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consultancy 65 Tracks for the Central may | auG 19 Bioceanic Railway Corridor + articles Barcelona Airport’s South Pier Commuter Rail access to El Prat Airport Mumbai-Nagpur high-speed line Works in the Port of Valencia ORAT for the new Moynihan Station (New York) Refurbishment of the A Coruña station Answers for Brazilian transport 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda Brand Spain: Natural parks ~åìåÅáç=áåÉÅç|äçÖçJÑçãÉåíç|^cKéÇÑ===N===OULPLNV===NOWPV
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v ur work in designing solutions aimed at promoting the improvement of mobility through transport networks to increase the quality of life of people and `j O economic competitiveness of territories prompts us, on this occasion, to highlight jv on the front cover of this issue a project carried out for the Peruvian government
`v to develop the future Central Bi-Oceanic railway (CFBC), a corridor whose purpose is to transport passengers and freight across South America and promote trade `jv between Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. h Also abroad, our experience in planning has led to our participation with Adif as part of the advisory services that Spain is providing to India in relation to its plan to develop an ambitious high-speed rail network, which has been mani- fested in projects such as the one covered here concerning a feasibility study on a 772-kilometre high-speed line between Mumbai and Nagpur. We also highlight projects such as our recent collaboration on New York’s future Moynihan station and the development of a transport observatory for the Brazilian government, not ❝We continue to forge to mention our proactive participation again at the World ATM Congress, a major ahead with our firm international air traffic management trade fair. commitment to In Spain, our commitment to forging ahead with a more efficient, sustain- connecting people in able and safe transport model, thus promoting continuous improvement in the quality of services provided, is also reflected in the goals of two projects carried an efficient, sustainable out in Terminal 1 of Barcelona-El Prat Airport, a terminal that celebrates its tenth and safe way❞ anniversary in June of this year 2019. The terminal’s south pier redevelopment and enlargement project will increase its capacity, and the new tunnel that will carmen librero extend Line 2 of Barcelona’s c network will make it possible for more than 8 mil- President of Ineco lion passengers to travel from the Sants station in just 19 minutes. Lastly, we cover the improvements that are being made to the Port of Valencia and to the A Coruña railway station, works that will also contribute to these goals of quality and competitiveness.
We close this issue with a space on corporate social responsibility that fea- tures a report on the sustainable development goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which Ineco has integrated into its strategy and which we would like to share with our readers. ■
itransporte — 3 Contents May / August 19 06s | new Supporting Renfe and Adif on the Texas Bullet Train A Master Plan for the Lima and Callao Metro A traffic study for an HS2 station in London Brains and brawn at WAC 2019 12 | A feasibility study for the CFBC Tracks for the Central Bioceanic Railway Corridor 18 | The enlargement of Barcelona Airport’s South Pier The enlargement More international stands for Barcelona-El Prat of Barcelona Airport’s | South Pier 22 New Commuter Rail access spain to El Prat Airport 18 A tunnel for flying 26 | Mumbai-Nagpur high-speed LINE New lines to generate wealth 32 | Works to increase the water depth of the Port of Valencia’s Levante Pier Room for giants 36 | ORAT for New York’s new Moynihan Station Manhattan dream 40 | Refurbishment of the roof of the A Coruña railway station Sky views from the platform 42 | The National Transport New Commuter and Logistics Observatory Rail access to Answers for Brazilian transport El Prat Airport spain 46 | 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda 22 17 goals for transforming our world
A feasibility 48 | brand spain study for Natural parks: Magical and unknown the CFBC international 50 | in closing 12 África Jiménez Lacaci: Deputy Director of Institutional Relations and CSR Published by
itransporteTRANSPORT ENGINEERING & CONSULTANCY | revistaitransporte.com | ineco.com Ineco CONSULTANCY 65 Tracks for the Central MAY | AUG 19 Bioceanic Railway Corridor + ARTICLES Barcelona Airport’s South Pier Paseo de La Habana, 138 - 28036 Madrid – Tel. 91 452 12 56 – www.revistaitransporte.com Commuter Rail access to El Prat Airport Mumbai-Nagpur high-speed line Works in the Port of Valencia ORAT for the new Moynihan Station (New York) Editor-in-Chief: BÁRBARA JIMÉNEZ-ALFARO – [email protected] Editorial Staff: LIDIA AMIGO – [email protected] Refurbishment of the A Coruña station Answers for Brazilian transport 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda Editorial Board: ISABEL ÁLVAREZ, Lidia Amigo, José Mª Berdoy, Luis Miguel Fernández-Ferragut, RAFAEL HERRERA, Enrique Herrero, Brand Spain: Natural parks Bárbara Jiménez-Alfaro, Daniel Latorre, Adrián López, Tatiana MANCEÑIDO, rafael molina, Celestino Rodríguez, jara valbuena Design, layout, editing and web: estudio 2729 | juanjo jiménez, almudena valdecantos, TERESA COMPAIRÉ, YOLANDA MARTÍNEZ Mumbai-Nagpur Printed by: nilo gráfica high-speed line Legal Deposit: M-26791-2007 international ©Ineco. 26 All rights reserved (2019). If you wish to reprint these articles, please contact the Editor-in-Chief. issue 65 cover Follow us: territory through which the CFBC would run close to Ilo, Peru. PHoto_Francisco Ortiz.
4 — itransporte itransporte — 5 news | current events from Ineco europe COLOMBIA CHILE Metro de Medellín modernises its fleet of trains Ineco joins the USA Refurbishment Rail Baltica Metro de Medellín has decided well as other improvements that dellín also took delivery of 38 of Metro de project, a to modernise its fleet of 42 will provide these trains with an new trains manufactured by the Santiago’s NS74 first-generation trains. Manu- additional 20 years of service Spanish company CAF, all super- trains continues corridor that factured by MAN and Siemens life. In mid-2018, Metro de Me- vised by Ineco. will link AG, they are close to the end Metro de Santiago has commis- northeastern of their 30-year service life. sioned Ineco to carry out detailed Europe In 2016, Ineco carried out a vi- engineering on the refurbish- ability study of the project, and ment of its Alstom NS74 trains, The company has been awarded is now in charge of supervising the first to operate in the city’s two contracts that are part of the work, which will involve suburbs. The project involves a the Rail Baltica project, a mod- complete internal and external total of 35 trains with pneumatic
ern high-speed rail corridor that entral refurbishment of the trains at running gear, a total of 245 car- c will link the Baltic Republics to half the cost of buying new roll- riages. Manufactured between the Trans-European Transport ing stock, according to Metro de 1974 and 1981, they have texas _ texas
Network (TEN-T). The new infra- ge Medellín. reached the end of their service
structure will connect Poland to ima The modernisation includes life but are being refurbished, a Finland via Estonia, Latvia and S upporting Renfe and Adif replacing the powertrain with a process that began in 2011 and Lithuania with an 870-kilometre state-of-the-art DC/AC system, will provide them with another double-track railway line (213 km on the Texas Bullet Train changing the existing auxiliary 20 years of operation. in Estonia, 265 in Latvia and 392 Texas Central Partners, the private devel- documentation and technical parameters power supply and air production Since then, Ineco has been in Lithuania). oper of a high-speed project that will link for the design, construction, operation and systems for new equipment with providing services to Metro de the cities of Dallas and Houston, has cho- maintenance of the so-called Texas Bullet greater energy efficiency, install- Santiago to supervise the entire sen Renfe and Adif as strategic partners Train. It is a ground-breaking project in the ing air conditioning units in the process, which includes replace- for the operation and maintenance of the US which involves connecting North Texas cabin and updating the trains to ment of engines, installation of 379-kilometre line. Ineco, as a state-owned with Houston in less than 90 minutes, with a more modern and contemporary In the image, Ineco engineers Pablo Bielsa, Manuel Francisco and Jon Aizkorbe new HVAC and door closure sys- company in the Fomento Group, is provid- an intermediate station in the Brazos Valley. design (interior and exterior), as at Metro de Medellín’s facilities in the municipality of El Bello. tems, renovation of interiors and ing technical assistance to Renfe Operadora The stations will be located next to road fitting of passenger information in relation to the study and analysis of the and public transport networks. devices, in addition to corridor A master plan for the Lima and Callao Metro connections between carriages.
AUSTRALIA First railway contract One of the contracts involves Ineco will be participating in the integration and implementation to ETCS level 2; implementation the definition of a strategy to modernisation of Sydney’s com- of new railway systems for the of the automatic train operation implement the energy system muter rail network in Australia, network, together with Network (ATO) driver assistance system; and, the other, the definition of operated by Sydney Trains. In Rail Consulting, Acmena and The and installation of a railway traffic maintenance facilities along the its role as systems integrator, Go-Ahead Group. management system to improve entire line. Both projects will be Ineco will be in charge of sup- The programme consists of the efficiency of service and han- carried out in consortium with porting Transport for New South three lines of action: updating dling of incidents throughout the the Spanish company Ardanuy. Wales (TfNSW) in the definition, of the entire signalling network entire network. CHILE
metro de lima _ metro New railway
INTERNATIONAL es to c regulations Projects for Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico pho PERU Chile’s state railway company, Ineco is preparing master de- Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara. also been selected by the Jamai- The Peruvian capital will soon have a pub- Bank (IDB). The plan, which has a time ho- EFE, has awarded Ineco, together velopment programmes for the For the latter two airports, func- can government as a provisional lic transport master plan drafted by Ineco rizon of 2050, will analyse demand, define with the company Louis Berger, a aviation servi a aviation
2020-2034 period on behalf tional terminal designs are also preferred bidder to operate, c and another Spanish engineering company, a fare policy and determine the location a contract to draft its new tech- of the twelve airports of Grupo being produced, something that modernise and expand Norman Typsa. The two companies won an interna- of the metro’s interchange stations with nical regulations. The new legal Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP), has already been done for the Manley International Airport in tional tender called by Peru’s Autonomous future suburban lines. It will also include framework, which is expected which is partly owned by Aena Tijuana terminal. the capital city of Kingston for Electric Transportation System Authority master plans for the metro and other trans- to be ready by the beginning of Internacional: Bajío, Aguascali- The company began prepar- 25 years. Ineco provided sup- of jamai tesy (AATE), part of the Ministry of Transport portation systems (bus and metrobus), and 2020, will regulate all aspects our entes, Hermosillo, La Paz, Los ing these plans in 2003 for the port in the drafting of GAP’s c and Communications, with the coopera- strategic environmental assessment of the of rail activity, from signalling to _ Mochis, Morelia, Mexicali, San Jo- 2005-2019, 2010-2024 and technical proposal, which was tion of the Inter-American Development projects, among other aspects. stations, through rolling stock,
sé Del Cabo, Manzanillo, Tijuana, 2015-2029 periods. GAP has selected. photo tracks and safety.
