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Only collective and global action will be effective against climate change: this is the starting point of the campaign that the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment created in 2015 under the slogan “A million commitments to the climate”. Ineco has been in charge of developing the initiative with the special involvement of the Spanish Office of Climate Change, Ecodes, and the Fundación Biodiversidad. This citizen participation and awareness-raising campaign that aimed to gain the support of a million individuals and companies to contribute to the reduction of diffuse emissions of greenhouse gases, was developed in the months in the run-up to the Climate Summit held in Paris in December 2015, in which a historic worldwide agreement was reached to avoid global warming exceeding 2ºC by 2020.
Through the campaign’s website, any citizen or entity could endorse and share the commitments that they chose in the fight against climate change, so that the Spanish government could present them at the Summit.
Ineco managed the project, the design and development of the web platform, the linkage and mobilisation of the initiatives that were generated by the operators and managers of the transport infrastructure and the project of investigation, detection, definition and calculation of the reduction in the emissions of each commitment, as well as the good practice guide to minimise the emissions deriving from the execution of the design and its carbon footprint.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the EnvironmentExecution period:2015Carousel:Image:Link:“A Million Commitments to the Climate” CampaignImage:Link:“A Million Commitments to the Climate” CampaignClaim:A project against climate changeSubtitle:Paris Climate Summit (COP21)
Challenge achieved: one million commitments from Spanish citizens, companies and entities
Calculation of the carbon footprint of Ineco and Ecodes
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Ineco opts for the integration of sustainable solutionsParagraph body:The generation of energy from fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas), industry and transport, agriculture and changes in the use of soil (particularly deforestation) are the main causes of artificial emissions of greenhouse gases. The contribution of engineering to the global battle against climate change is that of seeking the most sustainable technical solutions and new tools and technologies that allow us to detect, quantify and mitigate its effects. Ineco contributes its experience and capabilities in the field of transport for the development of infrastructure that promotes sustainability and energy efficiency.
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In a country with a little over eight million inhabitants, the recovery and construction of the railway corridor is key for the economic development and social integration of the region, through respect for the biodiversity.
The Ineco-Cobodes consortium has developed a strategic environmental assessment study for the Central Bioceanic Railway Corridor, a project undertaken by the government of Bolivia and funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which will connect the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.
The works include the identification and evaluation of the strategic environmental and social impacts throughout the whole CFBC’s path in Bolivia. The study aims to safeguard the vast natural heritage in the region, which consists of a multitude of natural areas with high biodiversity; and improve the quality of life of Bolivian people
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Bolivian Ministry of Public Works, Services and HousingExecution period:May 2013 – December 2014Carousel:Image:Link:Strategic environmental study of the central Bi-Oceanic Railway corridorImage:Link:Strategic environmental study of the central Bi-Oceanic Railway corridorImage:Link:Strategic environmental study of the central Bi-Oceanic Railway corridorClaim:Ineco is in charge of the identification and strategic evaluation of the social and environmental impacts for the whole CFBC in BoliviaSubtitle:100 km wide and 1,800 km long corridor
Extensive public broadcasting (15 informative workshops, publication of 2,400 copies of the report, distribution of 3,000 leaflets)
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Experts in environmental evaluationsParagraph body:Ineco has extensive experience in the environmental evaluation of transport infrastructure. In Spain, its participation in the complete development of Spanish high speed rail and its conventional network has allowed it to evaluate any type of environmental impact, with a particularly complex orography. This experience has allowed it to be involved in projects throughout the world, planning the most sustainable solutions for the development of transport networks.
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To ensure the noise-related comfort of the inhabitants of the areas near airports and, therefore, the sustainability of present and future airport operations, Spain has regulations that evaluate and demarcate the areas of noise protection around airport infrastructure.
In the face of urban growth of the municipalities, evaluation and protection areas have been created around this type of infrastructure including the need to analyse and minimise noise conflicts resulting from airport operations.
Since 1997, Ineco has participated in the execution of Aena’s Noise Insulation Plans, through the Management Office, from which it coordinates the carrying out of actions, which has allowed it, to date, to carry out the soundproofing of around 20,000 dwellings and single housing units.
Likewise, since 2006, the company has provided Aena with technical assistance for noise management and management of atmospheric pollution in the airports of its network, highlighting the development of strategic noise maps and the demarcation of noise navigation easements.
Through close cooperation with Aena in the management of noise and atmospheric pollution at airports over recent years, Ineco has gained experience in this type of service that is the key to an environmentally-friendly, sustainable transport system.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Aena S.M.E., S.A.Execution period:2006-presentCarousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Protection against noiseSubtitle:More than 20,000 soundproof dwellings and singular housing units
20 years of experience
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Strategic noise mapsParagraph body:Every five years, Ineco, in collaboration with Aena, develops five strategic noise maps (SNM) on the location of large airports. These SNM are an assessment tool that allow evaluation of the noise pollution situation of the reference year and subsequently, the updates every five years allow a follow-up of the noise evolution.
They are also a reference for the development of their corresponding associated plans of action, which, following the noise analysis process, define the measures for preventing and reducing noise in the airport environment, as well as for checking the effectiveness of the measures adopted.
Paragraph title:Noise navigation easementsParagraph body:The regulations envisage the possibility of demarcating noise navigation easements for transport infrastructure and other public facilities that require them. Ineco develops for Aena the noise navigation easements aimed at achieving the compatibility of the functioning or development of its infrastructure with land uses, activities, facilities or buildings established or that could be established in the areas affected by the noise.
Paragraph title:Environmental assessmentsParagraph body:In compliance with the European Directive 2001/42/EC and the 9/2006 Act, Ineco develops the necessary acoustics studies required in the assessment procedure of the effects of Aena’s plans and programmes on the environment. Furthermore, the company carries out the noise pollution studies required for the environmental assessments of infrastructure projects, both in the stages of work and operation.
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El Plan de Ahorro y Eficiencia Energética de Aena tiene el objetivo de optimizar el consumo de energía, a través de medidas que fomenten el ahorro y la eficiencia energética, así como el uso de energías renovables, de manera coordinada y global para todos sus aeropuertos
Ineco colabora con Aena en la identificación de las necesidades de los aeropuertos relacionadas con la mejora de la sostenibilidad del transporte aéreo y la eficiencia energética, así como de las diferentes acciones desarrolladas en su red, obteniendo información de las actuaciones ya realizadas y de sus resultados. De ese modo, a partir de esas experiencias y de todas aquellas medidas de implantación potencial en los aeropuertos, se desarrollan líneas de actuación comunes para toda la red.
Estas medidas buscan unificar los criterios y la colaboración con los aeropuertos tanto en el fomento de la eficiencia energética como de las energías renovables, en línea con los objetivos generales del Plan de Ahorro y Eficiencia Energética.
Entre los principales trabajos que se llevan a cabo se encuentran: el desarrollo de un acuerdo marco para el proyecto, suministro y/o instalación de sistemas de iluminación basados en tecnologías eficientes energéticamente; y un plan estratégico de desarrollo fotovoltaico en Aena.
En cuanto al acuerdo marco de iluminación, su objetivo principal es alcanzar un ahorro energético-económico mediante la utilización de nuevas tecnologías siempre bajo el cumplimiento de la normativa de aplicación.
Por otra parte, el plan fotovoltaico busca obtener un dimensionamiento inicial de potenciales instalaciones fotovoltaicas en autoconsumo. Inicialmente, se implantarán instalaciones fotovoltaicas en autoconsumo en cuatro aeropuertos canarios para, posteriormente, continuar con el resto de aeropuertos de la red, priorizando aquellos que cuentan con un buen recurso solar y un gran consumo, de manera que sus ahorros energéticos sean significativos respecto del consumo total de la red.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Aena S.M.E. S.A.Execution period:2014 - 2019Carousel:Image:Link:Implementation and Monitoring of Aena’s Energy Efficiency and Savings PlanClaim:Sustainable airportsSubtitle:5 years of experience
Improved air transport sustainability
Increased energy efficiency
Paragraph:Paragraph title:More than five years of collaborationParagraph body:Ineco has more than five years of experience in the preparation, implementation and monitoring of energy efficiency and savings plans.
The company has also carried out the Ministry of Public Works’ Energy Efficiency Plan (2011), Aena’s Energy Efficiency and Savings Plan (2013) and Adif’s Energy Efficiency and Savings Plan (2009-2014). Currently, Ineco is also developing Adif’s Energy Efficiency and Savings Plan (2014-2020).
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The LIFE MINOx-STREET project is co-funded by the European Union’s LIFE 2012 programme, in which Ineco participates as the coordinating partner, along with entities such as the City Council of Alcobendas, CIEMAT (Energy, Environmental and Technological Research Centre) and CEDEX (Centre of Studies and Experimentation of Public Works).
Air pollution in large urban centres is an unresolved problem that has many consequences, among which are concerning issues, particularly those that affect the health of citizens. The LIFE MINOx-STREET project has two general objectives aimed at managing air quality in the urban environment through the monitoring, on one hand, and the modelling, on the other, of the efficiency of photocatalytic materials in the reduction of NOx in the atmosphere.
There is currently a wide range of materials in the market that incorporate titanium dioxide (TiO2) as a photocatalytic element for the reduction of urban air pollution due to the presence of nitrogen oxides (NOx). Its effectiveness has only been verified in controlled laboratory tests but it does not show evidence of this behaviour in the real environment.
This is the starting point of the project whose actions are structured along three main technical work lines: preparatory actions, real implementation actions and the evaluation of the repercussions of the project (technical, environmental and socioeconomic). They are complemented with two cross-cutting task packages of monitoring and control (project management) as well as the structuring, exchange and diffusion of the information generated, a vitally important aspect in the LIFE calls.
With the results obtained, the local authorities will be offered a guide focussed on the viability and optimal protocols for use of photocatalytic materials with de-polluting properties as part of an integrated evaluation of the strategies for controlling urban air pollution.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:European CommissionExecution period:2013-2018Carousel:Image:Claim:Ineco, coordinating partner of the consortiumSubtitle:LIFE program
Analysis of photocatalytic materials
Reduction of nitrogen oxides (NOx)
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Notable participation of Ineco in the execution of the projectParagraph body:Ineco is in charge of the coordination of the consortium before the European Commission and conducts the Project Management that verifies the correct implementation of the project. This task, apart from technically and economically following up the scope committed to in the approved proposal, includes the preparing of the follow-up reports required by the European Commission, being the responsible party before the Commission and its Supervisory Bodies for any claims, ensuring compliance both with the Common Provisions and the agreement between partners and the distribution of funds received in each of the milestones established. The company is also responsible for the tasks of networking with other work groups in the field as well as all of the broadcasting and communication tasks related to the project.
Paragraph title:Worked performedParagraph body:Lab and real scale works are now finished to obtain a model that will allow to predict the behavior of these materials.
Soon a guide to their use will be available to local authorities, in a way that they can make decisions based on their application to their fields, as part of the measures taken for the proper management of the quality of air in their cities.
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The new regulation approved in 2009 by the European Commission on the effort of member states to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in order to fulfil the commitments acquired by the Community until 2020, imposed on Spain an objective to reduce these emissions by 10% with respect to 2005 levels. As such, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment defined a roadmap that includes the measures to be adopted to reach this figure, including, amongst others, the withdrawal of the oldest vehicles responsible for higher levels of CO2 emissions.
The PIMA Transport Plan is aimed at improving the environmental behaviour of the existing vehicle fleet, through the awarding of grants for the scrapping of buses and goods vehicles with traction capability of over 3.5 tonnes of maximum authorised mass, registered before 1 January 2007. The Spanish Office of Climate Change entrusted Ineco with aid for the comprehensive management of the programme, whose objective is to reduce emissions and energy consumption, as well as having additional positive effects in the field of road safety.
The professional transportation of goods by road (lorries and buses) represents a specific area of action in this sector, with a very significant contribution to the issue, more so when a high percentage of the existing fleet is old, due to its high emission levels, much higher than those produced by more current vehicles.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:The Spanish Office of Climate ChangeExecution period:2009 – 2015Carousel:Image:Image:Claim:Ineco is in charge of the comprehensive management of the programmeSubtitle:Management of 1,555 files
More than €3.3 m of grants awarded
Reduction of GHG emissions
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Notable participation of Ineco in the execution of the projectParagraph body:Ineco is in charge of ensuring the integrity of the process, as well as compliance with all of the technical, administrative and legal competition criteria; the design of management indicators adequate for carrying out a follow-up; the preparation of administrative documents; and the financial control of the assignment of subsidies. The development of the programme was safeguarded through the work of a management tool designed ad hoc, which ensures compliance with all of the relevant parameters required in the conditions. The main features include knowledge of the state of each request and the traceability of all information supplied or generated in its management, control of the amounts of funds available for activating the aid reserves, management of alarms identified, generation of pre-established formats and follow-up reports and the plan’s progress.
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The Port Authority of Valencia has entrusted Ineco with various expansion and restructuring projects of its infrastructures.
Valencia is Spain's leading container port, the fifth biggest in Europe and is one of the top fifty ports in the world by volume of container traffic. The port handles around 65 million tonnes of freight per annum.It also handles a regular flow of passenger traffic to and from the Balearic Islands and Italy as well as an emerging cruise ship market.It is endowed with specialised high performance facilities for all kinds of traffic and an advanced network of land-based connections by road and rail which enable a high degree of freight transport intermodality.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Valencia Port AuthorityExecution period:2004- 2013Carousel:Image:Link:Port of ValenciaImage:Link:Port of ValenciaImage:Link:Port of Valencia east access dock railImage:Link:Port of Valencia expansion dredging pier liftImage:Link:Port of Valencia expansion dredging pier liftClaim:Port of Valencia, a benchmark in freight handlingSubtitle:65 million tonnes of freight
12,000 m of wharfs with depths of up to 17 m
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Optimising the structureParagraph body:To meet the demands of increasing traffic flows of both freight and passengers the port of Valencia has carried out (and continues to implement) several extensions and infrastructure upgrades in which Ineco has been actively involved since 2004.
These projects are mainly the result of rail-linked adaptations designed to enhance the railway accesses, reduce turnaround time and promote a more fluid and competitive rail-port transport system.Paragraph body:We have also played an active part in upgrading the road accesses, facilitating the transit to terminals and articulating alternative routes for milestone events in the city such as the Formula 1 Grand Prix race week.
The close cooperation between Ineco and the Valencia Port Authority has repeatedly encompassed a wide variety of port projects. Our work on intra-port traffic connections and the mooring zone entailed a thorough reorganisation of traffic patterns and included project engineering of docks that enabled 55,000 m² to be reclaimed from the sea and a significant increase in the number of mooring points for passenger shipping.
