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WATER

Ensuring the design and durability of river, port and hydraulic infrastructure, and protecting it against climate risks

Ingerop meets the needs of its clients and supports them in all types of assignments and projects related to the water sector:

  • River structures: canals, locks, dikes and dams, hydropower facilities, wetlands, restoration of degraded water systems to preserve their hydraulic and ecological functions and their biodiversity.
  • Maritime and port engineering: maritime hydraulic design, coastal protection, marinas and commercial and industrial harbours.
  • Sanitation and hydraulic networks: sewerage and drainage networks for transport infrastructure, wastewater treatment plants, drinking water stations, desalination plants, pumping stations, supply networks, etc.
  • Flood expertise: flood management and prevention studies and plans, hydrological modelling integrating the effects of climate change and 1D, 2D and 3D hydraulic modelling.
  • Climate expertise: climate data studies, diagnosis of past climate, impact modelling and structure resilience assesments, adaptation strategies and planning.

Whether you need targeted specialist analysis or comprehensive oversight, our role is to deliver strategic advice, cutting-edge expertise and tailored project management.

 

 

120
project managers, experts, engineers, researchers and technicians
20+
sites in France and worldwide
€ 20M+
in annual revenue

The scope of our offering relies on the expertise of our teams working in our various offices in France and overseas, who work directly with every client to respond to their specific challenges.

Ingerop believes that responsible, committed engineering requires continuous investment in R&D and training.

That is why we pass on our knowledge at top higher education institutions. At the same time, to maintain a cutting edge in developing fields, we conduct research, including at the doctoral level, in climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Sectors

Canals and locks Canal Seine Nord
Dykes, Dams & Hydroelectric Complexes Hazelmere dam raising
Sanitation & Waterworks
Coastal engineering & marine hydraulics
Flood management
Eco-Hydraulics & Renaturalisation
Marinas
Commercial & Industrial Harbours Cairo dry port
Expertise climat - Martinique
Climate Expertise

Services

  • Strategic consultancy, feasibility and upstream studies
  • Due diligence and technical/diagnostic audits…
  • Expert analyses in hydrology, climate sciences, hydraulics, currentology, sedimentology, geology, geotectonics, structures, etc.
  • Hydraulic structure hazard and safety analyses
  • Flow studies
  • Environmental and social impact studies
  • Regulatory research
  • Owner’s engineer
  • Project management, technical design, shop drawings
  • BIM management
  • Site supervision
  • Operation and maintenance assistance
  • Training operators and operating personnel

Barrage d'Hazelmere
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Dikes, dams and hydroelectric facilities
Our experts have extensive project experience covering all types of dam, hydroelectric scheme and river development, from design to rehabilitation. For every project, we provide innovative, tailor-made, environmentally-friendly solutions. In line with our climate pledge, we incorporate the hydro-climatic dimension into our expert-led approach with project feasibility studies and analyses designed specifically to account for climate change and its impacts.
“Ingerop’s teams have extensive experience designing new projects as well as carrying out the rehabilitation and periodic safety monitoring of existing structures, whether in France or with colleagues in our international offices. We combine our skills in geology and geotechnics, hydrology and hydraulics, river and dam civil engineering, hydroelectricity and hydromechanics with innovative approaches to environmental protection and climate risk management, with the aim of ensuring your projects’ sustainability and full profitability.”
Ludovic Gautier
Ludovic Gautier Director, Water business line
Port de Granville
Port de Granville
Ports expertise

Our specialised coastal and port engineering teams are skilled in civil and geotechnical engineering, with additional expertise in all aspects of the physical environment. In particular, they are able to carry out modelling analyses with a range of specialist tools to meet port protection and operability requirements, and address a wide range of issues. These include:

  • Wave agitation protection for harbours (Tomawac, Artemis, Refonde);
  • Assessment of the hydro-sedimentary impact in project operation phase and the turbid plume/pollution dispersion in project construction phase (Telemac 2D, 3D, Sisyphe);
  • Definition and optimisation of mooring (Optimoor) and berthing equipment;
  • Hydrodynamic stability analysis for floating pontoons (Wamit);
  • Definition of protection levels for coastal structures (estimated crossings, swell sheer stress etc.) with allowances for necessary climate change adaptation.

