MOVING THE WORLD FORWARD

ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 CONTENTS

Moving the world forward INTO THE FUTURE p.3 p.4 Tomorrow’s transport p.11 Engineering design’s challenges and opportunities expanding horizons p.6 Reinventing the urban landscape p.12 Next-generation rolling stock p.7 Mobility and climate change p.13 Harnessing data to adaptation improve transport systems p.8 The rise of automation p.14 Modernisation of mass p.9 New technologies transit networks and new entrants p.15 Data-driven asset p.10 Data-driven design management

Moving the world forward IN 2017 p.17 p.18 SYSTRA in numbers p.26 Delivering a safer world p.19 CEO’s message for everyone p.21 Supervisory Board’s message p.27 Maintaining the highest standards in ethics and CSR p.22 Supervisory Board p.28 A global framework to support p.23 Executive Committee local delivery p.24 A solid foundation p.30 The power of digital delivery for future growth p.31 A recognised expert p.25 A strong global footprint in transportation

Moving the world forward TODAY p.33 p.34 High speed rail p.60 Bus network planning p.40 Heavy rail p.61 Roads and highways p.45 Stations p.62 Underground structures p.46 Metros p.63 Bridges p.52 transit p.66 Aviation p.56 Consultancy p.67 Financial results p.59 Urban cable cars

ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 1 Moving the world forward INTO THE FUTURE

As the signature team for transportation solutions, SYSTRA anticipates trends that will transform mobility.

Specialist insight gained from decades of experience across every transport mode equips us to help prepare our clients for the future.

2 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 3 Tomorrow’s transport DIGITAL AS THE DRIVER AIR QUALITY WILL SHAPE challenges and opportunities OF CHANGE TRANSPORT DECISIONS Smart infrastructure will coordinate multiple The health impacts of pollution mean more Economies rely on the seamless, safe movement of people and goods. transport and mobility systems and maximise city authorities will make air quality a priority, Transport systems must adapt to complex and rapidly evolving demands. the benefit of automation. Building Information hastening the switch to zero-emissions Modelling (BIM), digital simulation, the Internet technologies as well as shared mobility of Things and artificial intelligence will optimise services. Cities will introduce measures to ban management of complex interconnected or discourage petrol and diesel vehicles while infrastructure. Remote monitoring will support promoting cycling, walking and efficient urban failure prediction and preventative repairs of transit systems. fixed assets and rolling stock.

INTERMODAL INTERCHANGES WILL EMPOWER PASSENGERS

Urbanisation and city growth necessitate highly efficient public transport that supports mode switching, handling large passenger volumes Drivers such as urbanisation, population growth and the changing climate without bottlenecks. New solutions will are affecting how transportation schemes are planned, designed, maintained emerge for the first and last mile of journeys. and operated. As the signature team for transportation solutions, Flexible payment systems and transport apps SYSTRA helps clients prepare for the future. We see a number of emerging will help manage demand, updating travel trends that will impact the future of transport. advice in real time.

MOBILITY AS A SERVICE DATA-DRIVEN ENGINEERING DESIGN THE RISE OF AUTOMATION WILL BE THE NORM AND CYBERSECURITY Digital models will capture all project lifecycle Connected technology will support innovation data in 5D format (3D plus time and cost), Automation will spread from metros to other forms that disrupts the status quo, potentially becoming vital in design validation and outcome of public transport, including cars. Machine learning accelerating the shift towards on-demand prediction. Increasingly complex client projects and artificial intelligence technology will strengthen services in place of scheduled services, as well as will need advanced collaboration skills, strong cybersecurity, improve crowd management and usage-based pricing. Increased access to real‑time system integration and technical coordination. help to spot suspicious or threatening behaviour. information and city-wide route planning will foster rising expectations of service quality.

SAFETY WILL DICTATE MODERNISATION WILL IMPROVE THE SPEED OF PROGRESS SAFETY AND AVAILABILITY SHIFT TO LIFECYCLE COST ANALYSIS

Safety will always be paramount. This is all Upgrade projects will improve the safety and Clients will take a longer term view of CAPEX the more important as new transport modes are availability of existing transport systems, facilitate and OPEX, with a sharper focus on total cost introduced and automation – both in mass transit coordination and control, accelerate the shift to of ownership (TCO). Robust planning for all and cars – becomes more prevalent. The capability autonomous operation and provide real-time data lifecycle phases including future upgrades to demonstrate that new transport options for travellers. Passenger expectations will rise, will be vital. Tightened finance, rising complexity meet required safety levels is vital for securing including demand for high-speed internet access and compressed timeframes will place huge investment and public acceptance. within transport systems. emphasis on good project management.

4 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 5 Reinventing the urban landscape Mobility and climate change adaptation

Forward-looking city authorities are using transport projects Global environmental concerns and poor urban air quality as a force for modernisation and regeneration. are encouraging cities to favour cleaner public transport.

New or improved infrastructure can revitalise International agreements on climate change districts, stimulate economic growth and bring coupled with an increasing awareness of the DÉBORAH RONDET-PHILIPP Director, Environmental new employment opportunities. These goals health consequences of poor air quality are and Sustainable Engineering have resulted in landmark projects that SYSTRA is driving the political impetus for action. involved in such as Grand Express in , Many cities are responding with measures which aims to expand the capacity and reach of “The issue is no longer to develop and improve public transport while transport networks. which transport mode should simultaneously reducing reliance on petrol and dominate another, or even The increasing ubiquity of mobile internet access diesel vehicles. Potential policies include low lets people tailor their journeys and plan routes emission zones, proposals to ban or levy charges the role of public, private, in unfamiliar cities. Real-time location‑aware on fossil fuelled cars, and incentives to switch collective or individual services are creating more choice and flexibility, to cleaner forms of transport – including moves funding. Instead, the question from hailing a cab to hopping on a hired bicycle. from diesel to electric locomotives. is how best to benefit Mobility as a Service (MaaS) Vehicle manufacturers are gradually switching from the combination to electric propulsion for cars, trucks and taxis, Advances in digital technologies combine of all these options.” CROSSRAIL: while future autonomous technology may real‑time transport network data with CREATING MORE URBAN encourage more people to share hired vehicles, more flexible ticketless payment systems. TRANSPORT CAPACITY particularly in cities. Electric vehicles shift road MaaS enables payment for all modes of traffic emissions from tailpipes to electricity transport with a monthly flat-fee or payment London is home to more than grids, bringing benefits in urban air quality on a per‑trip basis. People will no longer have 8.5 million people, who collectively as well as overall greenhouse gas emissions. to think about buying individual tickets for each make more than 26 million trips leg of their journey or decide which route to per day. The population is projected Coordinated infrastructure DRIVING ENVIRONMENTAL take as a third‑party mobility operator would to grow to 10.5 million by 2041, with INNOVATION Transport efficiency is also likely to improve take care of the planning and ensure that each daily journeys rising to 32 million. as urban infrastructure joins the Internet of Airports are under increasing trip booked is fully delivered. This flexibility Crossrail is delivering the Elizabeth Things. Smart traffic signals collaborating with pressure to manage environmental also extends to transport operators as they line – a new railway that will increase autonomous vehicles will aim to create ’green issues, from noise and air quality are now better able to forecast and manage central London rail capacity by 10% waves‘ of moving vehicles in place of stop-start to mitigating the impact of surface demand on their existing infrastructure due when it is fully complete in 2019. congestion. and buses will coordinate with traffic. SYSTRA helps clients address to intelligent mobility solutions. SYSTRA has played a significant role and rail services to deliver more convenient these complex evolving challenges. on Crossrail, working in a consortium interconnected services, encouraging more people For example, our extensive experience as delivery partner. We have provided to switch from private cars, with smart payment of public consultations has enabled ANDREW PICKFORD expertise in railway systems, such as removing ticketing hassle from public transport. us to develop innovative technology Technical Director, Infrastructure & signalling, communications, traction Transport Advisory Services, From the automation and digitalisation of existing that helps airports demonstrate power, track and transport services to the creation of the efficient to communities how aircraft noise equipment, as well as expertise could affect them and how it can “Growing urban populations new multimodal stations and interchanges, in tunnelling, noise and vibration SYSTRA has the direct experience and deep be mitigated. need interconnected mobility control, BIM, planning, commercial understanding required to deliver. services that boost capacity management, project management and increase flexibility.” and construction site management.

6 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 7 The rise of automation New technologies and new entrants

Driverless technology is already common in metro networks People’s desire to connect more easily and efficiently will drive and will soon transform other transport modes. innovative new mobility services and modes of transport.

Fully autonomous vehicles promise new forms Digital, connected technology is empowering DOMINIQUE ROUX of convenience particularly when accessed as a wave of new entrants in the mobility sector, System Design & Build Director a shared service. After taking passengers offering services from free-floating bikes to door‑to‑door, a shared autonomous car could ride‑hailing and ride‑sharing. Attracting people via New technologies such as Hyperloop remove the need to find a parking space simply “Artificial intelligence simple billing and location‑aware apps, new services will change the face of transportation by travelling onwards to its next booking. could automate a lot more are already challenging established providers. as we know it. SYSTRA is working with One to Once integrated into a multimodal urban transport than driverless vehicles. The shift towards on-demand mobility develop the homologation process. network, autonomous vehicles could serve a large Machine learning could services can be disruptive for city authorities, Our expertise in high speed rail and population using dramatically fewer cars, freeing introducing unfamiliar variables that make strengthen cybersecurity, automated metro homologation was up roads and parking spaces in crowded cities. it more difficult to plan and budget for new improve crowd management instrumental in this contract award. They also promise to complete the first and last publicly funded services. We have been members of Virgin mile of journeys at a lower cost than taxis. and help to spot suspicious behaviour in busy spaces Citizens tend to greet new mobility options Hyperloop One’s technical advisory Mass transit automation such as stations.” with enthusiasm, particularly when new entrants board since 2016. As part of our undercut established options. The rapid rise of Automation is also a transformative technology contract signed in early 2017, SYSTRA Uber and dockless cycle hire schemes provide in public transport, helping improve the safety, engineers are performing system an object lesson for authorities. capacity and reliability of services. SYSTRA has safety analysis and assessment work been an established leader in transport automation in Los Angeles, as well as assisting since the early 1980s, after project managing AUTOMATING with obtaining authorisations. the construction of Europe’s first driverless metro in Lille in Northern France. SYSTRA is leading a consortium MAUD BERNARD FINANCING INNOVATION upgrading Lines 1 and 5 of Brussels Project Manager, Today, new metro lines are routinely designed Consultancy Services for driverless operation, while modernisation of Metro to full automation. We are Institutional and private funding existing lines frequently involves the adoption providing intensive support for “Advances in technology will providers may find the promise of full automation. SYSTRA is a pioneer in this the design, implementation and of disruptive new entrants more area, with involvement in nearly two-thirds of all commissioning stages. change the way mobility alluring than conventional transport driverless metros under construction worldwide. One goal is to increase the services are planned, managed projects, potentially restricting Automation is now poised to spread beyond metro frequency of so the lines can and used. We are likely to see access to capital. Funding streams networks. In the near future we will see more carry more passengers, reducing autonomous cars and buses, may also be affected if new mobility highly automated and driverless systems the need for car journeys across new personal mobility services shift consumer habits away on our city streets. the city. Lines 1 and 5 date back devices developed from from revenue generators such as congestion charging and parking to the 1970s and are currently today’s bicycles and scooters, the busiest on the city’s network. fines. Strategic advisory services that Infrastructure work is due to be and perhaps even air taxis increase investor confidence will be completed in mid-2018. and flying drones.” key, particularly in relation to safety, technical robustness and governance, and reducing exposure to risk.