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Abu Dhabi enjoys a robust economic situation, mainly powered by oil production (eighth producer worldwide) and a steadily growing tourist sector.
The region has grown so strongly in the last few years, favoured by its strategic geographic position, that it is necessary to have an efficient transport system that covers the current expanding demand. Along these lines, the government has decided to rely on the creation of a large airport hub that contributes to strengthen the emirate's position as one of the main economic engines of the region.
Abu Dhabi international airport as-is hosts flights from the main airports worldwide and has experienced a significant growth in traffic, with over 15 million passengers over 2013.
Therefore, the airport operator, Abu Dhabi Airports, has commissioned the construction of the new Midfield Terminal Complex (MTC). The required works for the complex to seamlessly come into service will be defined and performed by Ineco and Aena.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Abu Dhabi AirportsExecution period:2014-2017Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Big boost for United Arab EmiratesSubtitle:New terminal for 30 million passengers
To double passenger traffic
An area of 700,000m2
Paragraph:Paragraph title:A large-scale projectParagraph body:The future new 700,000 m2 terminal will be capable of handling traffic of 30 million passengers a year in 2017. MTC will offer 3,000 raised parking spaces for vehicles and a baggage system with a capacity for handling 19,000 bags/hour. Aircraft services will be set up in airfield areas: hangars, fuel provision, air cargo, general aviation matters, etc. and other industrial developments needed for good airport operation, for example, an electrical substation or a waste treatment plant, will be as well built.In 2021, the capacity is expected to grow to handle 40 million passengers a year thanks to the construction of a new satellite terminal.
Paragraph title:Together with an expert companyParagraph body:Ineco and Aena will analyse in detail all factors affecting the terminal operation once it is in use, such as the business and operation style, the management model, the companies that will operate in it, the service providers, the environmental impact, etc., and will assure all staff working in the new infrastructure is correctly trained.All this will be used to determine the model and the procedures to be applied to guarantee proper operation of the terminal, as well as perfect service provision to passengers.
Paragraph title:Efficient tune-upParagraph body:Ineco and Aena will as well be responsible for designing the testing methodology for the trials prior to the terminal transfer. They will focus on the analysis of the operation of each section of the main subsystems, such as check-in, baggage delivery, boarding, signals, security or complementary service provision to passengers.Moreover, global trials will be carried out, in which full processes, such as flow of passengers and baggage at departures and arrivals, will be analysed.
Paragraph title:Ineco experience in ORATParagraph body:Ineco is a company harvesting 10 years of experience in operational readiness, thanks to her participation in the transfer of the main airports in Spain, such as Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Alicante or Gran Canaria, apart from many other airports in the Aena network.In all those years Ineco has developed and perfected a methodology to successfully complete the projects commisioned by its clients, even in the most complex ones, such as Terminal 4 at Madrid-Barajas airport and Terminal 1 at Barcelona-El Prat airport, two clear examples of best practices in transfers of large airport infrastructures.Broad experience supported by the quality of our work.
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Spain is the third biggest handler of air traffic in Europe. Airports such as Madrid or Barcelona are among the ten top European airports in terms of passenger traffic and flights.
Each year approximately 200 million people use the country’s 47 airports, which, thanks to expansion and improved infrastructures, have sufficient capacity to assume the estimated growing demands of passengers in coming years. The Spanish operator Aena has invested heavily in achieving this and has relied on the services of Ineco to plan, draft, manage and commission the most important airport expansion plans in the country.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:AenaExecution period:1997-2011Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Spanish airports, among the best in the worldSubtitle:Almost 264 million passengers
Over 2,3 million operations
Over 1 million tonnes of freight
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Plan Barajas: one of the biggest infrastructures works in the worldParagraph body:Adolfo Suárez - Madrid Barajas is one of the top ranking airports in Europe with the biggest influx of travellers. In order to cope with the increasing demand, Aena set up an expansion project, embodied in its Plan Barajas, on which Ineco actively collaborated, and was responsible for the project management and commissioning.
The expansion included two new runways in the airfield, taxiways, movement areas and various associated systems. A new terminal building was also built, in order to meet the requirements of over 35 million passengers per year, as well as a satellite building with capacity for 15 million, and a new control tower. Other works included in the Madrid-Barajas expansion project were an air port services tunnel, a car park, new access and an automated luggage system able to process 16,000 pieces of baggage every hour.
In terms of air navigation, all the arrival, departure and approach manoeuvres have been designed to adapt to the new requirements, endeavouring to reduce any environmental impact to a minimum. Thus, a new TMA (terminal manoeuvring area) was projected, with new control sectors, in order to deal with traffic operating on four runways and to respond in a flexible manner to geographic variations in demand. In addition, prior to commissioning, operational safety studies and real time simulations were carried out, in addition to a runway capacity study in order to establish the maximum performance of the four runways and the specially developed procedures.
Paragraph title:Plan Barcelona: a hub for the MediterraneanParagraph body:Plan Barcelona has put El Prat airport firmly on the map of European air transport.
Ineco has provided technical assistance to the project, managing development and implementation of the Plan. The scope of its remit included infrastructures such as the terminal building, equipped to deal with 40 million passengers, a third runway, a new air traffic control tower, an intermodal connection building, and development of a new airport city, extending the aeronautical service and industrial area.
Ineco carried out the requisite studies for resizing and restructuring airspace, due to extension of the airfield and operational needs, endeavouring to keep environmental impact to a minimum.
When constructing the new control tower we also worked on defining arrangement of the control positions of the airport’s two control towers.
Paragraph title:Plan Malaga: outstanding airport services in the heart of the Costa del SolParagraph body:Malaga’s airport is the fourth largest in Spain in terms of traffic volume. The expansion is designed to double the airport’s capacity enabling it to cope with up to 20 million passengers, modernising its facilities and increasing intermodality and economic and social development in the area and on the Costa del Sol in general.
The project is technically and organisationally extremely complex, as it is concentrated over a short period of time and with limited space, thus a considerable amount of construction work will take place while the airport continues to operate.
Ineco is providing technical assistance to the consultancy managing the programme which includes, planning, addressing requirements, defining functional specifications, design, construction, testing, commissioning and final delivery to the airport.
The expansion project will include a new terminal building with capacity for processing 9,000 passengers per hour, a new runway and three taxiways, a new platform, new accesses, and new multi-storey car parks.
In the light of the work carried out in Malaga air space, Ineco also designed the departure, arrival and approach manoeuvres so that the runways are able to operate independently without affecting special areas close to the airport. The new Malaga scenario with two runways was the subject of an operational study which defined the possible operating modes and adapted them to the demands of air traffic, making best use of the infrastructures available.
Following its expansion, Malaga airport has become one of the foremost tourist areas in the Mediterranean in terms of capacity, quality and safety.Paragraph title:Spanish presence in the most important airports in the worldParagraph body:Our experience in modernising the Spanish airport network and in developing air navigation systems and managing airport infrastructures has enabled us to export our know-how beyond Spain’s borders and to work on plans for some of the world’s most important airports, such as project management of Kuwait Airport or Heathrow Airport’s Winter Resilience Programme.
Paragraph body:Service:Geographic Area:Testimony carousel:Sentence:Ineco has played an important role in modernising and improving Spanish airports. It has made an essential contribution to the development and implementation of major projects and the challenges that Aena has faced in this respect, including the reorganisation of its airspace
Sentence:Our airports’ capacities and services have earned them a competitive edge in addressing the challenges of air transport, so that they are able to maintain their leading position as major hubs connecting Europe and Latin America. Ineco’s support has been crucial to this development, having worked closely with Aena from the start in order to achieve this aim
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Spain’s high-speed network covers over +3400 kilometres of track, it is the longest in Europe and the second longest in the world. The system transports almost 40 million passengers at speeds exceeding 300 km/h, connecting the major Spanish cities.
Ineco has been involved in the implementation of the Spanish high-speed rail network from its beginnings back in the early 90’s, acting as an engineering partner to ADIF and RENFE. Fully covering civils, rail systems and their integration, Ineco has undertaken planning, design, works supervision and management, testing and commissioning, maintenance and technological development services, to achieve a safer, more efficient high-speed railway system.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Adif and RenfeExecution period:1992 to presentCarousel:Image:Image:Image:Image:Claim:World leaders in high speed train technologySubtitle:3,000 km in operation
25 years experience
Speeds of up to 360 km/h
World leader in implementing ERTMS
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Engineering challenges: civils, systems and stationsParagraph body:Our proven engineering skills have enabled us to overcome the challenges of Spain’s difficult and rather complicated landscape. We have collaborated across the whole lifecycle of some of the longest tunnels in the world and internationally renowned viaducts:
· Guadarrama Tunnel: 28.4 km. 4th longest in Europe and 5th longest in the world.
· Pajares Tunnel: 24.9 km. 5th longest in Europe.
· Contreras Viaduct: 587 m. The biggest concrete railway bridge (261 m span) in Europe.
Ineco has participated with ADIF and RENFE in overcoming the rail systems challenges of our network, such as the deployment of ERTMS-2 and the adequate coexistence of two gauges in multiple sections.
We have also participated in the extension, planning and construction of the main network stations in the Spanish cities, with extremely complex engineering projects such as the connection between Atocha and Chamartín consisting of a tunnel over 7 km long that will link all the high speed lines passing through Madrid.
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The UK’s rail network was reaching the limit of its capacity, a solution was needed that didn’t simply delay its saturation but allowed it to cope with increasing demand for many years in the future.
This is the reason why Britain is investing in high speed rail to create space on overcrowded networks and enable large numbers of people to move efficiently.The High Speed 2 (HS2) will improve rail infrastructure in the country, relieving congestion on crowded lines and bringing the whole country closer together.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:High Speed Two LtdExecution period:2012-2015Carousel:Image:Link:HS2 Euston Station Interior Official InfographicImage:Link:Conventional Rail HS2 At West Coast Main Line along M1 20055Image:Link:HS2 Euston Station Official Infographics EntranceImage:Link:HS2 Euston Station 2010Image:Link:Official Infographic On Trains HS2 Curzon Street StationClaim:Modernising the British railway networkSubtitle:225 mph of speed
330 miles of track
400 million journeys in 2020
Be Inspired Awards 2013
Paragraph:Paragraph title:The driving force of the countryParagraph body:The rail network is divided into two phases and will have around 330 miles of track. Phase one will link London and Birmingham, and Phase two will connect Birmingham with Manchester, eventually linking other cities to the North.
Thus, the HS2 project will offer a considerably enhanced railway capacity and optimize the connectivity between the major urban areas of Britain making use of the most advanced and efficient technologies. Moreover, the high speed trains will be compatible with existing lines.
It will provide wider economic benefits in the form of jobs and regeneration and support property markets in areas where rail connections have been improved.
Paragraph title:Better journeys between citiesParagraph body:The rail network will bring cities closer together with a commercial speed of 225 mph and the most innovative technical features such as double track and UIC width. More than half of the route established for Phase One will be through cuttings or tunnels. HS2 will redefine customer expectations for service, reliability and connectivity, with smart station designs enabling passengers to travel easily and quickly.
Paragraph title:Our roleParagraph body:Ineco formed a Joint Venture with Capita and was the development of the Professional Services Consultancy Contract for Lot 1 Civil Engineering corresponding to the Work Package: C223 Country North Preliminary Design. This 75 Km long section runs through Warwickshire and Staffordshire, and includes the connection to the West Coast Main Line at Handsacre
The main tasks entrusted to Ineco were: project and design management, delivery of the preliminary design, management of the interfaces, elaboration of the hybrid Bill documentation, and support the hybrid Bill passage through the Parliamentary Process.
After developing C223 contract, in March 2017 Ineco was awarded HS2 Contract C1000_232 - for the preliminary civils design and environmental services for Lot 2 of the Phase 2b. For this contract, Ineco formed a Joint Venture with AECOM and Capita. Its main difference with the design contracts for previous phases is that HS2 not only entrusted to the consultants the Preliminary Civil Engineering services, but also the Environmental Impact Assessment for an 80.3 Km long section of the route. LOT 2 currently includes a Station and a Maintenance Depot
Paragraph title:AwardsParagraph body:Evidencing the quality of our services, Ineco was elected by Bentley Systems as winner of the Be Inspired Awards 2013 for the “Innovation in Rail and Transit” category. An international award that recognised Ineco’s work in the development and improvement of HS2 infrastructure.
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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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A sustainable urban mobility plan (SUMP) includes a set of actions whose objective is the implementation of more sustainable forms of travel in the municipal environment. The expansion of metropolitan areas, as well as inefficient alternatives to private vehicles and the town planning of the last decades of the 20th century contributed to increasing car travel. A SUMP tries to respond to mobility problems and improve the quality of life of its citizens.
A SUMP is frequently developed in four differentiated phases: the assessment of the current situation, the determination of objectives to be attained, the design of measures aimed at fulfilling previously defined objectives and the establishing of indicators for following up the measures.
Ineco has contributed to the development of the sustainable mobility strategy in three urban environments located in the provinces of A Coruña, La Rioja and Barcelona. Although the approach in each plan contains common elements, in each municipality a great effort has been made to adapt its idiosyncrasy to a catalogue of effective and practical solutions.
For example, in the city of A Coruña, the OTOM (Technological and Operative Mobility Office) was established, which is in charge of providing support to the development of the Plan, as well as establishing the technological tools for its subsequent implementation and follow-up. This office provided a high added value to the project, since it allows a follow-up of the execution of the Plan to be carried out in real time, adopting the necessary corrective measures.
In the case of the Logroño City Council, special emphasis was put on citizen participation with the aim of the different social sectors gathering opinions and criteria for reflection and for the development of proposals that make up the plan. The channels for participation were the creation of a website, the interviewing of social and technical agents, the organisation of specific workshops structured by topic, such as pedestrian and cyclist mobility, traffic, parking, etc.
In L’ Hospitalet de Llobregat it was necessary to participate in the environmental evaluation of the plan, preparing the documents corresponding to the Preliminary Environmental Sustainability Report (ISAP), the Environmental Sustainability Report (ISA) and the Environmental Report with the aim of integrating environmental considerations in the preparation, approval and follow-up of the plan.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:City CouncilsExecution period:2014-2016Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Ineco participates in the development of a sustainable mobility strategy in several Spanish citiesSubtitle:3 plans carried out
Extensive citizen participation through surveys and meetings
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The European Commission has entrusted the Ineco-EY consortium, led by the company, with the coordinating and overseeing the deployment of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) across the 9 European corridors over the next six years.