On a day-to-day basis, these tools provide input for technical and environmental studies, enabling us to design projects that meet the brief without compromising on sustainability. Ongoing in-house projects focus on developing technical expertise, innovation and eco-design in the service of our clients’ projects.

“The skills integrated into my Department enable us to adopt a comprehensive approach to port projects. Our expertise in hydrodynamics is complementary and inextricably linked to our expertise in civil port engineering. Together they enable us to work on both commercial harbour projects with stationary operability components and protective structures where facility safety is directly linked to the stability of structures in a maritime environment. Each project has its own features and requires a specific response adapted to the site context, which is what gives our roles their day-to-day appeal and what makes my own job so interesting.”
Anne Honneur Service Lead – Maritime, River, Civil Engineering & Structures
Management of water-related risks
We are able to implement advanced simulation tools in the fields of urban runoff (risk mapping, new project impact assessment, etc.), river modeling (Flood Risk Prevention Plans, master plan development, technical design, etc.), and sediment transport.

For over 20 years, our engineers have gained extensive experience with HEC RAS, Telemac 2D and Mike Flood hydraulic models, and are able to conduct simulations in 1D, combined 1D/2D or 2D, depending on watercourse configuration, calculations required and project goals.

We can combine surface models with existing stormwater networks to accurately simulate the full complexity of intense rainfall mechanisms in urbanised areas.

“Today, the development of a watercourse under a GEMAPI framework requires a large number of highly specialised and complementary skills, as well as a comprehensive approach to projects. As an example, sizing flood protection requires conventional hydrological and hydraulic approaches, but must also account for climate change. Design is based on an integrated approach that takes into account the natural dynamics of the watercourse and its solids transport, while endeavouring to renaturalise the riverbanks, preserving their ecosystems and diversity of uses. Geotechnical and regulatory issues are also fundamental to this type of project. These areas of expertise all coexist within Ingerop.”
Sébastien Huard
Sébastien Huard Head of Department, Hydraulics
Renaturation du ruisseau de Mezières-sur-Issoire
Ecological engineering

We help our clients to define the ecological measures linked to their development projects, in particular with respect to carbon offsetting.

Throughout the life-cycle of the project, our expertise in ecological engineering supports the implementation of measures like wildlife transfer, restoration of watercourses and wetlands, removal or adjustment of hydraulic structures, habitat restoration and management etc.

Our ecologists leverage the Group’s technical design and management expertise to carry out ecological engineering work from initial design to the completion of construction.

“Faced with the biodiversity challenges, we have a major collective responsibility to act through our many projects. I run a department that combines the ecological knowledge to understand the issues we face, and the engineering skills to find solutions based on ecosystem services. This common core enables us to share our expertise and boost biodiversity in partnership with our colleagues, partners and clients. As part of our contracts, we are involved upstream of the project programme, supporting approvals processes, eco-design and execution monitoring.”
Paul Cassagnes
Paul Cassagnes Service Lead – Ecology

Our certifications, approvals and accreditations

2021-2028
Agrément en tant qu’organisme intervenant pour la sécurité des ouvrages hydrauliques (toutes catégories)
2018
Grand Prix National de l’Ingénierie (GPNI) for Nausicaa National Sea Centre
2021
Silver BIM Award – Infrastructure for Canal Seine Nord Europe

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Dikes, dams & hydropower
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“The Ingerop teams have extensive experience in the design of new projects, the rehabilitation of existing structures and their periodic monitoring to ensure their safety, in France and abroad with local teams. Our expertise in geology and geotechnics, hydrology and hydraulics, river and dam civil engineering, hydropower and hydromechanics is at your disposal for all your projects.” “We combine our business skills with innovative approaches to environmental protection and the effects of climate change, to ensure the sustainability and full profitability of your projects.”
Ludovic Gautier
Ludovic Gautier
Director, Water business line

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