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Ineco leads the consortium that coordinates the contracts and different organisations that participate in the Rodoanel Mário Covas ringroad construction.
São Paulo is the biggest metropolitan area in South America in socio-economic terms, and is Brazil's financial centre.The country is undergoing a profound transformation, proof of which is the scale of investment in infrastructures such as the ring-road known as the Rodoanel Mário Covas (Mario Covas Ring-road). The 43.86 kilometre-long northern section was pending execution. For social and environmental reasons this is the most complex section of the entire project with 4,000 families requiring relocation.The execution of the northern section will complete the 177 kilometres of this ring road around the city. It is used by 65,000 vehicles per day, including 30,000 trucks and provides access to Porto de Santos, Brazil's main seaport. The northern section also includes the new access to the Guarulhos International Airport.The northern section is designed for speeds up to 100 kilometres per hour, has three or four lanes depending on the sector and required construction of seven tunnels and one hundred and eleven bridges and viaducts.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:DERSA (Desenvolvimento Rodoviário S.A.)Execution period:2013-2016Carousel:Image:Link:circunvalac sao paulo Rodoanel Mario Covas 1Image:Link:circunvalac sao paulo Rodoanel Mario Covas 2Image:Link:circunvalac sao paulo Rodoanel Mario Covas 3Claim:One of Brazil's main transport projectsSubtitle:43.86 km long
65,000 vehicles per day
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Coordination of the ring-road worksParagraph body:Ineco, which leads a consortium with the Brazilian engineering company EBEI, provides assistance to the joint venture DERSA (Rodoviário Desenvolvimento S.A., in which the state of São Paulo is the majority shareholder) to coordinate around thirty contracts and the numerous agencies involved in the works, which began in March 2013 and are scheduled to finish in 2016.
Among other activities, the Ineco team coordinates planning and monitoring of works executed by six Brazilian and Spanish construction groups, using its SIOS system, as well as managing expropriations and environmental measures.
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Ineco has carried out the Adjustment Plan on the first generation highways in Spain to guarantee a higher level of road safety.
The first toll-free multi-lane highways were built in the early 1980s using existing roads as one of the carriageways and were known as "first generation" highways.Increasing traffic flows, transit speeds and accident rates have obliged the Government to adopt a plan to upgrade, modernise and improve the highways with the goal of meeting contemporary safety standards. The need to refurbish the network in a relatively short time and to maintain the same with high quality and service standards led to implementation under the Plan of a nineteen-year concession system. Ineco has been providing assistance to the Ministry of Public Works since 2006 with management of the concession contracts.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Ministry of Public WorksExecution period:2006-2010Carousel:Image:Link:MG 3327-2Image:Link:MG 3444-37Image:Link:First generation Highway Two LanesImage:Link:First generation Highway WinterImage:Link:First generation HighwayClaim:Re-engineering Spain's RoadsSubtitle:2,125 km of roads
17% of all traffic on the Nation´s Highways network
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Measures which translate into maximum safetyParagraph body:The project envisages upgrading around 2,125 km of highways and toll roads and will provide users with safety and service levels similar to those offered by more recently built highways.
Paragraph body:The upgrade programme includes two phases. The first applies to 1,525 km of the A-1 (Madrid-Burgos), A-2 (Madrid-Zaragoza), A-3 and A-31 (Madrid -Alicante) and A-4 (Madrid-Seville) highways, of which 1,000 km have already been reconditioned. The second phase envisages work on 580 km of the A-2 (Igualada-Martorell), A-5 (Madrid-Badajoz) and A-6 (Adanero-Benavente).
The project also establishes a series of status and service quality indicators which oblige the concession holder to ensure that infrastructure maintenance provides optimum conditions for the user.
The support provided to the Ministry by the Ineco team in the development of this project included drafting of the RFQs for the concessions, development of the Inspection Manuals associated with the contracts, monitoring the preliminary engineering, public information processes, the Environmental Impact Statements and consultancy for analysis of concession bids. Once the contracts were awarded Ineco was involved in supervision of the construction projects, monitoring and coordination during execution of the works and technical and legal support in concession contract monitoring and compliance monitoring with respect to the 41 status and service quality indicators during the subsequent operational phase.
Lastly, the project monitored the environmental management systems of the projects, taking into account measures to reduce their harmful impact.Service:Geographic Area:Testimony carousel position:Under summaryCite carousel position:Under summary -
The Republic of Ecuador’s Ministry of Transport and Public Works, knowing the characteristics of the country’s roads and with the aim of expanding and modernising the infrastructure and service rendered by some corridors of the national network, decided to undertake the State Road Network Improvement Programme.