The main aim of the contract is to guarantee that the system is implemented in the corridors (set out in the TEN-T regulation) in such a way as to ensure their interoperability, consistency and compatibility with the rest of the network. The replacement of the current various signalling and speed control systems with this single system is key for the development of trans-European railway transport of goods and passengers, as well as encouraging the decongestion of roads.
The aims of the contract are to provide the ERTMS Deployment Programme to the nine corridors of the European network, paying heed to the technical, organisational and financial aspects; to coordinate the various railway bodies involved (infrastructure administrators, operators, national security authorities, stakeholders in the corridors, European authorities, and others); to undertake the technical supervision of the ERTMS deployment projects and afford them economic and financial support; and to provide communication and information support by organising and participating in dissemination activities at different levels.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:European ComissionExecution period:2016-2020Carousel:Image:Link:Despliegue del ERTMS en EuropaImage:Link:Despliegue del ERTMS en EuropaClaim:Ineco is overseeing the deployment of the ERTMS in European corridorsSubtitle:56.000 km of railway network
2030 Horizon
9 european corridors
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Ineco: assurance and efficiencyParagraph body:The need to ensure interoperability by coordinating all interventions in an efficient, centralised manner, together with the confidence in Ineco’s professionalism guaranteed by years of collaboration in implementing the ERTMS and its management capacity, have persuaded the EC to entrust the Spanish public engineering company with overseeing a project that will connect EU territories from north to south and from east to west.
The ERA (European Railway Agency) was created to promote safety and interoperability in the European railway network. As far as the ERTMS is concerned, the agency is the system’s authority and, as such, it is in charge of defining and updating its specifications. The ERA acts as a technical advisor to the European Commission on the ERTMS in general and this contract in particular, and is firmly involved in the technical monitoring activities undertaken as part of the project.
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Ineco, along with its partner Grupo Ruiz, were appointed by Mwasalat (formerly Oman National Transport Company) to carry out consultancy services for the Development of the Long-Term Transport Master Plan of the Omani public operated company, as part of a series of initiatives that are currently underway and that will have an influence on the public transport sector of the country with a timeframe of the year 2040.
The need to improve the bus services in Oman was recognised as an important aspect for economic growth and development. For this reason, Mwasalat wishes to become a world class bus transport operator, provide an efficient bus service that is modern and competitive on a national and international level and one which puts the customer first, and contribute to economic growth, quality of life and environmental sustainability in the Sultanate of Oman.
The objective of this plan is to help in the establishing of a strategy for the development of efficient integrated bus services in Oman.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Mwasalat (formerly Oman National Transport Company)Execution period:2015-2016Carousel:Image:Claim:Ineco offers consultancy services for the new Transport Master Plan of Oman, MwasalatSubtitle:28 existing buses + 40 new ones (in 2015)
45 long-haul buses
2 urban lines and more than 1,200,000 passengers in 2014
5 urban lines put into operation throughout 2016
8 lines out of Muscat, 2 international lines and over 250,000 passengers in 2014
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Master Plan for OmanParagraph body:As the basis of the Master Plan, an assessment of the starting situation was carried out, in which the socioeconomic situation in the country was analysed, along with the state of the transport regulation of road travellers and the current bus transport market in the country. Additionally, a benchmarking of companies was carried out internationally to identify the best practices applicable to Mwasalat.
These analyses allowed areas for improvement to be identified both in the company and in the existing services, which gave way to the establishing of future strategies on which to base specific actions for improvement.
The next step was the development of actions that respond to the need of Mwasalat to improve the regular services in existence and plan the new ones that should enter into service in the capital of the sultanate in the very short term, as well as the design of the future functioning of Mwasalat and its agents involved as a whole. As such, we studied the potential areas for improvement of the current services of the company, we analysed the viability of new or improved services, considering an estimation in the demand of passengers and the associated operation and investment costs and a global strategy is developed to attract passengers and users, for example, of private vehicles.
Once the future functioning of Mwasalat was planned, we defined the implementation of the strategy developed, establishing three time periods: short term (2016-2018); medium term (2019-2025) and long term (2026-2040).
Ineco has also supported Mwasalat with the requests of land reserves and the budget that they must present before the Ministries of Housing and Finance with the aim of being able to make the measures proposed in the framework of the master plan viable.
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Ineco has been in charge of developing the National Transport Plan that defines Costa Rica’s transport programmes up until 2035..
A more diversified economy, quality education and political stability are the cornerstones of Costa Rica's prosperity. The road to growth leads through upgrading the transport network, and here Costa Rica has counted on Ineco for support.Costa Rica's geographical location makes it an attractive destination for tourists and earnings from this source have doubled in the last decade. Tourism is now the country's main source of foreign currency.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT), Costa RicaExecution period:2010-2011Carousel:Image:Link:Juan Santamaria AirportImage:Link:Tobias Bolagnos AirportImage:Link:Costa Rica Road posterImage:Link:Puerto Moin Loading BananasClaim:Costa Rica modernises its entire transport systemSubtitle:Definition of 3,450 km of strategic road system
Paragraph:Paragraph body:With Ineco's help the Costa Rican Ministry of Public Works and Transport has drawn up the Nation Transport Plan which defines investment programmes in roads, seaports, airports, public transport and railways until the year 2035.
In addition to the Plan, which encompasses all modes of transport, the Government has entrusted Ineco with two projects specifically related to rail and air transport: the "Comprehensive Plan for Upgrading Costa Rica's Airports" and "Technical Consultancy for Present and Future Development of the National Railway System". In both cases the objective was to analyse, diagnose and propose technical solutions to enable the airports and railways to be revitalised and upgraded to meet present and future needs.Service:Geographic Area: -
In 2013, the Civil Aviation Authority of Brazil (the Secretaria de Aviação Civil or SAC) launched an extensive logistical investment programme in airports in conjunction with the Banco do Brasil. Its first phase, in which Ineco collaborates, consists of modernising, newly constructing and enlarging 270 airports belonging to various states and municipalities.
In 2014, Ineco and its local partner were awarded the tender to carry out preliminary and feasibility studies, preliminary and construction projects, as well as geological and pavement analyses, on 65 regional airports.
The country boasts 2,890 private aerodromes and 721 public airports (28 exclusively for military use), of which 10% are managed by their owner, Infraero, and the rest belongs to states and municipalities.
Regional aviation is extremely important in Brazil due to the country’s extensive land mass of more than 8.5 million square kilometres and the fact that more than half of it is covered by the Amazon rainforest, which means regional air transport is vital to economic development and mobility. In addition, Brazil has one of the largest government fleets in the world, only eclipsed by that of the USA, with approximately 2,100 aircraft and a strong aviation industry. Therefore, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has calculated that by 2017 the domestic Brazilian aviation market will be the third largest in the world, with 122.4 million passengers.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Civil Aviation Authority (SAC)Execution period:2014-2016Carousel:Image:Image:Claim:Heavy investment of the Brazilian Government in the modernisation of its airportsSubtitle:270 regional airports
122,4 million passengers in 2017
Almost 3.000 private airports
2.100 aircrafts for general aviation
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SESAR was the first specific R&D programme for the modernisation and homogenisation of air traffic control in the European Union. This ambitious programme comprises more than 300 projects and is financed equally by the European Commission, Eurocontrol and European Industry, with more than 1.6 billion euros through a Joint Undertaking. The programme was executed between 2009 and 2016. Ineco participated in the Program as an affiliate of its shareholder Enaire, a founding partner of SESAR Joint Undertaking. It participated in all program areas (Route, TMA, Airport and Transversal Areas) as part of more than twenty projects. Ineco played an important role as leader of the WP6, Airport Operations, on behalf of Enaire.
Participation in SESAR has helped keep Ineco on the forefront of developments in the field of Air Navigation and maintain its prestige as an agent in this area at European level.
Ineco is continuing its participation in SESAR 2020, the successor to SESAR, which will run from 2016 to 2022, with Ineco once again playing an important role.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:SESAR Joint UndertakingExecution period:2010 - 2022Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:The common system for air-traffic management in EuropeSubtitle:Participation in over 50 projects
Participation valued at €7 million
Paragraph:Paragraph title:A step forward for air navigationParagraph body:Ineco's participation in the development phase of the SESAR programme represents an important achievement in the field of air navigation. The company contributes its experience, both in operations and in R&D projects, in the field of air traffic management (ATM). In addition, Ineco had participated previously, during the SESAR definition phase, in projects related to the environment, human factors, development of the airspace concept and short-term planning of programme implementation activities.
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Ineco staff have been working with ASA (Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea – Airports and Air Safety) since 2003 to draw up master plans for four international airports, a project in which it has vast experience acquired both in Spain – with its work for AENA’s network of 47 airports – and abroad: Kuwait, Colombia and Jamaica, among others.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:ASA (Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea)Execution period:2003 - To dateCarousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Improvement of air transport and infrastructuresSubtitle:Enlargement of over 5,000 m² at Boavista airport
More than 1 million tourists in 2015
Tourism; 25% of GDP
Paragraph:Paragraph title:A strategic hubParagraph body:Air transport is doubly important in Cape Verde. Firstly, for domestic transport of residents – somewhat more than half a million – in a fragmented territory such as an archipelago. Secondly, for tourism, which constitutes 25% of the country’s GDP.
To handle this number of visitors, the public company ASA, which manages a network of seven airports, undertook a series of enlargement activities at the beginning of the decade using the services offered by Ineco. Following these works, Cape Verde went from having only a single international airport in 2005 to the four currently in operation: those of Sal, São Vicente, Praia (the capital) and Boa Vista, which has the heaviest tourist activity.
In addition to the enlargement and modernisation of the international airports of Boa Vista and Sal or the renovation of the tread surface at Praia international airport, Ineco worked on auditing the works on the passenger terminals at Boa Vista and Sal, as well as the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) procedures for the international airports of Boa Vista and São Vicente; and the master plans for local aerodromes.
Paragraph title:Main activitiesParagraph body:In 2012, ASA employed Ineco again to review and update the navigation easements across the entire network, and update the master plans for these four airports, which will dictate their future growth until 2030. Additionally, in 2014 ASA hired Ineco to draw up the master plans for the three domestic airports: Maio, Sâo Nicolau and Fogo, which also have a deadline in 2030.
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The Port Authority of Valencia has entrusted Ineco with various expansion and restructuring projects of its infrastructures.
Valencia is Spain's leading container port, the fifth biggest in Europe and is one of the top fifty ports in the world by volume of container traffic. The port handles around 65 million tonnes of freight per annum.It also handles a regular flow of passenger traffic to and from the Balearic Islands and Italy as well as an emerging cruise ship market.It is endowed with specialised high performance facilities for all kinds of traffic and an advanced network of land-based connections by road and rail which enable a high degree of freight transport intermodality.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Valencia Port AuthorityExecution period:2004- 2013Carousel:Image:Link:Port of ValenciaImage:Link:Port of ValenciaImage:Link:Port of Valencia east access dock railImage:Link:Port of Valencia expansion dredging pier liftImage:Link:Port of Valencia expansion dredging pier liftClaim:Port of Valencia, a benchmark in freight handlingSubtitle:65 million tonnes of freight
12,000 m of wharfs with depths of up to 17 m
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Optimising the structureParagraph body:To meet the demands of increasing traffic flows of both freight and passengers the port of Valencia has carried out (and continues to implement) several extensions and infrastructure upgrades in which Ineco has been actively involved since 2004.
These projects are mainly the result of rail-linked adaptations designed to enhance the railway accesses, reduce turnaround time and promote a more fluid and competitive rail-port transport system.Paragraph body:We have also played an active part in upgrading the road accesses, facilitating the transit to terminals and articulating alternative routes for milestone events in the city such as the Formula 1 Grand Prix race week.
The close cooperation between Ineco and the Valencia Port Authority has repeatedly encompassed a wide variety of port projects. Our work on intra-port traffic connections and the mooring zone entailed a thorough reorganisation of traffic patterns and included project engineering of docks that enabled 55,000 m² to be reclaimed from the sea and a significant increase in the number of mooring points for passenger shipping.
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The Ecuadorian Ministry of Transport and Public Works commissioned Ineco for the expansion of Manta Port, aiming to avail of a deepwater port that would allow entry to the country through the routes of large Post-Panamax ships and the new Panamax class ships, prepared for the expansion of the Panama Canal.
After analysing the different options for carrying out the expansion, Ineco performed a complete marine geotechnical campaign, a study of currents and an analysis of coastal dynamics in order to plan the optimal way to expand the port.
The design includes a 16.2 metre deep docking pit, with a new pier for the docking of ships up to 330 metres long and 48 metres wide. The new port design involves an extension and reorganisation of port spaces, including new areas for container storage.
The work carried out includes the extension of pier number one and the existing seawall, the esplanade between the pier and the seawall- including the closing dock between the breakwater and the first international pier, treatment to compact or consolidate the fill, dredging the international pier access canal and the design of the new fishing pier.
The modernisation of the installations is also included in the new design, since ship-to-shore (STS) gantry cranes, rubber-tired gantry cranes (RTG), conveyors for solid bulk and sockets for electrical containers, etc. are necessary for the operation of the port.
Thanks to this extension, Manta Port will be able to manage traffic of four million tonnes and 300,000 TEUs a year. A second expansion has been planned which will allow for nine million tonnes and 700,000 TEUs a year.
The total planned investment is 156 million dollars and the completion time for the work is 24 months.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Ministry of Transport and Public Works. EcuadorExecution period:2013 - 2015Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Ecuador has commissioned Ineco for the the port expansion to improve trade on the Pacific Coast of the AmericasSubtitle:1,400 metres of new dock
New 400 metre pier
16.2 m operating draft at low tide
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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 -
Ineco led the committee, with the participation of Typsa and the Indian consultancy firm ICT, which carried out the feasibility study for a high speed railway line between the capital New Delhi and Kolkata. The line is part of the Diamond Quadrilateral Program, which seeks to unite the cities of New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai via high speed rail.
The programme, which spans fourteen states, was established to address the Indian government’s need to rejuvenate the country’s current railway network. This network is the largest in the world, totalling over 64,000 km; each day it is used by over 18,000 trains, transporting around 23 million passengers and approximately 2.6Mt of goods.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:High Speed Rail Corporation of India Ltd. (HSRC)Execution period:2015-2016Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:The most extensive network in the world, rejuvenatedSubtitle:1.500 km in length
The programme encompasses 14 states
Commercial, tourist and social interest
Paragraph:Paragraph title:A significant advance for the Indian railway networkParagraph body:The study, commissioned by the state company High Speed Rail Corporation of India Ltd. (HSRC), includes demand studies; prior analysis of alignment alternatives; calculation of journey times; selection of the rail technology to be implemented (track gauge, track superstructure, electrification, communications and safety installations, etc.); necessary special works; regeneration and resettlement of affected populated areas; environmental analysis; rolling stock and operation and maintenance. Lastly, an economic-financial analysis will be carried out, which will be used to determine the feasibility of the new line as well as the most adequate method of funding.
