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Ineco.Com 50 Feb | May 2014 ENGLISH itransporte EDITION Transport engineering&consultancy magazine www.ineco.com 50 FEB | MAY 2014 INTERVIEW José Manuel Tejera, Managing Director of Infrastructures and Transport (Ineco) “We need to better understand our clients” NATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT PLAN OF NEPAL A plan to reach for the sky COMMUTER RAIL SYSTEM FOR SAN JOSÉ (COSTA RICA) Tram-train: the best of both worlds TRANSEUROPEAN CORRIDORS (TEN-T) IN CROATIA Welcome, EU member state number 28 2013 BENTLEY SYSTEMS AWARDS HS2: a brilliant inspiration BRAND SPAIN | Gastronomy: a taste of Spain Editorial European GNSS Agency neco brings together experts in the fields of civil engineering, systems Committed to ensuring the success and security engineering, consultancy and the environment. More than 2,000 experts in of the European Satellite Navigation Systems, Galileo and EGNOS transport systems comprise a highly skilled and committed pool of well-trained human capital. These experts are coordinated with the rest of the company through a matrix organisation. Our goal is for each project to satisfy the technical and financial expectations of the client. Road EGNOS is improving the accuracy of the GPS while also It is my pleasure to write this editorial for the 50th issue of our magazine. This providing an integrity signal. Along with Galileo, it is expected to be Iissue’s cover highlights the long and ambitious ongoing project to modernise a key element in the greener, smarter, more efficient and safer road Nepalese civil aviation. The input of our airport and air navigation specialists will transport system of the future. undoubtedly contribute to improving air traffic flow and, as a result, the socio- economic prospects of a country with great development potential. We are also focusing attention on the Western Hemisphere, where our consultants have Rail GNSS has the potential to be used for the next generation of been commissioned to prepare studies on improving urban transport in Costa the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS), along with applications in fleet management and low density line signaling. Rica or developing the commercial strategy for an airport in El Salvador. Also in Middle East reported on the recent contract for planning urban transport in the capital of Oman EGNOS provides many benefits to the aviation sector, Aviation The high speed rail sector –one of Ineco’s main areas of expertise– is the including for business and helicopter operators whose air/rotorcraft focal point of other reports, such as the article on the project to modernise an is not specifically catered for by the current ATM system. international railway line in Croatia or the environmental work in southern Spain. Last, but certainly not least, I could not fail to mention the interview with José Manuel Tejera, who has recently joined Ineco as managing director of Infrastructures and Transport and whose professional standing and track record will greatly enrich the organisation. EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay We intend to continue sharing Ineco’s knowledge and experience with all of our Service) is Europe’s first concrete venture into satellite Galileo is the European Global Navigation Satellite navigation. EGNOS increases the accuracy of existing System, fully compatible with other international readers for many issues to come. satellite positioning signals while providing a crucial systems. ‘integrity message’, informing users in the event of signal problems. It also transmits an extremely accurate universal time signal. www.gsa.europa.eu Ana Rojo General Manager of Engineering and Services 3 Contents 42 C TRANSEUROPEAN CORRIDORS M (TEN-T) IN CROATIA Y Welcome, EU member CM state number 28 MY An international consortium composed of the CY Spanish companies Ineco and Typsa, along with CMY French firm Egis Rail and Croatian firm IPZ, K was awarded the contract for modernising and renovating 80.5 kilometres of railway.. 06 | NEWS 18 | COMMUTER RAIL SYSTEM 38 | COMMERCIAL POLICY DEVELOPMENT Alliance with Metro de Madrid FOR SAN JOSÉ (COSTA RIcA) FOR EL SALVADor’s airport on international projects Tram-train: the best of both worlds From grocer’s to duty-free shop ATP and Ineco to modernise 50 22 | HIGH SPEED RAIL 46 | 2013 BENTLEY SYSTEMS AWARDS regional airports in Brazil MAINTENANCE: AV-RAMS HS2: a brilliant inspiration Holding the line 10 | NATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT 48 | BRAND SPAIN PLAN OF NEPAL 24 | ENVIRONMENT Gastronomy: a taste of Spain A plan to reach for the sky Biomimicry or the art 15 | INTERVIEW | RATISH CHANDRA SUMAN of imitating life General Manager of the CAAN: 28 | INTERVIEW | JOSÉ MANUEL TEJERA Published by INECO “We are working to increase the safety Paseo de La Habana, 138 -28036 Madrid Managing Director of Infrastructures Tel. (+34) 91 452 12 56 in the Nepalese air transport system” and Transport (Ineco) www.revistaitransporte.com “We need to better understand our Editor-in-Chief: BÁRBARA JIMÉNEZ-ALFARO 16 | INTERVIEW | PUNYA RAJ SHAKYA ([email protected]) Project Director of the CAAN clients and harness the potential of our experience and wonderful team” Editorial Staff: LIDIA AMIGO ([email protected]) “Once we improve air safety Editorial Board: JOSÉ ANGUITA, many airlines will be interested JOSÉ LUIS ANTÓN, ALEJANDRO FERNÁNDEZ, 30 | URBAN TRANSPORT IN OMAN ÓSCAR GONZÁLEZ, VIOLETA LARRAD, in coming to Nepal” A capital plan BEATRIZ MILLÓN, RAFAEL MOLINA Design:ESPACIO28004 / Mariano Serrano, Juanjo Jiménez 34 | AIRPORT PLANNING Printed by: GRÁFICAS 82 IN CAPE VERDE Legal Deposit: M-26791-2007 Cartão de embarque ©Ineco. All rights reserved 2014. If you wish to reprint COVER IMAGE: MAHESWOR BHAKTA SHRESTHA the articles, please contact the Editor-in-Chief. 