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An ERTMS colombia manual Airport europe for train Planning drivers
Ineco has been commis- sioned by the European Rail- way Agency (ERA) to draft a manual to assist train driv- ers to operate any European train equipped with the ERT- MS signalling system. In the image, Ineco’s Alfonso Lo- renzo and Silvia Domínguez at the offices of the ERA in January for the launch meet- ing of the project, which also involves organisation of ERTMS training and train driver certification.
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A traffic study Y Last December, Ineco, in consorti- for an HS2 station CM in London um with the Colombian consulting firm Concol (now WSP), presented MY
WSP, responsible for the de- Aerocivil, Colombia’s aeronautical CY authority, with the master plan sign of the new Old Oak Com- CMY mon HS2 high-speed station, for the Germán Olano de Puerto K has commissioned Ineco to Carreño Airport (Department of audit and supervise pedes- Vichada) and the planning out- trian movement modelling of lines for the San Bernardo de its future users. The station, Mompox (Bolívar) and Contador located in northwest London, de Pitalito (Huila) airports. Ineco will begin operations in 2026 has extensive experience in air- port planning in Spain as well as
and is expected to handle an or c estimated traffic of 250,000 _ in other countries, including Co- lombia, where its first work dates commuters every day. foto wsp tesía back to the 1970s.
peru The Iquitos Airport runway upgrade project
Aeropuertos de Peru, the op- runway, taxiway and apron erator of Iquitos Airport in the improvement works. Coronel northeast of the country, has FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta announced the award of its International Airport is of great Air-side Upgrade and Main- strategic importance for the tenance Project (PRMLA) to a city of Iquitos and its half a Summer Plan 2019 consortium headed up by Ineco million inhabitants because it and the Peruvian engineering is located in the middle of the We have worked out company HOB. The project Amazon rainforest and there consists of drafting a techni- is no access by land, only by your rest right down cal dossier for the airport’s river and air. to the millimetre
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W orld ATM Congress 2019 Brains and brawn at WAC 2019 The 7th edition of the World ATM trade fair, held in Madrid in March, was another opportunity for the European in performance in terms of preci- and Spanish aeronautical engineering industries to show off their muscles. In an increasingly congested airspace, sion, resilience and robustness. In 2016, the GSA entrusted the struggle to be at the forefront of advances in global air traffic management is unquestionably geared towards its operation and maintenance to improving the operational safety, efficiency, profitability and environmental sustainability ofT A M systems. a consortium led by Spaceopal for the following 10 years. Spain is he annual World ATM Con- part of this consortium, through a gress (WAC) event plays spain group of public enterprises led by Thost to product demon- Ineco, in partnership with Isdefe strations and launches, contract and INTA (National Institute of closures and networking opportu- Aerospace Technology). Ineco is in nities, together with a busy sched- charge of the operation, top level ule of conferences and high-level maintenance and management of meetings. This year, a total of 225 the hosting services of the Euro- exhibiting companies and 7,500 pean GNSS Service Centre (GSC) In the image, from left to right, Ineco executives: Celestino Rodríguez, Director of the Office of the President; delegates from 130 countries took located at the INTA’s facilities in Casimiro Iglesias, General Director of National Business; Ignacio Martínez, Deputy Director of Information part. Every year, the World ATM Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid). Technology; and Ignacio Fernández-Cuenca, General Director of International Business. Congress brings together around a hundred air navigation service pro- O rderly skies mercial drone for inspection of viders (ANSPs), product developers, With a marked international orienta- bridges and viaducts, and has al- leaders and experts in the aviation tion, the air navigation sector moves so acquired a drone with greater industry, government representa- in a world of extreme safety require- capabilities and autonomy able to tives, manufacturers and industry ments and resulting advances in carry payloads of up to 4 kg, ena- suppliers from around the world. new equipment and technologies bling more complex operations to Organised by the Civil Air to ensure this safety. be carried out. Navigation Services Organisation Since 2007, Ineco has been part (CANSO) –of which Enaire (former- The Ineco, Enaire and of the Single European Sky ATM Re- F Arom S CTA to iTEC ly Aena) is a founding member and Senasa stand at the 7th search (SESAR) project, which is cur- In terms of automated air traffic edition of the World ATM fair which brings together air naviga- held in March in Madrid. rently in the deployment phase of control systems, Ineco has his- tion service providers from around unifying space and air traffic control torically worked in collaboration the world– in partnership with in Europe. In this respect, WAC 2019 Part of the Ineco GSC team at the European GNSS Service Centre (GSC) with Enaire and other industry the Air Traffic Control Association played host to SESAR guided walk- located at the INTA’s facilities in Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid). partners on the evolution and (ATCA), an association that repre- ing tours which saw the involve- development of its control sys- sents the air traffic control sector, ment of Ineco’s aviation experts ish airports and in countries of terminal buildings and runway tem, known as SACTA, which the World Air Traffic Management Pilar Calzón, Víctor Gordo, Fernando the likes of Egypt and Morocco– extensions. To achieve this, the was designed entirely by Spanish Congress is an indispensable event Ruiz-Artaza, José Manuel Rísquez, and navigation easement stud- company uses its own NAVTOOLS companies and is a benchmark at that Ineco has been attending for Mercedes López and José Recio. ies. Designs of instrumental proprietary software. the European and global levels. almost 20 years. There were also presentations on flight procedures for the inter- The SACTA and ICARO systems the integration of small drones and national market are also carried RPAS : all of the and the ACC voice communica- T he Galileo system: their application in airports and CTR out, such as those implemented guarantees for tion system (COMETA) provide all the brightest star environments by Víctor Gordo, and for the airports of the Sultanate drone flights aeronautical information neces- Galileo is the flagship project of on the HEDIPRO flight procedure of Oman, Cape Verde and Singa- Ineco’s RPAS radio navigation aid sary for air traffic control in Spain In the image, from left to European satellite navigation: a design tool by the engineers Javier pore Changi Airport. verification project, which was and are constantly updated. right, next to the Ineco Global Navigation Satellite System stand at WAC 2019, Ineco’s Espinosa Aranda and Fernando Car- In addition, in partnership presented during WAC 19, is an The company is currently (GNSS) that will boast a total of 30 deputy director of IT rillo, also from Ineco. with ENAIRE (formerly Aena), innovative solution for in-flight collaborating with Enaire on satellites by 2020 –26 of which are Solutions and Consulting, The company has extensive Ineco has carried out more than recording of radio navigation the development of a future au- Ignacio Martínez, and already in orbit– managed by the president, Carmen Librero, experience in calculating and de- 2,000 radio simulations to as- aid signals and a console on the tomated air traffic control system European Global Navigation Satel- show the Secretary of signing aeronautical charts for the sess the impact on airport CNS ground that makes it possible to (iTEC). Ineco is also working on lite Systems Agency (GSA). Galileo State for Infrastructure, publication of procedures based systems of infrastructures close determine the trajectory flown another fundamental element for is compatible and interoperable Transport and Housing, on PBN, GNSS, GBAS and vertical to airports, such as shopping and quality of guidance provided air navigation safety: guarantee- Pedro Saura, the company’s with systems such as the US’s GPS NAVTOOLS software with a guidance approaches (APV SBAS), centres and housing develop- by the radio navigation aid. ing the quality of the aviation da- and Russia’s GLONASS, and will of- virtual reality headset. airspace restructuring –such as the ments, and within the airports The company is certified to ta that Enaire collects, publishes fer an unprecedented improvement restructuring carried out at Span- themselves, for instance, new operate and owns a light com- and supplies.
10 — itransporte itransporte — 11 CONSULTancy | INTERNATIONAL A feasibility study for the CFBC
This is a large-scale project whose profitability depends on freight and passenger demand originating in Bolivia and, especially, Brazil, whose rail networks will need to upgrade their
Freight trains belonging to infrastructure and rolling stock, and, Southern Copper Corporation, a in the case of Bolivia, also complete the multinational mining company and producer of copper, molybdenum, merging of its two railway sectors. zinc, lead, coal and silver, which operates in Peru and Mexico.
