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Spain is the third biggest handler of air traffic in Europe. Airports such as Madrid or Barcelona are among the ten top European airports in terms of passenger traffic and flights.
Each year approximately 200 million people use the country’s 47 airports, which, thanks to expansion and improved infrastructures, have sufficient capacity to assume the estimated growing demands of passengers in coming years. The Spanish operator Aena has invested heavily in achieving this and has relied on the services of Ineco to plan, draft, manage and commission the most important airport expansion plans in the country.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:AenaExecution period:1997-2011Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Spanish airports, among the best in the worldSubtitle:Almost 264 million passengers
Over 2,3 million operations
Over 1 million tonnes of freight
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Plan Barajas: one of the biggest infrastructures works in the worldParagraph body:Adolfo Suárez - Madrid Barajas is one of the top ranking airports in Europe with the biggest influx of travellers. In order to cope with the increasing demand, Aena set up an expansion project, embodied in its Plan Barajas, on which Ineco actively collaborated, and was responsible for the project management and commissioning.
The expansion included two new runways in the airfield, taxiways, movement areas and various associated systems. A new terminal building was also built, in order to meet the requirements of over 35 million passengers per year, as well as a satellite building with capacity for 15 million, and a new control tower. Other works included in the Madrid-Barajas expansion project were an air port services tunnel, a car park, new access and an automated luggage system able to process 16,000 pieces of baggage every hour.
In terms of air navigation, all the arrival, departure and approach manoeuvres have been designed to adapt to the new requirements, endeavouring to reduce any environmental impact to a minimum. Thus, a new TMA (terminal manoeuvring area) was projected, with new control sectors, in order to deal with traffic operating on four runways and to respond in a flexible manner to geographic variations in demand. In addition, prior to commissioning, operational safety studies and real time simulations were carried out, in addition to a runway capacity study in order to establish the maximum performance of the four runways and the specially developed procedures.
Paragraph title:Plan Barcelona: a hub for the MediterraneanParagraph body:Plan Barcelona has put El Prat airport firmly on the map of European air transport.
Ineco has provided technical assistance to the project, managing development and implementation of the Plan. The scope of its remit included infrastructures such as the terminal building, equipped to deal with 40 million passengers, a third runway, a new air traffic control tower, an intermodal connection building, and development of a new airport city, extending the aeronautical service and industrial area.
Ineco carried out the requisite studies for resizing and restructuring airspace, due to extension of the airfield and operational needs, endeavouring to keep environmental impact to a minimum.
When constructing the new control tower we also worked on defining arrangement of the control positions of the airport’s two control towers.
Paragraph title:Plan Malaga: outstanding airport services in the heart of the Costa del SolParagraph body:Malaga’s airport is the fourth largest in Spain in terms of traffic volume. The expansion is designed to double the airport’s capacity enabling it to cope with up to 20 million passengers, modernising its facilities and increasing intermodality and economic and social development in the area and on the Costa del Sol in general.
The project is technically and organisationally extremely complex, as it is concentrated over a short period of time and with limited space, thus a considerable amount of construction work will take place while the airport continues to operate.
Ineco is providing technical assistance to the consultancy managing the programme which includes, planning, addressing requirements, defining functional specifications, design, construction, testing, commissioning and final delivery to the airport.
The expansion project will include a new terminal building with capacity for processing 9,000 passengers per hour, a new runway and three taxiways, a new platform, new accesses, and new multi-storey car parks.
In the light of the work carried out in Malaga air space, Ineco also designed the departure, arrival and approach manoeuvres so that the runways are able to operate independently without affecting special areas close to the airport. The new Malaga scenario with two runways was the subject of an operational study which defined the possible operating modes and adapted them to the demands of air traffic, making best use of the infrastructures available.
Following its expansion, Malaga airport has become one of the foremost tourist areas in the Mediterranean in terms of capacity, quality and safety.Paragraph title:Spanish presence in the most important airports in the worldParagraph body:Our experience in modernising the Spanish airport network and in developing air navigation systems and managing airport infrastructures has enabled us to export our know-how beyond Spain’s borders and to work on plans for some of the world’s most important airports, such as project management of Kuwait Airport or Heathrow Airport’s Winter Resilience Programme.
