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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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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 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 -
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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The ATM systems (SACTA and ICARO) and the ACC voice communications system (COMETA) provide all the aeronautical information necessary for air traffic control.
Ineco participates actively in the implementation of the new versions at Spanish airports and control centres. It provides the technical assistance services to carry out the technical and functional specifications of the systems. It also performs the verifcation, roll-out and operational support of versions.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:ENAIREExecution period:1998 – to dateCarousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Progress of air traffic control systemsSubtitle:Improved safety
Over 35 years since its implementation
Updated according to technical and operational demand
Paragraph:Paragraph title:The challenge of the Single European SkyParagraph body:SACTA is the Spanish air traffic control system whose development and implementation has become a successful management model. Since it was started up in 1990, the SACTA (Automatic Air Traffic Control System) has been modernised by taking into account variations in traffic demand to include new improvements, advanced functions, standards and by avoiding technological obsolescence.
Since 1998, Ineco has been collaborating on this system’s operational readiness and transfer, as well as participating in its specification and testing activities. SACTA’s mission is the integration, automation and improvement of the processes and equipment of the functions of the air traffic controller to meet the capacity and safety improvement targets required by air space users.
Ineco also provides a service to ENAIRE for developing the system that manages the Voice Communications involved in Air Traffic Control at Control Centres. This system (COMETA) undertakes land-land communications (Controller-Controller communication) and land-air communciations (Controller-Pilot communication).
Paragraph title:An integrated system in SpainParagraph body:The ICARO XXI System (Integrated COM/AIS/AIP & Reporting Office Automated System) integrates the automatic management of the Aeronautical Information generated in Spain and received by the rest of the world via the EAD (European Aeronautical Database), Flight Plan and Slot Message information of Spanish airports and the Weather information from the Spanish State Meteorological Agency (AEMET).
With this powerful tool, users who are going to begin a flight have the information to plan their route and conduct the presentation processes for the flight plan and weather and aeronautical information that affect them. The operating rooms of all airports in the AENA network can display the operations they will have in advance and thus prepare means as required, and the International NOTAM Office has everything necessary for the publication of National NOTAMs. Additionally, given the vital importance of this information in the world of Navigation, once processed and adapted it can be served by other systems, such as SACTA, SCENA –CDM.
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Ineco is a member of the Hispano-Saudi consortium in charge of the construction of the high speed line that links Makkah and Madinah
The project to connect the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah, cradle of the Muslim faith, is the biggest international contract ever obtained by Spanish companies.
The Hispano-Saudi consortium forming the Al Shoula Group has built the new high speed corridor which will cross the coastal and desert regions of Saudi Arabia, linking Makkah and Madinah.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Saudi Railway Organisation (SRO)Execution period:2012-2028Carousel:Image:Link:ArabiaImage:Link:ArabiaImage:Link:ArabiaImage:Link:ArabiaImage:Link:ArabiaClaim:Haramain: the pilgrims’ high-speed trainSubtitle:166,000 passengers per day
444 km route
35 trains
speeds up to 320 km/hr
Less than 3 hours journey time
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Technical challengesParagraph body:In addition to responding to the travel needs of the multitude of Muslim pilgrims who arrive every year from all over the world, this project also presented a significant technical challenge, with extremely adverse geological and weather conditions with the route covering over 440 kilometres of dunes, sands and strong winds.
Given our extensive high speed rail experience, Ineco undertook to provide the engineering and consultancy services for the project which anticipates a peak time transport of over 166.000 passengers a day during pilgrimage to the holy cities, using the latest technology and keeping environmental impact to a minimum. The line will be used by 35 trains, each with capacity for over 450 passengers.
The "desert high speed line" connects the most powerful country in the Gulf area. The railway line is be able to reach speeds of up to 320 km/h, reducing travel time to less than three hours and enabling passengers to travel in total comfort.
Crossing the desert and meeting the massive demand of daily passengers who are using the system, has been the most ambitious Spanish engineering project to date, and a perfect occasion to demonstrate our technical ability and the talent of our professional team.
Paragraph title:Spain as an international benchmark for high speed railParagraph body:Spain has the most extensive high speed train line in Europe and the second biggest in the world. It is a bench mark for the latest technology and leads the world in terms of speed and punctuality. Our 20 years of experience has led us to manage some of the most important railway projects in the world such as the high speed line between Makkah and Madinah.
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Ineco has carried out the study into the signalling upgrading of road signs on three highways in Mexico.
