On November 29, in Brasília, BNDES announced a financial contribution of R$10.65 billion for infrastructure projects in São Paulo. The resources, which are part of the New PAC (Growth Acceleration Program), will be allocated to expansion projects for the São Paulo subway, a road complex, a modern rail link between the city of São Paulo and Campinas (about 100 km away), and the purchase of 1,300 electric buses.

Infrastructure projects and projects, especially in the road and metro-rail areas, are the main activity of IEME Brasil, which has been working for over 35 years with instrumentation and monitoring of roads, data processing and analysis for engineering reports, various tests, and accredited inspection (by INMETRO) of road and rail projects and projects. In addition, it has LAEDE, a laboratory that has Cgcre accreditation (ABNT NBR ISO/IEC 17025) and is part of the Brazilian Network of Testing Laboratories (RBLE).

Due to investments in infrastructure, which are already reflecting an increase in demand, LAEDE recently acquired new equipment (hydraulic pumps and controllers) for testing metro-rail components and systems. The hydraulic pump, for example, is a state-of-the-art piece of equipment, capable of saving up to 20% of energy, and is the first of its kind to be installed in Brazil.

The investments ratify IEME’s commitment to the quality and safety of the projects and works in which it participates, remembering that the company is present on all São Paulo subway lines and in the structural tests of Rodoanel Norte, to name a few examples. The company also carries out a series of works focused on land regularization and social housing.

IEME Brazil and LAEDE participated in the Quality Conference – From Compliance to Performance, an event held by ACCIONA, on Tuesday, November 19. The Spanish company is building Line 6 – Orange of the São Paulo subway, a 15.3 km project that will connect the current São Joaquim station, in the central neighborhood of Liberdade, to Pátio Morro Grande, in the northern part of São Paulo.

Line 6 is considered the largest infrastructure project currently under construction in South America and one of the main subway projects in the region. At the event, aimed at ACCIONA employees, Lucas Juliani, coordinator of LAEDE, gave a presentation about the company and explained some of the quality controls performed in the laboratory, which has among its main focuses precisely the safety and durability of subway systems.

Line 6 itself has had services performed by LAEDE. Recently, components of the superstructure of the permanent way (mass-spring system, sleepers, rail fastening, rail welds, among others) were tested.

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