Project

S. FRANCISCO ROAD

Category

Construction Supervision and Project Management

Client

MITT - Ministry of Infrastructure, Telecommunications and Transport

Location

Santiago Island, Cape Verde

Services year

2009

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S. FRANCISCO ROAD

Construction Supervision and Project Management

Access road to the S.Francisco village with an extension of 6,5 km and a two way platform. The works included earth works, walls construction for soil contention, drainage, pavement on asphalt layer, signing and road marks. There were performed 23 water passages, metalic and concrete, with diameters between 1 and 3 meters; retaining walls in mortared local stone; 5.172km of ditches with widths between 0,6m and 1,0m. About 370.000m3 were excavated, which 37% were in rock, 240.000m3 of landfills were placed, about 10.600m3 of ABGE were placed in the base layer with 20 cm, and 53.240m2 of asphalt were placed in the wear layer with 5 cm thick. The work also had a roundabout in order to provide a way to the village of S. Francisco and S. Tomé.

Provided services

Construction supervision, quality control and geometric control.