SINA GROUP

SINECO SPA

Territory is our value

ARGO Group
The ARGO Group
is acknowledged as a leader
in the transport sectors,
ranging from integrated
logistics, to energy and
telecommunications, thanks
to its continuous updating
of technical means and
equipments, to its ability to
offer services which are
fully respondent to the
needs of modern production
and distribution, as well as
to its multi-annual
experience acquired in the
services and use of high
technology tools.
The activity of the Group,
through the on-going
orientation towards
research and innovation,
operates in terms of
absolute efficiency in
several sectors

MOTORWAYS
ENGINEERING
TRANSPORTS AND LOGISTICS
CONSTRUCTION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
ENERGY AND COMMUNICATIONS

ARGO Group
ASTM S.p.A.

Km.

SATAP
-Torino-Milano stretch
-Torino-Piacenza stretch
ATIVA
SAV
SITAF
SITRASB
ROAD LINK (UK)

125,0
167,7
152,7
59,5
94,0
12,5
84,0

TOTAL

SIAS S.p.A.
SALT
ADF
CISA

695,4

Km.
154.9
113,3
181,0

inclusive of 81 Km stretch linking Parma

to the Autostrada del Brennero (under
construction)

ASTI - CUNEO
(under construction)

COSTANERA NORTE
CHILE

TOTAL

90,5
43,0

582,7

SINECO

Whos SINECO
Since 1987, Sineco S.p.A. has been
operating in the field of engineering,
with special reference to the control
and planning of maintenance
interventions for big transport
infrastructures.

SINECOs main
mission is to provide suitable
support to road and railway network
operators in the identification,
design and planning of maintenance,
upgrading and monitoring activities
of the concerned works.

The Company offers qualified knowhow

in diagnostic research, and it
has special competences in the
surveillance of works of art
(1000 works are under its control)
and in carrying out maintenance
works on roads, recording over
5000 Km of surveys per year,
performed with the use of different
highly performing technologies, as
well as verification activities on the
materials used in maintenance works
and on the construction of new
infrastructures.

SINECO Turnover trend

SINECO
Turnover trend

8,0

2002

74
SINECO
Personnel

millions euros

10,4

2003

84

12,5
2004

92

14,3

15,6
101 101
2005

2006

employees

SINECO
INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING

In the sector of road, railway and

hydraulic structures monitoring,
Sineco has often operated in
cooperation with international
realities.
The methods and technologies set up
over the years aim at assessing the
consistency and safety status of
each work checked, in order to
prevent any further degradationwith
respect to the working conditions of
the infrastructure it belongs to.
Furthermore, the goal pursued by
SINECO is providing short, medium
and long term maintenance
programs with direction in terms of
investment choices made by
infrastructure operators.

SINECO
NON DESTRUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Sineco operates in the field of non
destructive technologies applied to civil
engineering, where it relies on
measurement systems based on laser
and ultrasound systems, radar and
seismic echoes recordings, visual,
infrared thermographic surveys,
assessments and monitoring, also
remote ones, of static and dynamic
quantities.
The main application fields are diagnostics
specialized for big works, verification of
road surfaces operability, tests and
inspections on structures and
constructions behaviours.
The Company, in order to encourage
development and technological
interexchange, often ties exclusive
partnership with important European
companies working in the same
business sector.

SINECO
MATERIAL TEST LAB
The company, having its own test lab, is involved in construction material checks and
big works construction processes quality checks.
The test lab is active in bituminous conglomerates of road geotechnics, concrete and
steel, and it is equipped with state-of-the-art machines and equipments. In addition,
Sineco has a mobile lab which allows the performance of on-site tests. Sineco
belongs to the Gavio Group, leader in the motorway sector, which favoured the
development of the lab and placed it at very high levels of absolute excellence.
Besides the traditional mobile lab, the Company has other high performance
means, among which the ARAN (Automatic Road Analyzer) and the HWD (Heavy
Weight Deflectometer) to detect the features of road surface paving such as:
impression qualities, cross and longitudinal profiles, mapping and altimetric curve
radiuses and it provides data for the road computerized register.