his major railway line is a project promoted by the Boliv- ian government. The plan is to cross the South American Tracks for the Central Tcontinent from east to west (Brazil, Bolivia, Peru), con- necting the three countries and possibly adding branches to Paraguay and Argentina. The project involves building a total of approximately 4,700 kilometres of a freight and passenger line Bioceanic Railway Corridor in order to establish a high-capacity transport route between the Pacific and Atlantic. To analyse the feasibility of the project, the Spanish engi- The Central Bioceanic Railway Corridor (CFBC) –a passenger and freight neering company Ineco, in consortium with Incosa, carried out
line that will cross South America– is a project aimed at boosting trade a feasibility study for Peru’s Ministry of Transport in 2016 and co e between Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. The Bioceanic Consulting Consortium, 2017. The work, which focused on Peruvian territory, included In analysis of possible route options and optimum technical and iz / t
made up of the Spanish engineering companies Ineco and Incosa, financial solutions; examination of freight demand forecasts Or
until 2055; assessment of Bolivia’s infrastructure situation; sco has carried out a feasibility and financial viability study for the railway to i
studies of the compatibility of the different existing track nc better define its route between the Peruvian Pacific coast and Bolivia. gauges; and calculation of works budget distribution. The analysis concluded with a social assessment of the project Fra hoto_
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Analysis of options the cities of Puno, Juliaca and Arequipa and terminate at the In order to define the best route, the consortium carried out port of Matarani. a study of options on three corridors: two departing from the In all three options, the railway would need to negotiate Desaguadero border post south of Lake Titicaca between Peru considerably uneven terrain. The border between Peru and Bo- and Bolivia, and a third from a location proposed in the Boliv- livia is located at an altitude of 4,000 metres, which means that ian government’s project known as Milestone 4, located south- the railway would be required to wind between mountains and
east of the Desaguadero border post. highlands to descend to a port on the coast. The basic geometric co e
The three routes would reach ports on Peru’s Pacific coast: conditions of the project call for minimum radii of 250 metres In
option 1 (originating at Milestone 4) and 2 (originating in Des- and maximum slopes of 2.5%, in addition to the need to mini- iz / t aguadero), measuring 406.6 and 458.7 kilometres in length mise the number of bridges, tunnels and earthworks. Or respectively, would join in the city of Moquegua into a com- sco i
mon branch that would terminate at the port of Ilo; option Demand study nc 3 (originating in Desaguadero) would be the most extensive An important part of establishing the feasibility of the Bioce- route, measuring 633.4 kilometres in length, 194 kilometres anic Railway Corridor was a demand study to calculate freight of which already exist and 439 kilometres which would need volumes in Peruvian territory for all of the route options and Fra hoto_ p to be built. The latter would skirt Lake Titicaca, pass through their projections for the time horizon under assessment. The time horizons of the CFBC project to which the study formation. In addition, field work was also required to collect worked were 2025 for entry into operation, 2055 as the end of additional data to calibrate the supply network entered and summary of bioceanic structures - tunnels and bridges the maturity period and 2075 as the final time horizon. the demand in the final origin-destination matrices together TOTAL BRIDGES TUNNELS In order to determine future demand for the Railway Cor- with the Bolivian review of the transport model. ALTERNATIVE LENGTH LENGTH LENGTH UNITS UNITS ridor, a transport model was drawn up using spatial referencing Demand scenarios were simulated for three time horizons: (km) (km) (km) 1 406.591 178 68.56 44 309.2 (zoning) to relate the network (supply) with mobility data (de- 2025, entry into operation; 2050, intermediate year; and 2075, 2 458.7 181 70.72 44 38.46 mand). It was a macro transport model that enabled prediction the project’s final time horizon. And the three supply scenarios 3 633.362 178 92.24 41 43.38 of the layout of an origin-destination matrix (demand) across for the three route options. In all of the options, the railway will need to negotiate a considerable different transport mode networks (supply). As a result of this model, the CBFC’s demand correspond- slope in order to descend to the coast. The basic geometric To create this model, Ineco used TransCAD, a powerful ing to the area of direct influence was estimated as follows: conditions of the project call for minimum radii of 250 metres transport planning software that uses aspects such as so- The passage of the railway through and maximum slopes of 2.5%, in addition to the need to minimise Juliaca, in Peru. Below, a woman cio-economic variables, the general characterisation of the Internal Peru: representing flows captured by the line the number of bridges, tunnels and earthworks. crossing the track in this same city. infrastructure and road and railway demand as baseline in- between internal areas within Peruvian territory.
Bolivia-Desaguadero: representing flows captured by the line between internal areas within Peruvian territory and Bolivia.
Iern t ms of social benefits, the study assessed savings on the operation of freight diverted from the roads; freight and passenger traffic times; environmental benefits; and reduced accident rates.
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of the CFBC: metric gauge, standard gauge and mixed gauge. A _ J s The three options analysed start from two points on the border with Bolivia to two ports on the Pacific coast of Peru, Ilo and Matarani. set of indicators was considered such as, among others, com- hoto
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stock requirements, network effect, benefits obtained by Peru and possible logistics activities in order to identify the possible advantages and disadvantages of the different gauge options. Analysis showed that the standard gauge option would be the most beneficial for Peru. To make decisions Social assessment of the project: regarding the different co cost and benefit e
CFBC options, an In In the study carried out by the consortium, the parameters and analytic hierarchy iz / values applied to the evaluations for quantification of costs t and benefits were those indicated by the methodology defined process (AHP) was used Or sco by the National System of Public Investment (SNIP), with the in order to select seven i co nc following concepts assessed: e In criteria: construction, A freighter docked iz /
t environmental impact, Infrastructure conservation costs. in the port of Ilo. Fra hoto_ Or Variable costs of freight train operation (fuel economic aspects, social p sco consumption). i improvement services, nc Variable costs of passenger train operation (fuel concessionaires, consumption). operations and ports. One of the three Rolling stock maintenance costs. Fra hoto_ p options studied Fixed costs of train operation (personnel costs and general skirts the western expenses). The project has negative NPV social indicators because it shore of Lake only considers Bolivian freight in its analysis. In addition, IRR Titicaca. In terms of social benefits, the study assessed savings in social indicators are below investor expectations. For the project freight vehicle operation diverted from the roads; time savings to be socially profitable, the railway must be assessed taking the for freight and passenger traffic; and the benefits of reduced Bolivian and Brazilian freight that the railway could potentially accidents (material losses and loss of human lives and inju- use into account. ries) and environmental benefits (noise, atmospheric pollution, climate change, nature and landscape, loss of biodiversity, soil Multi-criteria analysis and water pollution). To make decisions regarding the different CFBC options, an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was used. This is a system used co
e in large infrastructure projects in Peru which is acknowledged In and valued for the multiple benefits it provides in the analysis iz /
ROUTE OPTIONS t of complex problems involving multiple variables. Or For the analysis, seven criteria were selected –construction, sco A copper concentrate i environmental impact, economic aspects, social improvement warehouse in the nc services, concessionaires, operations and ports– and each one port of Ilo. Below, unloading of included a set of sub-criteria that were analysed for the three AD
C minerals. proposed options. The AHP system uses a scale of 1 to 9 to rate Fra hoto_ p ns the relative preferences of the two elements to be compared.
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of options on three corridors: two departing from the Desaguadero border os post south of Lake Titicaca between Peru and Bolivia, and a third from os countries, whose rail networks will need to upgrade their in- a point located southeast of Desaguadero. frastructure and rolling stock, and, in the case of Bolivia, also J hoto_ J hoto_ p
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16 — itransporte itransporte — 17 AERONAUTICAL | SPAIN The enlargement of Barcelona Airport’s South Pier
More international stands for Barcelona-El Prat
The redesign and enlargement of the South Pier of Barcelona-El Prat Airport’s Terminal T1 will allow it to receive large-capacity aircraft. Thanks to a solution designed by Ineco for Aena, the South Pier of Terminal T1 will change from operating regional flights to handling international flights with wide-body aircraft, with improved quality of service provided to passengers.
By Roberto Serrano, aeronautical engineer INECO images_
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The image above shows the two floors that will be added to the building. Below, the new walkways. These images With the new project, the South were taken from the BIM model Pier will be arranged on three levels: developed by Ineco. P10 for the boarding and deplaning of Schengen flights; P20 for the deplaning of international flights (arrivals) and P30 for the boarding of international flights (departures).
Ineco at El Prat Airport Designed by the architect Ricardo Bofill, the T1 project, which concluded the major expansion of the airport that began in 1999, was the result of a competition in which eight international teams participated. The building, which was opened on 17 June 2009 and consists of a stylised sword-shaped structure that also evokes With the birds in flight as well as the outline of an aircraft, was designed to integrate into the environment, with the natural light of the Addition Mediterranean playing a prominent role. For the new terminal area, Ineco provided comprehensive supervision services, supported of two floors the integration of architecture and engineering and coordinated and the installation the operational readiness and transfer of the new facilities. It also drafted the projects for a new apron control tower, common retail of passenger areas and a new underground Commuter line that runs under the boarding bridges, airfield (see pp. 20-23). the South Pier he Barcelona-El Prat Airport of El Prat’s has seen an increase in the Terminal T1 will Longitudinal Pier has a single level 3 type-E and 2 type-F. The second consists of redesigning the Tnumber of wide-body aircraft be able to on floor P10, through which boarding South Pier to adapt it to the new operations, namely, arrivals operations in recent years. To man- and deplaning take place; the North and departures of international flights and accommodation age this growth, Aena considered it serve GREATER Pier has three levels (P10 for domestic of large-capacity aircraft. necessary to increase the number of NUMBERS OF boarding and deplaning, P20 for inter- aircraft stands and boarding gates to national deplaning and P30 for inter- redesign and enlargement accommodate aircraft that require a LARGE AIRCRAFT ON national boarding); and the South Pier The South Pier redesign and enlargement project drafted by passenger boarding bridge and larger INTERNATIONAL ROUTES currently has a single level for board- Ineco proposes an expansion of the constructed areas of the stands. ing and deplaning. Terminal T1 building, with the completion of the P20 and P30 With the addition of two floors Along both the North and South floors along the entire length of the dock (approximately sym- along the whole of the South Pier –approximately symmetrical Piers, there are a number of aircraft stands that are used for metrical to the construction arrangement of the North Pier) to the North Pier– and the installation of several pre-boarding operations with large-capacity aircraft (type-E and F). Due to and the construction of four new walkways with separation bridges, the airport will be able to serve more large aircraft an increase in the number of operations with these aircraft at of departure/arrival flows. on international routes. Barcelona-El Prat Airport, the number of aircraft stands and Later, 10 new passenger boarding bridges will be added to Terminal T1 of Barcelona Airport has three boarding docks: boarding gates that can accommodate these types of aircraft the new walkways (two or three per walkway) to enable type-E the Longitudinal Pier, North Pier and South Pier. The Longi- needs to be increased, since they require two and sometimes and F aircraft to board and deplane with at least two board- tudinal Pier is generally used for Schengen flights, the North even three passenger boarding bridges (at different levels) at ing bridges simultaneously, in addition to a second boarding Pier for international flights (and also for the shuttle), and the the same time, and larger stands on the apron. bridge attached to the existing walkway (P37) of the South South Pier for regional flights. Aena will be undertaking two main infrastructure projects Above: an aerial view of T1 with the South Pier highlighted. Pier so that type-E aircraft can operate. Because of the different kinds of operations carried out in the airport’s Terminal T1: the first one involves reconfigur- Below: an interior view of the building. On 30 July 2018, Aena awarded the works to Sacyr Infrae- in each one, the docks have different configurations: the ing the apron of the South Pier to create 9 type-C positions, structuras and Sacyr Construcción. ■
20 — itransporte itransporte — 21 RAILWAYS | SPAIN New Commuter Rail access to El Prat Airport eitt / S dif o_A t ho A tunnel for flying p
The tunnel more than three kilometres long to extend Line 2 of Barcelona’s commuter rail suburban train network to terminal T1 of El Prat Airport is now a reality. In December 2018, tunnel boring under the airfield at a depth of 20 metres was completed. Having drafted the project in 2009, Ineco is now managing the works, which include a new intermodal station currently under construction in terminal T2. The company is also drafting the project for the phase two.