8 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 9 Data-driven design Engineering design’s expanding horizons

Digital models will evolve from capturing detailed design data from Tomorrow’s projects will require engineering excellence and a diverse array of skills the project inception phase, improving collaboration. to reflect growing client expectations and spiralling technical demands.

Today’s engineering projects start life in the digital Mobility projects are becoming ever more complex, realm. A digital model is refined during the design INNOVATION IN as technology enables new options and transport ENABLING FLUID process, acquiring layers of detail and information. MODEL-BASED DESIGN services become more sophisticated and LINE CONTROL interconnected. Increasingly, new infrastructure Increasingly, these digital models will capture must support smart, flexible, intermodal travel. SYSTRA is working on Eole a project’s lifecycle data, moving from 3D to 5D SYSTRA aims to be the leader in BIM (East West Link Express), a project format by adding time and cost data. Different for rail infrastructure. We already offer Creating next-generation mobility will require to extend Paris’s RER E commuter construction and usage scenarios can then be unique solutions developed in house broad and deep technical skills across the entire line 55km westward and automate explored not only in operation and maintenance such as BIM in One Click, which we spectrum of transport systems, as well as its central section. A new operating phases but all along the V-cycle. designed to enable easier modelling collaboration and negotiation skills to deal with system called NExTEO will bring of large-scale infrastructure such as a widening array of stakeholders and find optimal Digital mock-ups will eventually become data the track and control functions viaducts and tunnels that are built multi-criteria solutions. repositories, holding information at each stage, using repeated structural units. seen in automated metro networks from inception, planning, design and construction Delivering technical excellence to rail. The aim is to improve Work to meld BIM and Geographical through to operations and maintenance. They will regulation, frequency, responses Information Systems (GIS) data is also Complex projects put the onus on system go far beyond today’s BIM to offer many different to traffic disruptions and passenger progressing. Recent enhancements integration and technical coordination. Eradicating views of data, while also providing a single point information. SYSTRA has been to BIM in One Click have brought gaps in knowledge, spotting incompatibilities of truth to foster collaboration. leading an integrated team, which BIM models of tunnels together and integrating diverse technologies will become included SNCF and RATP, working Testing via simulation with 3D geological GIS data, enabling cornerstones of successful project delivery. to define requirements and create integration of these two closely Virtual reality and other forms of simulation Project goals are also evolving, as clients take new systems engineering methods aligned data sets – a major step will become increasingly important in validating a longer term view. The focus is moving from for this innovative project. designs, assessing safety requirements and in advancing the design approach construction cost to lifecycle cost optimisation projecting performance, allowing conflicts and to underground structures. and total cost of ownership (TCO), even at the incompatibilities to be identified. Testing will bidding stage. With our strong operations and begin long before the first shovel breaks ground. 3D image of Bogotá Metro station maintenance engineering expertise, SYSTRA is well placed to deliver successful outcomes. In anticipation of this challenge, SYSTRA is creating bespoke digital tools and processes to tackle tomorrow’s complex and demanding projects.

MARK SCOTT Managing Director, Australia

SYLVIE CASSAN Project Director – BIM Data Management, France “Strong system integration and technical coordination will be vital to the successful delivery of tomorrow’s “Simulation can validate performance, detect interface transport and mobility schemes. These skills will issues and save time during testing and commissioning. be essential to completing complex projects on time, It also supports the elaboration of safety cases.” on budget and with the required quality.”

10 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 11 Next-generation rolling stock Harnessing data to improve transport systems

Advances in rolling stock will improve services and cut costs, End-to-end digitalisation of transport networks throughout the planning, even in the most extreme environments. design, build and operational phases will unlock efficiencies.

Like any business, transport authorities aim Like almost all industries, the transport sector can STEVE HIGHAM to reduce running costs while improving service enhance its business activities by improving the Managing Director, UK – NORTH SOUTH RAILWAY, Engineering delivery. These seemingly conflicting goals can be way it structures, shares, gathers and analyses achieved jointly through progress in technology data. SYSTRA is at the forefront of digitalisation and fleet maintenance management. SYSTRA led an international in mass transit and rail, and we have witnessed “SYSTRA is ideally placed the potential of better data at every stage of Robust planning across the full system lifecycle consortium that designed and to help clients extract our activities, from transport planning through has become a key facet of transport design, built the first fast rail link across value from their transport to operations and maintenance. requiring a holistic view in which rolling stock the Saudi Arabian desert. We also data. We combine deep is treated as a key component of interconnected procured heavy rail rolling stock Increasingly, our work results in the creation of a for the 2,400km line. We wrote understanding of transport transport infrastructure. “digital twin” of planned transport infrastructure systems with digital specifications, evaluated bids, – a highly detailed digital replica of the asset that Carriages must become fully digitally supervised fabrication and oversaw can be used to improve collaboration, anticipate skills, and have developed connected spaces, supporting both business testing and commissioning of rolling problems and experiment with different tools to support every and entertainment activities. They must stock. The first 200km/h passenger operational scenarios. Using our accurate digital stage of the value also be designed to reflect differing local services began in 2017. twin, we can simulate the performance of a expectations, executed and delivered on time chain from inception new transport system and model its interaction to meet integration constraints of intensively The harsh desert offered low to decommissioning.” with existing infrastructure well before breaking expanding networks. humidity, daytime heat and nocturnal cold, dust clouds and wind-blown ground at the physical site. SYSTRA supports clients in their investment sand dunes among other natural Extracting insight from everyday data decisions covering all aspects of transportation hazards. Multiple safeguards networks, including procurement across the full minimised the risk of breakdowns in Effective analysis of operational data is another range of rolling stock. Our engineering expertise key area of development. Gathered across remote, geographically challenging ITSIM is also vital to ensuring rolling stock provides surroundings. an entire city, operational data will contain vital passenger comfort and reliable operation even information that could drive improvements. SYSTRA has developed a web in the world’s most challenging locations. However, extracting meaning from large sets service called ItSim, designed to of complex, fluctuating data can be daunting help optimise transport networks without smart analysis tools. The right data by simulating and visualising analytics software can interpret trends and help the impact of changes. Aimed to answer ‘what if’ questions, modelling likely at transport authorities, service outcomes of different interventions. operators and infrastructure SYSTRA is developing and deploying a variety managers, the software can help JOSEPH SARKIS of software tools that make smart use of digital optimise network performance. Vice President, Rolling Stock, information to provide this kind of insight and ItSim is a cloud-based application North America & International guidance. Data-based tools can assist with built around microservices, offering a broad range of tasks, from transport planning a simple way for customers to feed “Digital monitoring of trains will provide the real‑time to network design, construction supervision in and explore their own data. data needed for professional, expertise‑based and asset management. predictive maintenance, improving availability, reliability and lifecycle costs.”

12 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 13 Modernisation of mass transit networks Data-driven asset management

Upgrade programmes will boost the capacity of existing networks, Infrastructure will provide deep data for relevant capital planning, bringing them into the digital age. efficient operations and predictive maintenance.

Increasing urbanisation and population Transport systems tend to have long working HARVEY MARKOUR growth will fuel the need to transport more lives, so it is natural that much of today’s Head of Asset Management passengers on existing infrastructure. We will infrastructure consists of legacy equipment see accelerating demand for modernisation providing little or no diagnostic data. Regular and capacity upgrade programmes that support on‑site inspections are needed to keep “mute” “The good condition of longer and better trains, more frequent services infrastructure in a state of good repair. one asset often depends and improved passenger information. This approach can be improved through remote on others around it: poorly SYSTRA is expert in this area, adept at leading monitoring and management. Once centralised maintained rails will lead upgrade programmes and delivering required data about the condition of assets is available, THAMESLINK, to rolling stock degradation, outcomes, such as increased passenger volumes maintenance and renewal can be driven NETWORK RAIL, UK for example. SYSTRA’s through stations. by actual need rather than rote. experience in design, Modernisation will also bring new technology to London’s Thameslink services Efficient asset management has become integration and management existing stations, tracks and trains. Measures such connect stations north and south of a core goal for new and existing infrastructure. of systems and sub-systems, the city. All services pass through as , automatic train control This is a trend that will be amplified in the future. means we understand systems and unattended train operation (UTO) a ‘core section’ in central London Benefits unlocked by data analytics can dramatically improve passenger safety, while that acts as a bottleneck. these deep connections.” the transition to digital technology for signalling SYSTRA has supported Thameslink As a transportation specialist, SYSTRA is uniquely and network management can transform service throughout a project to increase positioned with both the data analytics skills reliability and flexibility. the core section’s capacity from 16 and the experience of maintenance engineering required in this growing arena. The Internet These kinds of improvements can also be achieved to 24 trains per hour in each direction. of Things will simplify data collection, but in UTO-to-UTO modernisation projects. Existing The project deploys European Train specifying and amassing information is only A DATA-RICH DIGITAL TWIN driverless metros, some built as early as the 1980s, Control System Level 2 technology for the first step. Once collected, the right data can be upgraded to take advantage of today’s digital radio-based signalling and Automatic SYSTRA has been developing must be properly analysed and then acted upon track and advanced, up-to-date control systems. Train Operation (ATO) to oversee a digital platform that will allow safe running, including automated intelligently to inform decision-making and Chile’s national railway company Passenger expectations will also rise, from traction and braking. Our role includes achieve business objectives. to manage its infrastructure and an increased demand for frequent, punctual risk identification and assessment, As advanced analytics mature, more transport rolling stock assets throughout services through to better on-board facilities safety planning and system analysis, operators will benefit from a digital replica their lifecycle. This solution delivers such as high‑speed internet access. human factors mitigation in signalling of their assets that brings remote sensing data a digital replica of 2,000km of line and control rooms, and approval and together with GIS and BIM to give a real-time and a decision‑making tool that standards work. picture of their condition. Deep data engineering defines renewal investments based will draw attention to impending issues and on assets’ actual and prospective ARNAUD VALRANGES condition to achieve performance, Senior Vice President, provide alerts to allow informed decisions for Development & Strategy capital planning and predictive maintenance. risk and cost objectives.

“SYSTRA managed the construction of Europe’s first fully automated line in the early 1980s and now we are updating generations of automation implemented at that time so that our clients benefit from the latest UTO technology.”

14 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 15 Moving the world forward IN 2017

Excellence drives everything we do, working as a connected team for the benefit of our clients.

From safety and ethics to technical expertise and people development, SYSTRA is committed to the highest standards across our global business.

16 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 17 SYSTRA AT A GLANCE CEO’S MESSAGE

SYSTRA in numbers

SYSTRA is the signature team for transportation solutions; a world-leading engineering and consulting firm.

