2nd issue Grêmio Arena

Oas
DECEMBER 2012
An amazing spectacle to inaugurate
the first and most modern multipurpose
arena of Latin America
Nº 2 – December 2012
YEAR 1 – 2ND EDITION
GRÊMIO
ARENA
JOSÉ LUNGUINHO
DIRECTOR, OPERATIONAL BOARD
EAST CENTER, BSB
Ricardo Sampaio
PLANT PROJECT DIRECTOR, PA
BELO MONTE HYDROPOWER
JOSÉ AUGUSTO RIOMAYOR
CONTRACT MANAGER
LINHA AMARELA [“YELLOW LINE”], LOT V, RJ
EDUARDO PINTO
PRESIDENT OF ARENA
PORTO-ALEGRENSE, RS
These professionals
represent everyone who
took part of the second
OAS Magazine´s edition.
ALEXANDRE FONTES VIANNA
PROJECT STRUCTURING MANAGER
OF THE INTERNATIONAL AREA
MARCOS BENICIO
HEAD OF PROJECTS, GRêMIO ARENA, RS
FERNANDA BELLOTTO
MANAGER OF INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS
OF OAS INVESTIMENTOS, SP
Antônio Anselmo de Azevedo
FOREMAN, PORTO DO RIO, RJ
PHOTOS: CANINDÉ SOARES, EDU ANDRADE, FELIPE VARANDA, RICARDO BENICHIO AND OAS
geraldo correia
DIRECTOR OF WORKS, SAO PAULO/SOUTH
Marcos Aparecido de Souza
HEAD OF ENGINEERING, SUPERINTENDENCE
BOARD OIL & GAS, RJ
NIVALDO LIRA CASTRO
OPERATIONAL LEADER, ALAGOAS AREA, AL
carlos eduardo paes barreto
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
FOR OAS INVESTIMENTOS
ALCALDESA DE LIMA (MAYOR), SUSANA VILLARAN
AND TEAM AT VIA PARQUE RÍMAC, PERU
ANTONIO CAÇADOR
CONTRACT MANAGER FOR THE
CABLE CAR OF PROVIDÊNCIA, RJ
ANDRÉ LIMA
CONTRACT MANAGER, NATAL ARENA, RN
ANTÔNIO CID
OPERATIONAL LEADER
RIO DE JANEIRO CITY HALL, RJ
Works with art
The Mestre João Isidoro França
Cable-Stayed Bridge unites six
lanes that connected the ends of
the capital of Piauí and solved
the traffic problem. Determined
to grow in harmony with the
environment, Teresina was
presented in 2010 with this
unique works, whose pillars
do not touch the riverbed.
Supported by 35 cable stays,
the bridge assures development
without affecting the Poty River.
JOÃO DIAS DE SOUZA
PLUMBER
CHANNELING OF CANUDOS, SP
LETÍCIA OLIVEIRA CHAVES
SPECIALIZED TECHNICIAN
CHANNELING OF CANUDOS, SP
RAFAEL DALTRO
INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS
OF PORTO NOVO, RJ
PAULO ROBERTO DE OLIVEIRA
CONTRACT MANAGER
DRAINAGE OF PRAÇA DA BANDEIRA, RJ
LUIS SANTIAGO CHAVES
CIVIL ENGINEER, VIA PARQUE RÍMAC, PERU
ANDRÉ FERREIRA TEIXEIRA
TECHNICAL ASSISTANT
CABLE CAR OF PROVIDÊNCIA, RJ
EMPLOYEES AT THE TRANSCARIOCA WORKS, RJ
Works: Mestre João Isidoro França Cable-Stayed Bridge
Location: Teresina, Piauí
Length of the lanes: 363 meters
Height of the tower: 96 meters
Belvedere area: 125 m2
Execution: OAS
EVANDRO SILVA
ASSISTANT, CABLE CAR OF PROVIDÊNCIA, RJ
MARCO TÚLIO
CONTRACT MANAGER COORDINATOR
FOR PORTO NOVO, RJ
PAULO SÉRGIO DE A. LIMA VIEIRA
CONTRACT MANAGER
CHANNELING OF CANUDOS, SP
vianaphotography
Technical file
editorial
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Dear Reader
O
n October 8 the city of Porto Alegre celebrated the inauguration
of the Grêmio Arena. In fact, the whole of Brazil focused its
attention to see the first multipurpose arena of the country.
