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ARGO Group The ARGO Group is acknowledged as a leader in the transport sectors, ranging from integrated logistics, to energy and telecommunications, thanks to its continuous updating of technical means and equipments, to its ability to offer services which are fully respondent to the needs of modern production and distribution, as well as to its multi-annual experience acquired in the services and use of high technology tools. The activity of the Group, through the on-going orientation towards research and innovation, operates in terms of absolute efficiency in several sectors MOTORWAYS ENGINEERING TRANSPORTS AND LOGISTICS CONSTRUCTION TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENERGY AND COMMUNICATIONS
ARGO Group TOTAL ASTM S.p.A. SATAP -Torino-Milano stretch -Torino-Piacenza stretch ATIVA SAV SITAF SITRASB ROAD LINK (UK) Km. 125,0 167,7 152,7 59,5 94,0 12,5 84,0 695,4 SALT ADF CISA inclusive of 81 Km stretch linking Parma to the Autostrada del Brennero (under construction) ASTI - CUNEO (under construction) COSTANERA NORTE CHILE TOTAL SIAS S.p.A. Km. 154.9 113,3 181,0 90,5 43,0 582,7
SINECO
Who s s SINECO Since 1987, Sineco S.p.A. has been operating in the field of engineering, with special reference to the control and planning of maintenance interventions for big transport infrastructures. The Company offers qualified knowhow in diagnostic research, and it has special competences in the surveillance of works of art (1000 works are under its control) and in carrying out maintenance works on roads, recording over 5000 Km of surveys per year, performed with the use of different highly performing technologies, as well as verification activities on the materials used in maintenance works and on the construction of new infrastructures. SINECO s main mission is to provide suitable support to road and railway network operators in the identification, design and planning of maintenance, upgrading and monitoring activities of the concerned works.
SINECO Turnover trend 8,0 SINECO Turnover trend millions euros 10,4 12,5 14,3 15,6 2002 2003 2004 2005 SINECO Personnel 2005 2006 101 101 101 92 74 84 employees
SINECO INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING In the sector of road, railway and hydraulic structures monitoring, Sineco has often operated in cooperation with international realities. The methods and technologies set up over the years aim at assessing the consistency and safety status of each work checked, in order to prevent any further degradationwith respect to the working conditions of the infrastructure it belongs to. Furthermore, the goal pursued by SINECO is providing short, medium and long term maintenance programs with direction in terms of investment choices made by infrastructure operators.
SINECO NON DESTRUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES Sineco operates in the field of non destructive technologies applied to civil engineering, where it relies on measurement systems based on laser and ultrasound systems, radar and seismic echoes recordings, visual, infrared thermographic surveys, assessments and monitoring, also remote ones, of static and dynamic quantities. The main application fields are diagnostics specialized for big works, verification of road surfaces operability, tests and inspections on structures and constructions behaviours. The Company, in order to encourage development and technological interexchange, often ties exclusive partnership with important European companies working in the same business sector.
SINECO MATERIAL TEST LAB The company, having its own test lab, is involved in construction material checks and big works construction processes quality checks. The test lab is active in bituminous conglomerates of road geotechnics, concrete and steel, and it is equipped with state-of-the-art machines and equipments. In addition, Sineco has a mobile lab which allows the performance of on-site tests. Sineco belongs to the Gavio Group, leader in the motorway sector, which favoured the development of the lab and placed it at very high levels of absolute excellence. Besides the traditional mobile lab, the Company has other high performance means, among which the ARAN (Automatic Road Analyzer) and the HWD (Heavy Weight Deflectometer) to detect the features of road surface paving such as: impression qualities, cross and longitudinal profiles, mapping and altimetric curve radiuses and it provides data for the road computerized register.
SINECO ENVIRONMENT In the field of environment protection, Sineco has acquired important experiences in determining vehicle traffic related polluting agents, both in the field of acoustics and in the measurement of air and water quality. The acoustic GIS is the tool that SINECO uses to manage and plan environmental noise, and it mainly performs a twofold function: the first one, is a management function, which allows the road infrastructure operator to have at its disposal a tool through which law requirements can be met and, at the same time it can monitor long lasting interventions during the entire life of acoustic recovery plans; the second one, is an institutional function, which allows competent authorities (such the Ministry for the Environment, Regions, etc) to have a standard operational tool to support decisions, for example for the assessment of correspondence of current interventions vis-à-vis law and strategic goals, and for the verification of the state of the environment. Furthermore, Sineco carries out other activities such as: performance tests on lighting systems, ventilation tests and tests on reflecting qualities of vertical and horizontal road signs.
SINECO ENGINEERING Thanks to its competence, Sineco assesses the status of consistency and thus the residual safety of operational structures. The Company has a technical team specialized in this specific field and at present it can carry out important safety coordination activities and specialistic consulting services for the organization of works maintenance plans, or for some of its parts, a document that now in Italy is mandatory since the executive designing phase.