SYSTRA HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE SYSTRA HAS BEEN in more than half INVOLVED IN THE WORLD’S HIGH SPEED RAIL LINES 1 in 2 METRO PROJECTS WORLDWIDE Moving the world 60% forward together OF AUTOMATED METROS​ WORLDWIDE INVOLVE AN OPERATIONAL 60 years’ In our 60th year, SYSTRA’s mission to But it was also a year of breakthroughs. SYSTRA PRESENCE IN move the world forward is more vital Chief among them was our highest EXPERIENCE IN than ever. The need for safe, sustainable ever annual order intake, at €642m; TRANSPORTATION transportation solutions has been amplified a €100m increase from the previous by global forces including urbanisation, year. This peak underscores our 80 population growth and climate change. reputation as the signature team for COUNTRIES transportation solutions – a source Since our inception in 1957, we have of specialist expertise trusted by the A consistently delivered innovative world’s governments, city authorities, projects, helping countries thrive in the 6,200 face of accelerating change. Our iconic transport operators and major contractors. EMPLOYEES TOP 10 transportation schemes have transformed We delivered a gross margin of 29.5%; WORLDWIDE our best result since 2013. This creates INTERNATIONAL cities, stimulated economies and connected a solid foundation for the future. WE OPERATE IN NEARLY 2/3 DESIGN FIRM IN communities. From high speed national 100 OF TURNOVER ACHIEVED TRANSPORTATION** infrastructure to urban , In August, we completed our first INTERNATIONALLY SYSTRA’s work has improved access product line acquisition, with CITIES OF to education, leisure and employment International Bridge Technologies. 1 MILLION+ for millions of people. This world leader in bridges brought INHABITANTS In 2017, the world experienced many specialist expertise in segmental and IN BRIDGES*** #12 economic and political challenges, cable-stayed bridges, complementing resulting in significant market volatility. our deep knowledge of suspension, Exchange rate fluctuations, variable oil truss and arch bridges and viaducts. prices, political unrest and economic With 60 percent of the world’s new # * Engineering News-Record (ENR), December 2017 uncertainty have had an impact on many bridges built as part of rail projects, this 3 ** ENR, July 2017 * IN MASS TRANSIT AND RAIL *** ENR, December 2017, compiled prior to IBT acquisition global companies, SYSTRA among them. acquisition was core to our business.

18 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 19 SUPERVISORY BOARD’S MESSAGE

Winning and delivering iconic Moving forward into the future projects globally SYSTRA is well positioned for the future. A sustainable growth project, driven by international activities Our leadership in high speed rail was We took key steps this year to bolster and supported by industrial shareholders. illustrated in the delivery of not one our foundations, preparing for growth. but three high speed rail projects in We launched our global Safety Leadership France: the South Europe Atlantic line, programme, rolled out a worldwide HR ‑Loire line, and Nîmes‑Montpellier system and added new ethics procedures. Bypass together added 544km to the 2017 saw the culmination of our country’s high speed network. ‘SYSTRA 2018’ programme, which began five years ago. It has boosted We also won major roles on two of the our strength and efficiency as a business, world’s most prominent new high speed as well as increased our resources schemes, with two contracts on the Kuala and competencies. The programme Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail link, also contributed to the growth of and two contracts on HS2 in the UK. our international footprint, which now Our metro business achieved major represents 63 percent of our business milestones in 2017. In Chile, Santiago in terms of revenue. Metro opened in November, The road ahead is exciting. As global the city’s first purpose-built automated cities expand, so too will their appetite PIERRE IZARD CATHERINE GUILLOUARD metro line, and SYSTRA’s most recent Chairman of SYSTRA’s Vice Chairwoman of SYSTRA’s for urban and multimodal mobility. contribution to the network it helped Supervisory Board; Chief Technology Supervisory Board; Chairwoman We are well placed to help countries & Rail Systems Officer of SNCF and Chief Executive Officer of RATP create 50 years ago. meet the transportation challenges In December, our teams helped of the 21st century. the Chinese coastal city of gain SYSTRA’s story is, at its heart, about In a constantly evolving and increasingly Through their work, their technical its first metro line; the same month connecting people and places. We apply complex world, the role of the engineer excellence and their creativity, they that Shanghai’s Line 17 opened, which our technical expertise and specialist is more essential than ever to the inspire confidence in the clients and included 18km of U-shaped viaduct, insight to bring people closer together. development of territories and meeting the populations they serve. In a huge 25 years after we invented the structure. This is how we move the world forward, the mobility needs of populations. market, driven by increasing mobility New metro contracts include signalling today and into the future. Founded 60 years ago to “deliver or needs and facing new environmental for New York’s 8th Avenue Subway; modernise appropriate transport” outside and technological challenges, they an expanded role on the Grand Paris France, SYSTRA remains faithful to its continue to write SYSTRA’s history, Express; automation work on two lines original purpose: to be an expert serving supported by two industry shareholders: of the Brussels Metro; preliminary design “SYSTRA’s work has project owners and contractors, able to RATP and SNCF. Today, it is a source of for ’s fully automated ; improved access offer “a high-quality technical service” pride for all of us to see SYSTRA offering and a design role on the first metro that is “independent” and with “its own its services in more than 80 countries. in Bogotá, Colombia. financial means”. to education, leisure SYSTRA has a sustainable and profitable Our progress in light rail has been equally and employment for As shareholders we are, above all, growth model that will be even more impressive. In December, we helped bring involved in an exciting industry project robust in an uncertain global economy back the tram to the Danish city of Aarhus, millions of people.” that responds to very varied issues that and in the face of increasing competition. after a gap of nearly half a century, and are at once human, geopolitical and Our role is to enable the growth project secured a contract to do much the same technological. The success of the Group that SYSTRA has defined and the for Mauritius. We also won a design and resides in the quality of the people Supervisory Board has approved so that build contract in the Philippines to extend PIERRE VERZAT who make SYSTRA what it is, without it has the financial means necessary to of Manila’s light rail transit system. Chief Executive Officer whom nothing enduring can be built. implement and achieve its ambitions.

20 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 21 SUPERVISORY BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

SYSTRA’s Supervisory Board comprises experienced industry SYSTRA’s Executive Committee is responsible for setting the Group’s executives and employee representatives. long‑term strategy, driving growth and monitoring client satisfaction.

PIERRE IZARD GUY TEULIÈRES Chairman of SYSTRA’s Supervisory Board; Permanent representative of BNP Paribas Chief Technology & Rail Systems Officer, SNCF THIERRY SIMON Permanent representative CATHERINE GUILLOUARD of Crédit Agricole CIB Vice Chairwoman of SYSTRA’s Supervisory Board; Chairwoman and PASCAL POIROT Chief Executive Officer, RATP EVA RUDIN Independent members

GWENDOLINE CAZENAVE SÉBASTIEN ANDRAUD Head of TGV Atlantique, SNCF Mobilités FABIENNE FAYARD ERIC PRUVOST MARIE-CLAUDE DUPUIS JOSÉ SIERRA BRIGITTE VERCHÈRE Senior Vice President Strategy, Innovation and Development, RATP Employee-elected members ALAIN FRYBOURG JEAN-YVES LECLERCQ* Observer, permanent Chief Financial Officer, RATP representative of Natixis

AGNÈS ROMATET-ESPAGNE** PHILIPPE DE VULPIAN Head of International Relations, Observer, permanent representative SNCF Mobilités of Societe Generale

*Jean-Yves Leclercq was appointed in place of Alain Le Duc on 29 March 2018. **Agnès Romatet-Espagne was appointed in place of Guillaume Pepy on 19 March 2018.

Top row, from left to right Bottom row, from left to right

PIERRE GOSSET DIDIER TRAUBE Chief Technical Officer Senior Vice President, France

PIERRE VERZAT ANDREW MCNAUGHTON Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chairman of the Executive Board Member of the Executive Board

JEAN-CHARLES VOLLERY BRUNO SCHMITT Chief International Chief Finance & Administration Officer, & Development Officer Member of the Executive Board

STÉPHANE BIRIEN OLIVIER DEZORME Chief Human Resources Officer Chief Financial Officer

ARNAUD VALRANGES MAHMOUD DOW Senior Vice President, Senior Adviser Development & Strategy (not present, retired April 2018)

22 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 23 FINANCIALS INTERNATIONAL

A solid foundation for future growth A strong global footprint

We achieved our highest ever order intake in 2017, Our international presence grew last year in both revenue demonstrating our clients’ confidence in our ability to deliver and headcount. 2017 also marked our first product line acquisition, their transportation projects. spanning multiple countries.

The rising value of the euro against most BRUNO SCHMITT SYSTRA’s founding purpose was to be international. ANDREW MCNAUGHTON other currencies, adverse economic conditions Chief Finance & Administration Officer, Our first contract in 1957 was with Indian Chief Operating Officer, in a number of countries and the South Europe Member of the Executive Board Railways, helping deliver the country’s first Member of the Executive Board Atlantic (SEA) high speed project drawing electrified line. Today, we employ 1,700 people to a close impacted both our 2017 revenue and “Our stable gross margin in India – one of our highest growth markets. “An international financial results. Yet we still achieved two major demonstrates our strong We have enjoyed strong international growth in outlook is one of SYSTRA’s milestones in 2017: our highest ever order intake operational performance the past five years, both organically and through defining qualities. and our best gross margin since 2013. and ability to successfully acquisitions, and we are proud to employ people Our global footprint gives of more than 80 nationalities in 80 countries. Following five years of sustained high growth deliver projects. We enter clients extensive experience and the creation of a strong regional organisation 2018 with a record backlog, In 2017 we made our first product line of international projects in seven key geographies, our focus in 2017 which together with major acquisition: International Bridge Technologies. was therefore on optimising our cost structure. A world‑renowned bridge specialist with and expert knowledge We developed a cash collection programme, new contract awards, offices in San Diego, Montreal and Dubai, of the local market.” which will be rolled out in 2018, with results creates a solid foundation this was also our first multi-geography expected in the first half of the year. for the future.” acquisition. Another milestone was the legal merger and full integration of TECTRAN and VETEC in Brazil, just one year after we acquired VETEC. 37% France €642m 80% HIGHEST EVER ORDER INTERNATIONAL REVENUE GROWTH 5% Latin America 20% INTAKE IN 2017 SINCE 2012 Asia Pacific GLOBAL REVENUE +€100m 5.5% SHARE UP ON 2016 and €212m €380m Southern Europe in 2012 in 2017 SUSTAINED 15% GROWTH IN Middle East INTERNATIONAL 6% REVENUE SHARE North America BEST GROSS MARGIN SINCE 2013 50% 11.5% TOTAL REVENUE INCREASE SINCE 2012 Northern Europe 29.5% 51% 63% in 2012 in 2017 €406m €600m in 2012 in 2017

24 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 25 SAFETY ETHICS AND CSR

Delivering a safer world for everyone Maintaining the highest standards

Setting and maintaining the very highest standards in safety in ethics and CSR is vital to our projects and to how we operate. In 2017 we began a global programme focused on safety leadership. We deployed a number of initiatives in 2017 as part of our ongoing drive to adhere to the highest standards in ethics and CSR across the Group.

