OSMOS Group at the heart of Notre-Dame de Paris
Installation of Optical Strands and inclinometers on the flying buttresses © OSMOS Group SA OSMOS Group, which monitors many historic monuments, was contacted by ACMH, responsible for the project’s management, and DRAC Ile-de-France, the contracting authority up until the creation of EPRNDP (the public establishment for the conservation and restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral) on December 1, 2019. They asked OSMOS for its expertise on changes in the structure of the damaged cathedral. Multiple solutions, based on a customized system of more than 140 sensors and mathematical data...
OSMOS WiM+D: a unique solution for describing road traffic over your bridge and simultaneously quantifying the impact on its structural condition
“Some 25,000 bridges are in poor structural condition and pose safety and availability issues for users” Bridge safety: Avoiding tragedySénat information report no.609 on behalf of the sustainable development and regional development commissionLodged on 26 June 2019 The most serious structural risks are not always visible. Visual inspections of bridges can only periodically report on visible issues in order to classify the structures according to quality standards (IQOA, VSC, etc.). Given the general ageing of infrastructure, including bridges, managers of those structures need a tool that...
Four solutions dedicated to each type of structure to better meet its clients’ needs
To be ever closer to its clients, OSMOS Group has the pleasure of announcing the release of its new services, suited to each type of structure. This is accompanied by the launch of a new website presenting each solution. Managers of these different structures must contend with very different challenges, depending on the function of the structure: maintaining service levels for engineering works, preserving ancient heritage for monuments, optimizing operating conditions for industrial equipment, and ensuring public safety for establishments open to the public. All clients can obtain...
Monitoring of the structural behavior of the Cheminée du Nil in Angoulême, a testimonial to the town’s industrial past
A listed structure since 2012 and a symbol of Angoulême’s industrial history, the tall Cheminée du Nil smokestack has been leaning for several years, the changing nature of which needed to be monitored. The city council launched a comprehensive assessment, which concluded that there was a need to implement safety measures while studies and then consolidation and restoration work were carried out. The consolidation and restoration work on the Cheminée du Nil in Angoulême was entrusted to a consortium comprising the specialized construction firm Freyssinet Sud-Ouest, the structural...
OSMOS and ERGOSE SA sign a contract for the monitoring of several large-scale bridges situated in challenging environments in Greece
PRESS RELEASE Pioneering four-year project to monitor in real time 14 large-scale bridges, totaling 52 km, situated in seismic area Contract provides for the procurement, installation and commissioning of an advanced Real Time Structural Monitoring System (RTSMS) Bridges are part of the New Double-Track High-Speed Railway Line Tithorea – Lianokladi – Domokos in Central Greece Paris, May 7, 2019 – OSMOS Group, a specialist in the field of infrastructure monitoring and a subsidiary of EREN Groupe, is pleased to announce the signature of a contract between its Greek subsidiary...