LAST NEWS
Grupo Puentes, awarded the Montecelo Hospital
The temporary union of companies formed by Grupo Puentes, Copasa and Ogmios is the winner of the contract for the construction of the Nuevo Montecelo hospital complex, with 627 beds.
The project has a surface area of 115,179 m² built, in addition to 26,587 m² of urbanization. The hospital complex consists of 41,656 m² of underground parking spread over four underground floors.
Inauguration of the Tordera railway bridge
The new railway bridge over the Tordera river that connects Blanes with Malgrat de Mar is inaugurated. Adif restored rail traffic on December 9. The bridge has been designed to withstand the rising waters of the Tordera River without giving up the most avant-garde design.
The Saprissa Bridge in Costa Rica opens to traffic
The Saprissa bridge (bridge over the Virilla river on national route 32) has been inaugurated by Rodolfo Méndez, minister of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT) of Costa Rica, who highlighted in the opening that the work was executed in compliance the established deadlines and costs. The project, executed in 18 months, has a total length of 856 meters, which includes the bridge with a length of 286 m, with a deck executed by successive cantilevers whose width is 14.3 m and is supported by 2 piers 50 m high.
Grupo Puentes awarded a € 23.4 million contract in the US
Bridges and Roads (BARC), a subsidiary of Grupo Puentes in the US, has been awarded a project to improve the RM 620 highway in Williamson County, Texas.
The project spans 1.5 kilometers as it passes through the city of Round Rock. Among other works, the elevation of existing interchanges and passages stands out, among them, that of the railway.
Puentes Infraestructuras wins the San Telmo Award
Puentes Infraestructuras receives second prize for the 2019 San Telmo Award for the expansion work of the Atlantic highway, AP-9, in the section of the Cangas-Teis junction, awarded by the CICCP, in recognition of its work as a company awarded the performance (in joint venture with Dragados).
The work includes the expansion of the Rande Bridge, named the second best bridge in the world by the International Association of Bridges and Structural Engineering (IABSE).
Load test of the Teixeiras bridge
For these tests on the Teixeiras double bridge, a train consisting of a locomotive and seven ballast-loaded hopper cars with a mass of 750 tons is used.
The tests carried out are both static and dynamic, in this case at different driving speeds (between 10 and 80 km / h, as well as a braking test on the viaduct).
High-speed railway infrastructure of 508 m in length, and double deck separated 30 m from each other. Pointed arch with a span of 132 m and a height of 94.8 m at the keystone of the arch, executed by means of lowered semi-arches and a central closing segment. Both bridges are distributed in 8 spans (56 m at both ends and 66 meters in the six central elements). Hired by the UTE Laza (Dragados, Tecsa, Sogeosa, Callosa). It was executed in 18 months.
Grupo Puentes awarded a 600 million euro contract in Chile, in a consortium with its shareholder CRBC
With this contract Grupo Puentes and CRBC will design, build, equip and carry out maintenance, together with the replacement of medical equipment and furniture, for fifteen years, of the Maule Network. This network consists of three hospitals located in the municipalities of Cauquenes, Constitución and Parral, in the region of Maule, with a total of 368 beds. This hospital network is expected to be operational by mid-2024. The constructionof the hospital complexes will require an initial investment of some €250million of the total contract with other items included in the €600 million award.
Completed the work of the Colmenar Bridge
Continuing with the planning, the Nudo de Colmenar bridge, which supports the connecting branch between the M-607, towards Madrid, and the M-40, towards A-1, has been opened to traffic. 560.7 m, it was executed with curved concrete precast, variable depth, and constant depth; the structure is developed along 17 variable spans. The span that crosses the M-40 has a span of 56.2 m. The complexity of the work lies in its nature, it is a main communication hub in Madrid. The works were carried out in 10 months, of which only 6 were invested in the execution of the new board.
The Ministry of Development awards Grupo Puentes a conservation and exploitation project
Puentes Infraestructuras, in a joint venture with Alvac, has been awarded a service contract for the execution of various conservation and exploitation operations on state roads in the province of Lleida, with a tender budget of € 13.8 million.
Rande’s expansion work, awarded in New York as the second best structure in the world
The Congress of the International Association of Bridges and Structural Engineering (IABSE) has awarded Rande Bridge in New York as the second most important infrastructure in the world in 2019 and first finalist of the awards for the Best Structure in the World (Outstanding Structure Award-OSTRA ). The OSTRA awards have recognized since 1998 the most outstanding, innovative and creative structures from different parts of the world.
The extension of the Rande bridge (cable-stayed bridge with a span of 400 meters of main span and a total length of 704 meters), is an unprecedented and pioneering action in the field of civil engineering worldwide, since there are no known precedents even in Europe or the rest of the world.
This project has been the greatest constructive challenge for Grupo Puentes in 2019, and obtaining this award is recognition of the constructive excellence that distinguishes its works.
More information (PDF) and exhibition on the Rande bridge (PDF) .