As the signature team for transportation solutions, Ethics SYSTRA views safety excellence as an essential A TRULY HOLISTIC As a global company with a presence in DRIVING BEST PRACTICE component of technical excellence. This is the DNA APPROACH 80 countries, it is essential that all our employees IN ETHICS of our safety culture. As an engineering company, follow a common set of ethical standards. we also know that our safety culture is shaped SYSTRA’s goal is to go beyond compliance We delivered a range of policies, by every employee in every country. In 2017 with the latest legislation and regulatory training modules and procedures we developed and began the rollout of a global Health, safety and security — which guidelines. Our approach is to adopt and adhere to ensure the highest standards vision and framework to support our employees we call 3S — are core to our business. to the highest requirements and deploy them of compliance are maintained and their interactions with stakeholders, including As a global firm, managing 3S is in every country where we operate. In 2017 in all our geographies, including: clients, business partners, subconsultants and part of our daily operations, in all we added a business ethics & compliance policy An anti-corruption code of conduct the public. The programme cements a culture our decision-making and production to our ethics procedures and created a number and corresponding e-learning module. of safety leadership at all levels and across all processes. Our 3S programme of initiatives in support of Sapin 2, the French geographies, recognising that safety is about covers the health, safety and anti‑corruption law that came into force in June. A business partners due diligence permanent focus and continuous improvement. security of our people, whether procedure to evaluate those involved CSR A never-ending mission on site or in the office; safety in our commercial activities. in the systems we design and on As part of our corporate social responsibility We were proud to receive a number of important An ethics alert system for reporting the construction sites we supervise; (CSR) commitments, we rolled out a number safety awards from clients in 2017, including for our ethical risks directly to the Group and physical security of our premises of initiatives to embed best practice across work on the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor 2 in Compliance Officer, while protecting and information protection. In 2017 the Group. We deployed a minimum set of India and in Vietnam. This recognition the whistleblower. we put in place a new organisation requirements for every SYSTRA site to maintain reinforces our belief that, with our clients and to bridge our entire 3S competencies a safe, high-quality working environment A network of local compliance business partners, we can together deliver a safer and spread best practice. wherever we operate. We also created managers. world for all. Our commitment to safety leadership an e-learning platform to raise awareness of and quest for the highest standards in safety our environmental responsibilities both on remain a permanent focus. our projects and in our offices. 2017 saw the culmination of our three‑year education programme with UNICEF in Togo, Africa.

FRÉDÉRIC LEGUAY JÉRÔME HERNOT Vice President, Group Health, Safety & Security Group Compliance Officer SYSTRA IS IN THE “Our safety expertise is relied on by clients, who turn TOP 30% “Our business ethics and to us for safety risk assessments for their new OF COMPANIES EVALUATED compliance commitments and ever higher performing modes of public transport.” BY ECOVADIS are core to our strategy.”

26 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 27 PEOPLE ROLLOUT OF GLOBAL HR SYSTEM A global framework to support local delivery In 2017 we implemented TalentPlace, the backbone of Our workforce has nearly doubled since 2012. The focus in 2017 the Group’s HR policy. The software has therefore been twofold: deploying our Group HR policy worldwide lets us develop and manage and creating a shared culture that unites our global teams. our global workforce, anticipating resourcing needs so the most Tangier- high speed line team members appropriate skills are allocated to projects exactly when they SYSTRA SPIRIT are needed. It enables us to map STÉPHANE BIRIEN competencies worldwide using International growth has been a byproduct Chief HR Officer a consistent methodology, of our success. A quarter of our workforce has providing full visibility of our joined through acquisitions and two‑thirds “People are key to our skills and expertise Groupwide. of our employees are based outside France. ambition to be the signature At a local level, regions and As we become more multicultural and more team for transportation countries can systematically geographically diversified, it is therefore conduct competency analyses, all the more important that we define a solutions. A single integrated headcount forecasts, recruitment Employees from common identity and create a sense of our combined approach to help recruit, planning and training in line with belonging. This was the purpose of SYSTRA Brazil operations develop and manage our local needs. TalentPlace also gives Spirit, launched in 2017, comprising a multicultural workforce across our staff increased visibility of the Groupwide survey of our workforce, as well our expanded international different career paths and mobility as individual interviews and focus groups. Attracting, developing and retaining the industry’s footprint has been key to opportunities within the company. The results will shape our shared values, most talented people is at the heart of our which will be embedded at every level signature team vision. But creating a sense of our global HR strategy.” in the business through common working belonging among people from different cultures practices that will be rolled out in 2018. and countries, who are expert in a broad range of disciplines, is equally important. This is why, in our 60th anniversary year, we launched SYSTRA GROUPWIDE E‑LEARNING Spirit: a Groupwide programme to create a shared PROGRAMME culture and common set of values that unite us all. In 2017 we made six e‑learning As a global company with an operational modules available to all Group presence in 80 countries, our HR function must be employees, spanning ethics, SUSTAINED EMPLOYEE decentralised. In 2017 we rolled out TalentPlace, 3S (health, safety and security), GROWTH a global system that enables regions and SYSTRA’s integrated management countries to define their own recruitment and system (IMS), risk & audit, 2012 resourcing strategies, in line with Group HR policy. environment and urban transit. OF EMPLOYEES WORLDWIDE Regions can anticipate their staffing needs so We will expand this range in 2018 to 70% ARE ON TALENTPLACE that clients have access to the most appropriate include rail, BIM, project management 3,450 technical expertise exactly when they need it. TalentPlace has been deployed in most and another 3S module. of our high-growth countries: In 2017 the integration and full legal merger EMPLOYEES WORLDWIDE Our Groupwide e-learning programme India, UK, US and Canada added in 2017. of TECTRAN and VETEC in Brazil also took place, is complemented by a combination 2017 with both entities now operating under France was cemented in 2017. of classroom training and courses the SYSTRA brand. This was accomplished Australia is a priority in the first half targeted at specific needs. just one year after our acquisition of VETEC of 2018. 6,200 in December 2016.

28 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 29 DIGITAL EXPERTISE

The power of digital delivery A recognised expert in transportation

Our deep digital expertise is vital for both in-house and external For 60 years, SYSTRA has specialised in transportation and mobility. collaboration, across the full lifecycle of major projects. Today, we operate at every stage in the project lifecycle across all modes of transport.

SYSTRA works at the forefront of digital Our expertise spans the entire spectrum JEAN-CHARLES VOLLERY PIERRE GOSSET innovation, not just in the projects we deliver of transportation. Our story began in rail but Chief International Chief Technical Officer but throughout our organisation. Digital this has grown to encompass all transportation & Development Officer technology is transforming the potential sectors. Today we are working on all forms of of engineering and we are in the vanguard, “Our digital commitment, mobility to move the world forward. “The provision of efficient expanding our own capabilities while delivering extensive BIM experience We are experts in high speed and conventional transport is increasingly exceptional new outcomes for our clients. and specialist tools developed rail for both freight and passengers; urban transit about intermodal Internally, 2017 was a year of preparation in house all amplify systems including metro, tram, monorail, light connections. We have for the mySYSTRA Digital Workplace, our technical expertise. rail, and bus networks; buildings and specialist insight into a new, collaborative platform connecting infrastructure provision including roads, bridges, all our employees that we launched in This powerful combination tunnels and stations; maritime and aviation the inherent complexities January 2018. It is the cornerstone of equips us to deliver projects of all shapes and sizes; and schemes in each form of transport, our digital transformation, enabling staff the industry’s most complex that accommodate cyclists and pedestrians as well as deep to work as a unified team from anywhere transportation projects.” as well as cars and other vehicles. understanding of supporting in the world on any device. Our people We are present from the earliest phases of a digital technologies. can communicate easily, collaborating on transportation scheme, advising city authorities This enables us to create documents in real time, which greatly increases on strategy, policy and planning, through Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail link world-class solutions and productivity while fostering the sharing to design, project management, construction of ideas, best practice and innovation. supervision, system integration, testing and the smart interchange commissioning, and asset management. hubs of the future.” 100% BIM Our specialist services are tailored to the Progress towards our global goal of using needs of every client, whether a government Building Information Modelling (BIM) on body, infrastructure operator or owner, 100% of our projects gathered pace in 2017. AWARD-WINNING EXPERTISE contractor or other private sector entity. As a transportation industry leader in BIM, BIM is fast becoming a key requirement we are championing end-to-end digital at tender stage, as was the case continuity at every project phase from AMONG INTERNATIONAL DESIGN FIRMS RANKED #3 for the Kuala Lumpur‑Singapore High planning and design to project management BY ENGINEERING NEWS-RECORD (ENR), SYSTRA IS: in mass transit Speed Rail link, a project for which consultancy, construction supervision and rail we won two packages in April 2017. and asset management. This includes mobile (December 2017) For HS2 in the UK we contribute to BIM to access a project’s “digital twin” when Among the a global BIM model capturing data making key decisions or specification checks across the entire project. In 2017, our in the field. expertise was recognised with a BIM TOP 10 #12 in bridges d’Argent infrastructure project award in transportation (December 2017, compiled prior to IBT acquisition) for our work on Metro. (July 2017)

30 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 31 Moving the world forward TODAY

SYSTRA’s deep understanding of transportation and mobility enables us to lead the industry’s most challenging, complex and iconic projects.

We are focused on delivering positive outcomes for the clients and communities we serve.

32 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 33 HIGH SPEED RAIL

2017: a year of high speed innovations Shrinking distances between cities

High speed rail brings people closer, slashing travel time between cities and unlocking a host of economic benefits. A RECORD OF INNOVATION

This specialist experience has given South Europe Atlantic us the insight to drive innovation in high speed rail, such as long‑span SYSTRA has been a pioneer in high speed rail for SINCE THE more than four decades. We have brought high bridges, slab-bed tracks, improved overhead power delivery and safer speed rail to , France, Malaysia, Singapore, 1980s signalling systems. SYSTRA is Korea, , and the UK. We have WE HAVE BEEN committed to making high speed rail worked on every high speed line in France and INVOLVED IN both more cost-effective and quicker are involved in more than half the world’s high THE DESIGN OF NEARLY to build. Our deep understanding of speed lines in operation. 6,000km asset management enables us to In 2017 we were awarded major engineering OF HIGH SPEED design solutions that are easier, more contracts for two new high speed lines: in the UK, LINE – LONGER efficient and less costly to maintain. we won two contracts on the new high speed THAN THE DISTANCE railway HS2, Phase One of which will run from BETWEEN PARIS London to the West Midlands. We also secured AND NEW YORK two contracts on the new Kuala Lumpur‑Singapore High Speed Rail link. In France we delivered three high speed lines in one year – a huge achievement. We also helped 574.8km/hr Africa achieve its record rail speed for the first world record V400 CATENARY time on the Tangier‑Casablanca line; a project ACHIEVED ON we have been involved in since 2005. SLAB TRACK SYSTRA is researching overhead A HIGH SPEED LINE electrical supply technology to DESIGNED BY SYSTRA In 2017 SYSTRA was granted a support 400km/h trains, with patent for a new slab track concept. the goal of equalling the durability of IN THE PAST 5 YEARS Our innovation can be deployed today’s catenary equipment running in high speed, as well as freight at speeds of 320km/h to 350km/h. WE HAVE BEEN and passenger rail, and in both new INVOLVED IN rail schemes and upgrade projects. MORE THAN THE DESIGN OF It comprises entirely prefabricated AFFORDABLE HIGH SPEED components, which speeds up half the world’s the construction process as no We continually strive to cut the cost of high high speed lines concrete is poured on site. The slab speed rail both in construction and maintenance in operation track also incorporates a system terms, while sustaining the highest safety 15 for adjusting the track geometry, and quality standards. For the SEA project, HIGH SPEED LINES INVOLVE SYSTRA making corrections easier during for example, we optimised the line to safely the maintenance phase. enable a range of maintenance operations without halting services. ON 3 continents