Paragraph body:Service:Geographic Area:Testimony carousel:Sentence:Ineco has played an important role in modernising and improving Spanish airports. It has made an essential contribution to the development and implementation of major projects and the challenges that Aena has faced in this respect, including the reorganisation of its airspace
Sentence:Our airports’ capacities and services have earned them a competitive edge in addressing the challenges of air transport, so that they are able to maintain their leading position as major hubs connecting Europe and Latin America. Ineco’s support has been crucial to this development, having worked closely with Aena from the start in order to achieve this aim
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Spain’s high-speed network covers over +3400 kilometres of track, it is the longest in Europe and the second longest in the world. The system transports almost 40 million passengers at speeds exceeding 300 km/h, connecting the major Spanish cities.
Ineco has been involved in the implementation of the Spanish high-speed rail network from its beginnings back in the early 90’s, acting as an engineering partner to ADIF and RENFE. Fully covering civils, rail systems and their integration, Ineco has undertaken planning, design, works supervision and management, testing and commissioning, maintenance and technological development services, to achieve a safer, more efficient high-speed railway system.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Adif and RenfeExecution period:1992 to presentCarousel:Image:Image:Image:Image:Claim:World leaders in high speed train technologySubtitle:3,000 km in operation
25 years experience
Speeds of up to 360 km/h
World leader in implementing ERTMS
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Engineering challenges: civils, systems and stationsParagraph body:Our proven engineering skills have enabled us to overcome the challenges of Spain’s difficult and rather complicated landscape. We have collaborated across the whole lifecycle of some of the longest tunnels in the world and internationally renowned viaducts:
· Guadarrama Tunnel: 28.4 km. 4th longest in Europe and 5th longest in the world.
· Pajares Tunnel: 24.9 km. 5th longest in Europe.
· Contreras Viaduct: 587 m. The biggest concrete railway bridge (261 m span) in Europe.
Ineco has participated with ADIF and RENFE in overcoming the rail systems challenges of our network, such as the deployment of ERTMS-2 and the adequate coexistence of two gauges in multiple sections.
We have also participated in the extension, planning and construction of the main network stations in the Spanish cities, with extremely complex engineering projects such as the connection between Atocha and Chamartín consisting of a tunnel over 7 km long that will link all the high speed lines passing through Madrid.
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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).
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Jorge Chávez International Airport, Peru’s main airport, is undergoing the largest enlargement in its history: its current area will practically double, thus enabling it to welcome more passengers every year. It is an enlargement that will enable the airport to meet its predicted demand of 24.5 million passengers a year by 2022.
Ineco, as part of a consortium with Peruvian engineering firm Cesel, will oversee works until 2021. The planned works include, among others, building a second runway 3,500 metres in length and new taxiways, as well as expanding the aircraft parking apron, all of which are to come into service by 2021.
In the landside, a new terminal area will be built, which is forecasted to open at the same time that the new runway comes into service, along with its system of taxiways and apron, as mentioned in the previous paragraph.
The investment budgeted is USD $1,200 million.
Ineco shall report to OSITRAN (Supervisory Organization for Investment in Public Transportation Infrastructure), which would ensure the correct development of the works and compliance with the contract terms.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:OSITRANExecution period:2015-2021Carousel:Image:Link:Ampliación del aeropuerto de LimaImage:Link:Ampliación del aeropuerto de LimaImage:Link:Ampliación del aeropuerto de LimaClaim:Ineco supervisa el programa de expansiónSubtitle:From 3 to 7 million square metres
New terminal area by2021
24,5 millon passengers in 2022
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Experience as a referenceParagraph body:Ineco brings robust experience in overseeing similar projects. During the last 12 years, Aena, Spanish airport operator, has carried out enlargement and improvement works in its network of 47 airports, where Ineco has participated providing specialized consulting and engineering services. The most important actions have been conducted in the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, Barcelona El Prat and Málaga airports, where both airfields and terminals have been extended. Outside Spain, the company is currently in charge of the Project Management of the enlargement of Kuwait’s international airport, which, like Jorge Chávez airport, will also have a second runway and a new passenger terminal, as well as a large area intended for air cargo transport.
