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MARCH 2014
The contract included connections
with the first stage of the Companies
Technology Incubation Centre which
turned the building into a unique
project.
The ground, 1
st
, 2
nd
and 3
rd
f loors of
the existing building are used for
high added value technology research
services while the basement f loors are
used for parking.
The building layout is L-shaped
forming a triangular open space which
is used as an urban park for collective
use.
In addition to the Asprela Technology
Transfer Association, the Creative
Industries and Maritime Poles also
form part of the UPTEC.
The main building for the Asprela
Technology Transfer Association – a part
of the UPTEC Science and Technology
Complex at the University of Porto – is
now complete and already in partial use
since December 16. The contract was
undertaken by Mota-Engil Engenharia
and was completed in 20 months for
some 9 million euros.
MAIN BUILDING
COMPLETED BY
MOTA-ENGIL
ENGENHARIA
University of Porto
EUROPE
MOTA-ENGIL
ENGENHARIA
ELECTROMECHANICAL
DIVISIONCOMPLETES
CONTRACT FOR
REN (PORTUGUESE
NATIONAL
ELECTRICITYGRID)
Feira sub-station contract
worth 11 million euros
completed in 11 months
EUROPE
The 400/60 KV sub-station contract at Feira
built byMota-Engil Engenharia for REN has
been operational since October 2013.
Located in the parish of Louredo in the
municipality of Santa Maria da Feira,
the contract was worth 11 million euros
and was completed within the 11 months
contracted after some 92,000 man-hours
worked without a single accident.
The civil engineering works included in
the contract required excavations and
infilling for construction of the platform
of some 45,000 square metres, the raising
of the structures for the installation of the
electrical equipment, the construction of
technical facilities and the fencing-off of
the site.
Completion of the contract also called for
the building of internal access roads to
the sub-station installations together with
the lanscaping of the site to fit in with the
local environment. Of the 750,000 cubic
metres
of earth moved, almost 90,000
cubic metres were removed by blasting.
Mota-Engil Engenharia was rewarded
with a special merit award for its
management of health and safety at work
during the contract for the construction
of Ultra High Voltage sub-stations due to
the complete avoidance of accidents in the
course of the work carried out for REN.