With the aim of modernising the road network, Ecuador’s Ministry of Transport and Public Works (MTOP) commissioned Ineco to carry out engineering studies for different strategic corridors in the country, in addition to technical, legal and financial structuring of public-private partnerships to allow decentralised administration using concessions.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Ministry of Transport and Public Works (MTOP), EcuadorExecution period:2012 – 2015Carousel:Image:Claim:Drafts for the high speed route from Santo Domingo to Esmeraldas, Huaquillas route and audit of roads in EcuadorSubtitle:500 km of highways/motorways in Ecuador
7 road projects
2 motorway projects
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Description of the workParagraph body:Ineco has created drafts of the Santo Domingo–Esmeraldas high capacity road, which is approximately 190 km in length. It also participated in designing some sections between Río Siete and Tíllales, which links the south of the country with Peru, and supervised expansion and improvement works on the Pifo–Papallacta road. It is worth highlighting, finally, the technical, legal and financial structuring carried out by the company for concessions for the two roads mentioned at the beginning of the article.
Another of the work highlights in Ecuador is the existing road of Corridor E-25 Río Siete – Huaquillas, which links the south of the country with Peru. In this case two works were carried out. For the first stretch, between Río Siete and Tíllales “Y”, the final design of a high capacity route with all international standards was carried out. For the second stretch between Tíllales “Y” and Huaquillas, the existing road was improved to make it into a motorway. The works included service lanes, agricultural roads, junctions, expansions and road safety improvements.
In terms of construction supervision, one of the most noteworthy projects Ineco carried out was to audit the enlargement and improvement of the Pifo – Papallacta route. This route of approximately 35 kilometres crosses the western part of the Andes. Also included was one of the highest-altitude paved cycle lanes in the world.
Paragraph title:Highlights of Ineco’s participation in project executionParagraph body:Ineco, thanks to its long history and experience in high performance road solutions, carried out the designs that run through the main areas of the country. These designs were characterised by having several access points to many local farms.
The layouts, in which Ineco participated, were optimised following the prescriptions and requirements of The Spanish Ministry of Public Works’ Standard 3.1-IC. This Standard is well renowned and has consistent design parameters to define and calculate high capacity road infrastructure.
Ineco has created drafts of the Santo Domingo–Esmeraldas high capacity road, which is approximately 10 km in length. On the first stretch, designs focused mainly on improving road safety, prioritisation of movements, ordering and regulating all current main line connections. On the second stretch, a new layout design was made using a dual carriageway, by assessing the maximum use of the existing carriageway, with occasional layout tweaks and designing a new, independent carriageway.
Another noteworthy work in Ecuador is the existing road of the E-25 Corridor from Río Siete to Huaquillas, which links the south of the country with Peru. In this instance two different works were carried out. For the first stretch between Río Siete and Tíllales “Y”, the final design of a high capacity route with all international standards was carried out. For the second stretch between Tíllales “Y” and Huaquillas, an improvement to the existing route was designed to make it into a motorway. The works included service lanes, agricultural roads, junctions, enlargements and road safety improvements.
On both designs, along with the engineering designs, the technical, legal and financial structuring of the infrastructure was carried out with the aim of conducting an international bid for tender for the contracting – by collaboration between state and private interests – of the administrative concession for the construction, operation and maintenance of the aforementioned motorways over a 30-year period.
Within the structuring works, a wide-ranging study of Ecuador’s legislative framework was conducted in order to be able to articulate these concession designs, a social cost-benefit analysis of the solutions proposed was carried out, as well as an economic and financial feasibility study and risk study with the aim of proposing solutions that would be attractive to private investors and compatible with the Ecuadorian government’s needs and the financial conditions of the markets.
In terms of construction supervision, among the many routes audited on the entire Ecuadorian road network, one of the most noteworthy designs Ineco carried out was to audit the enlargement and improvement of the Pifo – Papallacta route. This route of approximately 35 kilometres crosses the western part of the Andes, which was a great challenge due to its difficult terrain and reconciliation with road traffic maintenance demands. Additionally, one of the highest-altitude paved cycle lanes in the world was audited.
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We have brought support to the regional government of Catalonia with the Pilot4Safety Project, pioneer experience in the training of professionals who carry out road audits and inspections.
For the last two years the European Commission has been promoting a common pilot training scheme for experts who perform road audits and inspections. Ineco has provided assistance to the Government of Catalonia, one of the European partners.This project encompasses a pilot scheme which has brought together regional authorities, road research institutes and universities from eight European countries over the last two years with the aim of developing a common training curriculum for engineers who analyse Roads, especially conventional intercity roads.Ineco cooperated with the Government of Catalonia which audited two road-based projects: the 25 km-long C-242 local road in Lerida and a bypass in the city of Chynov in the Czech Republic.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Generalitat CataluñaExecution period:2010-2012Carousel:Image:Link:Vehiculo de inspeccionImage:Link:Inspector de ineco en andalucia con gpsImage:Link:Pilot4SafetyClaim:European training scheme for road safety expertsSubtitle:2 years research period
Participation in universities from
8 countries
Paragraph:Paragraph body:All this training and field work experience has helped to define how future European road auditors and inspectors should be trained.
Since 2009 Ineco has been providing assistance to the General Directorate of Roads of the Ministry of Public Works for project drafting, coordination, monitoring and control of the First Generation Highway Upgrade Plan.Service:Geographic Area: -
The State Road Network is essential for mobility of passengers and goods in Spain. Therefore, it is necessary to continually perform works to maintain and improve it. The works necessary to achieve these aims have been set out by the Ministry of Public Works in the Infrastructure, Transport and Housing Plan (PITVI, 2012-2024).