The extensive Indian rail network has great potential and its own industry, but also many challenges: only 33% of the network is electrified, there are very few fibre-optic networks, there is a lack of enclosure, stations do not have ticket purchase systems or security checks, etc. The project includes the adaptation of the current stations to high speed, or failing that, the proposal of locations and preliminary designs for new stations. The construction of this railway infrastructure is a greatly significant advance for the Indian railway network.
Paragraph title:Experience: a key factorParagraph body:Ineco’s participation in the development of more than 3,000 kilometres of Spain’s high speed rail network, along with excellent references for previous works in the area, were fundamental in HSRC’s decision to opt for this consortium.
Between 2011 and 2012, Ineco conducted a feasibility study on the high speed rail connection between Haldia and Howrah for Indian Railways; the study was carried out with the Spanish companies Ayesa and Prointec, and also constitutes part of the projects planned in the Diamond Quadrilateral Program. Furthermore, Ineco in 2012 provided technical assistance in the Bombay metro works and advised Indian Railways in the design and implementation of the strategy for the Suburban Railways train service.
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A 26 km suburban railway is the first step in an ambitious project to bring a modern railway system to Mexico City and its outskirts. In 2004, Ineco carried out the coordination, management and global technical assistance for this project, led by the Spanish company CAF.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:: CAF / Constructora del Ferrocarril Suburbano, S.L.Execution period:2004 – 2006Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:A modern rail system for Mexico’s capitalSubtitle:4.5 million inhabitants
26 km of railway line
Top speed: 130 km/h
Frequency at peak times: 6 minutes
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Improving urban mobilityParagraph body:Over 4.5 million locals benefit from a fast, sustainable means of transport, in one of the most populous industrial areas in the city and in Mexico State. A journey that formerly took around two and a half hours can now be made in 25 minutes. In August 2005, Mexico’s Secretariat of Communications and Transport awarded the contract for the construction and 30 years’ operation of the line to the proposal led by CAF.
Paragraph title:Ineco’s workParagraph body:Profesionales de Ineco asesoraron a CAF durante la preparación de la oferta, desarrollando estudios técnicos específicos y coordinando al resto de empresas que intervinieron en el proceso de licitación. La compañía se encargó también de la coordinación y gestión de los contratos y la asistencia técnica global hasta la puesta en servicio de la línea.
Ineco professionals advised CAF in the preparation of the bid, carrying out specialised technical studies and coordinating the other participating companies in the tender process. The company also handled the coordination and management of contracts and global technical assistance up to the line’s entry into service.
The work included supervision in drawing up plans, construction management and technical assistance both in civil engineering projects and in the supply, assembly and start-up of electrification, catenary, signalling, telecommunications and ticketing subsystems. Ineco was also responsible for the acceptance of rolling stock and coordinating pre-operation testing, drafting the operation and maintenance plan and supervising of the support and training plan.
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Thanks to its experience on similar projects, Ineco has elaborated an anti-snow plan to guarantee the operability of Heathrow airport.
In order to avoid a repetition of the disasters of previous years when Heathrow airport had to close for several days due to heavy snow, the BAA (British Airport Authority) commissioned Ineco and Ferroser in a joint venture to draw up a plan for heavy snow conditions which will ensure that the London airport continues to operate in adverse weather conditions.Heathrow is London’s main airport and is the largest international traffic hub in the world. It operates at almost full capacity for 18 hours and continues to operate overnight for a 6 hour period. Over 65 million passengers per year pass through its 5 terminals.Due to this high demand, any serious incident may mean that the airport has to cancel some flights which in turn has a knock-on effect, leading to subsequent problems coping with the passenger traffic. Following heavy snowfall in 2010, which brought the airport to a standstill, the BBA implemented a series of studies to prevent this situation from recurring.The resulting analyses led to the Winter Resilience Programme, a project designed to develop 14 key recommendations for ensuring that the disastrous scenario would never be repeated.The Heathrow project benefited from the lessons learned in Madrid and enabled Ineco to implement projects resulting from the Madrid-Barajas experience which were crucial given their repercussion or the time taken to implement them.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:BAA – British Airports AuthorityExecution period:2011Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Image:Claim:London deals with its difficult winter weather conditionsSubtitle:65 million passengers per year
5 terminals
24 hour activity
Paragraph:Photo:Name:Ignacio AlejandreJob:Project DirectorSentence:The success of the Madrid- Barajas Winter Plan, created in response to the heavy snowfalls of 2009, was crucial to Ineco being commissioned draw up an Anti-snow Plan for HeathrowPhoto:Name:José Ángel HiguerasJob:National Aviation and AMEA DirectorSentence:Ineco’s tasks included defining anti-icing routes for the taxiways, storage areas for ice and snow and devising a training plan to define the various roles of workers implementing the planParagraph title:Mobilisation procedureParagraph body:Ineco’s works began in 2011, focusing on four basic tasks: cleaning of the aircraft parking areas in as short a time as possible; organisation and activation of the plan, which entailed a visit to the United Kingdom’s meteorological facilities in order to establish a methodology which would ensure weather warnings five days in advance; cleaning of runways and taxiways; and road cleaning.
BAA was confident that Ineco had sufficient experience and capabilities to improve and prepare London Heathrow airport for adverse winter weather conditions, so that in future it will be able to respond more effectively to heavy snowfalls.Service:Geographic Area: -
Ineco has been chosen to supervise the rehabilitation works of the southern runway and the design of the new control tower.
The Colombian government has decided to extend its Eldorado airport in response to the growing demand for air transport, and the economic expansion that the country is currently undergoing.The airport is the most important in Latin America in terms of freight, with a volume of 648,000 tonnes and the third biggest in terms of passengers with 20.4 million. This capacity will double when the new facilities are commissioned.Ineco has been chosen to supervise the refurbishment works on the international airport’s south runway and to design the new control tower as part of an ambitious modernisation plan.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia (Aerocivil) /ABERTISExecution period:2011Carousel:Image:Link:Eldorado. Exterior ViewImage:Link:Eldorado. Interior ViewImage:Link:Eldorado. Control TowerImage:Link:Eldorado. EntranceClaim:Eldorado draws a new skylineSubtitle:80 metre high control tower
20.4 million Passengers
648,000 tonnes of freight
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Refurbishment and design based on the surrounding environment.Paragraph body:Ineco’s works on refurbishment of the south runway and the planning and design of the new runway and technical supervision of the work, include the provision of technical assistance to the Compañía de Desarrollo Aeropuerto Eldorado S.A. (CODAD).
In a joint venture with the Spanish architectural firm GOP, it has also undertaken the study, design and future fitting out and equipping of the new control tower which is set to become a technological and architectural icon for the Colombian capital.
The new control tower is built in the form of two steel spirals with its conceptual design inspired by its surroundings, popular muisca culture, and the symbolism inherent in the legend of Eldorado. At 80 metres high it is one of the tallest control towers in the world.Paragraph body:Ineco has developed an external metal mesh for the structure which provides resistance and simplifies construction, and is a vital component given the seismic activity in the area.
However, Ineco has not only defined the tower design but it has also been involved in analysing the operation, the system specifications and the air navigation equipment required, increasing the movement capacity of aircraft in an environment with operational difficulties. Eldorado is 2,545 metres above sea level and has a considerable volume air traffic requiring the most advanced navigation systems.
Ineco has consolidated its international presence with this project, particularly in Latin America.Service:Geographic Area:Cite carousel position:Under summary -
In 2011, the European Commission signed an historic Agreement with the Ministry of Public Works that established the location of the European GNSS Service Centre (GSC) in the Madrid city of Torrejón de Ardoz, in the installations of the INTA. The centre is integrated into the European satellite navigation infrastructure and acts as a single interface between the infrastructure and the users of the Galileo open services (OS), commercial service (HAS and CAS) and search and rescue service (SAR).
The GSC is a centre that provides experts, know-how, evaluation of capability, distribution of information and support for the provision of value-added services provided by the Galileo system. From the start, Ineco has led the consortium responsible for the development of the GSC.
This project was executed for the European GNSS Agency (GSA), and it defined both the concept of operations as well as the procedures necessary to provide the services that the GSC offers to the users of Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system.
The Galileo system declared the “Initial Services” at the end of 2016, with an initial constellation of 18 satellites, which will be expanded to 30 in 2020, at which time the system will offer its optimum capabilities (FOC; Full Operational Capability).
Ineco has also focused heavily on Galileo, and is currently in an advantageous position in the Galileo Service Operator contract, supervising the operations and evolution of a system that will undoubtedly be a fundamental technology in our daily lives.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:European GNSS Agency (GSA)Execution period:2014-2017Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Roll-out of operations of the GNSS Service Centre in Torrejón de ArdozSubtitle:30 satellites in 2020
4 types of Galileo service
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Commitment to R&D&IParagraph body:The contract covered the design of the operational concept, as well as the initial operations and the hosting services. Ineco acted as the coordinator of three contracts related to these activities and as the go-between with the client, the European Satellite Navigation Agency (GSA).
The study, which Ineco led with the supervision of the Ministry of Public Works and the support of the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA) defined the operations and scope of the GSC. Key Spanish companies in the space engineering sector also participated: Indra, GMV, Isdefe, ESSP, and INTA.
Satellite navigation systems have support centres that provide information on maintenance plans, navigation capabilities, and interface and algorithm specifications. This centre is expected to include the functions for Galileo, as well as for other multi-constellation solutions.
Paragraph title:Market in a growth phaseParagraph body:The European Satellite Navigation Agency (GSA) calculates that the market for applications based on satellite navigation systems will grow in Europe 11% annually over the coming years, reaching 165 billion euros in 2020, for just the system’s ‘core’ activities (chips, maps or services).
The development of the GSC is following the Galileo roll-out calendar. After the system's initial operating capability milestone (IOC), the operations of version one of the centre began. It will provide all of its services when the constellation of 30 satellites is completed (full operational capability milestone, FOC) and will potentially include the EGNOS services that are already offered from Madrid.
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Ineco has elaborated a strategic plan for Egypt’s civil aviation that includes a reorganisation of its air space.
Ineco has drawn up an air navigation plan for Egypt to cope with the country’s future air traffic which itself represents the biggest market in North Africa.The project ‘Development of Egyptian air traffic control’, has devised a strategic plan for Egyptian civil aviation which will include a restructuring of airspace and modernisation of all the navigation systems.In recent years, Egypt has grown at an annual rate of around 6%, and with over 77 million inhabitants, it is the most densely populated country in North Africa and its air travel market dominates the region. One of the country’s most important sources of income is tourism and this has led to a need to update and improve Egyptian airspace. At present, Egypt has 20 airports handling nearly 200,000 flights with some 15 million passengers. Cairo is the most important airport and is the point of entry for the majority of the country’s tourists.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Egyptian Holding Company for Airports and Air Navigation –EHCAAN-Execution period:2010-2011Carousel:Image:Link:Image:Link:Image:Link:Tráfico aéreo 3/4Image:Link:Air traffic 4/4Claim:Promoting progress in the air industrySubtitle:20 airports
15 million passengers
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Optimising resourcesParagraph body:In 2010 Ineco won the bid in an international tender procedure organised by the Egyptian Company for Airports and Air Navigation (EHCAAN) to devise a modernisation strategy for its navigation systems.
The project’s main remit was to analyse current CNS/ATM infrastructures in Egypt, propose a new air route network for its airspace, and draw up specifications for a new air traffic control system for the Cairo Control Centre.Paragraph title:International successParagraph body:The success of our first project in Egypt was a milestone in Ineco’s international activity in North African countries, and in particular in the air industry. The excellent results obtained in this project have opened the doors to Ineco, providing the opportunity to participate in further transport development projects in the region.
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Ineco collaborates in drafting the National Plan for Nepal’s Civil Aviation Development. It includes a revision of the country’s aeronautic legislation and of the State Aviation Authority.
Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu is the gateway to the Himalayas for thousands of mountaineers visiting the mountain range. It has two terminals where over twenty international air companies operate, connecting Nepal to other destinations in Asia and the Middle East. Operating deficiencies, lack of personnel and insufficient administrative capacity have increasingly affected the airport’s efficiency. In order to redress these faults, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has implemented a restructuring plan, designed to increase airport capacity from its current 2.5 million passengers to 3.5 million by 2015, and to improve quality and safety conditions.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Civil Aviation Authority of NepalExecution period:2012-2015Carousel:Image:Link:Airport NepalImage:Link:Airport NepalImage:Link:Airport NepalClaim:Spanish engineering at the gateway to the HimalayasSubtitle:3.5 million passengers
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Ineco’s experience as a consultant for airports and air navigationParagraph body:The Spanish bid was selected in competition with five other bidders from the United States, France, Sweden, Malaysia and Australia, to draw up the Nepalese National Plan for Civil Aviation Development.
Paragraph body:Tasks included a review of the country’s aviation legislation which needed to be adapted to international regulations, and the restructuring of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN).
The Ineco team has also undertaken to draw up a new airport plan which includes all the aspects relating to air transport, airport infrastructures, administration of civil aviation and air navigation.Service:Geographic Area:Cite carousel position:Under summary -
Ineco has developed the Kuwait Rapid Transit & railroad Master Plan project. A survey that proposes the construction of a national railway to connect the country with its neighbouring countries.
99% of passenger and goods transport in Kuwait is carried out in private vehicles. The forecast is that this will lead to saturation of the current road transport system within 10 years unless alternative means are provided.Kuwait has become one of the most important business centres in the Middle East. It is undergoing a population growth rate of over 3.5% annually, one of the fastest in the world.Kuwait City has become a thriving modern city but it lacks an urban railway system in line with the economic and social growth that the city has been undergoing in recent years.For this reason the Kuwait Investment Authority has entrusted Ineco with the Kuwait Rapid Transit & Railroad Master Plan project, the Master Plan for the national railway and the Kuwait City metropolitan rail networks.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Kuwait Overland Transport Union & Kuwait Ministry of CommunicationsExecution period:2006-2007Carousel:Image:Link:Kuwait rail lines outline planImage:Link:Kuwait rail planImage:Link:Kuwait rail planClaim:Kuwait boards the trainSubtitle:400 kilometres of railway line
140 kilometres of metro
Paragraph:Paragraph title:A railway system to connect the entire countryParagraph body:Ineco proposed the construction of a national railway system to connect Kuwait with neighbouring countries and creation of an underground rail transport system for the metropolitan area.