34 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 35 HIGH SPEED RAIL FRANCE’S FIRST NEW MIXED USE HIGH SPEED LINE Keeping France at the forefront of high speed CNM, the Nîmes-Montpellier In 2017 SYSTRA teams helped deliver three high speed lines in France. Bypass, is the first high speed line in France designed for mixed use by both freight and passenger trains. Freight services began in December It was the culmination of a story that began in 2017 and passenger services will start the late 2000s when France took the decision in July 2018, cutting 20 minutes from to create three new high speed lines by 2017. the travel time between Paris and SYSTRA played a major role in achieving Montpellier. By removing 20 freight this national ambition, which saw three high trains per day from the conventional rail speed lines — totalling 544km — delivered network, CNM has also sped up regional in the same year. express train services by as much as 33%. SEA: a record for high speed rail We led an engineering project delivery in France 38km of junctions management joint venture working for South Europe Atlantic (SEA) is Europe’s largest the Oc’Via Construction consortium. 488 engineered structures high speed rail project to date and SYSTRA’s We were responsible for integrated largest ever project in terms of the scope of our project management and construction role. 302km of new line was designed, built and SEA is a new high speed line supervision, as well as technical testing tested in just six years – a new record for France. between and Tours, of infrastructure and rail equipment. linking to the existing high speed SEA is the first dual-standard signalling high SYSTRA also led the signalling, line between Tours and Paris. speed line in France, with the new track supporting integration and dynamic tests. We then Travelling at up to 320km/h, journey both French and European signalling standards played a major role in compiling the time between Bordeaux and Paris to accommodate trains from all over Europe. Safety File required for authorisation is slashed from 4.5 hours to just ENSURING BPL OPENED Broad scope of work so the line could open on time. 2 hours and 4 minutes. The line ON TIME As a member of COSEA, the design and build opened in July 2017 and will carry The project added 60km of new high BPL, the Brittany-Loire high speed line, consortium for SEA, we were involved at every 20 million passengers per year. speed line and 20km of connections stage of the project, from civil engineering and to existing lines, as well as connects the French cities of Le Mans railway equipment design to the statistical, two new stations, 11 viaducts and . It opened in July 2017, dynamic and integration tests. Our services and 175 other structures. adding 182km to the existing 180km included project management, as well as of high speed line from Paris. monitoring and coordinating construction, SYSTRA provided a variety of services operations, safety and training. 3 HIGH to project owner Eiffage including design We were also involved in the track, catenary SPEED LINES IN 10 YEARS reviews of civil engineering and railway system, signalling, telecommunications and DELIVERED SYSTRA HAS BEEN systems, as well as checking progress INVOLVED IN NEARLY in line with SNCF Réseau’s requirements electrical power. Our land management subsidiary IN 1 YEAR and deadlines. SYSTRA Foncier obtained all rights of way, carried 1,300km OF out land acquisition, secured temporary land use LINE FOR HIGH SPEED Our client Eiffage appreciated our role in and managed land for COSEA. RAIL IN FRANCE the dynamic integration tests to ensure An ongoing role for the next 40+ years the line opened on schedule. Through our MESEA joint venture with VINCI, OVER 4 DECADES, SYSTRA SYSTRA is providing operations and maintenance HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE services for the next 44 years. Maintenance IN CONNECTING FRANCE’S requirements were integrated at all stages of the 6 MAJOR CITIES THROUGH project in order to optimise costs and efficiency. HIGH SPEED RAIL

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Designing new high speed lines around the world Bringing high speed rail to new parts of the globe

SYSTRA’s market leadership was cemented SYSTRA’s history of introducing high speed rail with the award of four contracts on two major around the world continued in 2017, with progress new high speed rail projects in 2017. on major projects on several continents.

ACCELERATING LINKS DESIGNING SWEDEN’S BETWEEN MALAYSIA FIRST HIGH SPEED LINE AND SINGAPORE Ostlänken, or East Link, will be In April 2017 SYSTRA was awarded Sweden’s first high speed line, part of two contracts for the new Kuala a broader scheme aimed at connecting Lumpur‑Singapore High Speed Rail link Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö via by project owner MyHSR Corporation. a 320km/h network. The contracts cover civil reference Working in a consortium, SYSTRA is design works for two international delivering the basic design on the longest DELIVERING AFRICA’S stations, Bandar Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur section of the project’s first segment. HELPING TO DELIVER BRITAIN’S FIRST HIGH SPEED LINE and Iskandar Puteri at the southern tip In 2017, a preferred alignment was NEW HIGH SPEED RAILWAY of Malaysia, plus the first 38km of line chosen and introduced to all stakeholders, Africa’s first high speed line opened for running south from Kuala Lumpur. In July 2017 SYSTRA won two major and a first round of public consultations technical testing in summer 2017, linking As one of the biggest transport projects contracts related to HS2; a new high completed. In 2018, we will develop Tangier with Kenitra in Morocco. Operating in Southeast Asia, the railway link aims speed railway which is one of Europe’s additional studies, including defining at up to 320km/h, the new 183km line to connect seven cities in Malaysia largest infrastructure projects. We are land acquisition requirements. will cut rail journeys between the two to Singapore, slashing journey time working in a design joint venture with The basic design phase involves ports from 3 hours 15 minutes to less between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore Mott MacDonald for a Balfour Beatty environmental, geotechnical and drainage than one hour. Commercial opening is to just 90 minutes. VINCI construction joint venture. The studies, as well as track alignment, scheduled for the second half of 2018. contracts cover two northern sections signalling, telecoms, catenary, power SYSTRA’s contract covers the initial of the Phase One route, which will run supply and landscaping considerations. studies and design phases through to from London to the West Midlands A key part of our role involves preserving construction and testing. The line uses and is set to be completed by 2026. the environment and protecting wildlife European safety and signalling protocols, Later phases of the project will see the habitats along the route. and full speed was reached for the first railway extend to Manchester and Leeds time during tests in October 2017, by 2033. In total, the contracts cover setting a new rail speed record for the 89km, which is over a third of Phase continent. We have overcome numerous One’s length. SYSTRA was one of the engineering challenges, including seismic first companies to recruit apprentices risks, to deliver the new route. enrolled in the National College for High Speed Rail, which opened in 2017, and is helping develop their curriculum for specific course modules.

38 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 39 HEAVY RAIL

A global leader in rail Modernising and designing rail schemes worldwide

Rail is more than a daily transport mode – it is a catalyst for economic growth and regeneration.

A GROWING RELATIONSHIP WITH VIA RAIL IN CANADA SYSTRA’s roots are in rail, stretching back to 1957 when we delivered India’s first electrification AT THE FOREFRONT SYSTRA has rapidly gained the trust project. Today, we are involved in all phases of OF RAIL INNOVATION of VIA Rail, the intercity passenger train modernising and upgrading existing networks, operator in Canada, since joining its pool applying experience we have gained through SYSTRA is working with Shift2Rail, of approved engineering providers in 2015. delivering a broad range of rail schemes. We are at a European research and innovation We are carrying out a feasibility study the forefront of signalling modernisation, bringing programme. In 2019 we will begin for High Frequency Rail, one of the the latest technical standards to both new and exploring concepts to enhance train company’s landmark projects, that will existing rail infrastructure throughout Europe. control systems, using the latest create a dedicated rail link connecting In 2017 we delivered the North South Railway communications technologies such City, Montreal and Toronto. in Saudi Arabia, modernised three major lines as satellite positioning, Wi-Fi and 4G. The new line will deliver an improved in France and completed the electrification of This will enable trains on the network service and reduce travel time. We are a large section of ’s railway. We won to be precisely located, providing also assisting in the renewal of rolling three freight contracts in Guinea, as well as new enhanced traffic management while stock and helping develop high speed rail packages of work on major national passenger reducing operating costs. standards for Canada, as well as defining rail programmes in our key countries. interoperability solutions. Decades of experience enable us to deliver technical solutions ideally matched to operating DELIVERING FREIGHT AND requirements, while ensuring a high level of safety PASSENGER RAIL ACROSS INDIA in the monitoring and management of rail traffic IN THE PAST YEARS In 2017 we cemented our position as during construction. Our specialist understanding 5 a leader in rail project management enables us to deliver lines at optimised cost, consultancy (PMC) in India, for both with operations and maintenance requirements WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED passenger and freight corridors. factored into the design stage. IN THE CREATION SYSTRA’s PMC role spans almost the AND MODERNISATION OF entire Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor. We are also undertaking two major route SINCE upgrades that will improve rail services 1957 WE HAVE on the North Central and Western BEEN INVOLVED Railway zones in India. Construction is IN THE CREATION being carried out adjacent to active rail lines and we have accrued millions OR MODERNISATION HEAVY RAIL LINES OF NEARLY of working hours with zero incidents. Our safety and PMC performance won a 13,500km ON 5 continents number of awards from clients last year. OF HEAVY RAIL LINE

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Transforming rail in Europe

DELIVERING FRANCE’S RAIL STANDARDISING SIGNALLING UPGRADE PROGRAMME IN SWEDEN

In December 2017 SYSTRA completed the Sweden aims to deploy European Rail modernisation of three regional express Traffic Management System (ERTMS) lines in France. The year-long project signalling across its national network to refurbish the 83km Brest-Quimper by 2025, replacing legacy technology line in Brittany included a switch to and supporting EU plans to establish continuous welded rails and modernised a standardised rail corridor between infrastructure. Over the same period, Stockholm and Naples. SYSTRA won the capacity of the 16.5km Cannes-Grasse a new ERTMS contract in 2017 with line on the Côte d’Azur was expanded Swedish transport agency Trafikverket, to accommodate longer trains and covering preliminary design of 250km more frequent services. Meanwhile between Södertälje and Mjölby (part an eight‑month project to improve the of the 483km Southern Main Line). 30km line between Le Puy and Firminy We completed similar work on another in the Auvergne included measures to section of the line under an existing deal with rock slides. contract earlier in the year. We managed all three projects within tight deadlines set by SNCF Réseau. Our deep expertise and solid reputation in rail position us for strong growth in this area, as France continues its national programme MODERNISING RAIL of network modernisation. IN BRINGING GREENER RAIL In late 2017 we won a contract to TO DENMARK modernise 45km of Poland’s Line 143, a nationally important route. We will Danish rail operator Banedanmark aims lead a consortium delivering a full suite to electrify 1,300km of its network as of design services and provide technical part of a plan to increase capacity, reduce

assistance during tender, construction journey times and cut CO2 emissions. supervision, approvals and permits. In 2013 SYSTRA was awarded a The upgrade programme will improve 10‑year contract to assist Banedanmark capacity, enhance safety and reduce throughout the project from tender environmental impact and maintenance strategy to management of contracts. costs, as well as bring the track in line We completed the electrification of 57km with European standards. Separately, of line in April 2017, between Lunderskov we are acting in a similar capacity to and Esbjerg. Work is now underway modernise part of the E30 line through on the next 60km, the new line between the city of Opole, and a section of the and Ringsted, due for E65 between Bedzin and Katowice. completion in the second half of 2018.

