📋 Tender Overview
May 20 and 21 was held at the Zurban Palace in Madrid a technical workshop dedicated to reducing high speed rail construction costs of the 9 European transport corridors (Ten-T).
On May 20th and 21st a technical workshop dedicated to the reduction of high speed rail construction costs of the 9 European transport corridors (Ten-T) was held at the Zurban 20 and 21.
Organized by the coordinators of European transport corridors (etc) in collaboration with the European Commission the Spanish Ministry of Transport Mobility and Urban Development and the Spanish rail infrastructure manager - ADIF the workshop brought together representatives of ministries infrastructure managers and construction and engineering companies to explore high -speed rail construction costs (HSR) (HSR) strategies (HSR). Throughout the nine Ten-T corridors. It was inaugurated by the president of Adif Pedro Marco and the director of DG Move Kristian Schmidt.
Technical visits and work sessions mark the first day of the meeting
The first day of the meeting was marked by technical visits to the works of the Church Station and the Renfe Material and Workshop Park in Fuencarral.
Through debates and collaborative sessions of working groups participants focused on central topics such as funding strategies climate resilience decarbonization and practical solutions that ensure the development of high quality and cost efficiency infrastructure.
Working groups were oriented towards the identification of strategies and formulating recommendations and clear actions with a view to reducing construction costs in high -speed line projects. The presentation of the conclusions of these groups was moderated by Kristian Schmidt. During this session Carlos Fernandes vice president of Portugal infrastructure shared the main conclusions of the working group dedicated to the strategies of acquisition and hiring for construction.
Portugals infrastructure also marked a presence at the debate tables with the participation of Helena Matos Ana Freire and Luis Ferreira who addressed topics such as project and standardization expropriations planning and stakeholders as well as life cycle costs
The closing of the session was in charge of Pedro Marco president of Adif and Sergio Vazquez Torron president of the Spanish consulting firm Ineco who took stock of the main topics discussed throughout the day.