The team took part in the preliminary studies, the defining of the main corridors with their technical specifications, passenger and freight demand estimates, and the definition of the infrastructures and the rolling stock.Paragraph body:A national network consisting of 400 kilometres of double-track was also proposed to increase safety and enable greater passenger and freight traffic flows with maximum speeds of 350 km/h for passenger trains and 120 km/h for freight. The studies indicate that the potential demand for rail transport in Kuwait will exceed 69 million passengers per annum.
With implementation of this project Kuwait will be endowed with a fast, modern and safe transport system connecting the country with its neighbours and converting its seaports into key international centres for distribution of freight.Service:Geographic Area:Cite carousel position:Under summary -
Ineco leads the consortium that manages the new organisation of Morocco’s air space with the objective of dealing with the rise in traffic expected in the years to come.
Ineco was leading a consortium with the companies Egis Avia and Isdefe, to complete a “Study, analysis and restructuring of Moroccan airspace”, in order to design a new air navigation system.
The project for redesigning Moroccan airspace in order to cope with the increased traffic forecast for the future, has been structured in three phases: Phase I (assessment of the system and traffic forecasts) Phase II (Proposal for restructuring airspace and associated safety study) and Phase III (implementation plan).
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Civil Aviation Department (DAC). Moroccan Ministry of Transport and AmenitiesExecution period:2011-2013Carousel:Image:Link:Study Moroccan airspace, air safety centerImage:Link:Study airspace Morocco, Casablanca, equipment roomClaim:Morocco brings its airspace up to scratchSubtitle:4 temporary scenarios analysed
12 Configurations of air space assessed using accelerated simulation techniques
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Phase I: assessment of the system and traffic forecastsParagraph body:The first phase of the project, carried out over 6 months, consisted of a study to assess the capacity of the existing air navigation system and to forecast future traffic in the short term (2015) mid- term (2020) and in the long term (2025).
Ineco made its assessment using accelerated simulation techniques, employing sophisticated tools able to analyse the system’s capacity, the traffic controller’s workload and detect possible areas of conflict for aircraft during flight.Paragraph title:Phase II: Proposal for restructuring airspace and associated safety studyParagraph body:Based on recommendations resulting from the initial phase, a new airspace design was proposed (improved network of air routes, new demarcation and terminal areas) for each of the temporary scenarios.
This design was validated with simulation tools to guarantee the predicted growth in traffic and the increased efficiency (more direct routes which will reduce aircraft fuel consumption). At the same time a safety study was carried out to ensure that the current safety levels would improve with the new design.Paragraph title:Phase III: Implementation PlanParagraph body:The final phase is divided into two main areas: determining the operational concept and carrying out an Implementation Plan for correct commissioning of the new system, and determining needs in terms of human resources and definition of new operational procedures.
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Ineco designs the instrumental flying procedures and the navigation charts for the Sultanate of Oman.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Oman’s Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA)Execution period:30 mesesCarousel:Image:Link:Flight procedures design for Oman airportImage:Link:Flight procedures design for Oman airportImage:Link:Flight procedures design for Oman airportClaim:We contribute to the progress of the Sultanate of OmanSubtitle:6 airports
More than 100 instrumental procedures
120 hours of validation flights
9 training weeks
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Paragraph body:The works include: designing the procedures, a total of 120 hours of validation flights carried out by Aena International, and various training sessions in Spain for technicians and managers from Oman’s Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA).
Located southeast of the Arabian Peninsula, the country has 2.8 million inhabitants in quite a wide territory of 310.000 km2.
To interconnect its regions, the Sultanate is adopting a very active policy of development and modernisation of its airport and air navigation infrastructures, within a much wider plan of regional, tourist and business development.Paragraph title:Promoting air trafficParagraph body:Oman’s airport network is composed of two international airports, Mascate (the capital) and Salalah, both in processes of expansion, four regional airports and five military aerodromes, one of them (Khasab) is open to civil traffic.
Five new regional airports will be built: Sohar, Ras Al Hadd, Ad Duqm, Adam and Musandam, all of them are in different stages of development.
Apart from the flight procedures design, Ineco has carried out other works in Oman, like a study for aeronautic easements for the new control tower at Mascate airport, and a location analysis and Master Plan for the airport to be built at Musandam.Service:Geographic Area:Testimony carousel position:Under paragraph 1Cite carousel position:Under paragraph 1 -
To guarantee that a product or service is safe and complies with all standards, it must pass an independent assessment by specialists approved by the Spanish National Accreditation Entity (ENAC, for its Spanish abbreviation). In the case of the rail transport system, Ineco is certified as an “independent safety assessor” in the areas of command & control and signalling, rolling stock, energy, infrastructure, maintenance and operation and traffic management.
Ineco has worked for more than a decade carrying out independent safety assessments in the Spanish rail network, a task which it has been a pioneer. The company was first certified in 2009 with accreditation number 76/EI058. In 2015, this was renewed and extended to cover the fields of rolling stock, energy, infrastructure, maintenance and operation and traffic management. The work of ENAC-certified entities, moreover, is valid not only in Spain but also in the over 70 countries with which it has mutual recognition agreements, including the European Union, the US, Canada, China, Japan, Australia, Brazil, India, United Arab Emirates and Mexico, among others.
Ineco is an active participant in the practical application of the CENELEC 50126, 50128 and 50129 standards and the European Regulation 402/2013 on a Common Safety Method during independent safety assessments carried out for service commencement processes for Spanish high speed railway lines. Ineco has a presence in all phases of the safety life cycle, from the initial concept and system definition stages to system validation. This includes final safety acceptance of the service commencement, both for new infrastructure and modifications to existing infrastructure. The company is also working in Saudi Arabia for the Haramain project, where it is carrying out the independent safety assessment (ISA) for the ERTMS on-board systems to be used on the Makkah–Madinah line. It is also carrying out ISAs for line L2 and the L1 extension for the Panama metro; these have a global scope, covering all subsystems: command and control, energy, track, workshops and rolling stock, and the integration of these.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Railway operators, infrastructure administrators, technology and building companies, national safety agenciesExecution period:2004 - To dateCarousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Ineco: over ten years’ experience as an independent safety assessorSubtitle:12 certified ISA bodies in Spain
Multi-lateral agreements with over 70 countries
Paragraph:Paragraph title:An independent safety assessmentParagraph body:Today’s railway lines are greatly complex infrastructure made up of a large number of elements and which is subject to very extensive legal and technical regulations requiring highly specialised inspectors. Throughout the period from planning to service commencement, European and international regulations require verification that each and every one of the elements and subsystems function correctly: from the simplest, such as sleepers, to the most complex, such as software.
For this purpose, two types of safety study are carried out. Firstly, hazard analyses, which identify threats that could bring the system to a potentially dangerous situation and work on mitigation measures or barriers to avoid these. Secondly, and at a higher level, there is the type of study known as ISAs (independent safety assessment). Unlike hazard analyses, ISAs can only be carried out by an accredited body.
Ineco’s safety assessors are a team of engineers recognised as experts in the rail sector, who have extensive experience in railway engineering, railway safety installations, infrastructure, energy, rolling stock, operation and maintenance, in addition to having first-hand knowledge of the safety procedures and processes of the main railway material suppliers.
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Europe is sewn together with a network of supranational routes comprising a complex mesh. A series of tracks that are indispensable to the development and proper functioning of the single market, as they guarantee the free movement of goods, people and services.
The aim of the trans-European networks (TENs) is to connect European regions using modern, effective infrastructure that goes beyond simply juxtaposing national networks. The priority objective of European transport policy is to guarantee the effectiveness and sustainability of trans-European transport, as well as taking common actions to resolve problems which it would be less rational for individual member states, regions or cities to address.
Ineco is an active participant in various projects related to these networks, with the work on technical and operational interoperability being worthy of particular mention. Moreover, the company developed the Spanish work plan for the Atlantic Corridor study in 2014, and has supported the Ministry of Public Works and Adif in drawing up studies and plans to adapt the Mediterranean Corridor to international gauge. Ineco is currently participating in studies to update and enlarge work plans for the Atlantic and Mediterranean corridors, both of which are to be developed in the 2015–2017 period.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:European CommissionExecution period:2014 - 2017Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:European transport corridors, indispensable in the development of the single marketSubtitle:First defined in the late 1980s
Interoperable
All modes of transport
Paragraph:Paragraph title:TENs by sectorParagraph body:The TENs cover three areas of activity: TEN-Energy (TEN-E), covering the electricity and natural gas sectors, TEN-Telecommunications (eTEN), and TEN-Transport (TEN-T), which covers road and rail transport, maritime and river transport and the high speed rail network.
TEN-T guidelines define the European Union’s priorities by attaching the network label to certain routes, so channelling EU financial support to projects with greater Community added value. Each corridor is made up of a series of elements such as infrastructure, systems and services which are susceptible to new development, enlargement and improvement projects and which contribute to increasing the capacity and interoperability of the different modes of passenger and freight transport. Financing and executing the projects is the responsibility of member states. Through inclusion in a corridor, they are granted access to TEN funds and other sources of European funding.
Paragraph title:Corridors beyond the European UnionParagraph body:The enlargement of corridors to central and eastern European countries reinforces the importance of the TENs, spreading their coverage across the entire European continent. In addition, effective connection to third country networks further east (Russia and CIS countries) and south (countries in the Mediterranean basin) represents a factor providing balance and economic development, by establishing connections between the main centres of the EU and non-European Union countries.
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Our expert team has participated since 2004 in the modernisation and expansion works of the port.
The Port of Huelva is a modern, competitive industrial port complex. Its area of 1,700 hectares is an important asset to the province of the same name situated on the Atlantic coast in the south of the Iberian Peninsula. Another advantage of its location is its proximity to the Straits of Gibraltar, on both the around-the-world maritime trade routes and the north-south axis (Europe-Africa y Europe-America).The Port of Huelva is nowadays an agile, modern and efficient port equipped with the most advanced services and facilities that enable it to cater to even the largest cruise ships.Ineco has been working on the modernisation and extension project since 2004, carrying out several rail-related port projects.Our work has focussed on improving the rail accesses, upgrading tracks, creating new sidings, extending the paved area, developing railway terminals and executing various connections.The port has thus acquired new branch lines for the loading and movement of freight, enhanced rail accesses and new lines that facilitate the movement of containers.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Huelva Port Authority and othersExecution period:2004 - 2013Carousel:Image:Link:Port of HuelvaClaim:The Port of Huelva, a major logistics hubSubtitle:1,700 hectares
More than 27 million tonnes of freight
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Ineco’s team has brought in its experience in drafting railway documents for the port of Sevilla.
The Port of Seville is an inland seaport located on the Guadalquivir River with around four million tonnes of freight traffic per year and is a key element in the maritime trade between the Canary Islands and the Iberian Peninsula.The port facilities load and unload freight destined for export to other countries or transport to other destinations in Spain or freight imported from abroad which is subsequently distributed by road or rail.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Seville Port AuthorityExecution period:2010 - 2013Carousel:Image:Link:Port of SevilleClaim:The port of Seville adapts to rail transportSubtitle:4,633,412 tonnes of freight
More than 1,000 container trains per year
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Drafting of the railway documentationParagraph body:To facilitate all rail freight distribution operations Ineco drew up the rail-related documentation to enable the Seville Port Authority to assume the responsibilities provided by the Railway Sector Act for owners of railway infrastructures in ports of public interest.
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The port authority of Tarragona has entrusted Ineco with different works, especially the remodelling of its railway access ways.
The port of Tarragona, managed by the Tarragona Port Authority, has grown steadily over the last decade thanks to the thriving chemical industry that has grown up in the vicinity and to the trade in other types of non-chemical freight.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Tarragona Port AuthorityExecution period:2010 – 2013Carousel:Image:Link:Port of TarragonaClaim:Tarragona, an evolving portSubtitle:32 million tonnes of freight
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Adaptation of the port to UIC railway gaugeParagraph body:Ineco has been working with the Port Authority since 2010 in activities related to environmental management, maintenance and especially to upgrading the rail accesses to adapt them to the UIC standard gauge which is being implemented throughout the entire Mediterranean Corridor. Tarragona was the first port served by this project to take the decision to implement the conversion in advance.
Thanks to the upgrading work performed by Ineco, arrivals to and departures from the port of complete full standard length trains is now possible.Geographic Area:Cite carousel position:Under summary -
The stations on Line 9 of Barcelona’s underground were built under the formula of the public-private concession. They were divided into four sections for this tender, with three finally adjudicated to different operating companies. Ineco was the technical advisor to the banks of the concession of each of the three sections awarded.
This metro line is the longest suburban automatic train operation line in Europe and it is the first non-radial line of the metropolitan railway of Barcelona. It has a total length of 47.8 kilometres, mostly with circulation of trains at two levels. The line will boast a total of 52 stations, some of which will be located 60 metres below ground. These stations will serve as connection points with the rest of the underground lines, regional railways (FGC and Renfe) and the tram. The line will travel around the centre of Barcelona, thus notably enhancing the efficiency of the current metropolitan transport network.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Financial banks (La Caixa, Bankia, BBVA, Santander, Banco Sabadell, ICO, BEI, Natixis, WestLB), and the 3 concession groups in charge of the construction and operating of Line 9 stations.Execution period:2009-2015Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:The traffic of the Ciudad Condal will be speeded up thanks to its new metro lineSubtitle:Tender divided into 4 sections
3 concession companies
52 stations
47.8 km in length
Total investment close to 6 billion euros
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Ineco’s adviceParagraph body:In 2008 the Catalan rail administration began a concession process for the construction and operation of the stations. Since March of 2009, Ineco has offered independent technical consultancy to the group of entities that participated in concession financing for stations Ineco’s work on L9 in sections I, II and IV using project finance. The company’s work was to provide a base to evaluate certain technical and financial aspects and risks. For this purpose, special attention was paid to the investments planned during the construction and operation phases. The company also carried out detailed monitoring of project advancement to ensure that this conforms to initial forecasts and expected viability, making regular visits to the works to inspect their progress. For these works, Ineco had a team comprising of experts in contract structuring, control of works and maintenance, budgetary control, financial and legal analysis, and the evaluation of investments.
Operations began in autumn 2009 in the Besòs region, with 11 section IV stations, and they were carried out in various phases until September 2011. On 12 February 2016 section I came into operation (except for two stations), and four stations of section II, which, for the first time, join the city of Barcelona with El Prat airport through the metro. The line connects municipalities such as El Prat de Llobregat, L´Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Badalona and Santa Coloma de Gramanet.
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A sustainable urban mobility plan (SUMP) includes a set of actions whose objective is the implementation of more sustainable forms of travel in the municipal environment. The expansion of metropolitan areas, as well as inefficient alternatives to private vehicles and the town planning of the last decades of the 20th century contributed to increasing car travel. A SUMP tries to respond to mobility problems and improve the quality of life of its citizens.