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Jorge Chávez International Airport, Peru’s main airport, is undergoing the largest enlargement in its history: its current area will practically double, thus enabling it to welcome more passengers every year. It is an enlargement that will enable the airport to meet its predicted demand of 24.5 million passengers a year by 2022.
Ineco, as part of a consortium with Peruvian engineering firm Cesel, will oversee works until 2021. The planned works include, among others, building a second runway 3,500 metres in length and new taxiways, as well as expanding the aircraft parking apron, all of which are to come into service by 2021.
In the landside, a new terminal area will be built, which is forecasted to open at the same time that the new runway comes into service, along with its system of taxiways and apron, as mentioned in the previous paragraph.
The investment budgeted is USD $1,200 million.
Ineco shall report to OSITRAN (Supervisory Organization for Investment in Public Transportation Infrastructure), which would ensure the correct development of the works and compliance with the contract terms.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:OSITRANExecution period:2015-2021Carousel:Image:Link:Ampliación del aeropuerto de LimaImage:Link:Ampliación del aeropuerto de LimaImage:Link:Ampliación del aeropuerto de LimaClaim:Ineco supervisa el programa de expansiónSubtitle:From 3 to 7 million square metres
New terminal area by2021
24,5 millon passengers in 2022
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Experience as a referenceParagraph body:Ineco brings robust experience in overseeing similar projects. During the last 12 years, Aena, Spanish airport operator, has carried out enlargement and improvement works in its network of 47 airports, where Ineco has participated providing specialized consulting and engineering services. The most important actions have been conducted in the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, Barcelona El Prat and Málaga airports, where both airfields and terminals have been extended. Outside Spain, the company is currently in charge of the Project Management of the enlargement of Kuwait’s international airport, which, like Jorge Chávez airport, will also have a second runway and a new passenger terminal, as well as a large area intended for air cargo transport.
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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 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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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 leads the consortium that coordinates the contracts and different organisations that participate in the Rodoanel Mário Covas ringroad construction.
São Paulo is the biggest metropolitan area in South America in socio-economic terms, and is Brazil's financial centre.The country is undergoing a profound transformation, proof of which is the scale of investment in infrastructures such as the ring-road known as the Rodoanel Mário Covas (Mario Covas Ring-road). The 43.86 kilometre-long northern section was pending execution. For social and environmental reasons this is the most complex section of the entire project with 4,000 families requiring relocation.The execution of the northern section will complete the 177 kilometres of this ring road around the city. It is used by 65,000 vehicles per day, including 30,000 trucks and provides access to Porto de Santos, Brazil's main seaport. The northern section also includes the new access to the Guarulhos International Airport.The northern section is designed for speeds up to 100 kilometres per hour, has three or four lanes depending on the sector and required construction of seven tunnels and one hundred and eleven bridges and viaducts.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:DERSA (Desenvolvimento Rodoviário S.A.)Execution period:2013-2016Carousel:Image:Link:circunvalac sao paulo Rodoanel Mario Covas 1Image:Link:circunvalac sao paulo Rodoanel Mario Covas 2Image:Link:circunvalac sao paulo Rodoanel Mario Covas 3Claim:One of Brazil's main transport projectsSubtitle:43.86 km long
65,000 vehicles per day
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Coordination of the ring-road worksParagraph body:Ineco, which leads a consortium with the Brazilian engineering company EBEI, provides assistance to the joint venture DERSA (Rodoviário Desenvolvimento S.A., in which the state of São Paulo is the majority shareholder) to coordinate around thirty contracts and the numerous agencies involved in the works, which began in March 2013 and are scheduled to finish in 2016.
Among other activities, the Ineco team coordinates planning and monitoring of works executed by six Brazilian and Spanish construction groups, using its SIOS system, as well as managing expropriations and environmental measures.
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Ineco is working on one of the most important railway projects in Turkey. It involves adapting the Ankara-Istanbul line, which links the country’s capital with the largest and most densely populated city in Turkey.
In terms of the Turkish economy, in a country with a rapidly expanding population, the current rail capacity has proved to be insufficient to meet the needs of passengers and freight, and this railway line typifies the situation.
