Our work in designing solutions aimed at promoting the improvement of mobility through transport networks to increase the quality of life of people and economic competitiveness of territories prompts us, on this occasion, to highlight on the front cover of this issue a project carried out for the Peruvian government to develop the future Central Bi-Oceanic railway (CFBC), a corridor whose purpose is to transport passengers and freight across South America and promote trade between Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.

Also abroad, our experience in planning has led to our participation with Adif as part of the advisory services that Spain is providing to India in relation to its plan to develop an ambitious high-speed rail network, which has been manifested in projects such as the one covered here concerning a feasibility study on a 772-kilometre high-speed line between Mumbai and Nagpur. We also highlight projects such as our recent collaboration on New York’s future Moynihan station and the development of a transport observatory for the Brazilian government, not to mention our proactive participation again at the World ATM Congress, a major international air traffic management trade fair.

We continue to forge ahead with our firm commitment to connecting people in an efficient, sustainable and safe way

In Spain, our commitment to forging ahead with a more efficient, sustainable and safe transport model, thus promoting continuous improvement in the quality of services provided, is also reflected in the goals of two projects carried out in Terminal 1 of Barcelona-El Prat Airport, a terminal that celebrates its tenth anniversary in June of this year 2019. The terminal’s south pier redevelopment and enlargement project will increase its capacity, and the new tunnel that will extend Line 2 of Barcelona’s c network will make it possible for more than 8 million passengers to travel from the Sants station in just 19 minutes. Lastly, we cover the improvements that are being made to the Port of Valencia and to the A Coruña railway station, works that will also contribute to these goals of quality and competitiveness.

We close this issue with a space on corporate social responsibility that features a report on the sustainable development goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which Ineco has integrated into its strategy and which we would like to share with our readers.

The Barcelona-El Prat Airport has seen an increase in the number of wide-body aircraft operations in recent years. To manage this growth, Aena considered it necessary to increase the number of aircraft stands and boarding gates to accommodate aircraft that require a passenger boarding bridge and larger stands.

With the addition of two floors along the whole of the South Pier –approximately symmetrical to the North Pier– and the installation of several pre-boarding bridges, the airport will be able to serve more large aircraft on international routes.

Terminal T1 of Barcelona Airport has three boarding docks: the Longitudinal Pier, North Pier and South Pier. The Longitudinal Pier is generally used for Schengen flights, the North Pier for international flights (and also for the shuttle), and the South Pier for regional flights.

With the Addition of two floors and the installation of passenger boarding bridges, the South Pier of El Prat’s Terminal T1 will be able to serve greater numbers of large aircraft on international routes

Because of the different kinds of operations carried out in each one, the docks have different configurations: the Longitudinal Pier has a single level on floor P10, through which boarding and deplaning take place; the North Pier has three levels (P10 for domestic boarding and deplaning, P20 for international deplaning and P30 for international boarding); and the South Pier currently has a single level for boarding and deplaning.

Along both the North and South Piers, there are a number of aircraft stands that are used for operations with large-capacity aircraft (type-E and F). Due to an increase in the number of operations with these aircraft at Barcelona-El Prat Airport, the number of aircraft stands and boarding gates that can accommodate these types of aircraft needs to be increased, since they require two and sometimes even three passenger boarding bridges (at different levels) at the same time, and larger stands on the apron.

Aena will be undertaking two main infrastructure projects in the airport’s Terminal T1: the first one involves reconfiguring the apron of the South Pier to create 9 type-C positions, 3 type-E and 2 type-F. The second consists of redesigning the South Pier to adapt it to the new operations, namely, arrivals and departures of international flights and accommodation of large-capacity aircraft.

Redesign and enlargement

The South Pier redesign and enlargement project drafted by Ineco proposes an expansion of the constructed areas of the Terminal T1 building, with the completion of the P20 and P30 floors along the entire length of the dock (approximately symmetrical to the construction arrangement of the North Pier) and the construction of four new walkways with separation of departure/arrival flows.

Later, 10 new passenger boarding bridges will be added to the new walkways (two or three per walkway) to enable type-E and F aircraft to board and deplane with at least two boarding bridges simultaneously, in addition to a second boarding bridge attached to the existing walkway (P37) of the South Pier so that type-E aircraft can operate.

On 30 July 2018, Aena awarded the works to Sacyr Infraestructuras and Sacyr Construcción.