PROYECTO

Engineering project for the Alameda – Barrancas freight corridor (San Antonio Port)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Ports in the Region of Valparaíso have experienced a significant increase of activity in recent years, particularly in the number of containers. Both San Antonio and Valparaíso ports are carrying out actions to increase their capacity.

The majority of container traffic either comes from or goes to the Metropolitan Region. Given the low capacity of the current single-track line between Alameda and Barrancas, Route 78 takes on most of this traffic. The railway only represents 11% of container traffic between the coast and the Metropolitan Region.

Faced with the growth estimates for container traffic, it has become necessary to propose a series of actions to increase the capacity and competitiveness of the railway over the road with the creation of the Railway-Port Logistics Platform which is organised in phases.

The purpose of this contract is the development of technical engineering support and counterpart for the Alameda – Barracas freight corridor in its phases:

The scope of the service offered corresponds to the support and consultancy for the project management organisation in the management and technical- administrative counterpart in all of the project activities related to the Alameda-Barrancas freight corridor and in particular to the engineering contract.

Management of necessary administration, coordination and control of the project management organisation and those areas necessary to successfully carry out the development of the engineering contract previously mentioned. Furthermore, the responsibility to carry out the engineering counterpart, in technical and administrative matters is also included in the consultancy along with supporting the management of expropriations and easements.

 

  • Client

    State Railway Company (EFE)

  • Location

    Remote working

  • Investment

    150,367.79 UF

  • Time frame

    10th June 2019 – 30th September 2020

VALUE

PROPOSITION

R&Q engineering sought to have professionals of excellence in the different disciplines related to the service provided. The work team was organised into two clearly defined units.

There was one technical unit in charge of advising the client on the technical aspects of the engineering, creating a relationship of trust and closeness with the consulting company. A model of speciality meetings was implemented which allowed the review of the engineering as it was being developed. This made it easier to optimise the review processes required by the client for the commissioned engineering.

The other unit was in charge of the project management issues such as monitoring the progress and budget control of the project and advising the client in contractual and management matters. A world-class management model was implemented and all the PMI principles were respected for the control of the development of basic and conceptual engineering. The document control model, which is fundamental in any project, met the highest demands of the industry with its management, control and search tools. This meant that the client trusted to a necessary extent in the care that was given to all deliverables and to all the documents associated with the project development and the technical and engineering counterpart service contracted to the engineering consultant.

All of the above allowed for necessary and sufficient trust to be developed in the client and the consultant company as a result of the quality and professionalism of the service provided.