SINECO Main Activities SURVEILLANCE OF BIG INFRASTRUCTURES A.d.F.: annual inspections and controls on 181 viaducts, 135 tunnels and over 250 minor works - Inspections, controls and verifications carried out on 9 viaducts along the state road S.S. no.1 (Aurelia bis) S.A.L.T.: annual inspections and controls on 284 viaducts and 48 tunnels S.A.T.A.P.: annual inspections and controls on 69 viaducts - Inspections, surveys and tests for the construction of the 3rd lane along the Asti Est - Felizzano section S.A.V.: annual inspections and controls on 99 viaducts, 8 tunnels and over 150 minor works A.S.T.M.: inspections and controls after the flooding of the Orco and Dora bridges Società Autostrade Centropadane: inspections, tests and controls on the bridge over the Po river ANAS - Ancona Department: inspection and control after the earthquake of two bridges located along the state road S.S. no.76 Savona Provincial Administration: inspection, tests and verifications on the bridge crossing the Bormida river along the Provincial Road S.P. no.36 DEPARTEMENT DES ALPES MARITIMES (Nice-France): inspection and control of an arched bridge AUTOCISA: Inspections on works of art - Inspection and monitoring of two tunnels AUTOCISA AUT. CENTRO PADANE: Inspections of the works of art. NON DESTRUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES A.d.P.: stratigraphic and deflectometric measurements on paved road surfaces, with georadar and curvemeter - Monitoring by georadar of the Ara Salere, Stonio, Pietrasecca and San Rocco tunnels ESCOTA - Societé des Autoroutes Esterel, Cote D Azur - (Nice - France): monitoring by georadar of the De la Coupière tunnel A.d.F.: creation and updating of a road register AUTOCISA: creation and updating of a road register ATIVA: creation and updating of a road register SITAF: creation and updating of a road register SITRASB: creation and updating of a road register ANAS: creation and updating of a road register Area 1 - creation and updating of a road register Area 3 PROV.REGGIO EMILIA: creation and updating of a road register TECNOPIEMONTE: deflectometric measurements by HWD SATAP: acoustic redevelopment plan, phonometric monitoring SITAF: measurement of the reflection quality of horizontal signs on the Torino-Bardonecchia motorway ATIVA ENGINEERING: IRI measurements on the A5 motorway section (Torino-Quincinetto) A.d.F.: acoustic redevelopment plan PROV.ALESSANDRIA: georadar measurements on the paved surface of the former road state SS 590 MILANO MARE: quality indicator identification ATIVA: measurement of the reflection quality of horizontal signs RODANO CONSORTILE: deflectometric and stratigraphic measurements by HWD and Georadar on the A.V. MI-BO-Lot RE section VALDATA: CAT HS and IRI measurements on the Milano Mare motorway sections
SINECO Main Activities MATERIAL TEST LAB A.S.T.M.: study and experimentation of bituminous conglomerate cold recycling - Quality tests and checks on the maintenance works carried out on paved roads - Tests and studies on bituminous conglomerate mixes A.d.F.: lab tests on bituminous conglomerates S.A.T.A.P.: tests and checks during paved road surfaces maintenance works - Tests and studies on bituminous conglomerate mixes - Tests and studies on cement stabilized soils S.I.N.A.: geotechnical tests for the enlargement of some sections on the A12 motorway - Geotechnical tests for the enlargement of some sections on the A21 motorway ENVIRONMENT S.A.V.: phonometric surveys on 10 locations for the assessment of the acoustic environment - Lighting measures inside tunnels - Ventilation measures in the Cote de Sorreley tunnel A.d.F.: phonometric surveys on 35 locations for the assessment of the acoustic environment - Ventilation tests in the two tubes of the Rocca Carpanea tunnel - Load tests on the guardrail uprights on the Aquila viaduct A.S.T.M.: phonometric surveys on 16 locations aimed at studying the environmental impact S.A.T.A.P.: phonometric surveys on 3 locations to assess the acoustic environment S.A.L.T.: phonometric surveys on 25 locations to assess the acoustic environment Autonomous Valle d Aosta Region: georadar surveys for the structural check on the Ussel Castle (Chatillon) - Archaeological survey with georadar on the square located in front of the Aosta cathedral - Georadar survey on the Praetorian Gate of Aosta
SINECO Main Activities ENGINEERING S.A.T.A.P.: D.I. engineering of renovation works for the Cipollina and Tanaro-Bormida viaducts - Preliminary, final and executive design for the renovation of the Solbrito and F.S. Alessandria viaducts - Arona - Final design for the enlargement to 3 lanes of the F.S. Alessandria viaduct -Arona - Creation of a software for the structural verification of viaducts subjected to the transit of exceptional loads Safety coordination during the execution phase: upgrading of the To-Mi motorway Lot 1.2.1 Safety coordination during the execution phase of upgrading works on the To-Mi motorway Lot 1.1 Paved road surfaces control and upgrading To-Mi Safety coordination during the execution phase of upgrading works To-Mi motorway - Resolution of interferences with the railway line A.C. To-Mi ADF: Executive design for the seismic upgrading of the Prino viaduct - Executive design for the seismic upgrading of the Impero viaduct - Executive design for the seismic upgrading of the Gozzo viaduct SALT: executive project for the renovation of the Madonna del Poggio sud tunnel- executive project for the renovation of the Case Nuove nord tunnel - executive project for the renovation of 10 overpasses in the Sestri L.-Massa section SATAP: renovation project of the Stura viaduct - Works Management Team and safety coordination during execution of lot 1.01 in the upgrading of the To-Mi motorway - To-Mi motorway upgrading - Restoration design and upgrading of a 3 lane Bosone viaduct SITRASB: design and works management for the extraordinary maintenance intervention works - Design and works management of the viaducts of the Tunnel junction AMM. PROV. SAVONA: executive design and restoration of the Torretta bridge and safety coordination in the design and execution activities PROV.MILANO: Safety coordination during restoration works on 10 bridges on the Provincial Road S.P. - Safety coordination during extraordinary maintenance works of the overpasses 1 and 7 - Safety coordination during the execution phase. Extraordinary maintenance for safety issues present at some critical points along the SS.PP. of the O service. MILANO MARE: Safety coordination in the design and upgrading. Structural and extraordinary maintenance on the Milano Ovest Ring Road.