5 The transport agreement between Spain and Ecuador is the driving force behind at least nine projects Ineco has already launched several The agreement aspires to promote assessment, among other tasks, for News projects in Ecuador following the cooperation between the two ministries the high capacity road tenders between agreement signed on 1st November in the management of transport Santo Domingo, Quevedo, Babahoyo 2013 in Quito, by María de los Ángeles systems and the development and Jujan, including the Jujan bypass Duarte, minister of Transport of infrastructure. Ineco will be and the Santo Domingo ring road. The team from Ineco and collaborating companies, appearing with the and Public Works of Ecuador, and collaborating in the improvement More than 40 people from Ineco are Spanish minister, the deputy minister of Transport Management of Ecuador, Ana Pastor, minister of Public and development of Ecuadorian carrying out important projects, such Fabián Albán de Sá, members of the office of the Minister of Public Works, Works of Spain, in the presence of infrastructure. The company is as the Strategic Plan for Mobility in the minister-counsellor from the Embassy of Spain and the president of Ineco. Pablo Vázquez, president of Ineco. participating in technical studies and Ecuador 2013-2037. Ecuador Europe Spain Brazil » STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP Alliance with Metro de Madrid on international projects The ceremony at which the agreement was signed took place at Metro de Madrid’s “Nave de Motores de Pacífico” building. Above is the cover of the regional airports plan for Brazil. On the right: José Batlles, Brazil country manager; José Ángel Higueras, Aviation LIFE+MINOx-STREET Business director; Wellington Moreira, minister of the Civil Aviation Authority; Guilherme This European project led by Ineco Ramalho, executive secretary of the SAC; and has now officially commenced. Thiago Pedroso, project manager from the SAC. MINOx-STREET is being funded by the European Commission under the AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME of execution is 24 months. The work will LIFE+2012 programme (AIR section), ATP and Ineco to modernise 50 regional airports be performed in equal parts by ATP and part of the European Union fund for Ineco. Ineco will be carrying out its share the environment. This shows the high he Civil Aviation Authority of Brazil programme includes the modernisation of the work in its offices in Madrid and quality of the company’s work and its ablo Vázquez, president of Ineco, and Ignacio González, CEO of Metro de Madrid, (the Secretaria de Aviação Civil, or and improvement of the management will, along with ATP, be assisted recognition within the environmental recently signed an agreement in the presence of the minister of Public Works of TSAC) has awarded the consortium and facilities at 270 regional airports. The by an office in Brasilia. The work includes sector. The project’s goal is to PSpain and the president of the Community of Madrid. The agreement sealed a of Ineco and ATP the tender for the region awarded to Ineco-ATP comprises the preliminary and technical feasibility evaluate and optimise the efficiency strategic alliance for collaboration between the two companies to jointly develop urban modernisation, construction, expansion 50 airports in the Brazilian states of studies, preliminary projects and final of existing photocatalytic technologies land transport business activities on an international scale. The aim is to harness and renovation of 50 regional airports as Espírito Santo, Goiás, Minas Gerais and projects, geotechnical and pavement to reduce levels of nitrogen oxides the knowledge and experience of the two organisations and take advantage of their part of its airport logistics investment Rio de Janeiro. The contract amounts to analyses and construction projects for the (NOx), including NO2, present in city synergies to create a more competitive joint offering for international business.« programme. In its first phase, this more than 8.2 million euros and the term airport facilities.« air. The project will involve compiling all the findings into a guide for local authorities and a set of protocols for GRAIL 2, PROJECT COMPLETED train via satellite. It offers benefits such as improving the use of photocatalytic materials. Safer high speed trains through positioning and cost efficiency while maintaining the The MINOx-STREET team consists of satellites required level of safety.
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