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Check the conformity of your equipment and installations

Operator, owner, local authority or company manager, you wish to bring your equipment, installations and processes into conformity with Monegasque regulations or your own specifications? 

Apave Monaco's teams are at your side to check the conformity, the safety and the good condition of your technical installations, equipments and machines, all along their life cycle.  

Thanks to the intervention of our seasoned experts, you have a global vision on the corrective actions to be deployed in order to comply with the local regulations specific to your activity sector. 

We can also offer you customized technical support, for example, in the case of a complex project or recurring malfunctions on your installations.

Your

compliance issues

Whatever your field of activity, as an operator, owner or employer, it is your responsibility to ensure that your machines, equipment and facilities are in full compliance with regulations at all times. This imperative is indeed a major human and legal challenge.

Apave Monaco's teams will accompany you whatever your objective is:


  • Comply with regulations and protect yourself from legal risks.
  • Ensure the health and safety of your employees, tenants or users. 
  • Reduce failures, downtime and other malfunctions on your equipment.
  • Improve the performance of your equipment, facilities, and your entire business.
  • Extend the life of your equipment and facilities.
  • Respect the regulatory periodicity schedules.
  • Control costs related to the maintenance of your facilities.
  • Limit the risk of accidents that could jeopardize health and safety at work and harm the environment.
  • Protect the reputation of your organization.
  • Carry out preventive actions to keep up with complex and rapidly changing regulations.

Our

fields of intervention

We are able to carry out conformity controls, punctually or periodically, for all your equipment, installations, buildings and processes, whatever they are: 

 

  • Electrical installations 
  • Fire safety installations (infrared thermography, sprinklers, automatic extinguishing, smoke extraction, verification of heat potentials...)
  • Lightning installations (lightning rods...)
  • Mechanical and lifting equipment (elevators, freight elevators, PMR elevators, handling equipment, hoists...)
  • HVAC equipment (heating, ventilation and air conditioning)
  • Sports equipment or playgrounds (basketball hoops, soccer cages...)
  • Pressurized equipment (compressors, cubes, waterproofing...)
  • Anchor points, scaffolding and lifelines
  • Industrial machinery  
  • Medical fluids in hospitals
  • Radiation protection (prevention of waves and radiation)
  • Thermal installations (sealing of gas networks)

We are at your side throughout the life cycle of your equipment: during the design, commissioning, operation, maintenance and end-of-life phases. 

Thanks to the specific and multi-sector expertise of our experts, we can also offer you, in addition to your needs in terms of regulatory compliance, technical assistance services tailored to meet your current needs:

  • Expertise, analysis of malfunctions (network analysis, electromagnetic compatibility, etc.)
  • Diagnosis and preventive maintenance (infrared thermography, ultrasound measurements, etc.)
  • Follow-up of works, acceptance, functional tests
  • Assistance in resolving non-conformities
  • Lightning risk analysis and technical study
  • IRVE, photovoltaics, risers, etc.

Why entrust the compliance of

your equipment and installations
to Apave Monaco?

Established for more than 20 years in the Principality, Apave Monaco offers you a local support to answer your compliance issues.

Our team includes 30 experienced technicians and engineers with 10 to 25 years of experience. These high-level experts are equipped with cutting-edge technical expertise, operational excellence and a solid knowledge of the regulations specific to your sector of activity. This is the guarantee of a high quality intervention, aligned to your needs, whatever the equipment, the installation or the building concerned. 

We also make it a point of honour to be highly responsive and to adapt to your schedule and your specific requests.

 

We have been accompanying major players on the Monegasque scene for two decades:

 

Logo Centre Hospitalier Grace de Monaco     Logo institut Océnaographique de Monaco     Logo Palais Princier de Monaco     Logo Société des Bains de mer     Logo Pastor Immobilier

Your questions about

the compliance of your equipment and installations:

  • How do I know what my regulatory compliance obligations are? 

    The regulatory obligations relating to installations and equipment are specified in the Monegasque Ministerial Order n°2018-1079 of November 21, 2018 relating to the general principles of safety against the risks of fire and panic in buildings.

    In addition, it is important to carry out a rigorous regulatory watch in order to stay abreast of the slightest changes in legislation.
  • What periodic checks do I have to perform as an owner or operator of an ERP? 

    Here is the regulatory periodicity relating to the installations and equipment within an Establishment Receiving the Public (restaurant, hotel, school...):   

         - 1st, 2nd and 3rd category establishments

     

     Electrical installations  Every years
     Infrared thermography examination of electrical installations Every years 

     

        - 4th and 5th category establishments

    Electrical installations Every 3 years

     

        - Type L establishments

    Smoke extraction system for ERP type L Every 3 years

     

        - Establishments of all types and categories

     

    Elevators, freight elevators, escalators, moving walkways Every years
    Automatic fire detection system (FDS), fire safety system (FDS+FSS) Every 3 years
    Automatic detection system such as sprinkler, deluge system, water curtains.
    Automatic extinguishing system of another type (gas, water mist, etc...)
    Every 3 years
    Combustible and/or toxic gas detection system Every 3 years
    Air quality and dust control equipment Every 3 years
    Fire department radio communication retransmission system Every 3 years
    Lightning rods Every 3 years
    Tanks for the storage of flammable liquids (hydraulic test)** Every 5 years
    Medical gas distribution installation Every years

  • What periodic inspections should I perform as an owner or operator of an industrial or business establishment? 