A SUMP is frequently developed in four differentiated phases: the assessment of the current situation, the determination of objectives to be attained, the design of measures aimed at fulfilling previously defined objectives and the establishing of indicators for following up the measures.
Ineco has contributed to the development of the sustainable mobility strategy in three urban environments located in the provinces of A Coruña, La Rioja and Barcelona. Although the approach in each plan contains common elements, in each municipality a great effort has been made to adapt its idiosyncrasy to a catalogue of effective and practical solutions.
For example, in the city of A Coruña, the OTOM (Technological and Operative Mobility Office) was established, which is in charge of providing support to the development of the Plan, as well as establishing the technological tools for its subsequent implementation and follow-up. This office provided a high added value to the project, since it allows a follow-up of the execution of the Plan to be carried out in real time, adopting the necessary corrective measures.
In the case of the Logroño City Council, special emphasis was put on citizen participation with the aim of the different social sectors gathering opinions and criteria for reflection and for the development of proposals that make up the plan. The channels for participation were the creation of a website, the interviewing of social and technical agents, the organisation of specific workshops structured by topic, such as pedestrian and cyclist mobility, traffic, parking, etc.
In L’ Hospitalet de Llobregat it was necessary to participate in the environmental evaluation of the plan, preparing the documents corresponding to the Preliminary Environmental Sustainability Report (ISAP), the Environmental Sustainability Report (ISA) and the Environmental Report with the aim of integrating environmental considerations in the preparation, approval and follow-up of the plan.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:City CouncilsExecution period:2014-2016Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Ineco participates in the development of a sustainable mobility strategy in several Spanish citiesSubtitle:3 plans carried out
Extensive citizen participation through surveys and meetings
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Ineco has carried out a study into the infrastructure and superstructure of the line 4 of Tallinn metro.
Tram line 4 of Tallinn, capital of Estonia, is subject to high demand at peak hours which is why the authorities are boosting development of electric powered transport in the city.That is why the authorities are boosting development of electric powered transport in the city. Tallinn is not only the country's biggest city but also its financial and political centre. Ineco worked on modernisation of Line 4 of the tram system which will continue to form part of the colourful landscape of this medieval city. We drew up the study for the 16 kilometres of the current Line 4 which connects the Tondi district with the old quarter and Üliste, the site of Lennart Meri airport.The analysis included both the infrastructure and the superstructure to define the operating problems deriving mostly from the age of the rolling stock and the tracks, equipment and facilities.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Tallinn City CouncilExecution period:2011- 2012Carousel:Image:Link:Tallinn tram, external tankImage:Link:Tallinn tram interiorImage:Link:Tallinn tram, platform, pavement and boardImage:Link:Tallinn tram, passengers up and down with dangerImage:Link:Tallinn tram Narva-Viru sectionClaim:Tallinn gets up to date the sustainable waySubtitle:15 trams
16 kilometres in length
Paragraph:Name:Job:Sentence:The aim of optimising this mode of transport was to enhance the capacity and endow the facility with new technologies to enhance energy efficiencyParagraph body:Ineco developed the preliminary design, the specifications for the work to be performed on the line and procurement of the new rolling stock. A total of 15 tram cars were replaced with others with greater passenger capacity and a design adapted to the new infrastructure in accordance with European standards and the energy saving requirements.
In addition to modernising the track and the tram cars, Ineco proposed upgrading of five traction power substations and the construction of a new one.Service:Geographic Area: -
Ineco has made a feasibility study into the high speed corridor between Haldia and Howrah.
The River Hooghly, which, like the Ganges, is also considered a sacred river, has irrigated and enriched Bengali harvests since time immemorial. In order to improve the rail connection between the two cities of Haldia and Howrah, which are separated by the river, the Indian government has launched a project to build a high speed railway line.The National High Speed Railway Authority has commissioned studies for developing over 3,500 kilometres, with a total of six corridors, including the Haldia-Howrah link. The project remit is to improve and streamline connections between the main population centres of West Bengal, in a country with over 1,200 million inhabitants.The construction of a railway line connecting the two cities will bring enormous benefits to the population, such as improved access, and reduced travel time and costs. The line will also increase business opportunities thus helping to reduce poverty and develop tourism.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Indian GovernmentExecution period:2011-2012Carousel:Image:Image:Claim:High speed on the Ganges flood plainSubtitle:135 km of track
6 corridors
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Overcoming the challenges of a sacred riverParagraph body:The two kilometre wide river crossing also poses a considerable challenge, as merchant vessels accessing the port of Calcutta take up considerable space and the study had to evaluate two possible infrastructures, either a viaduct or a tunnel.
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Ineco carries out the project management and works supervision of the enlargement of Fujairah Airport in the United Arab Emirates. The airport, which began to operate in October 1987, has the capacity to manage around two million annual passengers. Fujairah is currently immersed in a plan to develop tourism in the region.
The works, which are carried out alongside PMDC (Project Management and Design Consultants), include the enlargement of the current runway, the construction of a new control tower and a new taxiway that could be used as a contingency runway, as well as an electrical substation and a new Firefighting Service building, in addition to new navigation aids.
The project consists of two phases. In the first phase, the revision of the basic design is carried out. Ineco’s multidisciplinary team analyses and evaluates the solutions proposed by the designer and adviser to Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) in its approval process.
In the second phase, Ineco will have the responsibility of revising the building project described and developing the Project Management and Supervision of the execution of works. Furthermore, the company will accompany Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) from the process of selection of the companies that will execute the enlargement works, continuing with the Project Management and Supervision of the execution of the works and the implementation of the enlargement.
The project includes several areas of knowledge: civil work and building construction projects, air navigation systems, Control Tower equipment, facilities and beaconing, as well as the implementation of all of the tools and methodologies of the Project Management Institute (PMI) for management of the project.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:FujairahExecution period:2015 - 2018Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Project Management and supervision of worksSubtitle:Enlargement of the runway by 700 metres
New 3.050 metre long runway
ATC tower: 51 metres in height
Power plant with 40 MVA of installed power
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The main roles of the Ministry of Public Works include the planning and programming of land, air and sea transport infrastructure, as well as the corresponding transport services. As such, it develops plans that define its action strategy.
In recent years, Ineco has put its experience and know-how at the service of the Ministry, collaborating in the preparation of all strategic plans published, as well as other planning instruments of a different range, aimed at materialising planning in specific sectors.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Ministry of Public worksExecution period:1968 to dateCarousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Highlights of Ineco’s participation in the execution of the designSubtitle:PITVI 2012-2024
Investment planned for PITVI: over €135,000 million
More than 45 years’ collaboration with the Ministry
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Highlights of Ineco’s participation in the execution of the designParagraph body:In recent years, Ineco has worked on drafting the Housing and Transport Infrastructure Plan - PITVI (2012-2024). This plan has three programmes focussed on regulation, control and supervision; the management and provision of services and investment activity, whose proposals reach a total planned investment of €138,255 million.
Beyond the drafting of the document itself, Ineco participated in the proposal-defining sectorial groups and provided the Ministry with the necessary web tool for supporting the public information procedure and management of statements to the initial document, participating in the whole process.
Furthermore, for the Ministry it developed other plans and specific strategies such as the Strategic Plan for Stimulating Rail Freight Transportation (2011), Spain’s Logistics Strategy (2013), or the Intermodal Transport Plan for the Mass Market Sector (2015).
As a tool for the assessment and identification of trends, key to the defining of new strategies, in 2013 Ineco participated in the creation of the Spanish Transport and Logistics Observatory, and since then it has supported the Ministry in its improvement, updating and provision of contents.
Paragraph title:Ineco’s experienceParagraph body:Ineco provides an overview of the planning of the transport system in Spain, while it has extensive experience in the development of actual infrastructure projects. These two visions complement each other and they are necessary for providing rigour to the planning and coherence to the actual projects.
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Ineco, along with its partner Grupo Ruiz, were appointed by Mwasalat (formerly Oman National Transport Company) to carry out consultancy services for the Development of the Long-Term Transport Master Plan of the Omani public operated company, as part of a series of initiatives that are currently underway and that will have an influence on the public transport sector of the country with a timeframe of the year 2040.
The need to improve the bus services in Oman was recognised as an important aspect for economic growth and development. For this reason, Mwasalat wishes to become a world class bus transport operator, provide an efficient bus service that is modern and competitive on a national and international level and one which puts the customer first, and contribute to economic growth, quality of life and environmental sustainability in the Sultanate of Oman.
The objective of this plan is to help in the establishing of a strategy for the development of efficient integrated bus services in Oman.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Mwasalat (formerly Oman National Transport Company)Execution period:2015-2016Carousel:Image:Claim:Ineco offers consultancy services for the new Transport Master Plan of Oman, MwasalatSubtitle:28 existing buses + 40 new ones (in 2015)
45 long-haul buses
2 urban lines and more than 1,200,000 passengers in 2014
5 urban lines put into operation throughout 2016
8 lines out of Muscat, 2 international lines and over 250,000 passengers in 2014
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Master Plan for OmanParagraph body:As the basis of the Master Plan, an assessment of the starting situation was carried out, in which the socioeconomic situation in the country was analysed, along with the state of the transport regulation of road travellers and the current bus transport market in the country. Additionally, a benchmarking of companies was carried out internationally to identify the best practices applicable to Mwasalat.
These analyses allowed areas for improvement to be identified both in the company and in the existing services, which gave way to the establishing of future strategies on which to base specific actions for improvement.
The next step was the development of actions that respond to the need of Mwasalat to improve the regular services in existence and plan the new ones that should enter into service in the capital of the sultanate in the very short term, as well as the design of the future functioning of Mwasalat and its agents involved as a whole. As such, we studied the potential areas for improvement of the current services of the company, we analysed the viability of new or improved services, considering an estimation in the demand of passengers and the associated operation and investment costs and a global strategy is developed to attract passengers and users, for example, of private vehicles.
Once the future functioning of Mwasalat was planned, we defined the implementation of the strategy developed, establishing three time periods: short term (2016-2018); medium term (2019-2025) and long term (2026-2040).
Ineco has also supported Mwasalat with the requests of land reserves and the budget that they must present before the Ministries of Housing and Finance with the aim of being able to make the measures proposed in the framework of the master plan viable.
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Maintenance is one of the most important factors of infrastructure. For this purpose, Spain has in its network several complexes and Depots for treating railway rolling stock. These activities require a major effort in a number of disciplines, combining and integrating civil work, building, railway work and industrial facilities.
Ineco has a great deal of experience in executing first and second level workshops for conventional and high speed trains in Spain and Europe. It also has multidisciplinary professionals at an advanced level in their careers in executing these.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Renfe / AdifExecution period:2002 - To dateCarousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Depots for treating railway rolling stockSubtitle:More than 15 years’ experience
Comprehensive participation
International experience
Paragraph:Paragraph title:A long careerParagraph body:Since 2002, the company has participated in executing the majority of rail workshops in Spain, such as those of Santa Catalina and Cerro Negro (Madrid) Railway Complex or the Rail Workshops of Fuencarral (Madrid), Los Prados (Málaga) and Can Tunis (Barcelona), in which Ineco participated fully in executing the design, technical assistance and construction management.
All these activities consist in constructing top-quality workshops for short maintenance cycles (short stays primarily for preventive maintenance), executing high speed rolling stock and that of the new lines and services of high performance lines in our country.
Ineco has also worked on the enlargement of Santa Catalina Workshop (Santa Catalina II) and remodelling part of the Workshops of Villaverde (Madrid), as well as executing the design and construction management work for the “Centro Integral de Servicios Ferroviarios de Adif” (ADIF Integral Hub for Rail Services) at Bobadilla station (Málaga). This work includes first level workshop and laboratory facilities for ADIF’s future railway test ring.
It is worth highlighting the technical assistance work on execution works for the new Valladolid railway complex, the most notable project of which is Renfe’s new comprehensive maintenance base (B.M.I. in Spanish). This workshop was conceived and executed as a first and second level workshop, and is equipped such that any maintenance work can be executed including short maintenance cycles, large stops and the complete remodelling of rolling stock. The new Valladolid B.M.I. is one of the largest work bases for rolling stock in the world with a covered area in excess of 70,000 m2.
Ineco is also executing the rail workshop design for the Makkah-Medina high speed line in Saudi Arabia, a first level workshop, for short maintenance cycles.
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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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Since its conception in 1968, Ineco has collaborated directly and intensely in the development of Spain’s conventional rail network, with active participation in all phases: planning, design, technological development, project management, building, service commencement and maintenance and operation consultancy.
Over the years, the company has collaborated in the different technical areas necessary to achieve optimal railway operation and maximum safety. Among its many collaborations with Adif, the company has carried out actions in various technical areas: infrastructure, track, signalling, electrification, telecommunications, stations, gauge changeover facilities, operation and standardisation.
The company has worked in infrastructure inspection, inventory and maintenance. It also participates in the different strategic improvement plans needed for the progressive replacement of old equipment in order to offer the best options in rail traffic management. In addition to this, Ineco participates in the design and preventive and corrective maintenance of infrastructure, track and electrification installations. It has also worked in a supportive role, providing design and assistance in the implementation and/or modernisation of telecommunications services.
The recent development of the network with mixed gauges, in which Ineco also participated, should also be noted. This enables the re-use of the current infrastructure with the fastest, most modern rolling stock, as well as structuring a necessary connection between Iberian- and standard-gauge tracks.
In addition, there is an ever-greater need to provide a path for goods arriving or departing through ports. In recent years, the company has worked both with the railway operator Adif and with port authorities to improve, increase and modernise rail connections with both gauges.
Examples worth mentioning are the work carried out on access to the ports of Barcelona and Málaga, etc., and the work now underway, with technical assistance from Ineco, to build a new spur in the area of Camarillas (Murcia), which will cut the journey by over 20 km and half an hour. The work, financed by the Port Authority of Cartagena, aim to improve rail transport and connections with the rest of the network.
The modernisation that has taken place in rail transport has boosted the introduction of new products such as electronic signalling points (electronic blocks), jointless track circuits and ATP automatic driving assistance systems. Ineco collaborated in the development and enhancement of these technologies.
With respect to stations, the company has designed and managed works for the new passenger stations which have become necessary to structure the network throughout Spain.
Ineco participated in Adif’s plans to improve stations and remove level crossings.
