Discover the commitments behind the Canal
Find here the structural commitments of the Société du Canal Seine-Nord Europe and the project partners.
Discover the commitments behind the Canal
Find here the structural commitments of the Société du Canal Seine-Nord Europe and the project partners.
Whether it concerns the operation of the client, technical design, production of the Seine-Nord Europe Canal or the means used to monitor construction sites, innovation is asserting itself everywhere.
Beyond the techniques used, the conduct of the project itself (find theproject history on the site) is part of an innovative approach: for the first time, thanks to the implementing decision of the European Union (dated June 27, 2019), a major European project is piloted at the regional level by an ad hoc structure supported by a Region and Departments.
A major European project, the Seine-Nord Europe Canal is one of the means to meet the objectives set by the European Commission in terms of European climate policies (Green Deal or Green Deal) and digital transition. The management of this project aims for the overall efficiency of the site in terms of safety, environmental impact, cost and time, as well as delivering an efficient, reliable, water and energy efficient infrastructure.
Innovation is an effective lever to achieve this ambition. THE SCSNE Supervisory Board thus adopted in June 2023 its innovation policy for control and reduce the effects of the construction site on the environment, optimize construction and operating costs of the work as well as many work completion deadlines.
The Seine-Nord Europe Canal construction site is also a new approach to the management of large projects, which is at the same time innovative, efficient and sustainable. It seeks in particular to facilitate the crossing of the Canal during and after the construction site or to reuse the excavated soil and limit their transport.
From a technical point of view, the teams of the Société du Canal Seine-Nord Europe (SCSNE) have designed structures that are both efficient and economical in terms of materials, water and energy.
Thus, in Marquion, in Pas-de-Calais, a lock prototype made it possible to test a solution of thin walls (day walls) reinforced by earth embankments, in order to limit the use of new materials or those coming from elsewhere.
In Cizancourt, in the Somme, the SCSNE experimented with a natural waterproofing process based on fine earth (silts, present in the territory) and chalk taken during the digging of the route. The mixture will be applied to the bottom and embankments of the canal to ensure waterproofing equivalent to 40 cm of clay.
Thanks to Earth observation by satellites, the Société du Canal Seine-Nord Europe (SCSNE), with the support of CNES, AIRBUS and DISAITEK, is developing innovative tools enabling even more precise and responsive management of the construction site.
The SCSNE has joined the National Institutional System for Shared Access to Satellite Imagery (DINAMIS), platform for acquiring and distributing Earth observation space data: the photos taken by the Pléiades satellites, owned by CNES, in orbit nearly 700 km from Earth, are of very high resolution and allowobserve the construction site up close and in real time.
These satellite images, first processed by the IGN (National Geographic Institute), are then used to transform them into analyses thanks in particular to artificial intelligence techniques, and then made available to the Seine-Nord Europe Canal Company teams via an online platform. This information allows SCSNE to monitor its construction sites.
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Much more than a mode of transport, the Seine-Nord Europe Canal will offer new opportunities to an entire region and an entire ecosystem, by connecting seaports, territories crossed and the European river network. It will therefore promote the reduction of greenhouse gases, the development of short supply chains and recycling channels, etc.
By involving the Hauts-de-France region in a profoundly sustainable approach, the Seine-Nord Europe Canal anticipates a development model adapted to the climate and energy challenges of the 21st century.