42 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 43 HEAVY RAIL STATIONS

A major force in rail across Africa Enhancing the passenger experience

Stations have become popular retail and leisure destinations.

MAJOR FREIGHT CONTRACTS WON IN GUINEA Stations are now designed to maximise the passenger SYSTRA won three new contracts experience and the business opportunities created by with longstanding client Compagnie footfall. SYSTRA has worked on more than 1,000 stations des Bauxites de Guinée in the second on six continents, from metro and light rail through to half of 2017. The first and largest, bus, cable car, heavy rail and high speed stations. signed in September, is an engineering, procurement and construction management contract to expand the Boké railway line serving mines in HISTORIC STATION MODERNISATION Guinea, raising annual capacity from 26 In May 2017 we completed a three‑year to 51 million tonnes of bauxite by 2020. renovation of the Grande Halle Voyageurs MULTIMODAL STATION The two subsequent contracts cover the at Bordeaux Saint‑Jean station, ahead of CONSTRUCTION IN PARIS construction of a new rail yard, storage the arrival of high speed rail services. Dating area, passing sidings and access roads, back to 1898, the station was registered as In August SYSTRA signed a contract with and a project to upgrade rolling stock an historic monument in 1984 and was last SNCF Réseau to project manage the BUILDING ETHIOPIA’S for quicker loading and unloading. modernised in the 1970s. The project included construction of Bry‑Villiers‑Champigny SECOND RAILWAY renovations to Europe’s largest glazed canopy, station, a new multimodal hub In 2017 work began on Phase 2 of measuring 300m long, 56m across and connecting the future Line 15 of the the Awash‑Kombolcha‑Hara Gebeya line 26m tall. SYSTRA led the entire programme, to RER Line E in Ethiopia, which will add 120km to delivering project management, overseeing and Line P in eastern Paris. the 270km built in Phase 1. This new quality and undertaking safety assessments The project will create a new passenger line was created to carry both freight and for the work – all carried out while the station building for tens of thousands of people passengers between economic centres remained open. per day, new platforms, a signalling post in the north and east of the country. and underpass, and will also require SYSTRA is supervising construction, track construction and widening work administering contracts and reviewing on infrastructure. designs on behalf of the Ethiopian DAKAR’S FIRST REGIONAL POLISH STATION REOPENS Railways Corporation. EXPRESS TRAIN AS MULTIMODAL HUB

Construction has begun on the first After a five-year closure for major upgrades, regional express line in the Senegalese Lodz Fabryczna station in the Polish city capital, due to open in phases from of Lodz was up and running again in 2017. 2019. The 55km line will serve 14 urban SYSTRA provided initial designs for the and suburban stations as well as Dakar’s modernisation, including the station Blaise Diagne International Airport. concept. The station now serves up to Part of the route will resurrect 200,000 passengers per day – up from the former Dakar-Bamako line. SYSTRA 10,000 per day before modernisation – and has been providing project management is a multimodal hub. It connects national, services to APIX, the Senegalese regional and local public transport lines, infrastructure agency, since 2015. and is ready for future high speed services.

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NEW METRO LINES FOR Keeping global cities moving CHILEAN CAPITAL

SYSTRA is the force behind many of the world’s busiest metros. Line 6 of the opened in November 2017, becoming the first fully automated line in Chile. A second new automated line, , Metro is in SYSTRA’s DNA, with our roots stretching We are the recognised world leader in automated will open in 2019. SYSTRA has worked back to 1961. We brought metro systems to metro systems and we have worked on nearly on both lines from initial studies through Santiago, Montreal, Mexico City and , two-thirds of the world’s automated metros. 50 YEARS OF SYSTRA to testing and commissioning, across all and today we are doubling metro capacity in We have delivered a number of significant global IN SANTIAGO systems including rolling stock. the French capital through our deep involvement firsts, including the world’s longest driverless We have developed a strong relationship Line 6 provides 15.3km of underground in Paris Grand Express and other projects. line in Dubai and the world’s busiest metro line, with Metro S.A., Santiago’s state‑owned track and 10 stations, connecting with The world’s metro operators rely on SYSTRA, carrying 72,000 passengers per hour in the Holy metro authority, over five decades. several existing metro lines as well which is why we have been involved in over half City of . We have worked on the metro More than 75% of all engineering as Santiago’s suburban train network. the world’s mass rapid transit lines. In India alone, systems of every major city in France. studies across the network have been Line 3 will be 22.1km in length we are currently working on 11 metros across Our expertise covers a number of specialist signed off by SYSTRA. with 18 stations, similarly connecting the country, delivering new lines in the nation’s with other lines including Line 6. fields, from general design studies to project As recently as July 2016 we completed major cities and extending existing lines. management, design engineering, owner modernisation work on Line 1, equipping Both new lines adopt state‑of‑the‑art In 2017, we won metro contracts in New York, assistance, audit and expert inspections, as well it with Communications‑Based Train technology with an Unattended Train Brussels, Bogotá and Turin. We also delivered as signalling and passenger information. Control (CBTC) automation to close Operation (UTO) CBTC system, overhead metro lines and extensions in Santiago, Lucknow the gap between trains from 120 power delivery and platform screen in India, and Xiamen and Shanghai in China. to 90 seconds, enabling more frequent doors for passenger safety. SINCE THE services to boost network capacity. SYSTRA is also working on systems design for an extension to Line 2 that 1960s will add 5.1km and four new stations. WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN OF NEARLY

1,350km OF METRO NETWORKS

SYSTRA AND THE SANTIAGO METRO WE HAVE PLAYED A ROLE in more than half 1997 1978 1975 1968 1967 Line 5 opened, Line 2 Line 1 Awarded Carried out THE WORLD’S METROS the world’s first opened opened the contract a feasibility 2005 metro line using to design study for our U-shaped Santiago’s metro a metro network opened, viaducts also using WE ARE INVOLVED IN NEARLY U-shaped viaducts 2/3 OF THE WORLD’S 2010 2012 2016 2017 2019 Awarded Awarded Line 1 upgrades Line 6 opened Opening of Line 3 AUTOMATED METROS the contract engineering completed to modernise contracts for Metro Line 1 fully automated Lines 3 and 6

46 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 47 METROS EXPANDING Expanding access to major cities in France In 2017 SYSTRA delivered preliminary designs for the Toulouse Metro Line 3 project; work that won a BIM d’Argent infrastructure project award in September. The new 27km automated Line 3 will serve 20 stations and carry more than 200,000 passengers per day when it opens. It will connect with five rail stations, the existing metro lines A and A total of 68 new stations and 200km B, the tramway and the bus network, of new track will open in phases including Linéo. It will also improve between 2020 and 2030. SYSTRA has services to Toulouse’s international won work on all lines and all stages, airport and central Matabiau rail station. with a broad spectrum of responsibilities We began working with the Toulouse in each contract. transportation authorities in 1985 on SYSTRA has a project management and Line A, the city’s first automated metro, engineering role on Line 15 South, where in design and project management roles. earthworks began in 2017 ahead of From 1991, we led preliminary design work DOUBLING PARIS’S METRO digging the first tunnels in 2018. We are for Line B and then supervised construction CAPACITY also carrying out design work, including of its civil works from 1998 to 2007. MODERNISING METRO Grand Paris Express is Europe’s biggest BIM modelling, on Line 15 South and SYSTRA is project manager for several urban infrastructure project, set to West, the maintenance site at Vitry, and schemes to modernise , double the capacity of the Paris Metro station links between Line 15 and the which opened almost 40 years ago and and dramatically increase its use of RER network in Issy, southwest of the today comprises four metro lines. We are automation. SYSTRA has been involved city. We are also responsible for providing currently working on the Avenir Metro in the project since 2013, contracted to project management for systems, as well project that covers the renovation of provide vital engineering expertise from as design and supervision for rolling stock rolling stock on Lines B and D, as well as preliminary studies through to design, and signalling on Lines 15, 16 and 17. the transition to integrated automation construction supervision, testing Last year also saw excavations begin on Line B and then Line D. We are also and commissioning. on Line 4, where we have a project project manager on the 2.5km extension Four new fully automated lines, 15 to 18, management and engineering role. of Line B southwards with two new and extensions to four existing metro Tunnelling continued on Line 14 North, stations, due to open in 2023. lines will establish new routes across where we undertook studies and the city and its suburbs, with capacity design work and are now supervising DELIVERING A SECOND LINE for two million daily commuters. construction. FOR

Line B, the second metro line in the city of Rennes in Brittany, is due to open in 2020. The fully automated DIDIER TRAUBE Senior Vice President, France line will serve 15 stations along a 13km track roughly perpendicular to Line A. SYSTRA has provided technical “We work at the forefront of metro development, assistance to project owner Semtcar improving urban transit to bring outskirts and since 2012 and will continue through city centres closer together.” to commissioning.

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Mobilising cities around the world A NEW METRO LINE FOR TURIN A SYSTRA-led consortium was awarded a contract to deliver the preliminary design and feasibility study for Line 2 of the Turin Metro in 2017. Line 2 will DELIVERING XIAMEN’S serve 23 stations across 14.5km, FIRST METRO LINE running mostly underground. Like Line 1, Line 1 of the opened it will be fully automated, though the in December 2017. The first metro technical requirements for the new line INCREASING METRO CAPACITY to serve the Chinese coastal city is are more challenging. Our involvement IN NEW YORK 30km long with 24 stations, running on with Turin Metro dates back to 2006, as well as the mainland when we carried out detailed design We won a major systems engineering via a 2.8km viaduct. SYSTRA supervised and supervision of works for Line 1. contract in 2017 to deploy CBTC on the tests on a wide variety of systems 8th Avenue Line of the New York City including automation, signalling, power Subway. We will provide consultancy supply, tunnel ventilation and platform services for design, procurement screen doors. and construction support for CBTC, and auxiliary signalling systems for the line. Our work is part of a broader modernisation programme across the network that will enable trains RAPID BUILD to run more frequently. MTA New FOR York City Transit is a longstanding Lucknow Metro opened in September SYSTRA client and we are currently SHANGHAI’S LINE 17 BUILT 2017, following just three years of working on 11 projects across its WITH U-SHAPED VIADUCTS construction work – a record pace for network, including CBTC installation India. A priority 8.5km stretch, Phase 1A, The opening of Line 17 of the Shanghai on the Queens Boulevard Line. now links Lucknow’s central rail terminal Metro in December 2017 marked with eight elevated stations, while another milestone for our patented Phase 1B will add 9.5km elevated and U-shaped viaducts. We carried out AUSTRALIA’S FIRST FULLY 5km underground sections, connecting to preliminary and detailed design for the AUTOMATED METRO the city’s airport. SYSTRA’s role spanned viaducts throughout an 18km elevated concept design to commissioning, section of the 35km line. The new The AU$8.3 billion Sydney Metro including detailed design and construction line connects the Hongqiao high speed Northwest project is the first stage of support. The project requires four major station to the western suburbs Sydney Metro, Australia’s biggest public spans: balanced cantilever spans of 255m of Shanghai, with four underground transport project. The 36km line opens and 177m, and two 60m steel arch spans. and nine elevated stations. in the first half of 2019 with 13 metro stations, extending in 2024 into the Sydney city – altogether 31 stations and a new 66km line. Sydney Metro HARI SOMALRAJU Managing Director, India is Australia’s first fully automated metro railway. SYSTRA is providing independent certification services as “We are playing a pivotal role part of a joint venture, certifying around in India’s major metro 600 technical packages for operations, construction programme.” trains and systems works.