The Ministry of Public Works has entrusted Ineco with the execution of works on the road network in Spain, aimed at making it more efficient and consistent, strengthening its connectivity, and strengthening and improving road safety.
Ineco’s experience in developing this type of network, along with its team’s technical expertise, enables the company to design, plan and become involved in executing, operating, maintaining and managing roads. For this purpose, several informative studies have been conducted, as well as several works drawing up detailed designs and technical assistance while executing works on various stretches.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:: Ministry of Public worksExecution period:-Carousel:Image:Claim:Work on roads in SpainSubtitle:150 km in designs
11 autonomous communities
37 stretches of work
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Works on the entire networkParagraph body:Among the work carried out, two works stand out in Madrid, aimed at improving connectivity and capacity on the outskirts with the drawing up of the improvement designs for the linking of highway A-6 with the M-40 and improving capacity in the context of the connection of the M-50 with the M-509. Additionally, in Madrid the informative study of a new high capacity route is being conducted, a variant of the existing A-1 between the M-12 and the municipality of El Molar.
In Lugo the works have begun drawing up the new stretch (Foz-Barreiros) of the new A-74 highway (A Mariña Highway), which will be the continuation of the high capacity road axis between Ferrol and San Ciprián, and will close the triangle comprised of the Cantábrico A-8 highway on the Galician stretch between Ribadeo and Baamonde and the AG-64 highway.
In Tarragona the works have begun to draw up the design for the widening of the N-340 between the localities of La Mora and La Pobla del Montornés, lending continuity to the A-7 on a 7 kilometre stretch and improving the capacity of a stretch with high traffic flow in summer due to its proximity to the Costa Daurada.
Several technical assistance works have begun during execution of the works:
In Huesca, on the Congosto de Isuela – Arguis stretch of Mudéjar highway (A-23), one of the latest stretches under construction, which will enable high capacity road connection between Sagunto and Jaca.
In Ávila supervision and surveillance is being carried out on the new bridge of La Gaznata over the El Burguillo Reservoir, which will improve the road safety conditions on a stretch with an average traffic flow in excess of 5,000 vehicles/day.
Since August 2016, Ineco has been providing technical assistance to the General Construction Subdirectorate, as a consequence of Order HAP/1169/2016 of 14 July, which regulates the 2016 year-end operations relating to the expenditure budget and off-budget operations. This contract provides a supervision and surveillance service, expropriations advice, environmental monitoring and health and safety coordination on works whose execution has already begun, covering 35 stretches. This service is a challenge due to the necessary agility required to make the resources available in a short timeframe.
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Ineco has carried out the Adjustment Plan on the first generation highways in Spain to guarantee a higher level of road safety.
The first toll-free multi-lane highways were built in the early 1980s using existing roads as one of the carriageways and were known as "first generation" highways.Increasing traffic flows, transit speeds and accident rates have obliged the Government to adopt a plan to upgrade, modernise and improve the highways with the goal of meeting contemporary safety standards. The need to refurbish the network in a relatively short time and to maintain the same with high quality and service standards led to implementation under the Plan of a nineteen-year concession system. Ineco has been providing assistance to the Ministry of Public Works since 2006 with management of the concession contracts.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Ministry of Public WorksExecution period:2006-2010Carousel:Image:Link:MG 3327-2Image:Link:MG 3444-37Image:Link:First generation Highway Two LanesImage:Link:First generation Highway WinterImage:Link:First generation HighwayClaim:Re-engineering Spain's RoadsSubtitle:2,125 km of roads
17% of all traffic on the Nation´s Highways network
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Measures which translate into maximum safetyParagraph body:The project envisages upgrading around 2,125 km of highways and toll roads and will provide users with safety and service levels similar to those offered by more recently built highways.
Paragraph body:The upgrade programme includes two phases. The first applies to 1,525 km of the A-1 (Madrid-Burgos), A-2 (Madrid-Zaragoza), A-3 and A-31 (Madrid -Alicante) and A-4 (Madrid-Seville) highways, of which 1,000 km have already been reconditioned. The second phase envisages work on 580 km of the A-2 (Igualada-Martorell), A-5 (Madrid-Badajoz) and A-6 (Adanero-Benavente).
The project also establishes a series of status and service quality indicators which oblige the concession holder to ensure that infrastructure maintenance provides optimum conditions for the user.
The support provided to the Ministry by the Ineco team in the development of this project included drafting of the RFQs for the concessions, development of the Inspection Manuals associated with the contracts, monitoring the preliminary engineering, public information processes, the Environmental Impact Statements and consultancy for analysis of concession bids. Once the contracts were awarded Ineco was involved in supervision of the construction projects, monitoring and coordination during execution of the works and technical and legal support in concession contract monitoring and compliance monitoring with respect to the 41 status and service quality indicators during the subsequent operational phase.
Lastly, the project monitored the environmental management systems of the projects, taking into account measures to reduce their harmful impact.Service:Geographic Area:Testimony carousel position:Under summaryCite carousel position:Under summary