Whether it is the Matmut Atlantique stadium in Bordeaux for the entire metal structure, the bypass of the Nîmes Montpellier TGV line for bridges and catenary anchors, the Lyon Saint Exupéry airport terminal for the framework, grandstands of the Longchamp racecourse, among so many other projects, the major players in the building sector, such as Vinci or Bouygues, called on Maurin Fixation for all the fixing elements.
Historically very present with carpenters, Maurin Fixation is today a major player in fixing products and solutions for the construction infrastructure (towers, museums, stadiums, commercial and industrial surfaces). The pole "Infrastructure and building" is also developing in the rail sector (station buildings, railway structures, overhead lines), road infrastructure (bridges, engineering structures, highways), telecommunications (telephony pylons), as well as energy and river infrastructure (wind turbines, electricity pylons, power plants, thermal power stations, nuclear power stations, dams, hydroelectric power stations). More and more, the pole is requested by the tertiary sector, for office projects in metal structures. He recently worked on an office district grouping together several buildings in the Paris region.
The reasons for success?
First of all, according to Christophe Marson, Head of Infrastructure Markets, technical expertise and management in project mode. Specialists are, in fact, dedicated to each of the product lines "Infrastructure and Building" - construction bolts, anchoring, support, wood range, etc.-. The project team is in charge of technical recommendations, in line with the requirements of the environment: technical specifications, alternative proposals in relation to the environment (eg saving in exposure time, economic gain), technical advice, price offer studies, training advice (installation, mounting method), logistics - abroad, for example -. According to customers, they can intervene from the design with the design office or the project team concerning the technical choices.
As an expert worthy of the name, the cluster "Infrastructure and Building" de Maurin Fixation intervenes in compliance with regulations, with products that comply with current CE standards. In addition, experts from the company are present in the standardization committees (including AFNOR and UNM) to work upstream on the development of standards and also to highlight good practices.
"Another asset particularly appreciated by customers in the context of major projects," explains Christophe Marson, the very efficient delivery service with direct delivery planning on site, according to the assembly phases. Our fastening products are in stock and available. Some customers are even in direct contact with our agencies because they favor local consumption and local stocks. "
Customers also benefit from product traceability for ten years. This traceability management, via the organization set up within the division - and ERP software -, makes it possible to keep, for ten years, the computerized trace of structural construction products. It is also, more and more often, one of the requirements of the Specifications.
Finally, Maurin Fixation has the widest range of products on the market. And Christophe Marson adds: “We are the only ones to offer such a wide and deep range of fastening systems, which evolves regularly with the addition of new products or technical solutions, both standard and specific. Our customers appreciate being able to entrust to a single actor all the elements of fixing a project. It should also be noted that the entire range is modeled in 3D and available to our customers for download via the internet. "