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Railway Accelerating the development of a safe low-carbon mode of transportation Facing with global climate challenges, accelerating the development of railway transport appears to be an essential way of reducing CO2 emissions, contributing to the development and attractiveness of territories, and promoting a principled mode of transport for goods and people. To meet these expectations, rail stakeholders are organising themselves in order to: • Develop new, more efficient, autonomous and more sustainable vehicles (lighter, versatile, battery or hydrogen powered vehicles) • Ensure the safety of infrastructures (stations, networks, overhead lines, structures), vehicles (trains, trams, metros) and equipment (loading, lifting and signalling equipment) • Ensure the safety of freight flows and passenger flows to increase frequency, and to develop interoperability and multimodal freight • Monitor, maintain and modernise railway infrastructure so that trains can run smoothly • Providing a high level of safety for travellers, employees and third parties Constantly standing by all stakeholders in the railway ecosystem, Apave Experts support you in compliance requirements, managing human, technical, environmental and digital risks and augmenting performance at each stage of your projects. Our teams are by your side to assist you in the strategic decision-making process and provide you with the highest level of expertise.
Construction phase • Construction supervision in the factory and on site, • Destructive and non-destructive tests, • External monitoring of companies, • EHS coordination, • Planning, implementation and testing of security management systems (co-activity management, training, authorisations, etc.).
Operation and maintenance phase • Support in the optimisation of your management systems, • Audits or technical support, • Third-party periodic inspections, • Digital risks prevention, • Recruitment and Training (Certifer academy®) • TDG packaging approval and training on the transportation of dangerous goods (BVT: Bureau de Vérifications Techniques®) [Technical Verification Office].
Design phase • Structural auditing, • Technical support (choice of design, execution techniques, choice of materials and equipment, ground conditions, existing buildings), • Environment (impact analysis, management & control of major risks), • Management of site safety, assessment of urban projects, independent safety assessment • Exhaustive check of compliance of technical documents ("ICE: Independent Checking Engineer"), • Selection and management of operations of external companies, • Training and Technical Assistance.
Apave supports you at every stage of your projects
Dismantling phase • Support in managing the dismantling of equipment, facilities or buildings that have reached their end of service lifetime, • Document review of the technical demolition file, procedures and operating methods, • Waste Management, • Site Safety Management, • Development and monitoring of the rehabilitation plan.
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The Apave teams offer comprehensive support to meet all the needs of the railway sector Ensuring safety in the manufacture of principled vehicles and guaranteeing the reliability of your vehicles in operation
Optimising the performance of your organisation and ensuring the safety of your employees
Ensuring the safety of your infrastructures and your buildings • Technical inspection of construction • Monitoring of structures (Ap'Structure®, analysis of vibrations, noise pollution) • Training for work at height, working on high voltage lines, electrical certification • Co-activity management, Health Protection Safety mission • Preventing the asbestos risk • Non-destructive testing (dye penetration testing, direct visual inspection, magnetic particle inspection, conventional manual ultrasound)
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• Vehicle Testing and Inspection (Certifer®) • Hydrogen Powered Vehicles
Limiting downtime thanks to a high-performance management of your maintenance
Ensuring the safety of personnel and equipment during handling operations • Training of teams (handling, movement and posture, transportation of dangerous goods, training in the driving of handling machinery, training in electrics) • Safety of equipment (periodic inspection, checking bolting tightening) • Safety of goods (malicious intent organisation diagnostic, inspection, advice and training relating to fire safety, monitoring of external companies, prevention of technological and accidental risks) • Checking worker's exposure to chemical pollution • Aeration and ventilation in maintenance workshops
• Setting up an optimal industrial master plan and asset management (ISO 55001) • Diagnosing the maintenance function from technical, organisational and human perspective • Reducing failures, increase confidence in reliability • Optimising the maintenance plan (cost, risk and performance), • Managing your maintenance (Pilot operation); optimising your inspection plans (Predict); monitoring your vehicles (Sopavib) • Non-destructive testing • Inspecting railway machinery
Our strengths Why choose Apave? + Certifer®, our partner supports you in your testing, inspection and certification of systems and products designed for guided, urban, rail and new mobility transport. Our expertise contributes to a safer, more reliable and better connected rail and urban transport worldwide. + Sopemea®, a subsidiary of the Apave group and specialist in the railway sector, supports you in your projects, in particular thanks to its system for monitoring wagons/ locomotives and the creation of a unique test bench dedicated to the sector. + Predict, developed by our subsidiary Six fois Sept®. An innovative solution based on artificial intelligence and Big Data resources allows you to optimise the performance of your equipment (train, metro, railway networks, etc.)
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• Certification of management systems • QHSE • TDG packaging approval and training on the transportation of dangerous goods (BVT: Bureau de Vérifications Techniques®) [Technical Verification Office] • Training (Certifer Academy®, transportation of dangerous goods) • Ensuring the safety of your equipment • Inspection of lifts, lifting equipment • Technical support for machines • Guaranteeing the security of company data (risk prevention of Cyberattack, independent assessment of cybersecurity) and people