Port of Aguadulce
A project involving some major technical challenges and a strong social element.
Context
Context
Buenaventura, Colombia's main Pacific port, is a strategic city. Most of the Andean country's exports and imports pass through it. The port upgrade is a benchmark for progress, competitiveness and sustainability in the entire region.
location
Buenaventura, Colombia
Owner
Sociedad Puerto Industrial Aguadulce (PSA -ICTSI)
Engineer
WSP
General contractor
Soletanche Bachy Cimas - Soletanche Bachy International – ConConcreto
Soletanche Bachy helped achieve the modernisation by working within the SBCC joint venture (Soletanche Bachy Cimas, Soletanche Bachy International and ConConcreto) and designed and built a 600 m long and 45.6 m wide container terminal, with a 165 m long and 14 m wide of trestle, and a 30 m wide platform, for unloading containers.
Several innovations improved the efficiency and quality of the onshore and offshore works, optimised costs and accelerated the construction process (via prefabricated structures). The project worked closely with the local population.
Soletanche Bachy
Soletanche Bachy is a world leader in foundations and soil technologies, operating in 60 countries via a network of 80 subsidiaries and branches. The Group delivers the full range of geotechnical processes and provides innovative, effective solutions as either a lead or specialist contractor for turnkey projects with a geotechnical focus or specialist works.
a subsidiary of
Soletanche Freyssinet
Soletanche Freyssinet