Ingerop is involved in the design studies for the new Provence-Côte d’Azur rail line, on behalf of SNCF Réseau, aimed at modernising rail transport between Marseille, Toulon, and Nice. The Group’s railway expertise is being put to use in this ambitious and structuring project for the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region.

The work to be carried out must have minimal impact on train traffic and therefore on the daily lives of travelers. Ingerop is first carrying out the preliminary studies for the relocation of the Cannes La Bocca station to the Cannes Marchandises site. This site hosts a maintenance base for the network, a freight yard, and a train storage and servicing centre. The arrival of the Azuréenne shuttle will enhance existing functionalities and contribute to freight development.

Actierra, Ingerop’s environmental subsidiary, brings its expertise in climate and resilience to climate change to make this new infrastructure more sustainable and better adapted to heavy rainfall and heatwave events.

Project overview

Rail Baltica is a high-speed rail transport infrastructure project with a goal to integrate the Baltic States in the European rail network.

ERB Rail JV, comprising Eiffage Genie Civil, Budimex and Rizzani De Eccher, has been awarded the contract for the construction of 240 km of new high-speed railway line in Latvia, divided into 74 No. Building Permits and comprising 190 No. bridges.

Rendel services

Rendel Ltd, together with Ingerop Latvia, Ingerop IVT, Ingerop T3 and our local partners Celluprojekts, is mobilising a team of 9 key experts in the project office in Riga to review and coordinate the design and produce the Design Review Construction Preparation (DRCP) documents:

• Design Scrutiny reports
• Constructability reports
• Design cost-optimisation reports

On July 18th, 2008, CUB assigned the Consortium to conduct the full engineering for the extension of the network of public transport with dedicated lane-tramway, together with the contract related to the transverse general studies and systems for the whole network extension.

The tramway network extension includes 15.2 kms of new tracks extending:

• Line A up to Mérignac-Les-Pins and the western by-pass (3.1 km),
• Line B up to the Alouette junction in Pessac (3.6 km) passing by the Haut-L’Evêque and Xavier Arnosan hospitals and the Alouette station,
• Line B up to the Activity Pole of northern Bordeaux (1 km),
• Line C towards the south up to Bègles (3.8 km) and towards the north up to the Bordeaux conference centre (3.7 km).

The mission includes full engineering services (from design to work supervision).

The extension towards Northern Bordeaux includes tramway crossing of the wet dock on a revolving bridge.

France Outdoor Works:

• 18 km of High-Speed Rail Line.
• 2 flyovers.
• 42 Structures including 4 viaducts: over rivers, A9 Motorway and RN9 Highway.
• Punched Tunnel entrance to minimize « Sonic Boom » effect.

Tunnels:

Twin-Tube tunnel 8,3 km long, 2 x 50 m² finished cross-section with cross-passages every 200 m.

Abidjan Metro Line 1 is a surface train 37 km long spreading from North to South and crossing the Abidjan lagoon. The line will serve 20 new stations. 2 intermediate terminus stations will allow to operate the central section of the line with a double frequency.

Specificities

The layout uses a narrow urban corridor twinning with the freight SITARAIL line, which implied numerous retaining walls and overpasses.

The construction has been awarded to a consortium led by Bouygues TP under a PPP scheme.

The assignment consists in providing a layout study, then a Preliminary and a Detailed responding to the requirements of the Ministry of Transportation, and defining a bankable project for a PPP realization.

The program and the studies have been optimized to that purpose. For example, one intermediate step consisted in analyzing 3 various infrastructure scenarios, corresponding to 3 tariff scenarios and thus 3 passenger traffic scenarios.

Assignment

The full layout, civil works and stations were studied :

• Main track layout study, and its impact on SITARAIL infrastructures,
• Earthworks,
• Geotechnical studies,
• Hydraulic studies,
• Bridges : underpasses, overpasses, footbridges for public crossings and at stations,
• Stations (platforms, buildings, Civil works and systems integration).

Execution of « Proyeto constructivo » for the Barcelona’s tramway line Trambesos (14 Km long in urban zone, 29 stations, 7 sub-stations and one 12500m² wide workshop/depot).

Specificities:

• Important contribution in offer for Tramvia Metropolita Consortium (Alstom, FCC, NECSO, COMSA, CONNEX, SARBUS, SOLER, SAURET): design, construction, operation.
• Proyecto constructivo (Preliminary Design, Detailed Design, Execution) for construction companies FCC, COMSA, NECSO.

Fields : City Planning, Platform, Tracks, Catenary System, Workshop and Depot.

Technical assistance to the client and works supervision for the development of three new lines of the urban transportation network of Medellin, second biggest city in Colombia.

Ingérop is entrusted with the following assignments   :

• Technical assistance to the owner ;
• Works supervision: Colombian equivalent of the works supervision and control, design check, coordination and project management.

