 360° In France... Egis - In France, the Group was involved in eight out of ten projects to build or renovate the stadiums used for the 2016 European Football stadium Championships. Let’s focus on the expertise required for these new 21st designer century arenas. tadiums are truly exceptional, multi- Paris A stadium of princely corporate Sfunctional engineering feats, executed boxes in an incredibly short time. Because they are Thanks to work recently carried out at Parc des Princes, the designed to accommodate all sorts of sporting stadium can now welcome 48,000 spectators and the capacity of the corporate boxes has jumped from 1,500 to 4,500. and artistic events, they now include shops, Egis took over from the engineering firm initially designated as prime contractor to complete the renovation work carried restaurants and hotels and have become new out on the corporate boxes, reception rooms, passageways and urban living spaces with their own access, catering areas.