The railway corridor, built in the early 20th century, is 576 kilometres long and despite linking the two most important cities in the country, 75% of the route is single track which means that journeys can take more than 6 hours.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:TCDD, state body responsible for Turkish railwaysExecution period:2009-2013Carousel:Image:Link:Ankara Istanbul works track near PamukovaImage:Link:Ankara Istanbul trainImage:Link:Train in Istanbul Sirkeci stationImage:Link:Interior trainClaim:The train linking Europe with Asia (high speed rail in the heart of Anatolia)Subtitle:Speeds of 250 km/h
3 hour journey time
50,000 passengers per day
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Adapting to high speed lineParagraph body:Turkey’s state railway body has initiated plans to adapt the line to speeds of up to 250 km/h. The project is complex and requires refurbishment work and the construction of new sections of line.
When the works have been completed, the total length will be 533 kilometres of high speed line capable of transporting 50,000 passengers daily, and which will reduce the journey time from 6 to 3 hours. Some sections of the line will also be kept for freight transport.Paragraph body:Ineco is providing consultancy services and is supervising and controlling the works in the central section, Inönü-Köseköy, which, at 150 kilometres, is the longest section on the route under construction. This section will have 6 stations and the trains travelling on the tracks will reach average speeds of 250 km/h.Ineco is working on the conversion of this conventional line to a modern high speed track, which will link up to the subterranean tunnel currently being built beneath the Bosphorus, thus creating a modern railway link between Europe and Asia.
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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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Ineco has been chosen to supervise the rehabilitation works of the southern runway and the design of the new control tower.
The Colombian government has decided to extend its Eldorado airport in response to the growing demand for air transport, and the economic expansion that the country is currently undergoing.The airport is the most important in Latin America in terms of freight, with a volume of 648,000 tonnes and the third biggest in terms of passengers with 20.4 million. This capacity will double when the new facilities are commissioned.Ineco has been chosen to supervise the refurbishment works on the international airport’s south runway and to design the new control tower as part of an ambitious modernisation plan.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia (Aerocivil) /ABERTISExecution period:2011Carousel:Image:Link:Eldorado. Exterior ViewImage:Link:Eldorado. Interior ViewImage:Link:Eldorado. Control TowerImage:Link:Eldorado. EntranceClaim:Eldorado draws a new skylineSubtitle:80 metre high control tower
20.4 million Passengers
648,000 tonnes of freight
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Refurbishment and design based on the surrounding environment.Paragraph body:Ineco’s works on refurbishment of the south runway and the planning and design of the new runway and technical supervision of the work, include the provision of technical assistance to the Compañía de Desarrollo Aeropuerto Eldorado S.A. (CODAD).
In a joint venture with the Spanish architectural firm GOP, it has also undertaken the study, design and future fitting out and equipping of the new control tower which is set to become a technological and architectural icon for the Colombian capital.
The new control tower is built in the form of two steel spirals with its conceptual design inspired by its surroundings, popular muisca culture, and the symbolism inherent in the legend of Eldorado. At 80 metres high it is one of the tallest control towers in the world.Paragraph body:Ineco has developed an external metal mesh for the structure which provides resistance and simplifies construction, and is a vital component given the seismic activity in the area.
However, Ineco has not only defined the tower design but it has also been involved in analysing the operation, the system specifications and the air navigation equipment required, increasing the movement capacity of aircraft in an environment with operational difficulties. Eldorado is 2,545 metres above sea level and has a considerable volume air traffic requiring the most advanced navigation systems.
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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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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.
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The stations on Line 9 of Barcelona’s underground were built under the formula of the public-private concession. They were divided into four sections for this tender, with three finally adjudicated to different operating companies. Ineco was the technical advisor to the banks of the concession of each of the three sections awarded.
