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DEG (Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH) and WWF Germany have contracted TYPSA to participate in the analysis of the risks posed by the shortage of water affecting clients in the bank’s current portfolio of more than 300 clients in 80 countries. DEG finances companies in developing and transition countries, and the contract includes the development of a filter for new clients. Possible physical and geopolitical factors and risk arising from regulation and reputation need to be identified in order to determine and minimize the risk associated with an investment, especially in those river basins that are of special interest from the point of view of the conservation of biodiversity.
TYPSA is in charge of determining the risks associated with the different river basins and the administrative and socio-environmental water systems in the 80 countries, to facilitate DEG management decision making. In addition, all the information generated will be integrated in a Geographical Information System (GIS).
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TYPSA is leading a group of consulting engineering companies that is assisting the European Commission in the Implementation of the Regional Transport Action Plan in the Mediterranean, acting as the Main Contract to the EuroMed Transport Project, the European Union’s regional transport cooperation project with its southern neighbors.
The project is aimed at improving the functioning and the efficiency of the Mediterranean transport system by giving support to institutional and market reforms, promoting the harmonization of operational norms and regulations, encouraging the coordination of transport policies and establishing the financing mechanisms. It involves the organization and participation of high level representatives of the 16 partner countries in the working groups, task forces, and forums, and also running a Project website and providing TA to the identified priority transport projects.
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TYPSA has won the contract to carry out the Project and Construction Management of the Tanger City Center Complex in Tangier. (Morocco).
Views from the top of Tanger City Center’s towers and buildings overlook the Bay of Tangier and the Strait of Gibraltar. The complex is located in the heart of the city centre, close to Mohamed VI Avenue which is the hub of the city’s leisure and entertainment.
The design is the work of architects at Mimoun Mokhtar and Sensarchi’s offices, who have proven experience in similar complexes.
This iconic complex is on a 27,820 sq m plot, where over 242.000 sq m will be built, including a 59,926 sq m car park. The complex will comprise diverse uses such as residential, retail, offices and hotel, in towers between 7 and 22 storeys high that dominate the city’s skyline.
This excellent architectural design has generated a typology of versatile buildings, with highly complex structural schemes, which makes a great variety of configurations possible. Large glass panels on the façade provide high quality interior light, in line with sustainable development.
The experience TYPSA has already gained in this type of outstanding work in Morocco is very positive for the Integral Management of the Design and of the Construction, as is the company’s experience in iconic designs both in Spain and abroad.
During the initial phase TYPSA worked together with the design teams to apply “value engineering” and thus arrive at solutions that achieve optimum cost and schedule goals, while maintaining the quality of the design.
During the construction phase, TYPSA will carry out the Integral Construction Management, including services to control and monitor scheduling, the economic control of the investment, management of the tender process and contracting, coordination and management of the construction work in order to mitigate possible risks in the construction phase, and achieve the goals the Owner seeks to attain.
With this Project TYPSA has become a leader in the field of project and construction management services in Morocco.
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After an international tender process TYPSA was awarded one of the biggest consultancy contracts ever promoted by the Kenyan Government. The contract for the Feasibility Study and the Detailed Design of the Water Resources Related Projects in the area of the Nandi Forest Dam on the Yala River (Kenya) was signed on 20/01/2010.
Approximately 500 million Euros is to be invested in the water related projects which basically include a 60 m high dam with a 1.5 km long crest over the Yala River (one of the five main rivers that drain into Lake Victoria), a hydraulic tunnel approximately 17 km long and 3 m in diameter and a hydropower plant of approximately 50 MW with a 550 m waterfall. The project also includes: irrigation of 17,000 ha, the supply of drinking water to the Vihiga/Sabaoti, Hamisi, Central Nandi, Kisumu and Nyando districts (in the region of Lake Basin District), flood control downstream of the dam, the development of fisheries in the area of the reservoir and the tourist development of the region.
The client is the Ministry of Regional Development Authorities (MoRDA) of the Government of Kenya, whose mission is to manage inter-ministerial projects for the regional development of the country in strategic fields such as Hydraulic works, Agriculture or Tourism.
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The publication of the new version of the ISO 9001 standard for quality management systems coincided with the renewal date of our certification. The external audit for the renewal was therefore based on the new version of the ISO standard and was carried out earlier than in other years.
AENOR completed the audit at TYPSA and TECNOMA’s head offices in San Sebastian de los Reyes, and at the Barcelona, Malaga, Seville and INALSA offices.
The end result was highly satisfactory. We have renewed the certification for three years, without the auditors raising any objections at all (for the third year running). The long list of strong points the auditors highlighted is impressive. They consider the important number of internal audits that we carry out to be especially positive, both as a measuring instrument and as a means to circulate our procedures, distinguishing us very clearly from other companies in the sector.
They were also impressed by the great quantity of information considered in the revision and monitoring of the quality system, as well as our electronic filing system for both documents and designs. The audit points out that the system is clear, homogeneous and easily applicable to all our work.
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Almost a year after the contract began, TYPSA, in association with Wilbur Smith Associates, continues to provide support to the management of the Northern Transnational Highway Program in El Salvador, financed with MCC (Millennium Challenge Corporation) funds from United States.
The Project for the construction of a road in the Northern zone crossing the entire country from the border with Guatemala to the border with Honduras, is nearly 300km long and includes the construction of three large bridges over the country’s main river, the River Lempa. The Project has been divided into different sections for construction purposes, several of which are currently in progress.
During the first months of the contract TYPSA focused its attention on support to the Salvadoran public body promoting the Project. Activity was centered on the strategic planning to organize the different sections in which the global Project is structured, in a concerted effort to finish the road within the time stipulated by the financing body. The designs available have also been complemented and technical documents prepared to invite tenders for the works.