    Here is the regulatory periodicity for installations and equipment within an industrial or activity establishment:

       - Industrial establishments

    Electrical installations Every year
    Infrared thermography examination of electrical installations Every year
    Elevators, freight elevators, escalators, moving walkways  Every 6 months

     

       - Establishments of activity of less than 100 people

    Electrical installations Every 3 year
    Elevators, freight elevators, escalators, moving walkways  Every 6 months

     

     - Establishments of activity with more than 100 people

    Electrical installations Every year
    Infrared thermography examination of electrical installations Every year
    Elevators, freight elevators, escalators, moving walkways  Every year

     

       - Establishments of all types

     Automatic fire detection system (FDS), fire safety system (FDS+FSS) Every 3 years
     Automatic detection system such as sprinkler, deluge system, water curtains. 
    Automatic extinguishing system of another type (gas, water mist, etc...)
    Every 3 years
     Combustible and/or toxic gas detection system Every 3 years 
     Air quality and dust control equipment Every 3 years 
     Fire department radio communication retransmission system Every 3 years 
     Lightning rods Every 5 years 
     Tanks for the storage of flammable liquids (hydraulic test)** Every 5 years 
     Medical gas distribution installation Every years 
  • What periodic inspections should I perform as the owner or operator of a residential, office or business building? 

    As an owner or manager of a building for residential use, a professional building or a building for tertiary use, here is the regulatory periodicity to respect to ensure the conformity of your installations and equipment:

    Elevators, freight elevators, escalators, moving walkways Every 3 years
    Automatic fire detection system (FDS), fire safety system (FDS+FSS) Every 3 years
    Automatic detection system such as sprinkler, deluge system, water curtains.
    Automatic extinguishing system of another type (gas, water mist, etc...)
    Every 3 years
    Combustible and/or toxic gas detection system Every 3 years
    Air quality and dust control equipment Every 3 years
    Fire department radio communication retransmission system Every 3 years
    Lightning rods Every 5 years
    Tanks for the storage of flammable liquids (hydraulic test)** Every 5 years
    Medical gas distribution installation Every years

     

  • What periodic inspections must I perform as the owner or operator of a high-rise or very tall building?

    As an owner or operator of a high-rise building (more than 28 m or 50 m in height) or a high-rise building (more than 200 m in height), here are the regulatory periods to be respected concerning your installations and equipment:  

     

    Elevators, freight elevators, escalators, moving walkways Every 6 months
    Elevators without priority call device, freight elevators, escalators, moving walkways  Every years
    Electrical installations (excluding private areas)  Every years
    Smoke extraction system  Every years
     Assessment of the heat load (excluding living quarters)  Every 5 years
    Automatic fire detection system (FDS), fire safety system (FDS+FSS) Every 3 years
    Automatic detection system such as sprinkler, deluge system, water curtains.
    Automatic extinguishing system of another type (gas, water mist, etc...)
    Every 3 years
    Combustible and/or toxic gas detection system Every 3 years
    Air quality and dust control equipment Every 3 years
    Fire department radio communication retransmission system Every 3 years
    Lightning rods Every 5 years
    Tanks for the storage of flammable liquids (hydraulic test)** Every 5 years
    Medical gas distribution installation Every years

     

  • What periodic inspections should I perform as a parking lot owner or operator? 

    Here is the periodicity that applies regarding the verification of equipment and installations within a parking lot:

    Electrical installations Every years
    Automatic fire detection system (FDS), fire safety system (FDS+FSS) Every 3 years
    Automatic detection system such as sprinkler, deluge system, water curtains.
    Automatic extinguishing system of another type (gas, water mist, etc...)
    Every 3 years
    Combustible and/or toxic gas detection system Every 3 years
    Air quality and dust control equipment Every 3 years
    Fire department radio communication retransmission system Every 3 years
    Tanks for the storage of flammable liquids (hydraulic test)** Every 5 years

     

     

  • What types of equipment and installations can you work on?

    Our engineers and technicians are able to work on all types of equipment, installations and buildings in the Principality:

    • establishments open to the public
    • industrial buildings
    • residential buildings
    • office buildings
    • buildings for tertiary use
    • electrical and fire installations
    • work equipment 
    • medical devices  
    • thermal installations 
    • sports equipment
    • playgrounds
    • elevators
    • freight elevators
    • escalators 
    • moving walkways
    • lightning rods ... 

    Our services are aimed at all types of organizations, in the public or private sector: local authorities; hotels; hospitals; very small businesses; SMEs...   

Why choose us?

1

A multidisciplinary team

Our 30 employees, with the support of the Apave Group's many skills, provide daily support to the Monegasque State, the CHPG, the SBM, property developers, and all industrial and tertiary activities, thanks to its experts in all fields of activity.
2

Appropriate services

To meet your needs, we adapt our services to each of your problems, so as to accompany you throughout your project in the most appropriate way.
3

Innovation at your service

With innovative solutions, we facilitate your work both in the field of inspection thanks to real-time connected technologies, and in the monitoring of your activities thanks to an ecosystem of digital solutions covering the detection, diagnosis, management and anticipation of your risks.