This metro line is the longest suburban automatic train operation line in Europe and it is the first non-radial line of the metropolitan railway of Barcelona. It has a total length of 47.8 kilometres, mostly with circulation of trains at two levels. The line will boast a total of 52 stations, some of which will be located 60 metres below ground. These stations will serve as connection points with the rest of the underground lines, regional railways (FGC and Renfe) and the tram. The line will travel around the centre of Barcelona, thus notably enhancing the efficiency of the current metropolitan transport network.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Financial banks (La Caixa, Bankia, BBVA, Santander, Banco Sabadell, ICO, BEI, Natixis, WestLB), and the 3 concession groups in charge of the construction and operating of Line 9 stations.Execution period:2009-2015Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:The traffic of the Ciudad Condal will be speeded up thanks to its new metro lineSubtitle:Tender divided into 4 sections
3 concession companies
52 stations
47.8 km in length
Total investment close to 6 billion euros
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Ineco’s adviceParagraph body:In 2008 the Catalan rail administration began a concession process for the construction and operation of the stations. Since March of 2009, Ineco has offered independent technical consultancy to the group of entities that participated in concession financing for stations Ineco’s work on L9 in sections I, II and IV using project finance. The company’s work was to provide a base to evaluate certain technical and financial aspects and risks. For this purpose, special attention was paid to the investments planned during the construction and operation phases. The company also carried out detailed monitoring of project advancement to ensure that this conforms to initial forecasts and expected viability, making regular visits to the works to inspect their progress. For these works, Ineco had a team comprising of experts in contract structuring, control of works and maintenance, budgetary control, financial and legal analysis, and the evaluation of investments.
Operations began in autumn 2009 in the Besòs region, with 11 section IV stations, and they were carried out in various phases until September 2011. On 12 February 2016 section I came into operation (except for two stations), and four stations of section II, which, for the first time, join the city of Barcelona with El Prat airport through the metro. The line connects municipalities such as El Prat de Llobregat, L´Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Badalona and Santa Coloma de Gramanet.
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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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Ineco, in consortium with the Turkish company UBM and the consultancy Mott McDonald, is supervising works to modernise the railway line between Samsun and Kalin. The line is one of six routes selected in Turkey to improve connections between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
The work includes monitoring and controlling the modernisation of the line’s infrastructure, superstructure and safety installations. Among other tasks, the work will include the rehabilitating and improving the platform, renovating the track, rehabilitating tunnels, rebuilding and restoring bridges, optimising track diagrams, enlarging stations and installing new train protection (ERTMS Level 1), signalling, telecommunications and centralised traffic monitoring systems.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Turkish Ministry of Transport and the European UnionExecution period:2015 – 2021Carousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Ineco’s participation in improving the connection between the Mediterranean and the Black SeaSubtitle:ERTMS system
378 Km
Connection between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
Paragraph:Paragraph title:History and description of the lineParagraph body:The railway line between Samsun and Kalin is an unelectrified, unsignalled, standard gauge, single-track, conventional traffic line. It is located in a mountainous region and characterised by steep slopes and a winding route.
The line’s construction was completed in 1932 as part of the Samsun–Sivas line, one of the first railway lines built by the then recently established Republic of Turkey. The last rehabilitation project took place in 2008 on the Samsun–Amasya stretch, and only involved maintenance for existing traffic, with no kind of modernisation work taking placing.
The line measures approximately 378 kilometres in length. The route begins in Samsun, on the shores of the Black Sea, and ends at Kalin Station, where it intersects with the Ankara–Sivas branch. The current line crosses a mountainous region and is characterised by steep slopes and a winding route.
The modernisation of the Samsun–Kalin railway line will contribute to the improvement of infrastructure for Turkey’s future rail network by improving safety and intermodality, and maintaining an efficient transport system balanced by the increased capacity of the line through the improvement of existing signalling.
Paragraph title:Description of the work to be carried out by InecoParagraph body:The modernisation and rehabilitation work will be carried out on the 377.8 km of the Samsun–Kalin line, including 29 stations and the Samsun–Gelemen branch, measuring approximately 10.2 km in length.
Ineco is responsible for supervising the execution of works on signalling, communications and energy supply and for coordinating the electrical and mechanical installations team.
Systems worth highlighting among those being installed on the line are the ERTMS Level 1 train protection system, electronic signalling points, level crossing protection systems, centralised traffic control, a fibre-optic telecommunications network, hot box detectors, passenger information systems, alarm and anti-intruder systems and an energy supply network for the installations.
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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 has extensive experience in drawing up architectural designs as well as construction management and technical assistance for various kinds of stations.