Thanks to the economic policies put in place in recent years Mexico has become the third largest Latin American economy. Therefore the country is stepping on the gas in its effort to modernise and upgrade its vast network of infrastructures.Since 2007 Mexico has invested an average of 4.5% of its GDP in infrastructures. The majority of this money has been spent on roads in the world's most active contract award programme over the last three years.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:BANOBRASExecution period:2010Carousel:Image:Link:Sun HighwayImage:Link:Mexico DF AcapulcoImage:Link:General Roads MapImage:Link:Highway SignClaim:Renovating Mexico's highwaysSubtitle:1,000 km of top level roads
Assessment of road signs, their viability and conformity with current regulations
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Safer, more efficient roadsParagraph body:In 2010 Ineco's Roads Division was entrusted with the task of drawing up a study into the upgrade of road signs on the three highways between Mexico City and Veracruz, Irapuato and Acapulco.
This project arose from a cooperation agreement between the State agency CAPUFE (Federal Roads and Bridges and Associated Services) and Banobras (National Bank of Works and Services).
The task of the Ineco team was to analyse the condition of road signs on the three highways, propose improvements, draw up a comparative report on the Spanish and Mexican road signal regulations, issue a draft version of possible amendments to said regulations and to draw up the new highway signaling project.Paragraph body:Service:Geographic Area:Cite carousel position:Under summary -
Our team has participated in the design and construction of the main high speed stations in Spain.
For the last two decades Spanish High Speed Rail network, as the most extensive and modern system in existence, has set a benchmark for the world. Ineco has been instrumental in the design and construction of the network of high speed train stations specially built to match the technology and the magnificence of the most modern advanced trains in the world.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Ministry of Public Works, Renfe and AdifExecution period:1989-2013Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Stations on a par with the one best high speed railway networks in the worldSubtitle:Projects in more than 23 high speed stations
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Atocha StationParagraph body:Atocha is the first railway station to have separate arrival and departure areas like airports.
Ineco was involved in the construction of the new AVE arrivals terminal. The company contributed with its engineering work, to the first phase of the Atocha station expansion project, serving the Madrid-Albacete-Valencia line.
The Ineco team worked on development and construction of the line and of the line extension, during which it was responsible for project design and site management.Paragraph title:Barcelona-Sants StationParagraph body:Ineco was involved in the refurbishment of the Sants Station to equip it for arrival of the high speed train line in Barcelona. It took advantage of these works to adapt the existing rail track to the UIC width, to be used by the AVE, providing Sants with a new track, and bringing the current total of tracks to 14.
Paragraph title:Camp de Tarragona StationParagraph body:This brand new station was built and designed to ensure that travellers can access the train in the shortest possible time. Thus, a car park was built under the concourse area with direct access to the platforms by means of a walkway on a level with the front of the train.
Paragraph title:Antequera-Santa Ana StationParagraph body:Ineco worked on the construction of the station, 19 km from the town of Antequera. The station is unusual in that the tracks are at a higher level than the concourse area and the access points, and consequently the platforms are accessed through a lower walkway.
Paragraph title:Puente Genil StationParagraph body:The most striking feature of the station is its roof, displaying the AVE logo. When designing the station, Ineco took into account the intense heat in the area in order to keep air conditioning costs to a minimum, without sacrificing comfort or light. The vanguard design of the station has made it an emblematic building.
Paragraph title:Santiago de Compostela StationParagraph body:Ineco acted in a consultancy role and provided assistance to the project management in the refurbishment of the station, as well as modifying the station’s track routes in order to accommodate the new line.
Paragraph title:Ourense StationParagraph body:Ineco’s team of professionals was responsible for the project management of the refurbishment works of this station in addition to coordinating health and safety during the work.
Ineco also collaborated on projects for other high speed railway stations such as Zaragoza-Delicias, for which it drafted the plan for redevelopment of the surrounding area and other works required to adapt the station to the AVE.
The company also provided support in ancillary construction works for the future Villena station, and has collaborated on homogenising the architectural components of all the stations in the Atlantic Corridor.
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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 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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Ineco lidera el consorcio que coordina los contratos y diferentes organismos que intervienen en la construcción del anillo Rodoanel Mário Covas.