With the collaboration of Ismael Romero and Juan Hungría, civil engineers, and Martí Segret, graduate with a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Sciences
3D and cross- section views of the new station in terminal T2.
T’ 2 s multimodal station Construction work has begun on the new intermodal station in T2 to replace the existing station. It will be completely underground and arranged on four levels: hen the new commuter rail be to install and equip the tracks, power Commuter rail-rail platform level. access is completed and op- supply and railway facilities and com- Intermediate level (only at the two erational, it is estimated that mission the two new stations, projects W ends of the line), where the Metro station between 8 and 9 million passengers will platforms and the bridge that allows Line 9 to on which Ineco is also working. be able to use it to travel from Sants sta- cross over the railway are located. The new double-track stretch starts tion to Barcelona-El Prat Airport’s termi- Concourse level: this will have two sectors, on the Barcelona-Tarragona convention- nal T1 in just 19 minutes. Until now, the the central one, which will collect passengers al line, and runs to terminal T1, with an from the Metro and commuter rail, connected commuter rail line (known locally as Ro- intermediate stop at terminal T2, where tunnel boring by a central footbridge to allow access to the machine dalies) only reached the old terminal, T2, T2 building. it will connect to Metro Line 9. The ac- For the excavation, where a new underground intermodal Surface covered level. cess includes a new station at terminal an earth pressure station is currently being built. T1, not included in this project (the civil balance tunnel boring With the excavation of the final me- works were executed during the con- machine (EPBTBM), with a 10.6-metre tres of the 3,400-metre tunnel –3,048 for which Ineco was commissioned by struction of the terminal itself). Accord- excavation diameter metres of which were excavated using a Adif to carry out site and environmen- ing to Adif, it is the largest project of its and 9.60-metre internal TBM– in December 2018, one of the major tal management, will conclude when the kind in terms of scope and budget cur- diameter, was chosen. milestones of the works, which began works on the new intermodal station and rently being carried out on Spain’s con- in 2015, was achieved. This first phase, shafts are completed. The next step will ventional and commuter rail network.
22 — itransporte itransporte — 23 RAILWAYS | SPAIN The new stretch I Neco’S WORK on the new commuter rail access to El Prat starts on the Barcelona-Tarragona The company –which also planned the expansion of the south pier of T1 (see pages Underground challenge ning of the works, during excavation, with the EIS, was collected and removed 18-21)– started working on the new commuter rail access in 2009: Excavating a tunnel with an enormous conventional line, and a sounding system, consisting of more and will be reused on other projects such 2009. Drafting of the construction levels and water quality on a bimonthly tunnel boring machine through ground than 3,000 devices, was installed, includ- as works on the port of Barcelona and runs to terminal T1, project, which included the tunnel and the basis for 12 months. with low bearing capacity –Barcelona ing automated systems to monitor the the regeneration of two nearby quarries T2 station. Airport is located on the delta of the with an intermediate stability of the ground and construction located in the municipality of Gavá. All 2015-2019. Works and environmental Llobregat River, meaning that terminal at all times. removed soil containing vegetation was 2012-2013. Construction project management. stop at terminal T2, optimisation study. T1 had to be built on a gigantic concrete where it will connect also reused later to restore any affected 2018-2019. Drafting of the project caisson– and under a large building (ter- Environmental areas to their former state. 2012-2013. Hydrogeological of necessary actions for operational minal T2) and runway that operates 24 to Metro Line 9 works management Excavating below the water table also monitoring in accordance with the readiness: connection to the main line, requirements of the Catalan Water Board. track superstructure, electrification, hours a day, was no easy task. Ineco was also in charge of environmen- required the drainage and collection of The works included the installation of telecommunications, facilities inside Ineco drafted the construction pro- tal works management to ensure compli- excess water (effluents), which were piezometers to monitor the two aquifers the tunnel and design of the stations ject in 2009 (see itransporte 28) taking ance with the project’s environmental then treated and purified before being (shallow and deep) and check piezometric in T1 and T2. all of these factors into account. To re- impact study (EIS) during the different discharged into either the public water solve the issues of soil quality and pres- phases of the work and after acceptance. system through the airport’s drainage ence of a shallow water table (just over 2 From the environmental point of network or storm drains or reused on metres), ground improvement treatment view, the most notable aspects were construction site roadways to reduce was carried out: a total of 126,802 m³ of monitoring impact on the hydrogeo- dust. To ensure the quality of the air, fil- ground was jet grouted (soil improve- logical system of the area, consisting of ters were also fitted to lime, bentonite ment using high-pressure reinforcement two aquifers, one deep and the other on and cement silos, and sprinkler systems material) and 4,410 metres of micropiles the surface, management of anthropic were installed in the concrete plant to were installed. landfills (soil containing waste) found in clean machinery before leaving the site. For the excavation, an earth pressure some areas and corrective measures to All works waste was collected, sorted balance tunnel boring machine (EPBTBM), avoid noise disturbances. and disposed of appropriately. with earth pressure balance shield and To supervise the hydrological system, Regarding the protection of cultural 10.60-metre excavation diameter and in 2012, before the start of the works, a and natural heritage during the works, 9.60-metre internal diameter, was chosen. network of 14 piezometers was installed no archaeological remains of interest The tunnel, which is lined with 32-cm (nine in the surface aquifer and five in were found and none of the local animal thick concrete segments, has a maxi- emergency the deep one, which supplies part of the life was affected. mum depth of approximately 28 metres exits city of Barcelona) to learn about the aq- Outside the and was executed between 56,700 m² of airport site, tunnel uifers’ charging and recharging process- The multimodal station in figures screen walls. evacuation is es. Monitoring of the piezometric levels Length 237 m In the end, the excavation was com- provided by vertical and water quality carried out previously Width 40 m pleted with no significant subsidence shafts up to the and during the execution of the works Height (below ground) 26 m street level. 2 on the surface. Special care had to be will continue for two more years, once Number of platforms Length of platforms 200 m taken under the T2 building, where the the civil works have been completed, in Number of lifts on platforms 4 TBM had to manoeuvre between foun- accordance with the requirements of Number of escalators on platforms 8 dation piles with a margin of just over the Catalonian Water Board (ACA). The Emergency exits 6 one metre, and, under the runway, which application of preventative and correc- The drafting of the project needs to 1.2-metre-thick concrete screen 16,731 m² Aena decided to close for 20 days in order tive measures, together with the above consider certain specific conditions that 1-metre-thick concrete screen 10,678 m² to excavate a 300-metre section below monitoring, has minimised the potential affect both the design and the execution C oncrete for slabs 29,738 m³ it. In addition to hydrogeological and of the works, such as ensuring that con- impact of the works and reduced the risk R einforcement steel 11,415 t geotechnical studies prior to the begin- of the tunnel affecting communication Structural steel 1,111 t nection to the existing line does not af-
between the aquifers, causing contami- Excavation between screens 150,153 m³ fect its operation. The tunnel evacuation
nation and creating a drainage barrier Jet grouted ground 62,034 m³ plan will need to take into account that effect. the T1 and T2 stations are separated by The anthropic landfills found in the more than one kilometre, but an evacu- Temporary acoustic screen installed to protect the area of emergency exit No. 3 (Vidaleta The works continue hotel, located next to emergency exit No. 2. ation exit cannot be built because that shaft) were examined, sorted and trans- Ineco is also participating in the second section of the tunnel runs under the ferred to the appropriate waste manage- phase of the works, for which it is draft- airfield. The T2 station will have to be ment centres. To address noise issues, ing the project of necessary actions for compatible for use by passengers from temporary acoustic screens were in- the operational readiness of the new both the Metro and the commuter rail, stalled near a hotel and tennis academy commuter rail access. These works in- and in the T1 station, the design of the located next to the construction site. clude connection to the main line, track emergency exits and fume extraction Tunnel boring, the construction of ac- superstructure, electrification, telecom- system will be subject to the conditions cess ramps and the building of the mul- munications, facilities inside the tunnel imposed by its location in the air zone. timodal station generated large volumes and design of the stations at terminals Reservoirs of extracted water, reused for spraying Lastly, the security facilities will be The layout of the new commuter rail access to El Prat Airport. The tunnel section is marked in blue. of excavated earth, which, in accordance T1 and T2. down roadways. considered by Adif. ■
24 — itransporte itransporte — 25 RAILWAYS | INTERNATIONAL Mumbai-Nagpur high-speed line New lines to generate wealth A feasibility study for a 772-kilometre high-speed line between Mumbai and Nagpur, the first phase of the Mumbai-Kolkata corridor, is the latest project that Ineco and Adif are carrying out for the Indian government. The study is part of the advisory services that Spain is providing to India in relation to its plan to develop an ambitious high-speed rail network (The Diamond Quadrilateral Project).
