High
Environmental Quality auditing of the ZAC Seguin - Rives de Seine
development site in Boulogne Billancourt, France
As part of its "green development" policy,
the local development authority in Val de Seine turned to Ginger
to audit the environmental quality of the former Renault site
redevelopment project (74 hectares) located in the town of Boulogne
Billancourt. The development concerns an island in the Seine (Ile
Seguin), the Pont de Sèvres neighbourhood, and a plot of
land on the right bank of the Seine. The development plan includes
the construction of a bridge, parks, an underground car park,
a theatre, and office and residential buildings.
Environmental
consulting for the Joliette tunnel project in Marseille, France
This project, run by the Marseille Provence Métropole Urban
Community, entails dismantling a 1.4 kilometre overpass on the
A55 motorway and replacing it with a tunnel. The future tunnel
will be 3.65 meters high and will have two lanes of traffic (3
meters wide each). An estimated 4,000 vehicles an hour-40,000
per day-will pass through the tunnel.
Environmental
testing to ensure safety compliance of GRT Gaz gas network
In order to ensure compliance with new environmental testing
and safety regulations for distribution networks carrying explosive
substances (liquids under pressure), Gaz de France subsidiary
GRT Gaz turned to Parera Ingénierie to carry out major
tests on its gas network. The assignment is to complete environmental
testing around underground gas lines in two of the four regions
in which GRT Gaz operates; the tests concern a total of 9,000
kilometres of gas lines. Parera Ingénierie will leverage
a number of its skills to complete this major testing project:
identification, digitalization, integration, computer-aided-drawing,
geographical information systems and databases. In addition, environmental
aspects will be taken into consideration at every stage of the
project.
Environmental
impact monitoring of dredging and additional dock construction
at Fos-sur-mer, France.
The "Fos 2XL" project concerns the western portion
of the Port of Marseille, where two new container terminals to
be run by private operators will be built.
The project will enable the Port of Marseille to triple its current
container capacity.
The "Fos 2XL" project will add 1,100 linear meters of
docks, 90 hectares of surface area, and a 14.5 meter draught for
large container ships (which could be dredged to 16 meters by
2012). The two new terminals are slated to go online in 2009.
Project
management for the new St. Joseph ring road in Réunion
This new 5.4 kilometre ring road will go around the city of
St. Joseph, improving through traffic and access to the city's
upper neighbourhoods. The project entails building 10 roundabouts,
14 civil engineering structures, a number of hydraulic structures
and anti-noise screens. Work is scheduled for completion in 2010.
Ecological
sensitivity study in the Seychelles
Ginger Environnement et Infrastructures, as partner of ArupSIGMA
engineering in Mauritius, was selected by Emirates to carry out
a study to determine the initial state of the natural environment
for a proposed hotel development project on Cap Ternay. Located
on the north-western coast of Mahé Island in the Seychelles,
the 30-hectare hotel complex must meet stringent environmental
requirements taking into account biological communities, hydro-sedimentary
conditions, and, finally, uses of land, coastal, and marine areas.
The study was used to make a set of recommendations for the design,
execution, and operation of the complex.