SINECO
ENVIRONMENT
In the field of environment protection, Sineco has acquired important experiences in
determining vehicle traffic related polluting agents, both in the field of acoustics and
in the measurement of air and water quality.
The acoustic GIS is the tool that SINECO uses to manage and plan environmental noise,
and it mainly performs a twofold function: the first one, is a management function,
which allows the road infrastructure operator to have at its disposal a tool through
which law requirements can be met and, at the same time it can monitor long lasting
interventions during the entire life of acoustic recovery plans; the second one, is an
institutional function, which allows competent authorities (such the Ministry for the
Environment, Regions, etc) to have a standard operational tool to support decisions,
for example for the assessment of correspondence of current interventions vis--vis
law and strategic goals, and for the verification of the state of the environment.
Furthermore, Sineco carries out other activities such as: performance tests on lighting
systems, ventilation tests and tests on reflecting qualities of vertical and horizontal
road signs.

SINECO
ENGINEERING

Thanks to its competence, Sineco

assesses the status of consistency
and thus the residual safety of
operational structures. The
Company has a technical team
specialized in this specific field and
at present it can carry out important
safety coordination activities and
specialistic consulting services for
the organization of works
maintenance plans, or for some of
its parts, a document that now in
Italy is mandatory since the
executive designing phase.

SINECO Main Activities

SURVEILLANCE OF BIG INFRASTRUCTURES
A.d.F.: annual inspections and controls on 181 viaducts, 135 tunnels and over 250 minor works Inspections, controls and verifications carried out on 9 viaducts along the state road S.S. no.1 (Aurelia
bis) S.A.L.T.: annual inspections and controls on 284 viaducts and 48 tunnels S.A.T.A.P.: annual
inspections and controls on 69 viaducts - Inspections, surveys and tests for the construction of the 3rd
lane along the Asti Est - Felizzano section S.A.V.: annual inspections and controls on 99 viaducts, 8
tunnels and over 150 minor works A.S.T.M.: inspections and controls after the flooding of the Orco and
Dora bridges Societ Autostrade Centropadane: inspections, tests and controls on the bridge over the
Po river ANAS - Ancona Department: inspection and control after the earthquake of two bridges located
along the state road S.S. no.76 Savona Provincial Administration: inspection, tests and verifications on
the bridge crossing the Bormida river along the Provincial Road S.P. no.36 DEPARTEMENT DES ALPES
MARITIMES (Nice-France): inspection and control of an arched bridge AUTOCISA: Inspections on works
of art - Inspection and monitoring of two tunnels AUTOCISA AUT. CENTRO PADANE: Inspections of the
works of art.

NON DESTRUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES

A.d.P.: stratigraphic and deflectometric measurements on paved road surfaces, with georadar and
curvemeter - Monitoring by georadar of the Ara Salere, Stonio, Pietrasecca and San Rocco tunnels
ESCOTA - Societ des Autoroutes Esterel, Cote DAzur - (Nice - France): monitoring by georadar of the
De la Coupire tunnel A.d.F.: creation and updating of a road register AUTOCISA: creation and
updating of a road register ATIVA: creation and updating of a road register SITAF: creation and
updating of a road register SITRASB: creation and updating of a road register ANAS: creation and
updating of a road register Area 1 - creation and updating of a road register Area 3 PROV.REGGIO
EMILIA: creation and updating of a road register TECNOPIEMONTE: deflectometric measurements by
HWD SATAP: acoustic redevelopment plan, phonometric monitoring SITAF: measurement of the
reflection quality of horizontal signs on the Torino-Bardonecchia motorway ATIVA ENGINEERING: IRI
measurements on the A5 motorway section (Torino-Quincinetto) A.d.F.: acoustic redevelopment plan
PROV.ALESSANDRIA: georadar measurements on the paved surface of the former road state SS 590
MILANO MARE: quality indicator identification ATIVA: measurement of the reflection quality of
horizontal signs RODANO CONSORTILE: deflectometric and stratigraphic measurements by HWD and
Georadar on the A.V. MI-BO-Lot RE section VALDATA: CAT HS and IRI measurements on the Milano
Mare motorway sections