By Alberto Ortega, civil engineer
From Mumbai to Nagpur The connection of these two large cities by high-speed corridor would benefit more than 20 million inhabitants. Mumbai is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra, the second most populous in India. Greater Mumbai is ts extensive experience in the plan- proposes to renew by modernising its not only the most populated ning of high-speed lines, gained infrastructure and improving travel city with 12.4 million over the course of many years of times and safety. inhabitants, it is also one I of the country’s economic constructing the Spanish network, led In April 2015, India’s Ministry of Rail- and tourism engines, as Adif, an Ineco shareholder, and the In- ways asked the Spanish Ministry of the well as an important port dian state-owned enterprise High Speed Economy and Competitiveness to carry in Southeast Asia. Nagpur, nicknamed the ‘Orange Rail Corporation of India Ltd (HSRC) to out a feasibility study for a high-speed City’ for being an important sign a collaboration agreement in 2016. line between Mumbai and Nagpur, the commercial centre for oranges Adif and Indian Railways (IR), the parent first phase of the Mumbai-Kolkata cor- grown in the region, is one company of HSRC, began collaborating ridor. The study was entrusted to Ineco of the most populated o cities in Maharashtra with c in 2012 after the signing of a tripartite and Adif, with up to 80 people involved
ne approximately 4.65 million i
/ memorandum of understanding be- over a period of 24 months, and with inhabitants according to a the 2011 census. It is also eg tween Adif, Renfe and IR, establishing the goal of providing HSRC with suf- t r a framework for collaboration between ficiently detailed technical, economic important to note that Nasik, with 6.1 million inhabitants, o t the three companies in areas of techno- and environmental data and criteria to
r would be just 47 minutes
be Chhatrapati logical development. This process of co- enable it to make decisions with respect from Mumbai BKC station by al high-speed train. In the photo _ Shivaji Station operation has led to recognition of Adif to the development of high speed in the above, Igatpuri railway station Located in Mumbai and other companies in the Spanish rail country. hoto and listed as a in the state of Maharashtra. p World Heritage sector by one of the world’s major mar- The section between Mumbai and Site by Unesco in kets: India. The country has 64,460 kilo- Nagpur, running through Maharashtra 2004 for its beauty metres of railway lines, on which more (India’s second most populous state as an example of than 18,000 trains and 20 million people with more than 100 million inhabit- late 19th-century British colonial travel on a daily basis, an enormous and ants), will complete one of the routes architecture. complex network that the government of the so-called ‘Diamond Quadrilateral’,
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13 key aspects of the Ineco project
1. 772.36 km of double track for passenger traffic designed in accordance with the UIC’s international high-speed rail standards.
2. Maximum speed: 350 km/h.
3. Maximum gradient of 25%.
4. Mapping at 1:25,000, including critical points (urban accesses, railway crossings).
5. Geological mapping by in-situ visual inspection of the terrain.
6. Demand studies and projection of A feasibility study map of the high-speed line between Mumbai and Nagpur, the first passenger traffic growth with a time phase of the Mumbai-Kolkata corridor. In blue, the new high-speed line and its 5 stations, horizon of 2050. in green, a highway proposal being studied by the Indian government. 7. Pre-design of 5 stations, two workshops and 6 maintenance workbases.
8. Pre-design of eight tunnels a project to connect India’s four great participation of experts in the design and 526 structures. metropolises –Mumbai, Kolkata, Chen- of high speed projects, construction, nai and Delhi– through a network of station building, signalling and com- 9. ERTMS-Level 2 and GSM-R signalling systems, with ERTMS-Level 1 backup. 11,000 kilometres of high-performance munications, and specialists in track railway lines. integration and deployment of gauge- 10. Electrification: pre-dimensioning The project carried out by Ineco and changeover facilities. of the 2x25 kV 60 Hz system and siting Adif included the initial step of analys- In summary, the study included of substations. ing 10 alternative routes at a scale of demand studies; prior analysis of the 11. Design of the operational plan 1:50,000 and preparing a study of the different routing alternatives; an oper- and study of possible connections with demand and of the existing transport ational plan with calculation of travel the conventional network. network to enable selection of the best times and traffic grids for different sce- 12. Centralised traffic control (CTC) three routes to be studied in greater de- narios; a rolling stock proposal; analysis in Nasik. tail. These three alternative routes were and selection of railway technology to 13. Drastic reduction of times. then defined and analysed, including be implemented (gauge, track super- a. Mumbai-Nasik (from 3h 25m by estimates of operating speed and travel structure, electrification, safety and conventional rail to 47m by HSR). times for each one. The result of this communications facilities, etc.); nec- ineco in india analysis, presented to and validated essary special works; redevelopment b. Mumbai-Aurangabad (from 6h 10m by Ineco’s presence in India dates back a decade to 2009, when it opened an office in New Delhi. In 2011, it began technical assistance on the construction works of conventional rail to 1h 29m by HSR). by HSRC, was the selection of ‘Alterna- and relocation of the population from Line 2 of the Mumbai metro. That same year, it led a consortium together with Prointec and Ayesa to carry out a pre-feasibility study on a 135-kilometre corridor between the port city of Haldia and Howrah, located in the Kolkata metropolitan area, in the north-east of the country. The work included demand studies, layout tive 2’ as the optimum HSR route to be affected areas; environmental analysis; c. Mumbai-Nagpur (from 12h 55m by proposals, rolling stock and a preliminary estimate of costs to determine technical and economic viability. In 2015, the Indian government again entrusted a developed in the feasibility study to be rail operation and maintenance; cost conventional rail to 3h 34m by HSR). consortium led by Ineco, involving the participation of the engineering company Typsa and the Indian consultancy ICT, to carry out another project, this time a new 1,500-kilometre high-speed corridor between Delhi and Kolkata. The study was commissioned by the state-owned enterprise High Speed Rail Corporation of India Ltd executed through the cities of Mumbai estimates; and, finally, an economic/ d. Possibility of extending these (HSRC). The line ran through a fairly flat area, along the banks of the Ganges River for much of the corridor, crossing rivers and streams, and passing through cities of BKC, Thane, Nasik, Aurangabad, Akola, financial analysis that will be used to benefits to the conventional network great commercial, social and tourist interest such as New Delhi, Agra (home to the iconic Taj Mahal), Mughal, Varanasi and Kolkata. Teams from Ineco, Adif and Indian Badnera/Amravati and Nagpur. Lastly, determine the viability of the new high- using gauge changeover facilities in Railways at Jalgaon (above top), Akola and Amravati (above middle) stations. In the bottom photo, the Spanish team from Ineco, Adif and the Ministry of the Economy Nasik and/or Nagpur. the study and technical definition of speed line, as well as a financing pro- with members of HSRC and the Indian Railways Ministry during the presentation of the Mumbai-Nagpur high-speed project on 22 February 2018 in Mumbai. this alternative was carried out with the posal for the project.
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Above left, a meeting with local transport officials. Above and left, Mumbai Central railway station on the Western line, which handles more than 4 million passengers a day. Below, a general layout of the new line showing its main operation and maintenance facilities.
general layout The construction of 526 structures required to negotiate obstacles such as rivers, railway lines and roads has been planned. In the image above, the existing railway bridge over the Ulhas River on the outskirts of Thane.
To carry out the study of medium and developed by Indian Railways. The infra- As for the five proposed stations, four long-term traffic demand, the mobility structure is designed in accordance with standard models have been designed to needs and socio-economic characteris- European standards including tunnels, optimise the size of the buildings and tics of the populations along the entire viaducts and special infrastructures. tailor them to actual passenger volumes. corridor were analysed in conjunction The entire track runs on ballast except Maintenance workbases have been lo- with local development plans and United in stations and tunnels longer than 1.5 cated every 150 kilometres and as much Nations population growth projections. kilometres, where slab track is used. as possible close to towns and cities to In addition, a temporary demand scenar- Functionally, the line is standard-gauge facilitate the movement of personnel; io was developed for several years ahead, double track designed with sidings the main rolling stock depot will be in determined by the development of the every 40-60 kilometres and intermedi- Nasik, with a second auxiliary depot lo- infrastructure in phases: 2025 (Thane- ate crossovers every 20-30 kilometres, cated on the outskirts of Thane (Mum- Nasik), 2030 (Thane-Nasik-Aurangabad), which provides maximum operating bai). The project includes a preliminary 2035 (Thane-Nasik-Aurangabad-Akola- flexibility. proposal for the installation of 12 trac- Badnera/Amravati-Nagpur) and finally Cuts more than 30 metres high will tion substations (every 60-70 km) and 2050 with arrival in Kolkata. require the construction of tunnels, the necessary connections to the exist- eight in total, one of which will be a ing power supply network. Technical definition twin-tube tunnel 7 kilometres long ex- The feasibility study includes an eco- of the corridor cavated with a tunnel boring machine. nomic/financial analysis that reflects The section consists of double-track line Embankments of more than 15 metres the project’s operational feasibility, cost exclusively for passenger traffic and will require special works such as bridg- effectiveness and balance. It also takes five new stations (Nasik, Aurangabad, es or viaducts and it is anticipated that into account suitable management and Akola, Amravati/Badnera and Nagpur), a total of 526 structures will need to be governance frameworks for the imple- with connection at the Thane station of constructed to negotiate obstacles such mentation of HSR in India, financial as- the Ahmedabad-Mumbai project being as rivers, railway lines and roads. sessment and risk analysis. ■
30 — itransporte itransporte — 31 PORTS | spain Works to increase the water depth of the Port of Valencia’s Levante Pier
The use of containers has revolutionised the transportation of goods on a global scale since they were first used in 1956 on a voyage between New York and Houston
Technical assistance for Valenciaport O INEC Ílchez / Ílchez v Room for giants rto be The Port of Valencia is ranked 30th in the world for ro container traffic, an activity that uses increasingly
PHoto_ large vessels which, in turn, require larger cranes.
To accommodate these gigantic ships, the Port Authority In the foreground, of Valencia has undertaken work to increase the water depth the container terminal of the Levante Pier. and reinforce the foundations of its Levante Pier, a project for n January 2018, one of the Port of unit). The use of containers has revo- which Ineco provided technical assistance services Valencia’s piers (the Príncipe Felipe) lutionised the transportation of freight for the monitoring and supervision of the works I received the largest container ship on a global scale since they were first in its history: the MSC Eloane, a vessel used in 1956 on a voyage between New and coordination of health and safety. with a length of 400 metres, draught York and Houston in a former World of 16 metres and maximum capacity War II tanker that carried 58 contain- By Roberto Vílchez, civil engineer of 19,472 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent ers on deck.