It involves three lines :

• One rubber tramway line of 4,2 km-long including 9 stations. This estern-western line links San Antonio (cross station with the A and B metro lines) and the Alejandro Echavarria district ;
• Two lines de cabel cars leading to the remote mountainous neighborhoods. The fisrt one connecting Miraflores (connection platform with the tramway) and Trece de Noviembre  is 1,1 km long with a height difference of 275 metres  includes an intermediate station. The second line connects Alejandro Echavarria, tramway line terminal to La Sierra. It is 1,4 km long with a height difference of 200 metres and also includes an intermediate station.

Description

The Joint Union for Dedicated Lane Public Transport in Martinique and the Martinique Region have decided to implement a public transport system throughout the urban area of Fort-de-France.

Long of 13.9 km, the BRT line will include 18 stations, 2 hubs with park and ride facilities, and a maintenance workshop. At commissioning, the rolling stock fleet will consist of fourteen, 24 m long bi-articulated hybrid vehicles.

Assignment

• Diagnosis and audit of the project
• Assisting in cost control, budget monitoring, funding issues, including the Grand European Project
• Assisting in financial engineering and legal advising
• Assisting in deadline management
• Proposing the legal and financial set-up for the studies, work and operation contacts.
• Assisting in communication activities
• Advising on the selection of rolling stock, intermodal hubs and operating principles
• Technical assistance during design and construction phases up to the BRT commissioning: supervision of contractors, engineers and service providers, follow-up reports, technical expertise
• Assistance during the award of a Public-Private Partnership contract for the design, construction and maintenance: drafting the contract, tendering procedure, negotiation, preferred bidder award.
• PPP contract management up to commissioning

The BRT is inserted in an area where several public transport networks coexist without a common organizing authority (urban buses, intercity buses and taxis). Issues of urban integration and intermodal hubs are mostly complex.

Nairobi Metropolis (capital of Kenya, 4 million inhabitants, 8 predicted in 2045) experiences a rapid growth while suffering from heavy traffic jams and from a low-structured public transport supply.

To solve these issues, a BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) Network has been planned since 2014 by the Government of the Republic of Kenya.

The study focused on the lines 3 (27km) and 4 west (7km).

It included, during the first phase (2015-2016) an opportunity & feasibility study and during the second phase (2016-2019) a detailed design for a high-priority route of 12.5km: BRT Core Line 3.

Characteristics:

• High-capacity BRT concept (16 000 pphpd): operation with high frequency (1bus/45 seconds) and multi-docking bays platforms, overtaking lanes, traffic management at intersections with elevated structures at major crossings.
• 2 vehicles standard options considered: high-floor (~90cm) and low-floor (~35cm).

Description of actual services provided by INGEROP staff within the assignment:

The assignment covered the following scope of tasks:

• Ground survey campaigns: topographic surveys, aerial geo-photography, geotechnical surveys, road deflection surveys.
• Traffic surveys: origin/destination surveys from interviews, traffic counting, directional traffic counting at intersections…
• Transport demand forecast (2023, 2035, 2045)
• Urban integration and technical studies: infrastructure, tunnels, bridges, drainage system and strategy
• Stations study with an architectural concept (3 options) and associated equipment (sliding doors, fare collection and control lines, ticketing systems and intelligent transport system equipment for passengers’ information and operation monitoring)
• BRT Operation studies and transport services design (all-stops and express services)
• Dynamic simulation for the BRT operation and pedestrian flows in stations (VISSIM)
• Rolling stock study (vehicles transport capacity and propulsion options)
• Assessment of Investment cost and Operation & Maintenance costs; Economic and Financial evaluation
• Environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA)
• Implementation plan (contracts framework and implementation schedule)

Brief description

As part of the major projects launched by the city of Dakar in recent years to improve public transport, the construction of a BRT line, an express train line and the restructuring of the public transport network are planned.

In this context, CETUD (the organising authority under the Ministry of Transport) has delegated to Ageroute (Senegal’s road management agency) the project management for the complete construction of this BRT line, which will be used by 250,000 passengers per day by 2050.

Characteristics of the project:

• 18 km long
• 23 closed stations (high platforms ~95cm)
• 1 depot workshop
• 3 interchange hubs (terminus + central station)
• 2 Works of Art
• Passenger information system + ticketing + centralized technical management (centralized command post at the depot)
• Facade to facade” layouts: bus lanes, accompanying roads, pavements, cycle paths, etc.

Assignment

Complete works supervision assignment (construction supervision – Design check – Assistance for acceptance operations)

Ingerop ensures the operational management of the assignment (on-site head of mission) and the management of the main markets through the on-site presence of experts in infrastructure, systems (Passenger information system, Ticketing, CTM), and building.

Ingerop was the team leader for all tramway-related works : infrastructures, associated urban works, roads, bridges, rolling stock, energy, operating system and equipments, depot and maintenance center…

The EPC contracted has led to a single general contractor contract, in charge of all facilities, construction, rolling stock supply, equipments…