The use of robots can meet safety, productivity and recruitment needs in the building and civil engineering sectors. There a just a few obstacles, mostly regulatory, left to remove. Construction has the highest accident rate of any professional sector, with 56 work accidents recorded annually per 1,000 employees in France, where the average across all […]
An autonomous water taxi will soon be operating in Amsterdam’s canals. Fully electric, the Roboat provides a solution to new urban mobility and logistics challenges. Urban mobility is becoming increasingly diverse thanks to self-service electric cars, bikes and scooters. And indeed new solutions are continuing to emerge, aimed at rounding out the range of public […]
A network of hydrogen refuelling stations is to be installed in Greater Paris between now and the 2024 Olympic Games. France Ingénierie Process (VINCI Energies) is carrying out the facility at Porte de Saint-Cloud in Paris, which is set to offer greater capacity than the rest of the network. The new hydrogen filling station at […]
Hospitals and healthcare facilities in general use Private Mobile Networks (PMN) to facilitate communication between professionals and ensure greater security for enhanced patient care. The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of efficient healthcare systems. Cyberattacks on establishments in France and elsewhere in Europe exposed weak spots in IT systems, many of which were old and […]
The public transport authority for Jena, Germany, has introduced a remote monitoring system for its electric bus charging stations with the support of Actemium. The aim is to detect and solve problems as quickly as possible. Electric trams have been criss-crossing the city of Jena in east-central Germany, known for its industrial heritage and university, […]
In order to replace damaged infrastructure or sites requiring provisional equipment, Axians has developed temporary all-in-one (AIO) telecoms infrastructure solutions that are rapidly deployable, serve multiple use cases and have a low environmental impact. Telecommunications infrastructure can become damaged for a whole host of reasons – fires, natural disasters, breakdowns, etc. Towable telescopic masts do […]
Climate change and plant protection products are wiping out bee colonies all over the world. One of the solutions to this worrying decline for our ecosystems is a “smart” beehive which is being tested in New Caledonia by Axians and start-up Label Abeille. The disappearance of honeybees is a worldwide fact identified 30 years ago […]
To reduce the amount of waste they generate, VINCI Energies business units can now use a mobile app for buying and selling unused equipment. Each year, France’s construction and engineering sector produces 42 million tonnes of waste. The circular economy, which is one way for the sector to play its part in using resources more […]
Renewable energy communities must be built and developed at local level in order to meet the world’s growing demand for electricity in a fair manner. Looking around, we can see how easy it is for us to interact with the complex electricity generation, transformation, transmission and distribution systems that support us on a daily basis. […]