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This is a trifling number compared to This escalation in the size of ships ing 50-foot cranes. Ineco, which began today’s stratospheric figures: the Port of has had global repercussions: they be- providing services to the Port Authority Valencia, ranked first in Spain for this came too wide for the Panama Canal, almost two decades ago, was this time type of traffic, beat its own record in requiring it to be enlarged to accommo- responsible for technical assistance ser- 2018 with 5.1 million containers, which date them, and the 20 or so ports around vices involving the monitoring and su- places it in 30th position in the world in the world that have sufficient capacity to pervision of the works and coordination a fiercely-competitive market. Shipping receive these ships have had to be adapt- of health and safety. companies are building larger and larger ed. The size of the cranes used to load This first project was followed by vessels because the greater the volume and unload containers has also had to be two others: works to increase the water of freight transported at one time, the increased, which in turn has led to the depth of the central section of the Prín- lower the costs, according to the princi- need to reinforce piers to support these cipe Felipe Pier and the coastal trans- ple of economy of scale. structures, which can weigh between versal pier (currently in execution and 1,600 and 1,800 tonnes. also involving Ineco), both part of the Giants of the sea This is the case with the Port of Va- southern expansion of the Port of Valen- In the 1950s, the capacity of the first con- lencia, which in 2017 undertook a strate- cia and with the objective of reaching a tainer ships ranged from 500 to 800 TEU; gic project: to increase the water depth water depth of 18 metres at the foot of today’s Triple-E (economy of scale, energy of the Levante Pier to 17 metres and the pier.■ efficient and environmentally improved) reinforce its foundation to install new ships belonging to the world’s largest 100-foot cranes (30.4 metres, which re- shipping company, Maersk, have a ca- fers to the distance between the legs of pacity for up to 19,000 TEU. the structure), compared to the exist- The Port of Valencia handled 5.1 million containers in 2018, making it From top to bottom and the number one left to right: jet grouting columns on the capping beam; port in Spain aluminothermic welding on the A120 rail; formwork for this kind of carriage for concreting the new capping beam; steel traffic reinforcement of the rear beam, laying foundations on piles; machinery for the piling on the new rear beam and jet grouting on the capping beam.
The Levante Pier works in detail
The works, which lasted just over eight months, were executed along a 600-metre section at the south-east end of the pier, next to the Llovera Pier. The main works, which were carried out without disrupting port activity, were as follows:
Reinforcement of the pier Increase of water depth embedded into the bottom and equipped To reinforce the ground, the superjet The level of the bottom was lowered to with an A150 rail. technique (high-pressure jet grouting) was increase the water depth from the existing used, consisting of injecting reinforcement 14.3 and 16.7 metres to 17 metres to Piering and material at high pressure (in this case, accommodate container ships. mooring element air+cement grout), which mixes with The existing system of C-type fenders on existing material, thus increasing its bearing Superstructures the mooring line of the pier was replaced capacity. A screen of secant jet grouting On the capping beam, two sections of the with a system of SC 1150H class A double columns was executed and arranged in a pier’s plain concrete superstructure were fenders. The existing mooring system on f Valencia
staggered pattern in two rows, from the foot demolished, and a new reinforced concrete the pier was completed with the placement o y t
of the sea side of the pier. The injected one was built, including a services gallery of 150-ton bollards. i
columns were executed down to the firm equipped with manholes and an enclosure or h gravel layer, in other words, improving only to house the rail of the front leg of the Replacement of services t u A the cohesive layers of the ground under the crane, which was replaced with a type As a result of the execution of the works,
foundations of the pier at about a depth of 17 A120. On the rear beam, which supports the mains services that run through the ort metres. To assess effectiveness, geophysical the rear leg, a reinforced concrete beam area had to be replaced: drinking and sounding techniques were used before and was built along the entire length of the fire-protection water, electricity and
after the reinforcement treatment. pier on a row of piles one metre in diameter communications and lighting. P PHoto_ The Levante Pier (highlighted) where the work was carried out to increase water depth, reinforce the pier and install a new capping beam.
34 — itransporte itransporte — 35 Railways | USA ORAT for New York’s new Moynihan Station
Manhattan dream The historic Farley Building, in the heart of Manhattan, is being transformed into a new railway transfer station called the Moynihan Train Hall, which will relieve the congested Penn Station, the busiest for passenger traffic in all of the US. Ineco is providing operational readiness and transfer (ORAT) services to the engineering firm WSP USA, which is responsible for overall project management for the end client Empire State Development Corporation (ESD).
With the collaboration of Ignacio Alejandre and Antonio Martín, aeronautical engineers, and Pablo Fernández-Victorio, architect
ach year, New York’s Penn Station handles more pas- sengers than the JFK, Newark and LaGuardia Airports put together. With more than 650,000 users a day and E Moynihan Train Hall connections to subway, bus lines and taxis, it is the busiest The Moynihan Train Hall project, railway station in the US. As a result, it suffers from severe named in honour of the senator who congestion, which greatly affects the comfort and welfare promoted it three decades ago, will of users, since the space available and facilities were not serve two operators: Amtrak, with 16 t Chain
A medium and long-distance lines, and designed for such a large volume of travellers. In addition, LIRR, with 10 commuter lines. OM |
in 1963, much of the original station was demolished to S build Madison Square Garden. Since then, the number of
passengers has tripled. image_
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Inoreco’s w k includes planning the entire process of putting the After years of projects and negotiations, the State of New Moynihan Train Hall into operation A CENTURY-OLD STATION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY t York, through the public entity Empire State Development and opening it to the public ec
Corporation (ESD) finally reached an agreement with a The James A. Farley Building, one of the city's most hit private investment trust and concessionaire (Related- iconic buildings, was designed by the same architects rc as original Penn Station (McKim, Mead and White) and Vornado) to convert the Farley Post Office into a modern
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to go into operation image_ at the beginning of 2021, The project includes information systems for making it a highly 11 escalators and 7 travellers. t elevators that will ec complex challenge serve 9 platforms and The redevelopment will hit 17 tracks. On the upper respect the building's rc levels, the large central historical elements, space, the former mail- such as the spectacular hán, a sorting room, will be staircase and the façade rc covered by a new 23,690 featuring 20 huge Ma o square meter steel and Corinthian columns and t glass skylight, reaching famous frieze dedicated to ober a height of 28 meters. the Postal Service, where
n_ R Ticket offices, waiting an inscription by the Greek o i t rooms, luggage handling historian Herodotus reads: a areas and commercial "Neither snow, nor rain, Ineco’s ORAT experience nor heat, nor gloom spaces and restaurant The company boasts two million passengers, into llustr i of night stays these services will be installed decades of experience service. In 2017, Ineco couriers from the swift in this naturally-lit space. in the implementation worked for the first time completion of their The building will also of large transport in the US, collaborating appointed rounds." house areas for freight infrastructures in Spain, with the company Arcadis The building’s windows and will also have a both in airports (more to define the project and interior decorative space reserved for the than 20, including Madrid, scope for the operational elements, such as United States Postal Barcelona, Alicante and readiness and transfer mouldings and terracotta Service. The new station Malaga) and in thirty of Newark Liberty tiles, will also be will be equipped with railway stations (including International Airport’s new preserved. state-of-the-art sign and the largest in the country, terminal in New Jersey for Atocha and Sants). Outside the Port Authority of New Spain, since 2014, Ineco York. The new terminal, has been working with which is at an advanced distance lines, and Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), with 10 A month later, the company began work to ensure Aena Internacional to put stage of construction, will Abu Dhabi Airport’s new replace ‘Terminal A,’ which commuter lines. In the interim, work is being carried out that everything would be ready for the opening. While terminal, the Midfield opened in 1973 and is the in the current station (new access routes, renovation of the works are being executed, the interventions of a long Terminal Complex, with oldest of the airport's three the traveller information system, etc.) to alleviate satura- list of participants must be coordinated: owners, contrac- capacity for more than 30 terminals. tion and improve quality of service while the new transfer tors, architects, tenants, private investors and numerous station is being built. municipal, state and federal authorities. Moynihan is slated to go into operation at the beginning Ineco’s work includes planning the entire process of of 2021, making it a highly complex challenge. WSP USA, putting the Moynihan Train Hall into operation and open- the different project participants and completion of the acting as programme manager (overall project supervisor) ing it to the public. This will take 30 months and includes process with operational transfer and opening. To achieve for Empire State Development (ESD), selected Ineco’s pro- coordination of the different work groups, planning and all of this, Ineco will be applying the ORAT methodology posal to provide operational readiness and transfer (ORAT) execution of operational trials, designing and carrying that it has developed and refined over the years and which services for the new facilities in September 2018. out familiarisation and orientation of the personnel of has demonstrated its effectiveness. ■
38 — itransporte itransporte — 39 buildings | spain Refurbishment of the roof of the A Coruña railway station
THE MAIN WORKS CARRIED OUT 1. Replacement of roof of the structural system, Replacement of joints, material: including: consoles, bolts and screws.
