The Loire-Atlantique Departmental Council has taken a preventive approach in commissioning OSMOS to check the real-world mechanical behavior of two bridges over the river. The enhanced monitoring of those structures will maintain their service levels and ensure user safety, while awaiting major rehabilitation work.

Extending over a length of 7.2 miles (11.6 km), the Mont Blanc Tunnel is a strategic feat of engineering that offers fast travel between France and Italy. It is a major trade route that supports the local and inter-regional economy. In fact, substantial traffic travels along it daily, contributing to its wear and tear. The tunnel is operated by a Franco-Italian organization, the GEIE-TMB (Mont Blanc Tunnel European Economic Interest Group). The company is responsible for the tunnel’s structural monitoring and maintenance, as well as traffic safety and management.

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• 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

Restoration of the right-side abutment of the Stone Bridge in Libourne: How the teams from OSMOS Group succeeded in installing a comprehensive monitoring system in compliance with the architectural requirements of the work.
 

The Stone Bridge in Libourne was built in 1820 to create a road connection between Bordeaux and Saint-Emilion for the transport of wine. The structure is both an icon of the Gironde region and part of its heritage. The red bricks used to construct it were made in the greater Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and attest to the masonry expertise characteristic of the Gironde area.