Business and Community Services

Natural risks :

  • Analyse et suivi de la qualité des eaux de surface et souterraines et de la pollution des sols (quantification des composés macropolluants et micropolluants, étude de leur (bio) dégradabilité, étude de procédés de dépollution…)
  • Etude des équilibres hydrogéochimiques des aquifères (analyse des risques de colmatage de puits de pompage, des captage)
  • Réalisation d’études géophysiques, dans cadre de la reconnaissance du sous-sol d’une zone de contraintes karstiques, par tomographie électrique à deux ou à trois dimensions permettant de caractériser des terrains sur base de leur résistivité

Industrial and technological risks :

  • Study and modelling of major accident scenarios
  • Emergency planning and land planning around SEVESO companies
  • Emergency planning and transportation of hazardous materials
  • Modelling and simulation of the dynamic behaviour of mechanical systems
  • Production of embedded devices based on microcontrollers and mini-computers
  • Reliability modelling of the degradation of railway switches to optimise their maintenance
  • Reaction to fire tests using a calorimeter cone – Original development of a controlled atmosphere for the study of sub-ventilated and sub-oxygenated fires
  • Large-scale fire tests in buildings – Impact of the water tightness of new buildings when fires develop
  • Simulation of fires and the spreading and toxicity of fumes in buildings using software such as CFAST and FDS
  • Study of the stability of old buildings for restoration
  • Support for recovery of old landfills using centrifugal gravimetric techniques
  • Support for recovery of hydrometallurgical gypsum of Shituru

Environmental risks :

  • Ecotoxicology and metabonomics
  • Early assessment of the adverse effects of chemicals using a metabonomic approach
  • Risk assessment by the theoretical calculation of toxicity reference values (TRVs)
  • Measurement and analysis of environmental noise cause by industrial activities
  • Predictive study of acoustic impact on the environment
  • Development of abatement techniques for industrial air pollutants
  • Implementation of purification techniques and CO2 capture from industrial waste gases

Organizational risks :

  • Training in human and organisational factors of safety
  • Training and coaching in cartography and organisational risk analysis in healthcare facilities
  • Assistance in setting, securing and optimising care networks
  • Assistance in reorganising a documentary system and implementing Electronic Document Management System
  • Assistance in implementing projects related to hospital accreditation (JCI, ACI and HAS).

Socio-economic and societal risks :

  • Prevention of psychosocial risks and occupational stress
  • Integration of risk analysis into urban development and spatial quality improvement policies
  • Salle de marchés pour l’évaluation des risques financiers