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With its 37% consortium share, Teixeira Duarte – Engenharia e Construções, S.A. leads a consortium that includes SETH – Sociedade de Empreitadas e Trabalhos Hidráulicos, S.A. (33%) and Armando Cunha Cabo Verde, S.A. (30%) that received the tender for undertaking the expansion and reformation works for Porto Inglês, on Maio Island, Cape Verde.

The works are estimated to last 18 months according to the contract and were allocated to the consortium for a sum equivalent to 17.2 million euros, with 69.18% received in Euros and the rest in Cape Verde escudos.

The works include preparing the execution project and all reformation works of the existing pier bridge, execution of the cantilever sheet pile walls and protruding breakwater, expansion of piers with the execution of a Roll-on/Roll-off platform on concrete piles with metal casings, reformation and expansion of existing embankment, in addition to accessory refurbishment of buildings and railway access to the port

The execution of this work also marks the return of the Teixeira Duarte Group to Cape Verde, since carrying out maritime works in 2014 on the island of São Vicente.

The construction works mark the start of the plan to update the Beira Alta Line – the Guarda-Cerdeira subsection of the Guarda-Vilar Formoso Section – which Infraestruturas de Portugal, S.A. (IP) assigned to Teixeira Duarte – Engenharia e Construções, S.A., for nearly 8.7 million euros, to be completed within ten months

In a ceremony held at Guarda Railway Station, attended by the Minister of Infrastructures and Housing, the European Coordinator for the Atlantic Corridor and IP’s Board of Directors, the project update the Beira Alta Line, the main railway connection to Europe, was presented.

The undertaking – in which Teixeira Duarte is joined by its affiliate SOMAFEL, S.A., working within this specific area of the railway works – consists of the comprehensive renovation of 14 kilometres of railway, with the aim of stabilizing the rail platform and improving the drainage system, treating and stabilizing slopes, adapting the catenary, signalling and telecommunications infrastructures, as well as installing the RCT-TP system.14

“TEIXEIRA DUARTE, S.A.” and “CSCEC – China Construction Portugal, SA” – a Portuguese company integrated in the Group led by the “China State Construction Engineering Corporation” – formalized a partnership for the development of a real estate project in Oeiras, Portugal, which is officialized through a contract for the sale of shares corresponding to 50% of the capital stock of a subsidiary of the Teixeira Duarte Group, that held, for long time, the land where the project will be implemented. The indicated disposal of shares for the aforementioned “CSCEC – China Construction Portugal, S.A.”, reported to the market on july 23rd, was made for the amount of 31.1 million euros, and has an estimated impact on the results of “Teixeira Duarte, S.A.” of about 22.2 million euros.

The project will be made up of several office buildings, housing and commerce, integrated in a large green park, in a model that is intended to be a reference for life balance, innovation and sustainability.

The construction site of the Harbour in the Fishing Zone of Angeiras, being carried out by Teixeira Duarte – Engenharia e Construções, S.A., welcomed the Minister for Maritime Affairs, Ana Paula Vitorino on 25 June. The construction of the pier at the port of Angeiras, stretching 488 metres, is intended to provide better harbour and safety conditions to vessels when navigating their approach and departure for fishing, and should be completed within 18 months.

The work started in July 2018 and was suspended in October due to adverse weather conditions. After restarting in March 2019, the works have been completed on schedule, and the body of the pier is almost completed using rockfill (rocks used to contain the sea).

The next phases of the works will include completing constructing the head of the pier using “antifer-type” 10-tonne concrete blocks and construction of the concrete superstructure in the crown, throughout the entire length of the structure. A light will also be installed at the end of the pier for maritime signalling.

After the “Remodelling Works of the Western Pier of the Tavira Sandbar”, concluded in December 2017, this is another landmark maritime project in Portugal. A new undertaking is now being looked at, and is already under contract: the “Extension of the Interior Breakwater at Peniche Port”. The work will be carried out by Docapesca – Portos e Lotas, S.A., and is expected to start this September.

Read the report about the Minister’s visit by Porto Canal here.

Another decisive step for the Hercílio Luz bridge restoration project began on Monday, June 3rd. The new load transfer process, which takes place over four nights, will make 80% of the bridge’s weight again supported by the structure itself. .

Watch here the story by “ND Mais” about the first night of the operation, as well as the video of “RIC TV”.