SINECO Main Activities

MATERIAL TEST LAB

A.S.T.M.: study and experimentation of bituminous conglomerate cold recycling - Quality tests and
checks on the maintenance works carried out on paved roads - Tests and studies on bituminous
conglomerate mixes A.d.F.: lab tests on bituminous conglomerates S.A.T.A.P.: tests and checks during
paved road surfaces maintenance works - Tests and studies on bituminous conglomerate mixes - Tests
and studies on cement stabilized soils S.I.N.A.: geotechnical tests for the enlargement of some sections
on the A12 motorway - Geotechnical tests for the enlargement of some sections on the A21 motorway

ENVIRONMENT
S.A.V.: phonometric surveys on 10 locations for the assessment of the acoustic environment - Lighting
measures inside tunnels - Ventilation measures in the Cote de Sorreley tunnel A.d.F.: phonometric
surveys on 35 locations for the assessment of the acoustic environment - Ventilation tests in the two
tubes of the Rocca Carpanea tunnel - Load tests on the guardrail uprights on the Aquila viaduct
A.S.T.M.: phonometric surveys on 16 locations aimed at studying the environmental impact S.A.T.A.P.:
phonometric surveys on 3 locations to assess the acoustic environment S.A.L.T.: phonometric surveys
on 25 locations to assess the acoustic environment Autonomous Valle dAosta Region: georadar surveys
for the structural check on the Ussel Castle (Chatillon) - Archaeological survey with georadar on the
square located in front of the Aosta cathedral - Georadar survey on the Praetorian Gate of Aosta

SINECO Main Activities

ENGINEERING
S.A.T.A.P.: D.I. engineering of renovation works for the Cipollina and Tanaro-Bormida viaducts Preliminary, final and executive design for the renovation of the Solbrito and F.S. Alessandria viaducts Arona - Final design for the enlargement to 3 lanes of the F.S. Alessandria viaduct -Arona - Creation of a
software for the structural verification of viaducts subjected to the transit of exceptional loads Safety
coordination during the execution phase: upgrading of the To-Mi motorway Lot 1.2.1 Safety coordination
during the execution phase of upgrading works on the To-Mi motorway Lot 1.1 Paved road surfaces
control and upgrading To-Mi Safety coordination during the execution phase of upgrading works To-Mi
motorway - Resolution of interferences with the railway line A.C. To-Mi ADF: Executive design for the
seismic upgrading of the Prino viaduct - Executive design for the seismic upgrading of the Impero viaduct
- Executive design for the seismic upgrading of the Gozzo viaduct SALT: executive project for the
renovation of the Madonna del Poggio sud tunnel- executive project for the renovation of the Case Nuove
nord tunnel - executive project for the renovation of 10 overpasses in the Sestri L.-Massa section
SATAP: renovation project of the Stura viaduct - Works Management Team and safety coordination
during execution of lot 1.01 in the upgrading of the To-Mi motorway - To-Mi motorway upgrading Restoration design and upgrading of a 3 lane Bosone viaduct SITRASB: design and works management
for the extraordinary maintenance intervention works - Design and works management of the viaducts of
the Tunnel junction AMM. PROV. SAVONA: executive design and restoration of the Torretta bridge and
safety coordination in the design and execution activities PROV.MILANO: Safety coordination during
restoration works on 10 bridges on the Provincial Road S.P. - Safety coordination during extraordinary
maintenance works of the overpasses 1 and 7 - Safety coordination during the execution phase.
Extraordinary maintenance for safety issues present at some critical points along the SS.PP. of the O
service. MILANO MARE: Safety coordination in the design and upgrading. Structural and extraordinary
maintenance on the Milano Ovest Ring Road.