Sica Logistique

The Company

Sica Logistique is a specialised logistics provider supporting complex construction and infrastructure projects across France and Switzerland. The company operates at the intersection of construction, logistics, and operational planning, coordinating the flow of people, materials, equipment, and space on highly dynamic sites.

Its portfolio spans a wide range of environments — including office buildings, hospitals, shopping centres, residential facilities, historical monuments, and major sports infrastructure such as football stadiums. One of Sica Logistique’s most demanding and high-profile engagements was its logistical support for the reconstruction of Notre-Dame de Paris.

Across all projects, Sica Logistique’s core mission is to ensure that construction sites function as precisely orchestrated systems, where every delivery, piece of equipment, and workspace is available exactly when needed.

Challenges

Before implementing TIMIFY, Sica Logistique relied on manual and partially decentralised coordination methods to manage bookings on large construction sites. As project complexity increased, this approach became increasingly inefficient.

Key challenges included:

• Uncoordinated site operations: Cranes, lifts, containers, and meeting rooms were frequently occupied or blocked without central visibility.
• Equipment conflicts: Multiple teams attempted to access the same resources simultaneously, leading to delays and idle time.
• Lack of time-slot control: Deliveries and supplier arrivals were difficult to synchronise with equipment availability.
• Extended construction timelines: Inefficient logistics directly translated into longer build phases and increased operational risk.
• High coordination overhead: Site managers spent significant time resolving conflicts instead of focusing on progress and safety.

On large-scale projects such as Notre-Dame, where timelines, security, and precision were non-negotiable, these inefficiencies posed a serious risk to meeting expected completion milestones.

The Solution

To bring structure, predictability, and scalability to its operations, Sica Logistique implemented TIMIFY as a central booking and coordination platform for construction site logistics.

The implementation marked a decisive shift from reactive coordination to structured, time-slot-based planning.

Focus of the implementation:

• Time-slot booking for site resources: Cranes, lifting equipment, containers, and construction meeting rooms are made available as bookable resources with defined availability windows.
• Individual booking links per resource: Dedicated booking links were created for each crane or critical asset, allowing teams and suppliers to reserve exactly what they need.
• Booking confirmations with reference numbers: Customised confirmation emails include unique booking numbers, enabling clear identification and assignment of suppliers, equipment, and spaces on large sites.
• Custom branding for selected locations: In some projects, the booking interface was adapted to match site-specific or client branding requirements.
• Automated communication: Confirmation emails ensure that all parties know when and where they are expected — without manual follow-ups.

Through this setup, TIMIFY became an operational backbone for Sica Logistique’s site coordination — particularly on highly sensitive and tightly scheduled projects such as the reconstruction of Notre-Dame.

Results

The impact of TIMIFY on Sica Logistique’s operations was immediate and measurable.

• More than 20,000 bookings managed via TIMIFY, covering equipment, rooms, and time-critical logistics processes.
• Reliable adherence to construction timelines: Coordinated logistics ensure that work progresses according to plan, decisive factor in meeting expected completion dates at Notre-Dame.
• Clear equipment availability: Teams know exactly when cranes, lifts, or containers are available, eliminating conflicts and downtime.
• Improved supplier coordination: External suppliers arrive at defined time slots and find the required equipment and spaces ready for use.
• Reduced on-site friction: Every stakeholder knows what they are authorised to use, when, and for how long.
• Higher operational efficiency: Site managers spend less time resolving conflicts and more time overseeing progress and safety.

By transforming logistics into a structured booking process, Sica Logistique significantly improved predictability and efficiency across its most complex construction environments.

Future Plans

Building on these results, Sica Logistique plans to further standardise digital booking workflows across additional construction sites in France and Switzerland.

Future initiatives include:

• Expanding time-slot-based coordination to additional equipment categories and site services.
• Increasing the use of branded booking interfaces for high-profile or client-specific projects.
• Scaling the system to support even larger, multi-site construction programs with multiple stakeholder groups.

TIMIFY will continue to play a central role in enabling Sica Logistique to manage growing logistical complexity without compromising on reliability or timelines.

Conclusion

The collaboration between Sica Logistique and TIMIFY demonstrates how structured digital booking can fundamentally improve construction site logistics.

By introducing clear time slots, automated communication, and centralised coordination, Sica Logistique transformed complex construction environments into efficiently managed systems — even under the extreme demands of the Notre-Dame reconstruction.

With TIMIFY, logistics became a decisive factor in meeting construction deadlines, aligning suppliers, and ensuring that large-scale projects progress exactly as planned.