Bangladesh Dhaka SEnEgal Dakar Dakar Airport Activity Report 2022 17 The metro is transforming the quality of life for people in the capital Bangladesh “The inauguration of line 6 of the Dhaka metro marks a real turning point for Bangladesh. The capital has a population of 13 million and the country is suffering from numerous impacts of climate change. Improving everyday life for Bangladeshis and reducing traffic while at the same time tackling pollution and providing modern and reliable transport solutions all combine to help the region’s economic development, paving the way for the future. We have been working on this line since 2016, but we are now also involved in designing lines 5 and 1, for which we won a major consultancy contract at the end of 2022 that involves 12 construction lots. We have succeeded in winning the trust of the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited. And with the opening of our new offices at the start of this year, we have let the world know that Bangladesh is a strategically important market for SYSTRA, and that we are here to stay.” Giving Geneva’s rail transport system a twenty-year head start Switzerland “Although we had been tasked with investigating options for a single-track tunnel between Cornavin station and the airport, we championed an alternative solution that won over our client: a double-track tunnel, able to keep pace with increases in traffic over the long term, avoiding the need to expand the station.” Ahmed Sayed As Sabah, Country Manager, SYSTRA Bangladesh Benoît Clarenc, Project Manager Sokhna Sane, cleaner working at SYSTRA’s offices in Dakar Everyday life improved by the arrival of Dakar’s TER regional express train Senegal “Before the regional TER, I had never been on a train. It is fast, safe and comfortable, and for residents who live in the suburbs like me, it’s a life changer. It used to take me three hours to get to the office by bus. And now, barely an hour, door-to-door. And I can sit down while I travel!” Structuring our network World “The Project Management Group, which was created in November 2022, is made up of 1,600 employees. Its purpose is to promote collaboration, share examples of best practices, develop our standards and support the professional development of people involved in project management. Collective intelligence is a real driver for the Group’s transformation.” Jean-Pierre Bergoend, Vice-President Project Delivery “The Consultancy teams, which account for 10% of our total workforce, have been grouped together within the Consultancy Group. This is now a cross-functional business line, just like the ‘System Group’ and the ‘Bridges and Tunnels Group’. The Consultancy Group was set up to encourage collaboration across SYSTRA’s consultancy entities, in application of our ‘Connected Teams’ value, in order to provide our clients with a high value-added consultancy service.” Mickaël Schil, Programme Manager Consultancy Group