50 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 51 LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT

A major force behind the tram renaissance Light rail for a new era

Trams are a clean, efficient mode of urban transportation, reducing pollution and easing congestion.

SYSTRA has been leading the tramway SINCE THE LATE BRINGING TRAMS revival trend for nearly four decades. We have BACK TO AARHUS, DENMARK been involved in trams in 120 cities in over 1970s In December 2017 trams returned 50 countries. From Manila to Montreal, we have WE HAVE to the Danish city of Aarhus for the helped our clients seamlessly integrate systems BEEN INVOLVED first time in 45 years, with the start in the heart of their cities. From rebuilding IN THE DESIGN of services on a 7km section of the old networks to designing new routes, light OF OVER Line 2 tramway. In 2018 Line 2 will gain rail is a vital part of our 60-year heritage. 600km another 5km and services will begin We specialise in light rail transit systems that do OF LIGHT RAIL on Line 1, an existing 103km light rail not use overhead power lines – adding elegance NETWORKS system newly adapted for tram‑train and numerous practical benefits for modern operation. SYSTRA provided studies cities. In the 2000s we delivered the world’s first covering power supply, track, signalling, catenary‑free tramway line in Bordeaux, bringing WE HAVE PLAYED telecommunications and maintenance, the ultimate mobility experience to one of the A KEY ROLE and undertook a detailed design review. world’s most beautiful cities. We hold the world in over We also supervised construction, record for the most tramway lines constructed testing and commissioning alongside and for managing the most light rail projects. our client, public‑owned tram company of tram networks Aarhus Letbane.

Bordeaux Tram IN France LIGHT RAIL REBORN ON MAURITIUS

SYSTRA will return rail to the island of Mauritius after a gap of more than 50 years. A new 26km light rail line will run inland from the capital Port Louis, with the first 13km section due to open in 2019. In 2017 we were awarded a design & build contract with the construction firm Larsen & Toubro. Our role spans civil works and systems design including viaducts and bridges – two of 19 stations will be elevated – as well as depots, track works, power supply and traction systems, plus communications and ticketing systems.

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Delivering light rail around the world

T11 TRAM-TRAIN OPENS IN PARIS

The first 10.6km phase of the T11 RECORD DELIVERY Express tram-train service opened ON CASABLANCA TRAM in July 2017, serving seven stations MILESTONE in the northern suburbs of Paris. SYSTRA undertook preliminary studies SYSTRA is project manager on two in the early stages of the project, extensions to the , helping to define the choice of the which will increase the current network by tram-train system, and also planned 16.5km and serve 22 additional stations. and coordinated testing prior to When it opens at the end of 2018, the the completion of Phase 1. We also tramway will comprise two lines that supported SNCF in the project cross twice. In August 2017, during a line management for the deployment of closure lasting only nine days, work was the line’s telecommunications systems. completed to alter the track, catenary, electric power and signalling systems at the site of future crossings between the two lines.

DUBAI TRAM EXTENSION PROGRESSES

Under our tender development contract CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED for Phase 2 of Dubai Tram, we delivered ON OUARGLA TRAM a pre‑contract programme covering SYSTRA has completed seven years transport planning and preliminary of work on the Ouargla Tram in design in 2017. Phase 2 will add Algeria, the tram line at the gateway 6.5km and nine new stations, and to the Sahara. Comprising 16 stops will integrate the latest innovations, over 9.6km, the line links Ouargla’s new optimise sustainability and create new town, old town and city centre, and is links with Dubai’s metro networks. expected to support 34 million journeys SYSTRA worked on Phase 1 from 2006 each year. We were responsible for to 2014, delivering a major depot, 11km project management, engineering and of line, 11 trams and 11 stations. It was construction management throughout the world’s first entirely catenary‑free the design and build on behalf of tramway with full ground‑based power Entreprise du Métro d’Alger. In 2017 delivery, the first tramway to use we managed the completion of works Automatic Train Protection and Operation, and oversaw the start of testing ahead and the first with platform screen doors. of inauguration in March 2018.

54 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 55 CONSULTANCY Improving mobility for all

Delivering specialist consultancy services around the world

Our global network of consultants plan and deliver projects in all corners of the globe. MOBILITY FOR A SMART CITY SYSTRA’s deep experience across the entire mobility FORECASTING ELECTRIC spectrum gives us the specialist insight needed to CAR CHARGING NEEDS In 2017 we won a contract to tackle tomorrow’s transport challenges. Our consultants help the Indian city of Chandigarh During 2017 we worked for UK advisory understand the relationship between transport and urban create a smart mobility plan. The body the Committee on Climate Change form, delivering a broad range of services from strategic work involves identifying suitable (CCC) to develop recommendations IMPROVING AIR QUALITY advisory and socio-economic studies to profitability corridors for future mass transit, for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND projections and passenger forecasts. defining the transport systems published in a report in January 2018. CCC best suited to each route and SYSTRA is providing project believes that 60% of newly registered cars developing economic feasibility management support to two urban and vans should be electric by 2030 if the studies and risk analyses. authorities in the UK as they develop UK is to meet its emissions goals. Our aim measures to improve local air quality. was to forecast the kind of charging Like many other cities in England, network needed to support that level Sheffield City Council and Rotherham of uptake. Our analysis factored in likely Metropolitan Borough Council need to advances in technology and changes in take urgent action to bring nitrogen consumer attitudes, drawing on our broad REDUCING CROWDING dioxide levels within statutory limits expertise in modelling transport schemes AT THE LOUVRE and must submit their plans to PASSENGER PREFERENCES and influencing passenger behaviour. The Louvre museum in Paris is the the government’s Joint Air Quality IN HONG KONG world’s most popular art gallery, Unit by early 2019. We are involved In late 2017 we won a project to assess attracting 8.1 million visitors in 2017 in all aspects of the feasibility study public opinion about potential changes to – a big rise from five million visitors including technical modelling to assess ADVISING ON PORT light rail services in Hong Kong. SYSTRA 20 years ago. Congestion has proven potential solutions. EXPANSION IN BRUNEI used a survey and focus groups to capture problematic for staff and visitors representative passenger views. The study In 2017 we won a contract to provide alike but SYSTRA, an expert in crowd examined rationalisation options to reduce technical advice to a Brunei sovereign management in stations and other service variability and waiting times, ease investment holding company on plans venues, used statistical analysis and overcrowding and optimise route overlaps. for the partial privatisation of Muara flow modelling to create improvements Efficiency is vital in a city where public Port, and to secure the sustainability and review the ticketing system, transport supports over 90% of daily and profitability of this strategic asset. drawing visitors to less busy areas journeys – the highest rate in the world. Teams from Hong Kong, Brazil and of the museum. France are helping shape the long‑term business plan for the port with market demand forecasts, operations review, port process modelling, cost assessments and the development of financial reports.

56 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 57 CONSULTANCY URBAN CABLE CARS

Integrated transport planning around the world An aerial solution for urban transport

Urban cable cars are a graceful addition to the skyline of our bustling cities.

ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT CONNECTING A NEW DISTRICT TO A STATION In 2017 we delivered two transport planning projects in Bandung, Indonesia. Early in 2017 we won a design, build We delivered a study of Bandung and maintain contract for a new cable Central Station and the development car system in the French city of Orléans, of plans to improve its accessibility, which is due to open in 2020. The fully economic prospects and potential as an automated service will span 350m across intermodal hub. Separately, we developed multiple railway tracks to create a direct a sustainable mobility plan for the city link between the new Interives district to improve transport efficiency while and the Fleury‑les-Aubrais . TRANSPORT PLANNING reducing congestion, pollution and Two gondolas will each carry up to AT A NATIONAL LEVEL carbon emissions. 56 passengers. SYSTRA’s role includes We played a major role in the National design and construction supervision Integrated Transport Masterplan for of pylons and two stations, as well the Democratic Republic of the Congo managing safety‑related services. in 2017. Our work addressed the mobility needs of people and goods TRANSFORMING at a local, regional and national scale A CITY REGION out to 2040. We provided insights into urban mobility, rail and air transport, SYSTRA was awarded a contract FRANCE’S LONGEST integration with other countries and to create a transport plan for Nouméa, URBAN CABLE CAR environmental impact. capital of the South Pacific territory of New Caledonia in 2017. The integrated SYSTRA is part of a consortium that plan will address passenger and freight in 2017 began work on a design, transport, road traffic and parking for construction and maintenance contract for the city and its region. a 3km urban cable car system in the city of Toulouse. It will be the longest urban cable car system in France, transporting up to 1,500 passengers per hour in both directions, with one gondola every 90 seconds during the rush hour. The cable car will integrate with Toulouse Metro and bus services, serving the Rangueil Hospital on a hillside that is one of the city’s highest points.

58 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 59 BUS NETWORK PLANNING ROADS AND HIGHWAYS

Boosting the impact of bus networks Enhancing the performance of roads

From global cities to rural communities, buses are the lynchpin of public transport. Roads and highways are vital assets relied on by people and commerce.

