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in advanced technical
installations
FCC Industrial is a technology company
with more than 25 years’ experience in
the deployment of complex projects invol-
ving electromechanical installations and
systems. These projects are vital in critical
infrastructures in the transport sector (road
and railway tunnels, buildings). During the-
se years, we have installed intelligent trans-
portation systems (ITS) in more than 30 ro-
ads and highways (> 1,150 km) and in more
than 90 (> 110 km).
FCC Industrial executes hierarchically com-
plete projects, covering the entire cycle
(design, manufacturing, supply, installation,
and testing) and all the technical aspects
of installations (electrical, mechanical, sys-
tems, communications, safety, and mana-
gement centres).
Road tunnels are governed by technical
regulations pursuant to European Directive
2004/54/CE y el R.D. 635/06. The following
building blocks are included in the comple-
te ITS installation in tunnels:
•
Control Centre, traffic management
software (SCADA).
•
Communications network: Gigabit
networks, fibre optic transport, and
radio-communications (TETRA).
•
Variable Message Signs (VMS): in ro-
ads and inside tunnels.
•
Video-surveillance: closed-circuit tele-
vision (CCTV) and automatic incident
detection systems (AID).
•
Environmental monitoring: pollution
levels (CO, NOx, opacity), visibility, lu-
minance at tunnel mouths, humidity,
speed, wind direction, etc.
•
Control stations: tunnels (ERU) and
traffic counter (ADR).
•
SOS emergency posts and loud-
speaker systems.
•
Electromechanical lighting and venti-
lation installations.
•
Power supply (MT y BT): distribution,
transformation centres, generators.
Tunnels are critical infrastructures and, ac-
cordingly, its pain tubes, accesses, and
emergency galleries are supervised by
adaptive algorithms which are able to regu-
late ventilation, lighting, and safety systems
in real time. The most critical module is the
fire detection and extinguishing systems
that coordinate all the technical sub-sys-
tems of the tunnel and in charge of main-
taining overall safety, facilitating evacuation
plans for drivers and reducing the impact
on the infrastructures as much as possible.
Leader
Traffic management, SCUT toll, Control
of 30 tunnels in the ER-1 express road
and Control Centre in Funchal (Madeira-
Portugal, VIALITORAL).
Traffic management, control of 6 tunnels
n A23 and the Monrepós management
centre (Huesca-Spain, Ministry of Public
Works).