Spanish commuter train networks (Cercanías) have the clear mission of providing transport services under the criteria of safety for passengers, quality, profitability, efficiency and innovation of their services, without forgetting the social purpose and commitment to the environment, such that use of the railway is encouraged.
Ineco has participated in the execution of accessibility plans and comprehensive plans for station improvement promoted by ADIF and Renfe-Viajeros, bodies that are part of the Ministry of Public Works, as major driving agents of collective transport by rail.
Spain has an extensive commuter train network operated by Renfe and Feve, as well as several autonomous operators such as FGC (Catalonia), FGV (Valencia), SFM (the Balearic Islands) and EuskoTren (Biscay and Gipuzkoa).
Since 2013, Ineco has been participating actively in the activities under Renfe’s Stations Plan. In the first stage, these collaborative activities have been regulated via individual contracting for each work or limited group of works.
In 2015 this system developed when a Framework Agreement was signed for the “Technical Assistance for Drawing Up Detailed Designs, Project Management and Health and Safety Coordination for works on stations managed by RENFE VIAJEROS, S.A. Execution of Stations Plan 2014 – 2015”.
Image On:Image Off:Sector:Country:Customer:Adif and RenfeExecution period:2007 - To dateCarousel:Image:Image:Image:Claim:Designs and project managementSubtitle:536 stations operated by Renfe-Operadora
Almost 1,500,000 passengers a day
100 designs and works for ADIF
45 designs included in Renfe’s Comprehensive Stations Plan
Paragraph:Paragraph title:Project managementParagraph body:The main purpose of these works is to meet the accessilibity needs at commuter train stations, with an initial 59 Project Management Plans for stations at different hubs of Spanish geography: Catalonia (Rodalies de Catalunya), Madrid, Valencia (Rodalia València), Murica, Bilbao (Renfe Aldiriak) San Sebastián, Málaga, Cádiz, Cantabria, Asturias and Zaragoza.
The main purpose of these works is to meet the accessbility needs at commuter train stations with a total investment of €40m. To date, the Project Management of 41 works within this contract has been ordered.
The works comprise the total or partial remodelling of the stations with the aim of meeting the accessibility needs of every station. The main works are installation of lifts, extension and overlay of platforms, execution of underpasses and escalators, and adaptation of existing stairs, parking spaces, lighting, shelters and exterior walls.
Paragraph title:New commuter train halt: Soto de HenaresParagraph body:On 22nd July 2013, the General Government Administration (AGE), the Madrid Regional Government (CAM) and the Torrejón de Ardoz City Council (AT) signed the “General Protocol for Collaboration between the General Government Administration, the Madrid Regional Government and the Torrejón de Ardoz City Council for the improvement and modernisation of railway connections in Torrejón de Ardoz”.
In this protocol, the General Government Administration, through Spain’s railway infrastructure administrator (ADIF) planned the construction of a new commuter train station in the suburb of Soto del Henares. The new station will be located on a plot connected to the railway line between kilometre points KP 26 + 400 and KP 26 + 700 of lines C2 and C7 of Madrid’s Suburban Railway between Torrejón de Ardoz and La Garena stations. The new station is located close to the new Torrejón hospital and the new residential developments of Soto del Henares, Mancha Amarilla, La Zarzuela, Saucar and Juncal, as well as Casablanca industrial park.
ADIF’s Associate Directorate of Maintenance and Operation of the Conventional Line Network entrusted Ineco with the drawing up of the detailed design and construction management for a Commuter Halt at Soto del Henares (Torrejón de Ardoz).
This new halt, the main building of which was made with a modular structure of gantries forming a free floor plan, which together with the potential for adaptation to different dimensions, forms a totally flexible system, adaptable to any size of commuter station. Within the area are distributed all uses of the building through independent buildable volumes (building within a building). The dimensions of the halt were chosen to serve 6,000 passengers a day, enabling easy subsequent expansion to service a larger number of passengers.
On 31st August 2015, the President of the Madrid Regional Government, Cristina Cifuentes, and the Ministry of Public Works, Ana Pastor, opened the new Madrid commuter stop of Soto del Henares, located in the city of Torrejón de Ardoz.
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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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