Engaging in a dialogue with stakeholders
At Sixense, we are convinced that dialogue with all stakeholders involved in our projects, or more broadly in our industry, is a key driver for value creation.
We are committed to listening and consulting with local stakeholders of our projects: residents, elected officials, local associations, and communities. Aware of the role we can play in the development and future of our industry, we also maintain collaborative partnerships with trade unions and professional organisations. This way, we participate in the transformation of our trades and their adaptation to the challenges of tomorrow’s world.
Through a systematic and structured approach embedded in our projects
We engage in a dialogue with stakeholders:
- In the way we manage our sites and operations
- By training our local teams on how to deal with stakeholders
- By supporting customer communications for communities impacted by our projects through public information meetings or postings, for instance
- By taking an active role in establishing industry norms and standards through our membership in multiple professional organisations, presentations at conferences, white paper publications, etc.
Working together with institutional stakeholders
Sixense is an active member of IMGC (the Civil Engineering Maintenance Institute).
In collaboration with the Cerema (French centre for studies and expertise on risks, environment, mobility and planning), the IMGC is taking an active role in the development of professional standards and guidelines. This involvement allows us to better understand the needs of the various regions in France and how our industry can answer these needs.
France has a prominent civil engineering heritage and faces growing challenges related to the age of that infrastructure. In small towns with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants, bridges were neither listed nor inspected. With Cerema, we proposed the idea of developing a health card for bridges and participated in inventorying and inspecting them.
We have listed and inspected 45,000 bridges with Cerema (French Centre for studies and expertise on risks, environment, mobility and planning)
Contributing to research and higher education
Universities are key stakeholders with whom we work to share knowledge. Some of our employees, such as Dr Zhangwei Ning in the US, regularly speak at universities.