São Paulo es el centro financiero de Brasil y la región metropolitana más grande, en términos socioeconómicos, de Sudamérica.El país está experimentando una fuerte transformación y se está llevando a cabo una importante inversión en infraestructuras. El anillo conocido como Rodoanel Mário Covas es un claro ejemplo de ello. De este queda por ejecutar el tramo norte, que contará con 43,86 kilómetros de longitud y constituye la sección de mayor complejidad del trazado debido a motivos sociales (se precisa reasentar unas 4.000 familias) y medioambientales.Tras la ejecución del tramo, se cerrará esta autopista de 177 kilómetros que rodea la ciudad y por la que circulan cada día 65.000 vehículos, de los cuales 30.000 son camiones. Este trecho facilitará el acceso al principal puerto de Brasil, Porto de Santos, e incluirá un nuevo acceso al aeropuerto internacional de Guarulhos.El tramo norte está diseñado para una velocidad máxima de 100 kilómetros/hora, contará con tres y cuatro carriles, según las zonas, y requerirá la construcción de siete túneles y 111 puentes y viaductos.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:DERSA (Desenvolvimento Rodoviário S.A.)Execution period:2013-2016Carousel:Image:Link:Circunvalación São Paulo Rodoanel Mario Covas 1Image:Link:Circunvalación São Paulo Rodoanel Mario Covas 2Image:Link:Circunvalación São Paulo Rodoanel Mario Covas 3Claim:Uno de los principales proyectos de transporte de BrasilSubtitle:43,86 km de trazado
65.000 vehículos diarios
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Coordinación de las obras de circunvalaciónParagraph body:Ineco, que ha liderado un consorcio con la ingeniería brasileña EBEI, ha prestado apoyo a la empresa mixta DERSA (Desenvolvimento Rodoviário S.A, participada por el estado de São Paulo) en la coordinación de la treintena de contratos y diferentes organismos que han intervenido en las obras, que se iniciaron en marzo de 2013 y terminaron en 2016.
El equipo de Ineco ha coordinado, entre otras actividades, la planificación y seguimiento de la ejecución de obra realizada por seis grupos constructores brasileños y españoles, para lo cual ha utilizado su sistema SIOS, o las expropiaciones y las actuaciones medioambientales.
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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: -
We have developed the constructive project for the creation of a new terminal in Odessa’s International Airport to adapt it to the rise in passenger numbers.
Odessa International Airport, located 7.5 km from the city, has undergone a significant increase in passenger traffic. More than 60 airports are now connected to Odessa through 16 airlines which operate 110 flights a week. The flow of passengers has increased steadily and just in the first quarter of 2011 it grew by 10% to reach 343,000 in total. This growth rate is expected to intensify in coming years.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:International Airport OdessaExecution period:2011 – 2015Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Odessa Airport enters the XXI centurySubtitle:1 million passengers per annum
More than 26,000 m² of operating area
11,000 m² ground plan
4 storeys
Paragraph:Photo:Name:Roberto Serrano MarcosJob:Technical ManagerSentence:After visiting Odessa airport I understood the urgent need for new, more spacious and modern terminal. When the new terminal building is inaugurated in a couple of years there is no doubt that Odessa Airport will finally enter the 21st centuryParagraph body:The situation required an expansion plan that leads to the creation of a terminal, whose constrcution project is being carried out by Ineco.
This extension will increase the airport´s current yearly passenger capacity from 800,000 to 4 million.Paragraph body:The new building has a ground surface area of 11,000 m² and four storeys, giving a total built up area of 26,500 m². It has a rectangular ground plan and two glazed façades, one on the airfield side and the other on the land connection side. An undulating roof covers the entire building and extends beyond the exterior envelope to protect the accesses.
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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 cooperated with Aena on the expansion of the terminal building at Ibiza’s airport.
Ibiza Airport, only 7.5 km from the capital city of the Pitiusa Islands, constitutes Ibiza and Formentera's main communications artery. It is also characterised by its predominantly tourist-oriented traffic and the seasonal nature of demand. The airport is located in the Ses Salinas National Park of Ibiza and Formentera and consequently its management has always focussed on maintaining the natural balance of the area.In 2008, to meet the high passenger demand and the pronounced traffic peaks in the European summer, Aena contracted Ineco to manage extension of the terminal building, upgrading of the facilities and construction of new commercial areas. These works were to be carried out with the minimum environmental impact possible.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Aena (Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea)Execution period:2008 - 2009Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Revitalisation of Ibiza airportSubtitle:Nearly 17,000 m² of operational area
More than 1 million passengers
Paragraph:Paragraph title:A suitable infrastructure for the tourist industryParagraph body:A new facade was built which allows more natural light to enter the terminal building. The telescopic boarding bridges were upgraded and the lateral areas and departure lounge enlarged.
Paragraph body:This project entailed 16,700 m2 of new building which translated into a 46% increase in the total area of the terminal.
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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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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 -
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 development and the subsequent maintenance of infrastructure are equally important. Track inspection techniques and systems play an important role in these processes. There are currently a range of track inspection systems, however automated systems are only accessible for large railway administrators such as Adif or FGC on a large scale. Other administrators with fewer resources base their inspections on a series of manual systems, making it necessary to run several inspections to collect all the data required for analysis.
