SUPERVISION OF THE NEW RAILWAY CONNECTION ÉVORA / EAST LINE
TPF, through its subsidiary CERELINEX, was awarded the international public tender for the construction works’ supervision of the New Railway Connection Évora / East Line, promoted by
IP - Infraestruturas de Portugal, S.A.
This contract, with a value above 17.5 million Euros, aims to provide the necessary services of Technical Advisory, Technical Management, Supervision and Safety Coordination of all the works that will contribute to the execution and placement into service of Évora's new railway line.
This new railway line, between Évora and the East Line (including this one), comprises the railway connection to the border, in all specialties included in the Civil Construction works: Tracks, OCL, Special Engineering Structures, Road Realignments, Affected Services, Safety and Health Coordination, Traction Current Return Systems and Protective Grounds, in the South International Corridor.
With a duration of 4 years, it will involve more than 200 technicians.
SINTRA’S PROXIMITY HOSPITAL
TPF signed another contract, worth more than 1.1 million euros, within the scope of Works' Supervision and Coordination of the Health sector in Portugal, related to the Provision of the Joint Service of Review, Supervision and Coordination of Sintra's Proximity Hospital, whose promoter is Sintra's Municipal Council, , in collaboration with the Portuguese Ministry of Health.
This new infrastructure aims to strengthen the public offer throughout Lisbon and Tagus Valley region and will be provided with: a basic emergency service, an outpatient surgery, an outpatient surgery unit, a complementary diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, a convalescence unit, with capacity to internment of 60 beds (with possibility of expansion), in addition to all accesses, landscape and parking infrastructures.
With an investment value of about 50 million euros, this new contract will involve the mobilization of a multidisciplinary team in the various technical areas of engineering and architecture, including specialists in hospital organization and operation.
MOZAMBIQUE MARITIME SPATIAL PLAN
The Mozambican Government, through the Fisheries Development Fund and financed by the World Bank, contracted the Consortium led by TPF for the elaboration of the Maritime Spatial Plan of Mozambique.
With an intervention area corresponding to Mozambique's maritime space (562 000 km²), this important plan constitutes the main strategic instrument for the maritime space planning, which defines and establishes the general guidelines and perspectives that will guide the use of marine resources and coastal ecosystems, respecting the principles of integrated management and sustainable development.
This contract, with an expected duration of 24 months, will contribute to the rational and efficient economic development of the maritime resources, counting on the contributions of specialists of the various areas involved, namely: Sea Economy, Oceanography, Climate Change, Fisheries, Ports and Maritime Transport, Aquaculture and Biodiversity, Coastal Erosion, Maritime Pollution, Environment, Energy, Tourism, Maritime Resources, among others.
ROAD CONNECTION BETWEEN CABEÇA DE PORCA INDUSTRIAL AREA AND A11
TPF was the company awarded the public tender promoted by IP - Infraestruturas de Portugal for the elaboration of the Project "Road Connection between Cabeça de Porca Industrial Area and A11", included in the implementation of "Business Areas Valorisation Program", which aims to improve the road accesses of these areas, considered of strategic interest to the national economy.
This new contract includes the provision of the Base and Final Design of a new road access, by-pass to the actual national roads EN101 and EN207, with an extension of approximately 5 kilometers.
With a duration of 9 months, these studies involve different specialties, such as: Cartography and Topography, Road Alignment, Geotechnics, Earthworks, Drainage, Pavement, Special Engineering Structures, Expropriations, Traffic Studies, Environmental Impact Studies, Signaling and Safety, among others.
IMPLEMENTATION WORKS OF CALHETA'S HYDROELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT
EEM - Empresa de Electricidade da Madeira, S.A. is developing the Expansion of Calheta's Hydroelectric Development, project where TPF has been involved. This project represents an investment of about 63 million, included in Madeira’s energy policy, which aims to reduce its external dependence and minimize negative environmental impacts associated with fossil fuels.
TPF has provided Special Technical Assistance services to the construction works, which have included studies for the adaptation of this project to the real geological and geotechnical conditions.
PROJECT AND SUPERVISION OF LUENA’s WATER SUPPLY NETWORK
The "Project Review and Works Supervision of Luena's Water Supply Network and Household Connections", was recently initiated, promoted by the Ministry of Energy and Water and financed by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
The works, with a foreseen duration of 30 months, involve the installation of more than 150 km of piping and fifteen thousand household connections, in a disorderly and densely populated peri-urban area, where the socio-environmental component assumes special relevance.
STUDIES AND PROJECTS FOR WASTEWATER DISCHARGES ERADICATION IN LISBON AND TAGUS VALLEY REGION
Águas do Tejo Atlântico awarded TPF the international public tender for "List of Works to Eradicate Wastewater Discharges of Águas do Tejo Atlântico - South Zone".
The provision of services aims at the eradication of domestic and industrial wastewater discharges, thus contributing to environmental rehabilitation and, consequently, to improve the quality of bathing water located downstream.
These studies, with an expected duration of one year and extendable up to three years, will focus on Cascais, Sintra, Oeiras, Amadora, Mafra, Lisbon, Loures, Odivelas, Vila Franca de Xira, Arruda dos Vinhos and Sobral de Monte Agraço municipalities.
URBAN REQUALIFICATION OF BEIRA CITY, MOZAMBIQUE
TPF is developing urban regeneration projects in the city of Beira, promoted by AIAS (Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Administration).
These works include the regeneration project in the informal settlement of Goto, in Ponta-Gêa district, and the elaboration of the landscape and external infrastructures design for various areas, including kiosks and a Pedestrian Bridge, integrated in the Green Urban Infrastructures' project of Beira city, in which TPF is also participating, in the construction works' supervision.
Our teams have technicians in urban planning, architecture, engineering and environment, responsible for the definition of technical solutions that aim to create high quality spaces, offering comfort and well-being for the use of the population, valuing and protecting nature and the ecological integrity of Chiveve River.
SUPERVISION OF REN GROUP WORKS
REN - Serviços, S.A. has awarded TPF, in consortium, the provision of supervision and quality control services, environment and safety and health coordination in various works for the companies of REN group, to develop in 2019 and 2020.
The contract involves the mobilization of a multidisciplinary team to supervise several interventions in the portuguese network for the following companies: REN - Gasodutos (Gas Pipelines), REN - Armazenagem (Storage), REN - Rede Eléctrica Nacional (Portuguese Power Grid) and REN Atlântico - Terminal de GNL (LNG-terminal).
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES OF SOLAR POWER PLANTS
TPF has prepared for different promoters several Environmental Studies for the implementation of Solar Power Plants and their power lines, namely in the regions of Albufeira, Évora, Beja and Castelo Branco, in Portugal.
In addition to these studies, TPF has also executed this type of intervention for Plants located in Coruche, Benavente (in Lisbon and Tagus Valley region), Elvas, Viana do Alentejo, Borba, Moura, Serpa, Tapada, Alpalhão, Fortios and Arronches (in the Alentejo region).
In the context of these environmental studies, multidisciplinary teams of technical experts have been mobilized in the various environmental descriptors that constitute these studies.