Fortaleza awards East Line metro construction
10 Oct 2013
Peter Kenyon, TunnelTalk
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12.4km Fortaleza Lina Leste metro alignment
- The Acciona/Centenco Spanish/Brazilian consortium is awarded the civil works and construction package for 12.4km of metro line for Linha Leste (East Line) of the Fortaleza metro in Brazil.
- The US$1 billion contract also comprises construction of 10 new metro stations and a remodeling of the Chico da Silva station to enable a connection with the existing Western Line South.
- Four 6.92m diameter Robbins TBMs have already been procured by the Brazilian Government ahead of the start of construction work at a contract price of US$58 million. All four have been manufactured at the company's China production facility in Shanghai. The first pair arrived at the coastal city earlier this year; the second pair are currently undergoing factory assembly and testing prior to shipment to Brazil at the end of this year.
- According to a statement by the regional government, the Governo do Estado Ceará, the contract with Robbins also includes back-up and a conveyor system, as well as ancillary equipment for production in two factories that have been established to manufacture the concrete segments for the project. Funding for the private-public partnership is coming from a mix of state and central government sources, as well as finance from Caixa Economica Federal.
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One of four Robbins 6.92m TBMs for Fortaleza metro
- Acciona/Centenco beat off four rival bidders who made it past May's prequalification round. They were: Construcap/Copasa; Mendes Junior/Isolux; Metrofor (consisting of Odebrecht and Andrade Gutierrez); and Mobilidade Urbana (consisting of Camargo Corrêa and Queiroz Galvão). The Construcap Copasa-East Line consortium (consiting of CCPS Construcap Engineering Commerce and Sociedad Anonima de Obras y Servicios - Copasa) failed to make it past the prequalification stage.
- The new line will feature electric trains, and once complete is expected to carry 400,000 passengers each day.
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Four metro EPBMs mark Robbins entry into Brazil - TunnelTalk, August 2013
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