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Discover the SOM Mediterranee agency
With more than 30 years of recognised knowledge, the engineering teams at SOM Mediterranee will support you throughout the entire life cycle of your projects, and adapt to each of your concerns, thus guaranteeing a complete range of engineering services.
France Chaudronnerie, Boilermaking, Piping, Sheet Metal & Industrial Maintenance Association (ex-SNCT) and its Association Métier Avenir (AMA) award their “Marque Employeur by SNCT” label to the Ortec Group.
This distinction recognizes the Group’s commitment to recruiting, training and upgrading the skills of our employees in the metalworking trades: boilermaking, piping, welding and industrial maintenance.
expertises
Thanks to our branches located as close as possible to your production sites, our engineering teams possess a diverse and complementary skills base so they can address a broad range of needs in traditional technical engineering. You will have access to all areas of professional expertise for a given project in the same place, locally.
Preliminary design studies :
The preliminary design studies set up by our expert teams will define the framework of your potential project. (APS (Preliminary Design Summary) and APD (Definitive Design Summary)).
Steering and coordination :
Once your project has been clearly defined, and the preliminary studies have been completed, our versatile team will work with you to steer and coordinate your multi-technical contract. In order to organise and harmonise the actions of the different parties involved, our experts act like a “conductor”, ensuring that your contract is carried out as effectively as possible.
Our engineering services include :
- Pre-project, summary or detailed studies
- Execution studies
- Dimensioning and CAD modeling
- Regulatory studies
- Drafting of functional and technical specifications
- Qualification studies for electromechanical equipment
- Preparation of test specifications (commissioning, requalification)
- Production of 3D animations to illustrate work or maintenance sequences
Our areas of expertise cover
- Hydraulics
- Ventilation / HVAC
- Mechanics / Lifting
- Electromechanical equipment
- Materials / Welding
- Electricity / Instrumentation and Control (IEG)
- Civil engineering / Public works
Our simulation and calculation expertise:
- Fluid and thermal calculations
- CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) calculations
- Thermal-hydraulic studies, including accident situations
- Simulations of complex flows
- Cavitation and water hammer analyses
Operations and safety expertise:
- Plant operation and management
- Nuclear safety
- Specific expertise in :
- General Operating Rules (STE, CIA, EP)
- Safety Report
- Analysis of internal and external hazards
Field interventions and execution monitoring:
- Conventional inspections: investigations, surveys and controls
- Expediting (supply and manufacturing follow-up)
- Coordination and supervision of work or maintenance operations
the agency's services
Business sectors
Nuclear
Defense
Chemicals / Pharmaceuticals
Food Processing
Transport / Logistics
Aeronautics / aerospace
Renewable energies
Heavy Industries
Tertiary Services
Government & Local Authorities
Individuals
Oil & Gas - Petrochemicals
Defence:
By relying on the expertise of its engineers to meet the sector’s high standards, the Ortec Group has been offering its multi-profession skills to defence players throughout Europe for many years.
Energy and Nuclear:
With a strong presence in the energy sector for almost 70 years, the Ortec Group offers its expertise to customers. The cross-functional know-how of the Group’s various branches is recognised by the most important players, making the Ortec Group a major player in the world of energy and in particular, the nuclear sector.
Certifications
OHSAS 18001 Certification: [Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Specification] 2007 :
The SOM Méditerranée, a subsidiary of the Ortec Group, holds OHSAS 18001 Certification, version 2007, guaranteeing the compliance of the management system for its activities in metallurgy, boilermaking, pipework, industrial maintenance, industrial stoppages in terms of occupational health and safety management, and compatibility with international standards.
CEFRI : Radioprotection Certification :
The SOM Méditerranée, a subsidiary of the Ortec Group, holds the Radioprotection Certification relating to its management system set up for maintenance and work for monitored or controlled Zones, within the following BNF, SBNF facilities and all types of industrial and research installations.
EDF Qualification :
SOM, a subsidiary of the Ortec Group, holds the qualification to provide on behalf of EDF, intellectual services and technical assistance (deconstruction and on-site working during operations and assembly on non-operational sites / studies); inspections, analyses, measurements and tests (on-site work during operation and assembly on non-operational sites / tests) and studies on HVAC engineering.
ISO 9001-2015 certification:
The SOM Méditerranée agency holds ISO 9001-2015 certification for these activities: Industrial Risk Management, Numerical Calculation and Simulation, Nuclear Decommissioning Engineering, Maintenance and Document Engineering, General Installation Studies, Operational Studies, Safety, Risk and Radiation Protection Analysis, Regulatory and Environmental Studies, Studies relating to the management of radioactive waste and associated transport, Project Management, Project Ownership and Project Management Assistance, On-site QHSE Animation, Preparation, Supervision, Coordination of Works and Tests, Operational Planning, Training, Quality Consulting and 3D Telemetry. Construction economics, Operational safety, Integrated logistics support / MCO / ASSET management, Ergonomics, Organizational and human factors, Environmental safety / Hazard studies, Project / quality management, Statistics and modeling, Systems engineering, Training.
ISO 14001 certification:
SOM Méditerranée is certified ISO 14001: version 2015, in the following fields: Industrial Risk Management, Numerical Calculation and Simulation, Nuclear Decommissioning Engineering, Maintenance and Document Engineering, General Installation Studies, Operational Studies, Safety, Risk and Radiation Protection Analysis, Regulatory and Environmental Studies.
ISO 19443 : 2018 certificate
SOM Méditerranée holds ISO 19443 : 2018 certification for the following activities: Activities Important to Nuclear Safety (IPSN). Risk management, Nuclear safety, Safety engineering, Civil engineering, Methods and IS, Project management, Mechanical engineering, 3D layout and design.
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