Removal of fibre-cement, Replacement of the metal 3. Building services: polycarbonate and fibreglass structure’s roof support Upgrading of rainwater roof. straps and hooks. collection system. Installation of aluminium Cleaning of deteriorated New canopy roof lighting. sandwich panel roof and and rusted paintwork. double polycarbonate panel. Replacement of affected Removal of deteriorated services. entire central hall of the station, an area 2. Renovation, and rusted profiles and of 3,300 square metres, which houses six modernisation and repair welded metal plates. tracks and four platforms (two lateral and two central). It consists of a large-span metal structure, with 11 segmental arches (broader than the classic rounded arch), at a height of 16 metres on hot-riveted supports (typical of the industrial build- ings of the late 19th and early 20th cen- turies). Beyond the large canopy roof, the platforms have additional protection that extends for a further 160 metres. As a result of the renovation works, passengers can now enjoy new lighting after the removal of the last fibre-cement (uralite) features installed in the 1980s, which partially blocked the natural light. This, together with the repainting of the metal structure in light blue –replacing the previous red rust colour– have made the building brighter. In addition to the aesthetic improve- ments, the project also involved a com- prehensive renovation of the entire structure: the roof support straps and hooks were replaced with fireproof and anti-corrosion treated versions, and a From top to bottom and left to right: damage to the structure from corrosion new rainwater collection and discharge and rust, work outside and under the roof. system, including drainpipes and gut- Sky views from ters, was installed to ensure the water- is grade II listed, meaning that features tightness of the roof. All rusted metal such as the façade, sidewalls, interior parts, such as profiles, bolts, joints, etc., yards, basic structural and typological were renovated, as was the paintwork. elements and layout of spaces had to be the platform preserved in their entirety. 76 years of history Although construction was complet- For several months now, travellers passing through the A Coruña railway The A Coruña railway station, which ed in 1935, it did not open until 14 April opened in 1943, is located in the city cen- 1943 because of the Spanish Civil War station have been able to enjoy new natural lighting thanks to the refurbishment tre very close to the main thoroughfare, and difficulties in building some sections of its historic roof, a project that Ineco carried out for Adif. Avenida del Alcalde Alfonso Molina. It of the railway. was designed in an austere neo-Roman- In the 1980s, the central section of Above, the roof before the start of the works. Below, the façade and clock tower. By Lucía Esteban and Ana Rodríguez, architects esque style by the engineer and architect the original fibre-cement canopy roof Antonio Gascué Echeverría, who chose was replaced with other material to pro- he passage of time had damaged the project. Before the works began, a to address the detected issues and pro- granite, steel and glass as materials. It vide greater light to the tracks. In the the structure of the large canopy study was carried out on the condition vide alternatives for action. The work is an L-shaped terminal, with a façade 2000s, the possibility of integrating all T roof of the San Cristóbal railway of its columns. took 12 months and was completed in of uncut granite ashlars with openings modes of transport –rail, buses, taxis and station in A Coruña. For its refurbish- Based on the data obtained, a design May 2018. The canopy roof is 100 m long, all of the way up and a corner tower that light rail, together with other amenities– ment, Adif commissioned Ineco to draft solution and final report were produced 33 m wide and 16 m high and covers the houses the clock. The passenger building on the same site began to be studied. ■
40 — itransporte itransporte — 41 CONSULTancy | BRAzIL The National Transport and Logistics Observatory ontl EPL and Ineco have collaborated to design, develop and launch the National verything in Brazil is enormous: its territory, the fifth The federal government’s objective is to plan the con- Transport and largest on the planet; the largest hydrographical basin siderable investment required by this immense transport Logistics Observatory (ONTL), a project for E –the Amazon River and its thousands of tributaries– network as effectively as possible in order to reduce logistics which the company covering half of the country; and its economy, the ninth costs and thus increase the country’s competitiveness. To has shared the most powerful in the world. this end, it has launched the National Transport and Logistics knowledge it has It is the world’s leading producer of coffee and sugar Observatory (ONTL) through the public entity EPL (Empresa gained since 2013 with the Observatory cane, the fourth largest of wood and one of the largest soy- de Planejamento e Logistica), part of the Ministry of Infra- of the Ministry of bean producers, which attracts numerous multinational structure of Brazil, with which Ineco has collaborated. Public Works in Spain. companies from the agri-food and biofuels industries; the Thanks to the ONTL, planners –and the general pub- agricultural sector represents just 5% of GDP, but it accounts lic– can consult the website www.ontl.epl.gov.br/index.php for 40% of exports. Brazil also has a powerful industrial at any time for invaluable information to facilitate the sector that contributes a quarter of GDP. It produces oil, decision-making process when it comes to optimising in- aluminium and coal, and its textile, aeronautics, pharma- vestment in infrastructure. For example, if data indicates ceutical, automotive, steel and chemical industries are also that agricultural production, a type of large volume freight, very important. is increasing, how can the waterway and port network be All of these goods travel through a network of 1.5 mil- strengthened to transport it more cheaply and sustainably? lion kilometres of roads, 29,000 kilometres of railways, 32 And when improving the road network, in which regions
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e r uctu r st fra In f o ry ry st i n / Mi te i e L som _ Ed oto h p Answers for Brazilian transport In a country with one of the highest agricultural productions in the world, how can the most appropriate modes of transport for high-volume freight be promoted? How does the evolution of the economy influence transportation costs? To answer these and many other questions, since October 2018, Brazil has had a new instrument: the National Transport and Logistics Observatory, which was An immense transport network launched by the public entity EPL, with the collaboration of Ineco. From top to bottom and left to right: railway lines under concession; road network under state control; road network under federal government control; pipeline network (oil, gas, water and minerals); waterway and cabotage route network; and map of airports and aerodromes. With the collaboration of José Batlles, civil engineer, and Enrique Monfort, industrial engineer All maps are freely available on the ONTL website: www.ontl.epl.gov.br.
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after visiting Ineco’s offices in Madrid. In _ Above top: Emilio Miralles, Fernando Cámara of people and goods, the bottom image below, Lilian Campos and Javier Anibarro, from Ineco, during an external
oto National Logistics Plan 2025 especially in the Amazon. Soares (EPL), José Batlles, José Andrés h awareness day with the project coordinator Lilian p (Government of Brazil, 2018) Maroto, André de Araújo Costa and Campos Soares, from EPL. Above bottom: the cover Enrique Monfort at the entrance of the of one of the Observatory’s publications (freely Port Authority of Valencia. available on the website).
These are just some examples of the usefulness of a Why a transport observatory? accumulated since 2013 in the Observatory that it designed
transport observatory, an entity that more and more coun- The Observatory will also serve as an instrument to monitor and runs for the Spain’s Ministry of Public Works. tries, including Spain, are creating, and which also collects the National Logistics Plan of Brazil, approved in July 2018. The Brazilian observatory gathers data from more than very useful data provided by satellite tracking systems on The Plan defines the necessary actions to address the problems 50 sources of information supplied by numerous agents re- the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, information on of inadequacy and bottlenecks in its infrastructure network lated to infrastructure, operations, security, financing and fuel prices or the production of all kinds of goods, freight and the high logistical costs that undermine the country’s internal other key aspects of the Brazilian transport and logistics and external competitiveness. and passenger movements, tariffs and freight costs behav- system: airport authorities and concessionaires, ports and iour, average transport costs, macroeconomic indicators, This is important because the capacity and quality of a country’s roads, ministries and governmental entities, the police, mer- etc. All of this data is provided by both large companies in transport infrastructure –roads, railways, airports, sea ports chant marine, sectoral associations and large public and the country and the different departments and public bod- and waterways– largely determine the cost of bringing raw materials private companies that represent the principal industrial ies of federal and state government that participate in the or goods produced from their point of origin to the manufacturer, sectors (oil, aeronautics, mining, automotive, etc.). All of marketer and end consumer, with all the corresponding intermediate observatory, and is then processed and organised for easy steps. These processes, which can be highly complex, are known these sources generate valuable knowledge that is dissemi- consultation on the website. as supply and logistics chains. nated in work sessions, specialised workshops and semi- The ONTL is the result of cooperation between the gov- nars, data panels, an annual newsletter, etc. and is collected ernments of Spain and Brazil, which have maintained close Given the increase in world trade in recent decades, logistics costs on the website for consultation. have a significant impact on the wealth of a country or region. economic relations since the 1990s, with strong investment As in the case of the Spanish observatory, Ineco designed To measure their efficiency, a calculation is made of the percentage flows between both countries. Collaboration on transport they represent with respect to GDP, that is, all of the goods the information collection and processing system and the infrastructure has crystallised in the signing of multiple and services produced. In the case of Brazil, it is estimated that database and website, which is open to both sector agents and agreements since 2012. As a result, in 2014, Ineco carried they represent between 15% and 18% of GDP, twice the average the general public. It has also developed a set of indicators out a study to calculate transport costs on Brazil’s water- for OECD countries. which serve to harmonise data from different sources and ways. With the ONTL, Ineco transmits the knowledge it has facilitate the analysis of information and its dissemination. ■