The magnificent feast, with its spectacle of dance, music and fireworks,
closed the night with the home team’s victory of 2 to 1 over German team
Hamburg. See our front page article to read about the success of this OAS
venture, which is the first of this new business concept that transforms old
stadiums into spaces for events, shows, conventions and other activities.
Also in this edition, learn that Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s most famous
city, is about to rewrite a new chapter in its history and the narrative is to
be made by OAS, in charge of the construction works in progress at Porto
Maravilha, which will illustrate the city’s new postcard.
OAS will also be marking its presence in Rio with the construction works
that will provide commodity and comfort throughout the infrastructure
to host the 2016 Olympic Games. The urban interventions made by the
company and the improvements the people of Rio will receive after the
sports event are detailed in a special report.
With its vast broad business experience and perspective, OAS knows
the importance of the investment on infrastructure to Brazil, and to raise
its focus on the sector, OAS Investments continues in its projects and
operations.
The “Our People” section brings the profile of Ronaldo de Meneses
Midlej, with the company for 30 years, and who has an exemplary story
that fills us with pride. OAS is also proud and thrilled to have been the
construction company to build the great architectural designs of Oscar
Niemeyer who, with all of his talent and craftiness, challenged our
engineers. The poet of the curves passed away on December 5th. Go to
page 24 to see the buildings we erected in partnership with the master
architect. This edition also brings construction innovations and solutions
that are part of the company’s day to day.
We are wrapping up 2012 with many achievements, projects and
contracts for the next years. As in our constructions, we work from stage
to stage; therefore, let us experience 2013 intensely, consolidating our
dreams and finding more challenges.
Happy New Year!
Enjoy your reading.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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EXPERTISE
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OAS
Investimentos
focuses on
good business
with effective
results
INTERNATIONALIZATION
OAS promotes quality of life and
economic growth in Peru
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WORLD CUP
Works to house
sport event
bring new
concept to the
country
MASTHEAD
OAS MAGAZINE | SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER, 2012
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COMMUNICATION MANAGER
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JOURNALIST IN CHARGE
MAURO TEIXEIRA
CHIEF EDITOR
ELENITA FOGAÇA
CREATION SUPERVISOR
FILIPE MEGA
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URBAN
REFORM
Porto Maravilha:
OAS’s works
will make the
location the
new postcard of
Rio de Janeiro
ART
ARIANA ASSUMPÇÃO
FINALIZATION
MARCELO CABRAL
TRAINEE
MARCELA CABRAL
COVER
RONALDO BERNARDI / AGÊNCIA RBS
THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE COLLABORATED
IN THIS EDITION
ALCEU CASTILHO, CAROLINA FARIAS,
ELAINE COTTA, ERICA RIBBEIRO, FERNANDA
PARAGUASSU, IOLANDA NASCIMENTO, PEDRO
SOUZA, ROSAYNE MACEDO, ROSELE MARTINS
AND TATIANE LIMA (TEXT), CANINDÉ SOARES,
FELIPE VARANDA, RICARDO BENICHIO
AND SILVIO ÁVILA (PICTURES)
SILVIA PAROLLO (PROOFREADING)
EDITORIAL OFFICE
DOUBTS, SUGGESTIONS OR CRITICISM
CAN BE SENT TO
COMUNICACAO@OAS.COM
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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Worksites reveal
real artists in the
project Works with Art
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HIGHLIGHT
Enaex: company obtains
international recognition
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16
Ronaldo de
Meneses Midlej:
proud to be part
of the company
Grêmio Arena is
inaugurated in great
style in Porto Alegre
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27
32
Tribute to the
poet of the curves,
Oscar Niemeyer
Solutions and
innovations in the
daily routine of
our engineering
Postcards: OAS’s
expertise makes
works of art in
the cities
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45
OUR PEOPLE
ARCHITECTURE
INNOVATION
SECTOR
IN THE
SPOTLIGHT
OAS is a
benchmark in
Hydropower
Plants
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OLYMPICS
SPECIAL
Constructions for
the games and
improvements for the
city are works by OAS
COVER
MEMORY
UPDATES
Group is present
at the biggest
Oil & Gas fair in
Brazil
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54
Updates
of OAS in
a few lines
Event marks
national
commitment in
the Dunas Arena
GOOD NEWS
EVENTS
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OAS ARCHIVE
INTERNATIONALIZATION
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Challenges to
grow and preserve
THE DECISION TO BUILD THE VIA PARQUE RIMAC TUNNEL BENEATH THE RIVERBED PREVENTS INTERFERENCES IN THE LANDSCAPE OF HERITAGE-LISTED
MANSIONS IN THE HISTORICAL CENTER OF LIMA, ERECTED AT THE TIME OF THE SPANISH COLONIZATION.
