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TEKIA and Tunnel safety
Tunnel safety is one of TEKIA’s core activities since the company was founded in 1998. We developed the first operating manuals in line with the Spanish regulations, and have worked since then in over 500 tunnels in Spain and other countries (Mexico, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Ireland, Norway, Algeria, Egypt, etc.).TEKIA’s multidisciplinary team of experts is made up of engineers who specialize in the use and upkeep of tunnel safety equipment (evacuation, power, lighting, ventilation, fire protection, access control, surveillance, communications, etc.) and are vastly experienced in all the stages involved in tunnel engineering: planning, design, building, commissioning and operation.
The tunnel safety project
| Helping determine public tunnel safety policies, including the necessary regulations. Risk assessment and safety reports. Designing facility projects and adapting tunnels to current regulations. Technical assistance in project management, quality control and facility project supervision. Sizing, operational design and commissioning of tunnel ventilation systems (algorithms, aerodynamic testing, hot gas testing). Auditing existing systems. Assistance in determining public tunnel safety policies, including the necessary regulations Risk assessment and safety reports Facility project design, tunnel adaptation to current regulations |
Technical assistance in project management, quality control and facility project supervision Sizing, operational design and commissioning of tunnel ventilation systems (algorithms, aerodynamic testing, hot gas testing). Existing systems audits Advisory services for the optimizaction of centralized tunnel management Operations and risk-management protocols for underground infrastructures, implementation into IT systems Security operations training for staff Safety managers, inspection agencies and other services required by current regulations Emergency drill design and implementation Energy efficiency studies Operating manual and emergency plan design/Self-protection |
RAILWAY TUNNEL SAFETY
Urban and long-distance railways are mass transit infrastructure and, as such, are regarded as a high-risk scenario. They are often complex, as in the case of subway lines with underground stations, tunnels from one station to another, train and passenger traffic, etc., all connected within a network, which makes it very easy for risk to spread from the original site of the incident. Emergency safety measures go beyond railway safety, and are constantly evolving thanks to the advances in technology.At TEKIA, our experience in different urban and high-speed railways allows us to offer safety engineering solutions that cover everything, from designing the system to defining operations and emergency procedures.
TUNNEL VENTILATION SYSTEMS
At TEKIA, our experience in different urban and high-speed railways allows us to offer safety engineering solutions that cover everything, from designing the system to defining operations and emergency procedures.During the commissioning of a tunnel, and also regularly during its use, the ventilation system should be audited. TEKIA uses a contrast methodology to assess the tunnel ventilation and evacuation system design based on 3D simulation and on-site tests carried out with our own equipment.
At TEKIA, we have been involved in over 100 tunnel ventilation projects, both road and railway, all over the world.