Improving accessibility. The main action lines consist in rehabilitating and modernising buildings, raising and extending platforms, platform access ramps and entrance halls, the accessibility of paths and car parks, adapting stairways and handrails to meet regulations, installing ramps and lifts on platforms and improving to lighting.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:AdifExecution period:1968 to dateCarousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Ineco’s continued involvement in the development of the Spanish conventional networkSubtitle:Over 12,000 km of track
Over 1,900 passenger stations
Over 1,200 tunnels
Over 6,300 bridges
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Removal of level crossingsParagraph body:The Ministry of Public Works is working towards both removing level crossings and improving the safety of those that have yet to be removed. Among other projects, Ineco has participated in removing level crossings in Asturias, between Pola de Siero and Nava, and on the Puebla de San Julián spur, where 14 level crossings were removed.
Ineco also offered its support in the definition of a regulatory framework and in drafting, reviewing and updating regulations, and collaborated in drawing up the Circulation Regulation and skills training.
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Law 18/2014, of 15 October, establishes a new framework for airport regulation and supervision to guarantee the general interest. The Airport Regulation Document (DORA in Spanish), is the basic instrument for defining the minimum conditions necessary for guaranteeing the accessibility, adequacy and suitability of airport infrastructure and the adequate provision of basic airport services to the Aena airport network, all established in five-year periods.
This aim of this stable regulatory framework, adapted to the community regulations, and the European environment, is to guarantee, for reasons of general interest, the mobility of citizens and economic, social and territorial cohesion, ensuring the accessibility and capacity of airport infrastructure, economic sustainability, as well as the adequate provision of basic airport services, in terms of quality, regularity and safety.
Ineco provides technical support to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in the development of methods and procedures for the effective creation of the Airport Regulation Document (DORA). This involves the analysis of information provided by Aena S.A. and the drafting and processing of the document itself.
The approval of the document is expected in the last quarter of 2016, as regards the defining of the new conditions for the 2017-2021 period.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:General Directorate of Civil AviationExecution period:2014 - To dateCarousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:New regulatory and tariff framework for the Spanish networkSubtitle:Airport supervision and regulation framework
2017-2021 five-year plan for the Aena airport network
Analysis methodologies
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Analysis workParagraph body:The methodologies developed cover the areas of traffic prognosis, infrastructure capacity, service quality, investments forecast and economic-financial aspects.
Ineco has provided technical support in the development of methodologies that allow evaluations of air traffic estimations provided by the airport manager. Furthermore, airport infrastructure capacity indicators were defined, for the evaluation of investment needs in the airport system; quality indicators that allow comparison of the quality service levels provided in airports making up the network, with the quality offered in other similar European airports; studies have been carried out in economics and investments, for the recognition of efficient costs, for the analysis and classification of the investments proposed by the airport manager and a calculation procedure that allows the value of the annual maximum income per passenger and the adjusted annual maximum income per passenger to be obtained.
Ineco has provided technical support in the evaluation of the information provided by the airport manager and in the preparation and processing of the DORA for the 2017-2021 period.
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Since 2009, Ineco has been lending support to the Spanish Aviation Safety and Security Agency (AESA) in various activities related to the Agency’s responsibilities in the context of airports. The company participates in the development of regulations related to the certification of airports and the safety of operations, as well as the aeronautical inspection activities.
In terms of legislative implementation, Ineco supported in the implementation of internal and external procedures, technical instructions and other material in the context of the Royal Decree 862/2009, which establishes the Certification and Verification Regulations for aerodromes for public use. More recently, it was involved in adapting Spanish aerodrome regulations to the new European rules (EASA Regulation (EU) 139/2014).
Ineco’s participation in the development of regulations also covers more specific aspects related to operational safety in specific areas such as the control of risks caused by fauna, ground handling services, fuel facilities and aeronautical easements.
With regard to participation in aeronautical inspection activities, Ineco has provided its support in the processes of certification and verification of aspects related to the fulfilment of the infrastructure requirements and the operational requirements of the manager in the aerodromes of Castellón, Teruel, La Seu de Urgell, Lleida, Murcia – Corvera and the Heliport of the Montmeló Circuit. These works focussed on the aerodrome manual in the Operational Safety Management System and in the fulfilment of the requirements defined by the regulations in force at each moment.
Furthermore, the company continually participates in the inspection activities related to the continuous supervision of the abovementioned areas, risk control caused by fauna, ground handling services, fuel facilities and aeronautical easements.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:AESAExecution period:2009 - to dateCarousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Supporting AESA in activities related to aerodrome authorisation, inspection and certificationSubtitle:Supporting AESA since 2009
Inspection, certification and verification
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Lighthouses are facilities that are integrated into the Spanish maritime signalling system; they are controlled by the port authorities and assist with navigation. Occupancy fees for the currently disused spaces in lighthouses are an additional funding channel for the service to assist with maintenance and, additionally, the use of these facilities would avoid potential situations of vandalism or deterioration.
To realise this proposal, Puertos del Estado carried out a process of promoting additional uses (accommodation, uses linked to cultural activities and events, visits) in the annexes of these facilities.
To this effect, a technical working group including port authorities and Puertos del Estado has been created within the “Faros de España” (“Lighthouses of Spain”) project. The objective is to advance along the common working lines to promote them being made available for private initiative, with a view to using the lighthouse buildings for other purposes, especially as accommodation facilities.
The high interest shown from international investors for many years means that many lighthouses are being used for alternative uses (visits, cultural activities, hospitality), as is the case with the Formentor Lighthouse (Balearic Islands), which houses a restaurant, or the Cape Finisterre Lighthouse (Galicia), which contains an exhibition hall.
Currently, 28 lighthouses accommodate uses such as interpretation centres, and art and exhibitions spaces; twelve serve as cultural and training centres, another five accommodate activities such as research centres; seven have cafés and restaurants and one has an aquarium.
The Spanish Coastal Network of Maritime Navigation Aids is currently made up of 547 aids, 187 of which are lighthouses.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Puertos del EstadoExecution period:2015-2016Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Ineco gives technical support to Puertos del Estado.Subtitle:187 lighthouses
28 Port authorities
Initiative to promote the maintenance and use of these facilities
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Ineco’s roleParagraph body:Ineco has given support to Puertos del Estado with technical administrative work in the “Faros de España” working group, consisting in centralising, organising and classifying documentation generated in the different activities, as well as developing an inventory of the 187 lighthouses currently possessed by the Port Authorities, developing schematic sheets including technical aspects, both from an urban planning and as a building and legal perspective. These buildings have very diverse specific circumstances in terms both of their facilities, characteristics, location and access, and the administrative situation (with some being subject to concessions) or the environmental sensitivity of the surroundings, making it essential to collect and standardise this information to be made available for future interested developers.
Lastly, the "Faros de España" web page has been created to provide content identifying the lighthouses offering additional services.
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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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Since early 2015, together with its partner CESEL, Ineco has been working on the pre-investment studies for the modernisation of Chiclayo airport. Chiclayo is the fourth largest city in Peru. These analyses will enable us to determine and plan the improvement and enlargement work that aim to turn Chiclayo into the air transport hub of northern Peru and drive trade and the tourist sector built around the huge archaeological richness of the area.
Chiclayo airport opened in 1956 and, though it has been classed as international since 1994, the first regular operations of this type began on 28th July 2016 with the introduction of two weekly Copa Airlines flights to Tocumen Airport in Panama. In 2015, according to CORPAC (Peruvian Airports and Commercial Aviation Corporation, airport owner) data, it recorded 7,813 operations, 431,840 passengers, all nationals, and 731,120 kilograms of air cargo. AdP aims to increase these figures and boost Chiclayo as the air transport hub for the whole region of northern Peru. The goal is to increase passenger traffic fivefold to 2.6 million by 2038. To this end it has put in place a process of modernisation that comprises overlaying the runway (2,520 metres long and 45 metres wide) and, once feasibility studies are complete, building a new terminal building, as well as remodelling access ways and other improvement works, including a new control tower, firefighting services, hangars, fuel area, freight terminal, etc.
Peru Airpors (AdP) is the concession company of the first group of airports located in the north and centre of the Republic of Peru. In 2006 it operated a network of 11 air terminals in the north of Peru located in Tumbes, Talara, Piura, Cajamarca, Chiclayo, Chachapoyas, Tarapoto, Trujillo, Anta (Huaraz), Iquitos and Pucallpa; as well as the new Pisco Airport.
AdP’s goal is to position itself as one of the most important airport operators in Latin America, through an approach of “Integrating Modernity and Culture”. Its commitment to users will be reflected in renovated space, top quality services, state-of-the-art technology and in the fulfilment of the national and international safety standards.
AdP will perform renovation and enlargement work in the 12 airports that it has in its concession according to its US$ 1 billion investment plan. In the first phase they will work on Chiclayo, Piura, Trujillo and Iquitos airports. And in the second phase, they will work on the air terminals of Tarapoto and Pucallpa, due to several of the airports reaching their capacity limit. As part of this plan Cajamarca, Anta and Trujillo airports were improved in 2015 and there are plans to execute works on the runways and passenger terminals of Iquitos, Piura, Trujillo and Talara airports, as well as that of Chiclayo, which will require an investment of US$ 260 million.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:ADPExecution period:Peru Airports 2015-2028Carousel:Image:Link:Modernización del Aeropuerto Internacional de ChiclayoImage:Link:Modernización del Aeropuerto Internacional de ChiclayoImage:Link:Modernización del Aeropuerto Internacional de ChiclayoClaim:Design for the enlargement and improvement of José Quiñones Gonzáles airportSubtitle:New terminal: area of 41,000m2.
The new projections for 2038 rise to 2.6 million
Chiclayo will be promoted as an alternative airport to Jorge Chávez
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Brazil has undertaken to develop 11,500 kilometres of new freight lines under an open access management model. Under the model, the operator and party responsible for infrastructure must give equal access to various independent, duly authorised railway operators, with the objective of increasing the efficiency of the rail system and optimising infrastructure use.
Ineco has been providing support in implementing this since 2014. Tasks include carrying out international benchmarking studies and supporting EPL to define a regulatory and institutional framework. In addition to this, the company has proposed safety standards and regulations for independent railway operators as well as carrying out a study into interoperable railway communication and signalling systems. Furthermore, a cost calculation model of the waterway network (river transport waterways) will also be prepared. These are of great importance for the country due to its size and the volume of freight and passengers transported along them.
Brazil has a network of 28,200 km of freight railways, run as a concession, which transports 70% of goods for all freight rail operators in Latin America and the Caribbean. According to data from the Inter-American Development Bank, freight traffic increased by 83% between 1997 (when the private concession system was first implemented) and 2012.
The current management model is one of “vertical” concessions; in other words, concessionaires are responsible for both operating and managing the infrastructure. In 2012, the Brazilian government launched its Logistics Investment Program (PIL, for its Portuguese abbreviation), a far-reaching plan to construct 7,500 km of road and 11,500 km of new freight railway lines. This new network has been developed with the new open access management system, whereby different independent rail operators will be able to compete on a single network of infrastructure.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:: Government of BrazilExecution period:2014Carousel:Image:Claim:Ineco’s collaboration in implementing new railway lines in BrazilSubtitle:11,500 km of new railway lines planned
28,200 km rail network
70% of all freight for Latin America and the Caribbean
Paragraph:Paragraph title:A collaborative effortParagraph body:Within the framework of the 2014 bilateral collaboration agreement between the Spanish and Brazilian governments, Ineco began to lend support to the state-owned company Empresa de Planejamento e Logistica (The Brazilian Logistics and Planning Company, EPL for its Portuguese abbreviation), which operates under the Ministry of Transport, to implement the new regulatory framework. Ineco also proposed safety standards and regulations for independent rail operators, as well as carrying out a study into interoperable rail communications and signalling systems to enable the network to be managed under an open access model, for both the present and future networks.
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Our team has developed an organisation study for the bus lines in the Algerian capital.
Algeria is making a significant effort to develop its infrastructures and transport services in line with the highest international standards in order to meet the rapidly increasing mobility requirements of the population, the development of the country's economy and the territorial and social cohesion of its vast area. Within this framework the aim of reorganizing the Algiers bus services is to structure and consolidate bus transport in the capital city. Ineco carried out the organisational study of the bus lines and of the operators' equipment.The tasks entrusted to the Ineco team ranged from project and communication management to data collection, the generation of the tools for analysis through to the study and diagnosis of the information compiled.We also performed field work for demand assessment, analysis of and proposals for the functionality and on the legal framework of the system, concluding in a functional map of collective transport lines and drafting of the RFQs for the new concessions.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Ministry of Transport of AlgeriaExecution period:2009-2010Carousel:Image:Link:ETUSA AlgiersImage:Link:ETUSA AlgiersImage:Link:ETUSA AlgiersImage:Link:ETUSA AlgiersImage:Link:ETUSA AlgiersClaim:Algeria invests in urban transportSubtitle:Increase of 30% in operating speed
Renewal of the bus fleet
7% growth in demand
Paragraph:Paragraph body:This work helped to enhance access to the city centre from the outskirts, to optimise communications and quality of life of citizens of Algeria and to contribute to the economic development of the city.
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Colombia’s interest in the renovation of its airports is increasingly important. Ineco has collaborated in the enlargement and remodelling of three of the four most important airports in the country. These are El Dorado International Airport, in Bogota, Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport, in Cali, and Rafael Núñez International Airport, in Cartagena de Indias.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:SACSA (Cartagena de Indias), AEROCALI SA (Cali), CODAD (Bogotá) y AEROCIVILExecution period:2011-2020Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Ineco participates in the renovation of airports in ColombiaSubtitle:2 million annual passengers
Surface area of 19.600 m2
Participation in the expansion of three of the four most important airports in Colombia
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Ineco’s roleParagraph body:Ineco updated the Master Plan for Cartagena Airport, planning its enlargement until 2020. The increased traffic in the airport is linked to the industrial and tourism activity of the city, which is located on the shores of the Caribbean Sea, and whose walled historic centre has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1984.
Through a team permanently based in the Cartagena de Indias Airport and the collaboration of different specialists of the company’s headquarters in Madrid, works have been carried out in Colombian airports from the Consultancy phase, defining and conducting the corresponding Blueprints and Designs and, subsequently, executing the follow-up and control of the Works, to the correct setting up of the new or reformed facilities.
With almost 4 million annual passengers, Cartagena Airport is the fourth largest in the country. In the last five years, the most notable works performed in Rafael Núñez International Airport in Cartagena de Indias were the Master Plan, the Terminal Functional Study, the Maximum Development Study and the New Site Study, and the following Designs and follow-up of the execution of its Works:
- Enlargement and Remodelling of the Terminal.
- Repair and overlay of the Runway.
- New FBO Terminal.
- New perimeter road for accessing the FBO.
- Repair and adaptation of the Secondary Apron.
- Overlaying and adaptation of the Main Apron.
- New RFFS Building.
- Enlargement of the Strip including redirecting the Juan Angola stream.
