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EUROPE
PORTUGAL
W ALGARVE
HOTEL & RESIDENCES
MOTA-ENGIL IS THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROJECT OF SUPERIOR QUALITY AND EXCELLENCE IN ALGARVE’S TOURISM OFFER
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The W Algarve Hotel
& Residences, located in the Algarve, municipality of Albufeira, in the Galé area, whose project commissioner is NOZUL ALGARVE SA.
The Hotel will be operated by the Marriott Group’s renowned international luxury brand – W Hotels.
M ota-Engil is currently building of one of the largest tourist
developments in Portugal, the W Algarve Hotel & Residences, located in the Algarve, municipality of Albufeira, in the Galé area, whose project commissioner is Nozul Algarve SA. The hotel will be operated by the Marriott Group’s renowned international luxury brand – W Hotels.
This contract work started in May 2018 and is expected to be concluded in May 2020, having been awarded for the amount of 52.2 million euros.
The project, under the responsibility
of Mota-Engil Engenharia e Construção, includes civil construction works, special technical installations and buried infrastructure. In terms of the structural component, the three large existing reinforced concrete blocks that were previously built by Mota-Engil in 2007 were used/adapted, and the new D block was built, which will predominantly include service areas and other
connections between the various blocks, as well as the resort’s swimming pools.
The W Algarve includes two types of development, the hotel and tourist apartments, with several common areas such as restaurants and bars, spa, gym, swimming pools and studios.
The space, located a few meters from the Evaristo beach, will have 205 units, broken down into 110 rooms, king, queen, e-wow, wow and handicap, as well as 95 one-bedroom, two-bedroom, three-bedroom and four-bedroom apartments.
Relevant quantities in the execution of the work include 3,315 m3 of concrete, 3,984 m2 of GRC in the facades, 17,439 m2 of waterproofing, 26 lifts and
21 swimming pools, divided between residential and public swimming pools.
The execution of the contract will be supported by the internal participation of the divisions of electromechanics in the