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a un project 17 goals for transforming our world e illb On 25 September 2015, at the historic Sustainable Development he Agenda has 17 sustainable de- incorporating them into the company’s velopment goals (SDGs) and 169 _ Itw general strategy. The company has also Summit in New York, world leaders adopted a set of global targets that range from the elimi- undertaken to spread awareness of the T photo goals to eradicate poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity nation of poverty to combating climate Agenda through external and internal for all over the coming years (2015-2030) as part change, education, women’s equality, en- EURO SOLIDARITY campaigns to ensure that its more than vironmental protection and the design of CAMPAIGN 2018 3,000 employees and stakeholders are of a new Sustainable Development Agenda. cities. Each goal has specific targets that aware of it and can work towards fulfill- The Protection of Street Children against have to be achieved in the coming years ing these goals. ■ the Exploitation by Mafias at Train Stations By África Jiménez, graduate with a degree in Business Administration, and Beatriz Vázquez, economist and, to do so, all of the agents –govern- in India project, led by the Spanish NGO ments, the private sector, civil society It Will Be, has been chosen by Ineco’s em- and citizens– have to play their part. ployees for the Euro Solidarity campaign These goals are unique in that they 2018. urge all countries, whether rich, poor or More than 10 million children live alone middle-income, to adopt measures to on the streets of India. Every year, over promote prosperity while protecting the 80,000 are lost and hundreds of them flee planet. They recognise that initiatives to from abuse, poverty or violence. Every five end poverty must go hand in hand with minutes, a child arrives at a train station alone. The mafias take advantage of the strategies that promote economic growth difficulty of providing the children with an and address a range of social needs, in- identity to exploit them sexually or for la- cluding education, health, social pro- bour and for the trafficking of organs and tection and employment opportunities, drugs. Their lack of documentation means while combating climate change and pro- that they are excluded from government health and education systems. moting environmental protection. Although the SDGs are not legally It Will Be has developed this programme in binding, many governments have adopt- collaboration with the local Indian NGO Don Cag amp i n Day ed them as their own and established na- Bosco through 81 centres spread throug- 2030 agenda tional frameworks to achieve them. hout the country (Childmiss). Thanks to the Child PPa app – a technological biometric On 18 June 2018, the Spanish Govern- On 22 February, Ineco held an event to recognition tool that It Will Be is installing kick off the support campaign, which ment created the post of high commis- in these reception centres – the NGO’s so- was attended by Carlos Sallé, Director sioner for the 2030 Agenda reporting cial workers will be able to identify, moni- of Energy Policy and Climate Change directly to the prime minister and hold- tor and protect them from possible abuse. at Iberdrola; Ana Benavides, General ing the rank of undersecretary, who will In 2018, nearly 400 Ineco employees par- Manager of the Fundación Lealtad; ticipated in the campaign. For 2019, they be responsible for coordinating initiatives Carmen Librero, President of Ineco, chose to designate their donations to the Cristina Gallach, High Commissioner for to ensure fulfilment of the United Nations’ project for “Treatments to fight child mal- the 2030 Agenda, Cristina Sánchez, 2030 Agenda. nutrition” that Doctors Without Borders is Deputy Director of Red Española de Also in 2018, the Cabinet approved carrying out in Jharkhand, (India). Pacto Mundial; and Iván Hernández, the 2030 Agenda Implementation Action from Ineco, (the RONIN Project). This Plan: Towards a Spanish Strategy for Sus- event, which was broadcast in real time to all employees, demonstrates tainable Development, which involved the Ineco, as part of its corporate social Ineco’s commitment, as a public participation of all ministries, regional responsibility activities, has joined this corporation, to contribute, to the governments, local bodies and civil soci- initiative, reinforcing its commitment achievement of the SDOs. ety organisations. to the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda by
46 — itransporte itransporte — 47 brand spain | natural parks Water and rock eagles, peregrine falcons, Egyptian and thousand kilometres to the north, in Na- The interaction between rock and wa- griffon vultures and Eurasian eagle-owls varra, is the Bárdenas Reales desert, an ter has created spectacular mountain flying overhead. arid lunar landscape that is difficult to lakes such as Lake Certascan in Cata- associate with such a northern region. It lonia’s High Pyrenees Natural Park and Green treasures is the site of a natural monument known the Laguna Negra and Glacial Circus The beech tree, characteristic of Euro- as Castildetierra, a peculiar cone-shaped of Urbión in Soria. Between the prov- pean temperate forests, is a protagonist rock formation fashioned by erosion. To inces of Salamanca and Cáceres is the in spaces such as the Hayedo de Tejera the east, Girona’s Garrotxa Natural Park Las Batuecas-Sierra de Francia Natural Negra beech forest in Guadalajara and Pa- conceals another geological wonder: Park, the location of the Meandro del goeta Natural Park in Guipúzcoa. In Las more than 40 volcanic cones and 20 ba- Melero, a truly magical and little-known Fragas del Eume, A Coruña, oak, birch, saltic lava flows. Also of volcanic origin landscape where a hairpin bend on the chestnut and other tree species form a are the Columbretes Islands archipelago river forms a meander connected to the lush forest on the seashore. In the Canary and natural park in Castellón. bank by a narrow strip of land, which, Islands, where there are 11 natural parks, Spain’s extensive 5,900-kilometre from the Mirador de la Antigua vantage some of the most notable are Tenerife’s coastline boasts numerous protected point, looks like an island in the middle Corona Forestal and Gran Canaria’s Pinar natural areas, such as the salt lagoons the forest. de Tamadaba natural parks. of La Mata and Torrevieja in Alicante, Inland Spain conceals other won- Elsewhere, the Iberian Peninsula’s the Albufera lagoons of Valencia and ders that have also been sculpted by largest cork oak forest is located in Los Al- Majorca, noted for its colourful flamin- the action of water, such as Hoces del cornocales Natural Park in the province of gos, among other birds, and the Ibiza and Aller González Aller a Rio Duratón Natural Park, in the north- Cádiz, and Sierra de María-Los Vélez Nat- Formentera Ses Salines Natural Park in ilvi
S east of Segovia, and Cañón del Río Lobos ural Park in the north of Almería boasts a the Balearic Islands. In terms of sea life, Natural Park, between Soria and Burgos. thousand-year-old Spanish juniper tree. the Canary Islands’ Lobos Island (Wolves
photo_ In the Galician province of Ourense, the In Sierras de Cazorla Natural Park, there Island) in the north-east of Fuerteventu- Hispano-Bretón horses in the foothills of the Ubiñas de San Emiliano massif in the Babia y Luna natural park and biosphere reserve. Baixa Limia-Serra do Xurés Natural Park are almost a hundred pine trees that are ra is named after the monk seals, or sea is the location of the mouth of the A Fe- over 1,300 years old, as well as what is wolves, that inhabit it. For its part, the cha stream in the form of a waterfall, considered to be the oldest yew tree in Strait of Gibraltar Natural Park is consid- which, during rainy times of the year, is Europe, which is over 2,000 years old. ered to be one of the best places in Eu- the highest waterfall in Galicia. In the rope for the sighting of cetaceans, such province of Guadalajara is the Alto Tajo Deserts and coasts as dolphins, sperm whales, rorquals, pi- Natural Park, with its canyons and river On the other landscape extreme are de- lot whales and a permanent population Magical gorges, needles and monoliths of lime- sert areas, such as those in Cabo de Ga- of Iberian killer whales, which feed on and unknown stone and red sandstone, with golden ta Natural Park in Almería. Curiously, a Mediterranean bluefin tuna. ■ Alto Tajo Castildetierra The Albufera in Valencia Spread over its 17 regions, Spain has 132 natural parks which are home to true natural Natural Park (Bárdenas and scenic treasures, many of which are virtually unknown. Reales, Navarra)
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atural parks, unlike national turies, along with human action, has in Girona (Catalonia). It is a mountain- parks, are designated by the re- created remarkably diverse landscapes, ous area of outstanding natural beauty An Iberian gions or autonomous commu- with an equally varied wealth of fauna and ethnographic significance associ- wolf N stor nities, which have exclusive powers to and flora. ated with pastoral farming and live- Pa manage them. Spain has 132 and they stock. It is home to populations of wild are an essential part of environmental Mountain areas Iberian wolves, mountain birds and birds protection as they cover a total area of The first steps to protect Spain’s natural of prey, and European bison (in reserves), A killer whale in the -Moisés Strait of Gibraltar CC 3.5 million hectares (compared to the spaces date back to 1918, when Picos de among other species, such as the native to_ just over 380,000 hectares belonging to Europa became a national park, the first Hispano-Bretón horses.
pho Torrevieja’s pink lagoon the 15 national parks that exist), approxi- in Spain and the second in the world The list of natural parks in moun- mately 7% of the area of the country. (after Yellowstone, in the USA in 1872). tain areas, in a country with some of the These extensive protected areas Interestingly, the most recently-cre- most rugged terrain in Europe, is exten- remain largely unknown to both Span- ated park can be found on the Leonese sive. The natural parks of Somiedo and G
iards and international tourism, which side of this mountain range, which sepa- Redes in Asturias are worth mentioning, OR . usually associates Spain with ‘sun and rates Castilla y León from Asturias: Babia among many others. The latter includes beach’ holidays. The country does, how- and Luna Natural Park, which received the Tabayón del Mongayu, a 60-metre- CIRCE ever, boast a wide variety of geography, this designation in 2015, along with the high waterfall of glacial origin, listed as geology and climate that, over the cen- Ter and Freser Headwaters Natural Park a natural monument in 2003. Meandro Melero (Cáceres) photo_ A volcano in Garrotxa (Girona)
48 — itransporte itransporte — 49 in closing | Deputy Director of Institutional Relations and CSR Visit us at UITP 2019 África Jiménez Lacaci Stand A4076 ❝If we all join forces, we can really change things❞ Holding a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the CUNEF, Africa Jiménez Lacaci has more than 10 years of experience in institutional high speed relations and corporate social responsibility programmes.
promoter of CSR Born in Madrid, África joined Ineco in 2001 and, in addition to being the Deputy Direc- tor of Institutional Relations and Corporate urban mobility Social Responsibility (CSR), since 2002, she has been the secretary of the Management Committee. She has spent most of her ca- reer in the president’s office, which has -in interoperability volved dealing with senior executives from other companies and public authorities. smart solutions As a result of the development of CSR and the growing promotion of social action at Ineco, she has also established close rela- tionships with many institutions, founda- innovation tions and NGOs in Spain. As a promoter sustainability of CSR since 2007, she has developed this area at Ineco and since then she has launched numerous social projects every elvira vila _ elvira o t year, both in Spain and abroad. o ph
1How many institutions and 3WHICH ARE MORE 5Is money important? technology NGOs has Ineco collaborated CONVINCING, RATIONAL OR I would be lying if I said no. Yes, it is with in the last decade? EMOTIONAL ARGUMENTS? important, but it is not the sine qua More than 100, without a doubt. But the Decisions are made by people, based non. There are great examples in which important thing isn’t quantity; it’s the on that balanced combination of emo- other elements such as institutional quality of the projects obtained thanks tion and rationality that we all have partnerships, personal effort, crea- to the involvement of the company and to a greater or lesser extent. In order tivity and passion have replaced the employees. The social value generated by to persuade, it is essential to generate scarcity of resources with extraordi- this joint work is incredible. trust, a feeling that is hard to create nary results, especially with regard to if one isn’t scrupulous in their work. institutional relations and CSR.
2Is it difficult to persuade senior executives to get 4How do you reconcile 6What’s your most involved in CSR projects? the different functions you exciting current project? Not at Ineco. When faced with a sound perform for the company? Giving the final push to Ineco’s com- project that is aligned with our strategy The truth is that they fit together mitment to the United Nations’ 2030 and requirements, senior management perfectly. My work in the president’s Agenda for Sustainable Development has always supported these initiatives. office and management committee and increasing awareness of it. If we They have always been aware of the ben- enriches the vision to define a CSR all join forces, we can really change efits they represent for any company. I n strategy that is aligned with Ineco’s things. ■ addition, Ineco, as a state-owned com- general strategy. pany, has to set an example.
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