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ENGLISH itransporte EDITION Transport engineering&consultancy magazine www.ineco.com 55 OCT 2015| JAN 2016 CLIMATE CHANGE 2015 PARIS CONFERENCE For a million reasons INTERVIEW Susana Magro Andrade Director of the Spanish Office of Climate Change “The governments have to make commitments, but the fight against climate change is something we must all be involved in” FOREST MANAGEMENT OF AIRPORTS Protecting forest for barrier-free flying FEASIBILITY STUDY A new tram in Pavlodar AIRPORTS IN UGANDA More space to grow URBAN CABLE CARS With panoramic views BRAND spaIN Spanish horse: fine breed Download our App: Editorial limate change, the subject of this edition’s front page, is a reality with which we are all faced, proof that we must change our behaviours, and an opportunity to manage our future from a new perspective. The 2015 Paris Conference represents a step forward in the commitment to finding alternatives to slowing down the global warming process by setting timescales with solid and reliable objectives. Engineering companies play an important role in this challenge that Ineco has enthusiastically accepted. Our company has joined the campaign entitled “A million pledges for the climate”, an initiative of the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment which implicates society as a whole. At Ineco Cwe are adamantly determined to tackle this challenge by developing sustainable Aena, committed to sustainable air transport infrastructure projects and by promoting technologies that can reduce pollution emissions. Some examples are the project reports that we publish here such Our objective is to provide sustainable air transport. In pursuit of as the Uganda National Airport Plan, Forest Management at Aena Airports, the this goal we protect and respect the environment in every area Quito MetroCable, and the Pavlodar Tram. of our activity. It also pleases me to highlight the important international tender that Ineco was recently designated (in consortium with the Spanish company Técnicas • Acoustic impact minimization Reunidas and the Arab Consulting Firm Dar al Handasah), to carry out the • Air quality monitoring and control project management of the future Sultanate of Oman railway network. This is • The implementation of energy efficiency measures excellent news and a major project which will allow us to continue collaborating • The use of renewable energies in a country where we have had a presence since 2010. • Efficient water and waste management • The preservation of biodiversity As a Spanish public engineering company, we would like for the publication of these studies to enrich dialogue between our clients and readers, and together to help raise awareness within society regarding the importance of charting a new course. The world’s leading airport operator Jesús Silva Fernández by number of passengers.* President of Ineco *Source: Aena, based on ACI-Mundo 3 Contents SOUTH SUDAN © SHANNON JENSEN C ) R K M FLIC ( Y GOBBI 40 CM URBAN CABLE CARS JORGE MY N- With panoramic views CY Since the 1970s, cable cars have MEDELLÍ CMY been incorporated little by little into cities’ public transport networks as an K additional mode of transport, and the metrocable figure currently stands at a considerable : Médecins T 20 urban cable car lines. PHO O 06 | NEWS climate change is something we must 44 | SÃO PAULO UNDERGROUND Sans Frontières = Ineco, selected to carry out all be involved in” Energy 12 metres above ground the project management of Oman’s 16 | FOREST MANAGEMENT OF AIRPORTS 46 | TESTS WITH MICRODRONES new railway network Protecting forests for barrier-free Flying microrobots Ana Pastor announces an flying 48 internship programme for Ibero- | BRAND SPAIN Humanitarian 22 | LINE 9 OF THE BARCELONA Spanish horse: fine breed American engineers UNDERGROUND Cairo-Luxor high speed feasibility Getting all of the facts Published by INECO study Paseo de La Habana, 138 - 28036 Madrid -Tel. 91 452 12 56 24 | FEASIBILITY STUDY www.revistaitransporte.com 10 | CLIMATE CHANGE Action Pavlodar: A new tram in the old Editor-in-Chief: BÁRBARA JIMÉNEZ-ALFARO 2015 PARIS CONFERENCE Cossack city ([email protected]) For a million reasons Editorial Staff: LIDIA AMIGO ([email protected]) 28 | PUBLIC TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT Editorial Board: JOSÉ ANguita, MICHAEL ASHIABOR, | INTERVIEW Madrid in real time NATALIA DÍAZ, ALEJANDRO FERNÁNDEZ, Susana Magro Andrade JUAN R. HERNÁNDEZ, RAFAEL HERRERA, MARISA HOZ, 32 | AIRPORTS IN UGANDA MÓNICA MAGRO, rafael MOLINA, jara valbueNA Director of the Spanish Office of Design: ESPACIO28004 / Mariano Serrano, Juanjo Jiménez Climate Change More space to grow Printed by: GráficaS 82 “The governments have to make 38 | PROJECT: ANSPs IDP Legal Deposit: M-26791-2007 commitments, but the fight against ©Ineco. All rights reserved 2015. If you wish to reprint the articles, The sky is the limit please contact the Editor-in-Chief. www.msf.es COVER IMAGE: NASA Follow us: In gratitude to Mariano Serrano, art director of the magazine itransporte (2007-2015) 