There are many measurement systems for rail inspection on the market, but they all focus on measuring specific characteristics, excluding all others; they either measure geometric parameters, or rail profile, or rail corrugation, etc. With SADA, we have achieved a single system that measures all the parameters characterising rail condition.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Railway administratorsExecution period:2012 - 2015Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:One measurement for complete track geometrySubtitle:Simple, reliable, accurate and autonomous system
Suitable for high speed, conventional and metropolitan lines
Paragraph:Paragraph title:A fast, effective solutionParagraph body:SADA, developed by Ineco in 2013, is the first and only manual track geometry inspection system that allows analysis both of geometric parameters (track gauge, longitudinal levelling, alignment, transverse levelling, cant and warp) and wear to the rail profile, all in a single pass. It guarantees correct track geometry and rail condition, improving traffic safety for railway systems that are in use (early detection of issues), and the proper completion and acceptance of track superstructure in construction.
This simple, reliable, accurate and autonomous system makes it possible to obtain rail profile data in a single pass. Through post-processing, data can subsequently be obtained both on geometric parameters and on surface defects and wear. In addition to using a single inspection system to analyse infrastructure with a single pass, the aim is to improve early detection of irregularities and to achieve significant reductions in the cost of track inspection.
The SADA system guarantees the correct track geometry and rail condition, increasing traffic safety in railway systems that are in use. It also offers the proper completion and acceptance of track superstructure under construction.
There are many measurement systems for rail inspection on the market, but they all focus on measuring specific characteristics, excluding all others. The aim of SADA is to provide a single system that measures all the parameters that characterise rail condition.
This technological advance is mainly intended for conventional and metropolitan lines and for resolving specific problems in a given area. It complies with all requirements of European standard EN 13848.
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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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The State Road Network is essential for mobility of passengers and goods in Spain. Therefore, it is necessary to continually perform works to maintain and improve it. The works necessary to achieve these aims have been set out by the Ministry of Public Works in the Infrastructure, Transport and Housing Plan (PITVI, 2012-2024).
The Ministry of Public Works has entrusted Ineco with the execution of works on the road network in Spain, aimed at making it more efficient and consistent, strengthening its connectivity, and strengthening and improving road safety.
Ineco’s experience in developing this type of network, along with its team’s technical expertise, enables the company to design, plan and become involved in executing, operating, maintaining and managing roads. For this purpose, several informative studies have been conducted, as well as several works drawing up detailed designs and technical assistance while executing works on various stretches.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:: Ministry of Public worksExecution period:-Carousel:Image:Claim:Work on roads in SpainSubtitle:150 km in designs
11 autonomous communities
37 stretches of work
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Works on the entire networkParagraph body:Among the work carried out, two works stand out in Madrid, aimed at improving connectivity and capacity on the outskirts with the drawing up of the improvement designs for the linking of highway A-6 with the M-40 and improving capacity in the context of the connection of the M-50 with the M-509. Additionally, in Madrid the informative study of a new high capacity route is being conducted, a variant of the existing A-1 between the M-12 and the municipality of El Molar.
In Lugo the works have begun drawing up the new stretch (Foz-Barreiros) of the new A-74 highway (A Mariña Highway), which will be the continuation of the high capacity road axis between Ferrol and San Ciprián, and will close the triangle comprised of the Cantábrico A-8 highway on the Galician stretch between Ribadeo and Baamonde and the AG-64 highway.
In Tarragona the works have begun to draw up the design for the widening of the N-340 between the localities of La Mora and La Pobla del Montornés, lending continuity to the A-7 on a 7 kilometre stretch and improving the capacity of a stretch with high traffic flow in summer due to its proximity to the Costa Daurada.
Several technical assistance works have begun during execution of the works:
In Huesca, on the Congosto de Isuela – Arguis stretch of Mudéjar highway (A-23), one of the latest stretches under construction, which will enable high capacity road connection between Sagunto and Jaca.
In Ávila supervision and surveillance is being carried out on the new bridge of La Gaznata over the El Burguillo Reservoir, which will improve the road safety conditions on a stretch with an average traffic flow in excess of 5,000 vehicles/day.
Since August 2016, Ineco has been providing technical assistance to the General Construction Subdirectorate, as a consequence of Order HAP/1169/2016 of 14 July, which regulates the 2016 year-end operations relating to the expenditure budget and off-budget operations. This contract provides a supervision and surveillance service, expropriations advice, environmental monitoring and health and safety coordination on works whose execution has already begun, covering 35 stretches. This service is a challenge due to the necessary agility required to make the resources available in a short timeframe.
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Ineco 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: -
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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