On the occasion of World Cities Day, Sixense highlights its role in helping urban areas address major challenges: densification, ageing infrastructures, new mobility models, nuisances, and climate resilience. Through its monitoring, engineering and consultancy solutions, Sixense contributes every day to making cities safer, more resilient, and more sustainable.
Sixense: a key partner for urban transformation and resilience
Urban challenges continue to grow: land pressure, ageing structures, geotechnical risks, environmental requirements, and adaptation to climate change.
Across the world, Sixense supports local authorities, infrastructure owners and project developers in the monitoring, maintenance and structural health monitoring of their assets.
With its auscultation, monitoring and engineering solutions, Sixense helps territories to:
- control risks related to construction works and infrastructures,
- extend the lifespan of structures,
- improve user safety,
- anticipate the effects of climate change.
Our expertise supporting urban infrastructure
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Reducing nuisances through acoustic and vibration monitoring
Noise and vibration constitute a major public health issue, particularly in dense urban environments. Sixense deploys acoustic and vibration measurement solutions to protect residents and nearby buildings.
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Ensuring structural integrity through auscultation and instrumentation
Sixense offers a unique portfolio of sensors, technologies and infrastructure monitoring systems. These solutions make it possible to inspect, diagnose and track the behaviour of structures over time.
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Tailored solutions for transport and railway infrastructures
Our monitoring techniques make it possible to: track the ageing of structures, monitor geotechnical hazards, ensure operational continuity
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Asset management: predictive lifecycle strategies
Through asset management, Sixense helps infrastructure owners prioritise investments and optimise maintenance operations.
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Supporting complex urban projects
Sixense acts as a trusted technical partner from design to commissioning, guaranteeing performance, safety and risk management.
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Climate resilience: helping territories adapt
Through its subsidiary Resallience, Sixense supports local authorities in designing resilient strategies and sustainable development projects in response to climate hazards.