In the month of May 2009 the construction works began, adding the tasks of construction supervision and management of construction contracts, to the previous on-going activities.
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Located in a privileged position in the city of Casablanca, the future Anfa Place is right in the town centre facing the Atlantic Ocean. Designed by Foster & Partners, the complex was conceived to stand out in Morocco and will no doubt set a new standard in the area. The building has a gross area of approximately 260,000 m2, on a 93,467 m2 plot, between the Boulevard de La Corniche and the beach. The complex includes different facilities featuring:
- Offices and Financial Club
- Tourist apartments
- Residential (260 luxury apartments)
- 5 star Hotel + SPA with 234 rooms
- Shopping centre (60,000 m2)
- Car park for 3,600 vehicles
TYPSA’s services began with the cost control during the design phase. In the construction phase TYPSA is providing complete PROJECT AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT services, including Contract Management and Benchmarking, Scheduling and Cost Control, Construction Monitoring and Supervision, Health and Safety Coordination and support to obtain Building Permission.
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TYPSA has been awarded the contract for the technical assistance and control and monitoring of two sections of the “Atlantic High-Speed Rail Axis” (Villagarcía de Arousa – Catoira and the River Ulla viaduct). The 42-month contract totals € 3,705,599.92.
This Project will contribute towards joining A Coruña and Vigo by completing the Padrón - Villagarcía section, in the north of the province of Pontevedra bordering on A Coruña. On both sections the trackbed will be prepared for the subsequent construction of the superstructure and safety and electrification installations. Adjustable sleepers will be used which can be changed to adapt the Spanish gauge to the International Union of Railways (U.I.C) gauge.
The Villagarcía de Arousa–Catoira sub-section is 8.3 km long, and includes the Quinteiro (1,970m), Valicobas (1,335m) and Abalo (625m) tunnels as well as the Outeiro Artificial Tunnel, all built for double-track lines with artificial tunnels at the portals for environmental integration.
The River Ulla viaduct sub-section is an outstanding 1,620 metre long viaduct over the River Ulla, near the estuary at Arousa, between the towns of Catoira (Pontevedra) and Rianxo (A Coruña). The structure is a composite truss bridge with double composite action, in which the deck is rigidly connected to the four central concrete piers, functioning as a continuous spandrel cap on the approach spans.
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After a long procurement process, the construction contract for the new locks on the Panama Canal was signed in August 2009. The construction group led by SACYR is now preparing to begin the final design and construction.
TYPSA is participating in the management of the Program with technical and management support to the ACP (Panama Canal Authority), as part of the consulting group led by CH2MHill. As well as the construction of the new locks the Program includes extensions to the navigation canals to increase capacity for the expected growth in shipping traffic.
Activity until now has focused on the procurement process and support for the evaluation of offers. The construction group’s final designs are now under review to ensure they comply with design criteria and the functional parameters of the systems of locks and water reutilization. Construction work, as finally defined, is being scheduled as is the mobilization of works equipment and services.
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TYPSA is performing the technical assistance to design, control and monitor the hold baggage inspection systems (SIEB) in airports in the Spanish Airports Authority Network.
The €1.929.603 contract was awarded on 24th November 2008, with 24 months to complete in a consortium (50%) with URS.
To comply with ECAC (European Civil Aviation Conference) safety regulations, and at the same time up-date existing facilities, the Spanish Airports Authority intends to equip all the airports in its network with hold baggage inspection systems. Each one of the systems will basically comprise luggage inspection machines, the corresponding transport system and the different elements for detection and control.
To this end, the Spanish Airports Authority has commissioned us to prepare the different designs, draw up the Technical Specifications Documents for the acquisition and installation of the equipment and control, supervise and manage the construction works and installations. The contract includes the plans for acceptance trials and inspection of each system and the supervision of the actual operation and maintenance. These projects are to be carried out in 20 different airports.
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TYPSA is the leader of the Consortium that has won the consultancy contract for the control and monitoring of the works on the Mularroya dam, diversion dam and transfer pipeline (Zaragoza) worth a total of €8.513.995,31, with a 90-month deadline between 2009 and 2016.
The Works, with a total budget of €195.618.519,59 will improve the Bajo Jalon regulation system by creating a transfer tunnel from the river Jalon and a dam in the river Grio (the Mularroya Dam) to facilitate the irrigation of a total of 26,340 Ha, in Bajo Jalon. The average annual volume transferred will be nearly 60 Hm³.
The diversion dam is in the river Jalon, near Hoces del Jalon and is a 18,40 m high concrete gravity dam. The transfer tunnel connects the river Jalon to the river Grio, taking water from above the dam and releasing it into the end of the Mularroya reservoir. 2.90 m is the maximum height and width of the horseshoe section tunnel, which is 12.8 Km long.
The Mularroya dam is in the river Grio, a tributary of the River Jalon, that flows into the Jalon near Ricla, about 5 km downstream from the dam. The dam is in Paridera de Mularroya hence the name. The reservoir mainly affects the towns of Morata de Jalon and La Almunia de Dña. Godina.
The normal operation level is 477 m, the flooded area 463,1 Ha, and the volume 103,3 Hm³. The design is for a heterogeneous rock fill dam and the maximum height above the foundations is 89.50 m. The side channel spillway is on the left of the dam and comprises an overflow spillway, a reception basin, a telescopic discharge channel more than 200 m long and an energy dissipating basin.
The levels of the reservoir are:
- Crest of the dam: 483,5 m
- Normal operation level: 477.0 m
- Flood operation level: 478.286 m
- Extreme flood operation level: 479.345 m
Finally, two new roads need to be built as the construction of the Mularroya reservoir means that approximately 6 km of the N-IIa and 4 km of the local A-2302 road from Olvega to Santa Cruz de Grio (old Z-330) will be flooded.