5 Pastor presents the Commission engineering, architecture and construction to establish the BIM methodology projects. Ineco supports the Ministry of Public News Spain On 15 July, the minister of Public Works, Ana Works in this initiative which strives to promote Pastor, presided over the Commission’s inaugural the implementation of BIM in Spain, encourage meeting for establishment of BIM methodology its use, and develop standards and a training (Building Information Modelling) in Spain. This plan for this methodology. project management tool uses a 3D digital In the image, to the left of the minister, Jesús model to reduce costs, cut down on design and Silva, president of Ineco, and Jorge Torrico, Ineco production time, and improve the quality of Project subdirector. OFFICIAL VISIT Saudi Arabia Oman Jamaica Spain-Panama agreement » ast June the minister of Public Works, NEW projectS LAna Pastor, signed a bilateral agreement Ineco, designated to carry out the project concerning transport and infrastructures with the president of the Republic of management of the new railway network Panama, Juan Carlos Varela, and the he Oman Ministry of Transport and Persian Gulf Iran Khasab minister of the Presidency, Álvaro Alemán. Communications has designated Bahrain Lima Daba The objective is to support the Panamanian Ineco, in consortium with the Qatar Dubai T Shinas Gulf of government in a public investment plan Spanish company Técnicas Reunidas and Al’Aya Sohar Oman United Muscat regarding sectors such as water, sanitation, the Arab consulting firm Dar al Handasah, Arab Emirates Nizwa basic health care, comprehensive solid to carry out the comprehensive project Ibra Sur waste management, public transport and management of the future Sultanate Saudi Arabia mobility, urban planning and tourism of Oman railway network. The railway Shannah Masirah development. Jesús Silva, president of Ineco, network is intended for both passengers Island Duqm OMÁN New projects formed part of the Spanish delegation.« and cargo and will cover a distance of over at the Sangster Airport 2,200 kilometres. The first stretch which is Mudayy Arabian Sea 207 km will connect Buraimi and the Port Shuwaymiyah in Montego Bay Yemen Hasik Railway accreditation in the UK Preliminary testing on the Makkah-Madinah railway line of Sohar –in the north of the Sultanate– to Salalah BJ Airports, the concession Ineco has renewed its accreditation for This past July dynamic testing on the first Talgo train began on the high speed line that is the United Arab Emirates. The network of construction projects, construction company of Jamaica’s leading the second year as a supplier of railway M under construction between the cities of Makkah and Madinah in Saudi Arabia. During the will also interconnect the ports, the capital, management and the subsequent tourist airport –Sangster International design services in the United Kingdom first week of testing the train reached a speed of 120 km/h. The Talgo 350 train travelled on Muscat, and other urban centres with maintenance. This is Ineco’s first railway in Montego Bay– has commissioned with Achilles RISQS, the registration a delimited 60-kilometre stretch within section four, 110 kilometres long, and the longest the rest of the neighbouring countries: contract in Oman where the company Ineco with a new project: the design for and pre-qualification system for section of the project. Static testing and manoeuvres with the train began in June on tracks Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and started to work in 2010. In the aeronautical pavement rehabilitation of the taxiways suppliers that work with the main clients of Great Britain’s railway sector, 7 and 8 to access the assembly base 2 mini depot, located at kilometre point 192+000, Yemen. This new infrastructure boasts an and airport sector the company has and apron areas. In 2009 the company such as Network Rail and Transport approximately. Ineco is responsible for the engineering and consultancy of this project international-gauge double track and will designed flight procedures and navigation executed the Airport Master Plan which for London. Ineco has been working on which is headed by a Spanish consortium that anticipates a transport volume of 166,000 reduce large-vessel traffic in the Strait of charts for the country’s main airports in analysed growth needs. Following the the HS2 high speed newtwork in the passengers per day during peak pilgrimage times to the two holy cities. Transportation will Hormuz. A team will work with the public addition to safety studies, easements, and Master Plan, the company provided United Kingdom since 2012. make use of the latest technology while causing the least possible environmental impact. rail company, Oman Rail, and shall direct a site analysis for the future Musandam technical assistance services for The 449-kilometre line will boast 35 trains that will travel at speeds of up to 320 km/h. the bidding for the different sections as airport. Ineco elaborated an Urban improvement and expansion projects well as their subsequent management.