Even cities with well-developed metro SYSTRA has a thriving roads business, CREATING BUS CONNECTIONS and tram systems still rely on buses with expertise spanning all stages of ALL OVER THE WORLD to provide comprehensive coverage the project lifecycle and specialist design and intermodal connections. SYSTRA is 2017 was a busy year for our BRT and centres in Europe, Brazil and India. planning, designing and delivering bus bus network optimisation teams. In rapid transit (BRT) and bus network Brazil, we won a project management optimisation projects all over the world. contract for a 15km BRT scheme in ROAD WIDENING WITHOUT the city of Belém and a detailed design CLOSURES IN FRANCE IMPROVING BRAZIL’S ROADS project for a new bus terminal in Belo We won a contract with the São Paulo Horizonte, the country’s sixth biggest In 2017 construction began on a project state roads authority in 2017 for fixed city. Our design and project management to widen a 21.5km section of the A13 and mobile weighbridges, which tackle roles continued on Belém’s BRT and on motorway in northern France, upgrading overweight trucks that cause structural 50km of BRT to the east of São Paulo, from two to three lanes in each direction. damage. We were also awarded a contract Brazil’s largest city. We also began We are leading a consortium serving to supervise 870km of highways in the work on a bus depot in Yeka, a district as project manager on behalf of SAPN, Bauru region covering inspections, of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, operator of the Paris‑Normandy motorway. engineering services and 24x7 incident providing various project management Construction also began on a separate response. Separately, we secured services for the city’s transport authority. project to widen a 4.5km section of three contracts with the São Paulo In the city of Medina, Saudi Arabia, the A406 motorway. SYSTRA is leading state transport authority for supervising we were awarded a contract to deliver a consortium that will project manage OPTIMISING THE BUS privatised toll roads. We continue to a preliminary study for two major the work on behalf of APRR (Autoroutes NETWORK IN QATAR deliver specialist engineering services BRT lines. In France, SYSTRA is helping Paris‑Rhin‑Rhône). For both projects, on the north segment of the Mário Covas Public transport in Qatar is undergoing the city of Limoges transform its bus widening will be completed without around the city of São Paulo, a rapid expansion, with tram and metro network with the creation of two BRT road closures. ring roads in Caraguatatuba and São networks due to open in 2019 and lines, while in Mayotte, a French Sebastião in São Paulo state, and country 2020. In 2017 SYSTRA was appointed archipelago in the Indian Ocean, we roads in the state of Bahia. We are also by the Qatari Ministry of Transport are developing plans for a bus network managing the delivery of a road network and Communications to reorganise on the islands’ 93km road network. in Belém, in northern Brazil. the bus network, not only to support the new transit options but also to encourage more people to travel by bus. At present, Qatar’s network ETTORE BOTTURA of 300 buses running on 50 routes is Engineering Director, Brazil underused, and we are proposing route changes and other measures to expand uptake by 2021. “SYSTRA’s road engineering capabilities have expanded with the acquisition of VETEC.”

60 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 61 UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES BRIDGES

Subterranean solutions A major force in bridge design

Over the past 60 years we have designed and delivered underground In 2017, SYSTRA acquired International Bridge Technologies, a world leader in its field. structures in some of the world’s most challenging conditions. Together, we deliver the full range of bridge design services.

From below mountains to below the sea, TUNNEL BREAKTHROUGH International Bridge Technologies (IBT) marked our A quarter century of U-shaped viaducts from rail to road, our specialists understand the IN first product line acquisition, doubling our geographic 2017 marked 25 years of SYSTRA’s vital role of tunnelling in transportation projects. footprint in bridge design. Through joining forces SYSTRA is project managing the U-shaped viaduct, an innovation we created a global network of bridge specialists construction of twin road tunnels under patented in 1992. The unique design in dedicated design centres in the US, France, the Suez Canal at Port Said in Egypt, combines a neat and aesthetically Canada, India, Korea and Dubai. which will connect the cities of the pleasing shape with speedy, inexpensive Delta to the planned areas of economic construction. It also integrates a development in the northern Sinai parapet, drainage system and an S-Rack Peninsula. In December 2017 the first of We have deep technical expertise across system that ‘traps’ the sound of train two tunnel boring machines completed the full spectrum of bridge design: wheels, curtailing the noise of elevated its 3.8km dig, with the second tunnel Segmental bridges metros. We have developed “big U” and SAFETY UPGRADES following suit in early 2018. We will Cable-stayed bridges “small U” varieties catering for single or FOR ALPINE TUNNELS continue to manage the tunnel project Suspension bridges dual tracks. An ultra high performance In the French Alps, we completed through its fit-out and testing and Metro and high speed rail bridges fibre reinforced concrete option allows modernisation of the Tunnel du Chat, commissioning phases. and viaducts U-shaped viaducts with long spans a 1.5km single-tube road tunnel built Truss and arch bridges between piers for graceful aesthetics in 1932, used by up to 11,500 vehicles or easier positioning in crowded per day. We supervised excavation urban settings. We have also adapted of a parallel pedestrian tunnel to allow our design to include solar panels to Design & Build safe evacuation of the road tunnel generate renewable electricity. in emergencies. Separately, we also Over three-quarters of our bridge projects are completed project management of civil design & build contracts. We offer the winning works on a second tube for the 13km combination of high-end technical expertise Fréjus Road Tunnel between France and in bridge design and high-quality production MORE THAN . Excavated between 2009 and 2014, capacity, which can be rapidly mobilised to and due to open in 2019, the second meet clients’ needs. Our extensive design & RAIL TUNNEL LINKING tunnel will improve safety by separating build expertise enables us to help contractors FRANCE AND ITALY northbound and southbound traffic. be more competitive in terms of cost, time, A SYSTRA consortium has won a contract constructability and delivery. 30 for Tunnel Euralpin Lyon-Turin (TELT), an CABLE-STAYED BRIDGES ambitious project to create a new 57.5km DESIGNED WORLDWIDE high speed rail link running under the Alps WE HAVE PLANNED AND DESIGNED between France and Italy. Due to open NEARLY 1,000km OF U-SHAPED in 2030, the twin-tube tunnel will cut VIADUCTS IN 17 COUNTRIES, the four-hour train journey between Lyon #12 in bridge design HALF OF WHICH ARE IN SERVICE and Turin in half. We are project managing Engineering News-Record (ENR), December 2017, compiled prior to IBT acquisition civil engineering of Lot 2, two parallel OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION single‑track tunnels 22.1km in length.

62 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 63 BRIDGES BRIDGES

A track record of world-first designs Chacao Bridge

CONTINUED PROGRESS ON US INTERSTATE BRIDGE OPENS MAJOR D&B PROJECTS FOR BUSINESS

Work continued on two major design In the first week of 2017 commuters and build contracts during 2017. With a began using the Lewis and Clark Bridge, World’s Longest Floating Bridge World’s Longest Concrete Span 36km‑long main link and 12.6km Doha link, a new road crossing linking the US states Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, 3rd Panama Canal Crossing, Panama Kuwait’s Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah of Kentucky and Indiana over the Ohio Seattle, US Causeway will rank among the longest River northeast of central Louisville. maritime causeways in the world. Measuring 695m overall with a 365m When construction ends in November 2018 central span, the multi-lane toll bridge it will link Kuwait City, Subiyah and features a segregated path for pedestrians the Doha area across Kuwait Bay. SYSTRA and cyclists. The 38m-wide deck is was responsible for all design work on supported by two planes of cable stays the causeway main link. that spread in semi-fan patterns from diamond-shaped pylons. SYSTRA IBT Meanwhile in Chile, we completed provided bridge design and construction detailed design of the Chacao Channel engineering services on the project. Bridge in February 2018, with final design approval expected in summer 2018. World’s Fastest Design and When complete, the 2.7km crossing World’s Longest Sea Bridge Construction Supervision will be the longest suspension bridge in INDIA’S FIRST AXIAL Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad on any Metro Project South America, with two main spans of CABLE‑STAYED BRIDGE Al-Sabah Causeway, Kuwait , Saudi Arabia more than 1km. SYSTRA is leading a joint The Chambal River Highways Bridge venture that is delivering the full detailed was opened by Indian Prime Minister design of the bridge. Narendra Modi in August 2017. SYSTRA undertook all design work for the six‑lane structure, from the preliminary studies through to the construction phase. The 1.1km-long bridge in the state of Rajasthan is the first cable‑stayed axial suspension bridge to be built in India. It comprises a 350m main span supported by two axial pylons, as well as two approach World’s Longest Double Suspension Bridge viaducts measuring 370m and 30m. Chacao Bridge, Chile Piles were set outside the river to preserve a wildlife sanctuary.

64 ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 65 AVIATION FINANCIAL RESULTS

Longstanding aviation experience OLIVIER DEZORME Chief Financial Officer SYSTRA’s understanding of complex interconnected transportation systems is an asset to clients in the aviation sector. “Groupwide, we continued aligning our finance teams more closely with operational entities, while in the UK we continued deploying our financial management Safety, predictability, high performance, system, which includes new cash management quality design and operational readiness functionality. Progress will continue in 2018.” are all critical in aviation. Our aviation services span masterplanning, design and systems engineering, as well as expertise in route forecasts, baggage handling systems and people movers. Athens Airport BALANCE SHEET (at December 31, 2017) A trusted aviation partner Continued momentum across Europe

It is a little known fact that SYSTRA has We won a number of new aviation CONSOLIDATED ASSETS (IN € THOUSANDS) 2017 2016 been operating in the aviation sector contracts in 2017. We are helping Intangible, tangible assets and goodwill 171,699 132,640 since the early 1990s. We have delivered Athens Airport reduce forecourt Non-current financial assets and equity method investment 1,002 22,227 masterplanning and engineering design congestion and improve revenue Other non-current assets 31,952 31,325 services for the Airport Authority Hong from landside operations. We are also TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS 204,652 186,193 Kong; airport planning and multimodal delivering transportation consultancy Other current assets 424,818 402,232 integration for Brazil’s airport operator advice on landside facilities for Brussels Cash and cash equivalent 57,983 105,103 Infraero; and project management services Airport and providing advice on the third for London City Airport and Groupe ADP, runway at Heathrow Airport. TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 482,801 507,335 which owns Paris’s airports. Other projects TOTAL ASSETS 687,454 693,528 include passenger forecasts for surface access to New York’s JFK airport; a surface transport study for Scotland’s Glasgow CONSOLIDATED EQUITY AND LIABILITIES (IN € THOUSANDS) 2017 2016 SYSTRA HAS Airport; and a luggage system in Medina Equity attributable to owners 137,311 181,641 BEEN WORKING Airport, Saudi Arabia. Non-controlling interests 3,165 3,097 IN THE AVIATION TOTAL NET EQUITY 140,476 184,738 SECTOR FOR Long-term provisions 19,939 13,302 MORE THAN Non-current financial liabilities 86,124 83,853 25 years Deferred tax liabilities 4,774 805 TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES 110,837 97,960 WE HAVE Short-term provisions 21,443 2,889 DELIVERED Current financial liabilities 90,830 56,784 AVIATION Other current liabilities 323,868 351,157 PROJECTS ON TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 436,141 410,830 4 continents TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 687,454 693,528

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FINANCIAL INDICATORS

INCOME STATEMENT (IN € THOUSANDS) 2017 2016 Consolidated revenue 596,922 610,596 TOTAL OPERATING INCOME 596,922 610,596 Operating expenses -565,727 -569,851 EBITDA 31,194 40,746 Amortisation, depreciation and provisions -23,209 -13,724 Share of profit (loss) from investments in joint ventures -21 -128 and associates OPERATING PROFIT 7,964 26,893 Net financial income -28,475* -4,455 INCOME BEFORE TAX -20,510 22,438 Income tax expenses -12,199 -9,904 CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME -32,709 12,534 NET INCOME – NON-GROUP SHARE -167 1,134 NET INCOME – GROUP SHARE -32,543 11,400

*After a provision taken for a single non-recurring event related to a legacy contract that is subject to an ongoing legal process.

SALES INDICATORS UNITS 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Order intake €m 487 632 609 542 642 Order book as months of revenue Months 25 23 19 18 18

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