Alfonso Bonilla Airport in Cali is the third airport in terms of passenger and cargo transport in Colombia. In 2015, it transferred more than 5 million passengers and above 43,000 tonnes of cargo. The main work carried out in Cali Airport has consisted of the design of the New Terminal and the design of the Runway Overlaying Project and the supervision of its execution.
Paragraph title:General aviation on the riseParagraph body:In addition to the aforementioned interventions which are of vital importance in terms of aircraft safety, the increase in general aviation traffic was kept in mind. Private and military flights represent more than 90% of traffic at this airport, while the remaining percentage is represented by executive flights, school flights, etc. Although general aviation represents less than 1% of the total passengers who use this airport, it corresponds to 30% of airport operations and is expected to grow an average of 3.9% by 2020, totalling some 26,000 passengers and 14,000 operations.
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The importance of air transport to an island nation is a decisive factor in the gateway character. Sangster International Airport is the access point for three out of four visitors who come to and leave Jamaica, a figure which represents 80% of the total tourists in the country.
MBJ Airports Limited, the private consortium that manages the airport with a 30 year concession, commissioned Ineco in 2009 with the implementation of a Master Plan, which has again been commissioned and updated during 2016 in accordance with the recommendations of the ICAO, to forecast the growth in demand and ensure that the airport’s capacity is in line with it in the short, medium, and long term, with a time horizon of 2035. The Plan takes into account the environmental factors, such as the fact that the airport is located beside the sea, within the Montego Bay Marine Park, the proximity of residential areas, and the new recent regulatory developments in reference to operational safety and the airport’s certification.
Furthermore, Ineco drafted four projects (refurbishment of the runway and a new perimeter pathway; a new firefighting service building; enlargement of the runway; refurbishment of the taxiways and some areas of the apron). In relation to these projects, Ineco was also commissioned with the support services for the tendering and awarding of the refurbishment of the runway, the perimeter pathway and the new firefighting service building, as well as the technical assistance for the supervision of this work. Currently, it is updating the Master Plan and the Project Management for the refurbishment of the taxiways and the apron.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:MBJ Airports LimitedExecution period:2009 – 2028Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Una infraestructura clave para el turismoSubtitle:6,9 million passengers in 2035
400m runway enlargement
Tourism gateway to Jamaica
Paragraph:Paragraph title:A key airport for tourismParagraph body:Tourism is a very important factor for Jamaica, since it contributes 27% to the GDP and it generates 276,000 jobs, 24% of the total. Sangster International Airport (SIA in its IATA code), located in Montego Bay, the country’s second city and its most touristic area, is one of the great drivers of this industry. It is necessary to add the indirect contribution in many sectors of the local economy to the direct impact of the airport activity: hotel industry, trade, transport and others.
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Ineco is developing a contract to provide consulting services for the planning, programming, coordination and administrative, technical, legal and environmental management for the implementation of the Transportation Infrastructure Program (PIT) launched by the Costa Rican government. Its objective is to modernize the country's road and port infrastructure, reduce costs and travel times for people and goods, and increase road safety. The Road Infrastructure and Promotion of Public-Private Partnerships Program (PIV-APP) complements the PIT with other infrastructure and transportation projects also financed by the IDB.
The PIT and the PIT-APP are part of the 2011-2035 National Transportation Plan to promote infrastructure improvements in Costa Rica and include projects for the conservation and progressive improvement of the strategic road network to facilitate the mobility of people and goods and thus facilitate trade flows and economic integration in the country.
The Government of the Republic of Costa Rica is making a major effort to improve the country's infrastructure. A further step towards improving this situation is the development of the PIT and the PIV-APP, which have several strategic road and port projects, including master plans, designs and construction.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Ministry of Public Works and Transport of Costa Rica - IDBExecution period:2016-2025Carousel:Image:Claim:An initiative of Costa Rica’s National Transport PlanSubtitle:Time horizon: 2025
Investment of 450 million US$ and 178 million US$
Application of a new management model
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Development of Costa Rican transportParagraph body:Ineco supports the Costa Rican Ministry of Public Works and Transportation in the development of the projects through the creation of the Program Executing Unit (UEP), which acts as a facilitator and promoter of the projects, to complete the program according to the established timetable. The main objective of the PIT and the PIV-APP is to contribute to the development of the transportation sector, seeking to benefit the mobility conditions of people and goods, facilitate the flow of trade and the regional economic integration of Costa Rica.
The PIT and PIV-APP, which have an investment of US$450 million and US$178 million, respectively, are aimed at contributing to the development of the local transportation sector through the improvement of road and port infrastructure, seeking to benefit the mobility of people and goods, facilitate the flow of trade and the regional economic integration of Costa Rica.
These programs include actions on various roads and ports, with rehabilitation, reconstruction, paving, road widening, road safety improvements, bridge enlargement, construction and improvement of port facilities and the execution of a Master Plan for the Pacific coast.
Ineco has been present in Costa Rica since 2004 with important projects such as the National Transportation Plan, approved in 2012, and the Comprehensive Plan for the Modernization of the Airport Network.Service:Geographic Area: -
Ineco has carried out a study for the Costa Rican Directorate General of Civil Aviation and the ICAO. It will serve as a basis for the development and modernisation of the Central American country’s airport system, and covers a 20-year timeframe.
Costa Rica’s airports network has four international and 37 domestic airports, of both public and private ownership. This plan, based on an analysis and assessment of the current situation, proposes a development strategy for each airport and aerodrome, responding to long-term air traffic demands; it also proposes plans to adapt and develop the network of airport infrastructure. In addition, possible locations for new airports have been analysed.
To maintain the organised functioning of air transport, Costa Rica has the General Civil Aviation Law, which is currently undergoing a new updating process. As a support to this law, the legal regime has various national Regulations about Civil Aviation (RAC), in which the development of airports and other aspects of air transport are regulated.
At the time of conducting the study, all of the airports in Costa Rica collectively recorded a total of 4,700,000 passengers (2008 data). The international traffic depends greatly on the Juan Santamaría Airport, where 86.1% of the operations were recorded. As an entry point to the country, Daniel Oduber Airport is also important, with 9.4% of the international passengers, with its main traffic coming from North America. This region contributes around 60% of the passengers who come to Costa Rica by air. Central America is the second market in terms of importance.
To carry out a comprehensive analysis of the airports, Ineco is drawing up a detailed inventory of each of them. To prepare it, visits have been conducted to all airports, where measurements and photographs have been taken, interviews have been conducted and plan designs have been carried out. With the aim of carrying out a precise diagnosis, five main analysis vectors have been defined to facilitate not only the individual study of each airport, but also the comparison between them.
In this defined strategy, the organisation of traffic in the capital’s airport system acquires special interest. The difficulty of developing the Airport and adapting it to the regulations made it advisable to propose the construction of new airport infrastructure that serves the capital, and, as such, a study of the possible locations was carried out and the zone of Orotinas was selected.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Costa Rica and ICAOExecution period:2013 – 2030Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Ineco is carrying out the study for the project to modernise this systemSubtitle:Time horizon: 2030
About 90% of passengers arrive on international flights
41 airports
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Ineco carried out a study aiming to determine the technical and financial feasibility of putting into service an interurban passenger train in the San José Greater Metropolitan Area (GMA), which will link the cities of Cartago, San José, Heredia and Alajuela.
The San José Metropolitan Area is a conurbation with a population of over 2 million, almost half the country’s population. To improve mobility and structure land use, the intention is to promote railways as an appropriate transport system to link the main population centres of the Metropolitan Area in a way that is both economically and environmentally efficient.
The start-up of new passenger rail services in the Metropolitan Area will result in reduced journey times and improved levels of vehicle transport, both public and private, making public thoroughfares less busy (especially in San José) and reducing road congestion, pollutant gas emissions and traffic accidents. It is worth highlighting the positive effects of rail transport in terms of greenhouse gas emissions in a country like Costa Rica, which aspires to be carbon neutral by 2021.
The service commencement of a new railway system with the proper quality and safety standards demands a profound change in the current situation of railway infrastructure, superstructure and rolling stock, at a time when Costa Rica’s railways are being revived after being out of operation for years in the central area of the country.
Ineco’s works have comprised:
- Analysis of capturable demand for the new transport mode
- Design of railway system infrastructure
- Selection of rolling stock
- Operations plan for the new lines
- Investment estimate
- Economical/financial analysis. Sources of funding
The interurban train will follow the existing route, with it being necessary to duplicate a large part of the line to allow for the frequency of service required in meeting high demand in the areas it passes through. The current facilities (stations and workshops) will be used and adapted to new requirements. The route occasionally passes through the urban centres of the Metropolitan Area, which facilitates, on the one hand, good accessibility, and on the other, the appearance of potential problems with the interaction between railway operation and the urban landscape.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:INCOFER (Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles)Execution period:2012 - 2013Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Ineco’s collaboration in improving the rail system of San José, Costa RicaSubtitle:42 stops, including 22 new ones
70 kilometres of railway
Four lines
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To guarantee that a product or service is safe and complies with all standards, it must pass an independent assessment by specialists approved by the Spanish National Accreditation Entity (ENAC, for its Spanish abbreviation). In the case of the rail transport system, Ineco is certified as an “independent safety assessor” in the areas of command & control and signalling, rolling stock, energy, infrastructure, maintenance and operation and traffic management.
Ineco has worked for more than a decade carrying out independent safety assessments in the Spanish rail network, a task which it has been a pioneer. The company was first certified in 2009 with accreditation number 76/EI058. In 2015, this was renewed and extended to cover the fields of rolling stock, energy, infrastructure, maintenance and operation and traffic management. The work of ENAC-certified entities, moreover, is valid not only in Spain but also in the over 70 countries with which it has mutual recognition agreements, including the European Union, the US, Canada, China, Japan, Australia, Brazil, India, United Arab Emirates and Mexico, among others.
Ineco is an active participant in the practical application of the CENELEC 50126, 50128 and 50129 standards and the European Regulation 402/2013 on a Common Safety Method during independent safety assessments carried out for service commencement processes for Spanish high speed railway lines. Ineco has a presence in all phases of the safety life cycle, from the initial concept and system definition stages to system validation. This includes final safety acceptance of the service commencement, both for new infrastructure and modifications to existing infrastructure. The company is also working in Saudi Arabia for the Haramain project, where it is carrying out the independent safety assessment (ISA) for the ERTMS on-board systems to be used on the Makkah–Madinah line. It is also carrying out ISAs for line L2 and the L1 extension for the Panama metro; these have a global scope, covering all subsystems: command and control, energy, track, workshops and rolling stock, and the integration of these.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Railway operators, infrastructure administrators, technology and building companies, national safety agenciesExecution period:2004 - To dateCarousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Ineco: over ten years’ experience as an independent safety assessorSubtitle:12 certified ISA bodies in Spain
Multi-lateral agreements with over 70 countries
Paragraph:Paragraph title:An independent safety assessmentParagraph body:Today’s railway lines are greatly complex infrastructure made up of a large number of elements and which is subject to very extensive legal and technical regulations requiring highly specialised inspectors. Throughout the period from planning to service commencement, European and international regulations require verification that each and every one of the elements and subsystems function correctly: from the simplest, such as sleepers, to the most complex, such as software.
For this purpose, two types of safety study are carried out. Firstly, hazard analyses, which identify threats that could bring the system to a potentially dangerous situation and work on mitigation measures or barriers to avoid these. Secondly, and at a higher level, there is the type of study known as ISAs (independent safety assessment). Unlike hazard analyses, ISAs can only be carried out by an accredited body.
Ineco’s safety assessors are a team of engineers recognised as experts in the rail sector, who have extensive experience in railway engineering, railway safety installations, infrastructure, energy, rolling stock, operation and maintenance, in addition to having first-hand knowledge of the safety procedures and processes of the main railway material suppliers.
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To guarantee that a product or service is safe and complies with all standards, it must pass an independent assessment by specialists approved by the Spanish National Accreditation Entity (ENAC, for its Spanish abbreviation). In the case of the rail transport system, Ineco is certified as an “independent safety assessor” in the areas of command & control and signalling, rolling stock, energy, infrastructure, maintenance and operation and traffic management.
Ineco has worked for more than a decade carrying out independent safety assessments in the Spanish rail network, a task which it has been a pioneer. The company was first certified in 2009 with accreditation number 76/EI058. In 2015, this was renewed and extended to cover the fields of rolling stock, energy, infrastructure, maintenance and operation and traffic management. The work of ENAC-certified entities, moreover, is valid not only in Spain but also in the over 70 countries with which it has mutual recognition agreements, including the European Union, the US, Canada, China, Japan, Australia, Brazil, India, United Arab Emirates and Mexico, among others.
Ineco is an active participant in the practical application of the CENELEC 50126, 50128 and 50129 standards and the European Regulation 402/2013 on a Common Safety Method during independent safety assessments carried out for service commencement processes for Spanish high speed railway lines. Ineco has a presence in all phases of the safety life cycle, from the initial concept and system definition stages to system validation. This includes final safety acceptance of the service commencement, both for new infrastructure and modifications to existing infrastructure. The company is also working in Saudi Arabia for the Haramain project, where it is carrying out the independent safety assessment (ISA) for the ERTMS on-board systems to be used on the Makkah–Madinah line. It is also carrying out ISAs for line L2 and the L1 extension for the Panama metro; these have a global scope, covering all subsystems: command and control, energy, track, workshops and rolling stock, and the integration of these.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Railway operators, infrastructure administrators, technology and building companies, national safety agenciesExecution period:2004 - To dateCarousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Ineco: over ten years’ experience as an independent safety assessorSubtitle:12 certified ISA bodies in Spain
Multi-lateral agreements with over 70 countries
Paragraph:Paragraph title:An independent safety assessmentParagraph body:Today’s railway lines are greatly complex infrastructure made up of a large number of elements and which is subject to very extensive legal and technical regulations requiring highly specialised inspectors. Throughout the period from planning to service commencement, European and international regulations require verification that each and every one of the elements and subsystems function correctly: from the simplest, such as sleepers, to the most complex, such as software.
For this purpose, two types of safety study are carried out. Firstly, hazard analyses, which identify threats that could bring the system to a potentially dangerous situation and work on mitigation measures or barriers to avoid these. Secondly, and at a higher level, there is the type of study known as ISAs (independent safety assessment). Unlike hazard analyses, ISAs can only be carried out by an accredited body.
Ineco’s safety assessors are a team of engineers recognised as experts in the rail sector, who have extensive experience in railway engineering, railway safety installations, infrastructure, energy, rolling stock, operation and maintenance, in addition to having first-hand knowledge of the safety procedures and processes of the main railway material suppliers.
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