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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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In recent years, Kuwait has undergone rapid economic growth, a fact illustrated by the spectacular increase in air traffic at its international airport (KIA).
The Kuwait International Airport has doubled its passenger traffic over the last 8 years, handling an increase from less than 5 million to 9 million passengers between 2004 and 2012, and with 12 million forecast by 2020.
As a result of this growth, the Kuwaiti Government has set up an investment plan for expanding and modernising the airport, which includes building a new passenger terminal, a third runway and expansion and refurbishment of the two existing runways, a second control tower, taxiways, various platforms and a new administrative building for the aeronautical authority, in addition to a programme of projects for air navigation and communications facilities.
With considerable experience in developing airport expansion plans, Ineco has undertaken the project management of the airport expansion programme, bringing to the project its know-how and experience in managing major airport expansion plans and providing continuous support in any technical works arising during the course of its project management services.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Ministry of Finance of the State of Kuwait and the Directorate General for Civil AviationExecution period:2011-2016Carousel:Image:Link:Kuwait Airport Aerial ViewImage:Link:Kuwait Airport Aerial ViewImage:Link:Kuwait Airport Project ManagementImage:Link:Kuwait Airport Project ManagementImage:Link:Kuwait Airport Project ManagementClaim:A major airport development projectSubtitle:New terminal with capacity for 13 million passengers per year
Tripling passenger traffic
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Exhaustive control and monitoring of the projectParagraph body:Project management services are essential in large scale infrastructure projects. The sheer numbers of third parties involved in any expansion programme require exhaustive control, coordination and monitoring of all the agents and their input.
Ineco’s duties include, among others, ensuring compliance with time frames, costs and specifications for implementing the main projects, as well as managing communications between the various agents involved, and processing the significant volume of documentation generated during the project.
Coordinating interfaces between projects is also one of the pillars of the services provided by Ineco. It has set up a triple control system for this purpose (deadlines, costs and documentation) using advanced computer applications specially adapted for Kuwait Airport, in addition to a web platform which summarises basic data on the work in progress and budget controls.
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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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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 -
We manage the modernisation of the CPTM metro lines of São Paulo, delivering Project Management and technical support services.
São Paulo’s dynamic and active population means an enormous number of daily journeys are made using urban transport, and the current system is unable to meet the needs of its commuters. Some of the city’s metro lines are so crowded that at times there are up to 9 passengers per m².This situation is compounded by the current success of the Brazilian economy and the establishment of fare integration policies between the various modes of public transport.As a result, the Brazilian government has set up an investment plan of 5,000 million Euros for the São Paulo metro, in order to increase transport capacity for lines 1, 2 and 3, and to begin operating two new lines, 4 and 6, while extending lines 2 and 5.Ineco will be responsible for modernising the São Paulo CPTM metro lines, providing Project Management services and technical support.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM)Execution period:1997 - 2015Carousel:Image:Link:BrazilImage:Link:Santo Amaro Station CPTM Line 9 EmeraldImage:Link:CPTM São Paulo Inner Light StationImage:Link:CPTM São Paulo SubwayClaim:A driving force for São PauloSubtitle:6 metro lines
Increased service frequency, with trains running every 3 minutes
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Complete ModernisationParagraph body:Ineco’s task will be to coordinate and manage the programme, providing specialised technical support in railway projects, infrastructure, tracks and rolling stock, and financial and environmental studies. It will also supervise the manufacture and installation of tracks and rolling stock.
The modernisation of São Paulo’s CPTM lines will be a driving force for development in the city, as around 20% of the GDP is generated in this region of approximately 11 million inhabitants.
This project will enable the metro to reach all of São Paulo’s neighbourhoods and the city will finally have an urban transport system on a par with its economic development.Paragraph title:Globally recognised ProjectsParagraph body:Ineco has been involved in the almost 300 km of track that make up the Madrid Metro network, internationally recognised as the most innovative suburban system in the world. In addition, it has collaborated on the construction and redevelopment of metro lines in other Spanish cities such as Seville, Barcelona and Valencia.
The efficient way in which Ineco carries out its projects has not gone unnoticed, and as a result the company has been contracted for the construction of suburban lines at an international level, notably in São Paulo, and also in Belgrade, Mumbai, Caracas, Tallinn and Medellin.Service:Geographic Area:Testimony carousel position:Under summaryCite carousel position:Under paragraph 1 -
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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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 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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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 is participating in the expansion of Kuwait International Airport, in particular, it is responsible of project management services(Project Management), the start-up and operational transition (ORAT). This expansion includes, among other actions, the construction of a new 700,000 m2 terminal, the extension of the two existing runways and associated airfield, the construction of a new third runway, a new control tower, as well as all the infrastructure associated with the ground and air side of the airport. The purpose of this expansion is to increase the airport's capacity to 25 million passengers, with a second planed phase that would increase its capacity to 50 million.
The company leads the consortium, together with local firms KUD (Kuwait United Development) and Dar Al Jazeera Consultants, being responsible for the coordination and management of multiple consultants and contractors from different countries, who participate in the works in different roles. The length of the contract is 50 months.
In addition, the company has recently developed different works in that country, all of them in the airport field, such as the update of the Airport Master Plan for the(DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF CIVIL AVIATION OF KUWAIT, Project Management services from 2011 to 2016.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Ministry of Public WorksExecution period:2020 - 2024Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Project Management Services and ORAT for new T2 terminal building and airfieldSubtitle:700.000 m2 of new T2 terminal building area
US$4.3 billion to access roads
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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 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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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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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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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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