The expertise and engineering technology of OAS contribute
toward Peru combining socioeconomic development with
environmental preservation of its historical heritage
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eru is a country rich in history, natural beauties and
architectural complexes that have been listed as
heritages of mankind, like those in the downtown
of the capital, Lima, and the ruins of its ancient cities,
such as Machu Picchu. All this makes Peru a fascinating
and naturally attractive country for tourism, a strong
ingredient of the Peruvian economy.
However, the tourist that reaches the country, former
seat of the Incan empire, may have no idea of the bold
engineering works undertaken by OAS and that are being
fundamental for Peru to face a great challenge. At the
same time that it intends to take advantage of the recent
socioeconomic growth for its development – and which
has also helped boost the indicators of South America,
Peru also aims to preserve its history, its historical
heritages and diversity of its environment.
OAS established itself in Peru in 2008, solidifying
its position in the international market as exporter of
engineering services of high complexity and quality.
Since then, it has been contributing with its expertise
and building technology to form the pillars that sustain
the economic evolution of Peru, including maintenance
of its natural wealth. With average growth of the Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) of 6% per year, a figure to be
envied by First World economies in this period of crisis,
Peru has created opportunities in various sectors and has
become a real worksite in recent years to face this growth,
which should remain steady.
Billionaire investments
“In this moment, besides executing important
infrastructure projects in Peru, we are ready to take part
in the big programs that are coming”, says the engineer
Valfrêdo Ribeiro Filho, director of OAS in Peru, Ecuador
and Colombia (Pacific Board).
And there are many projects outlined. “The
official plan of the government for public investment
in infrastructure alone, including Public-Private
Associations (PPAs), is about US$ 18 billion, between
2012 and 2016”, notes Ribeiro, who has been in Peru for
three and a half years.
According to him, the country has very large
The works Via Parque Rímac,
which has regular visits from
the Alcadesa (mayor) of Lima,
Susana Villarán, will contribute
significantly toward reducing
vehicle chaos.
Valfrêdo Ribeiro Filho, Pacific Board
REHABILITATION OF THE LIMA-CANTA HIGHWAY: ROAD AND INFRASTRUCTURE
WORKS WILL BRING BENEFITS TO THE PERUVIAN POPULATION, TRAFFIC
DECONGESTION WITH IMPACT ON QUALITY OF LIFE
infrastructure loopholes, notedly in transport, power
and logistics. “To support the maintenance of growth at
the current levels, the country will have to invest heavily
in infrastructure, especially in these segments”, states
the executive. “OAS, with its workforce, experience and
technology in the area of transport (roads, subways, ports
and airports) and in power may contribute even more
with this plan of public investments in infrastructure”,
says Ribeiro.
Four years after installation of its offices, OAS
already has four large works in its portfolio, two of
them achieved this year: development of the design
and construction of Antonio Lorena hospital, in the
region of Cusco, and rehabilitation of the Lima-Canta
highway. At the same time, the company is responsible
for concession of a water diversion system to supply
the capital and region and for the foremost works of
the city of Lima currently in execution, the Via Parque
Rímac Project, which will bring many benefits to Lima’s
residents, mainly for reduction of the vehicle chaos
they experience.
The company is also waiting for the green light
from the Peruvian government to start construction of
the Inambari hydropower project, budgeted at US$ 5
billion, fruit of a partnership with Eletrobras and Furnas,
which is part of an energy integration convention signed
between Brazil and Peru in the year 2010.
More access to health
In the same way that it guarantees water and
mobility for the population (read more in the next
page), OAS has the responsibility of increasing
access to health. With 99% participation in
Consórcio Salud Lorena, winner of the bidding,
it is OAS that is in charge of the new and highly
complex hospital Antonio Lorena, which will be
built in the city of Cusco, with about 1.2 million
inhabitants, and will be a reference for the South
region of Peru. A hospital center of this size has
been demanded by the population for more
than 30 years.
A world-class tourist center due to having
been erected by the Incas and harboring
vestiges of this civilization, Cusco already has
a more modest hospital with the same name,
in a building listed as heritage by Unesco.
The design elaborated by OAS foresees the
installation of new units in the same area, which
in 2015 will support an estimated demand for
health services from over 100 thousand patients.
The work requires special cares to preserve the
historical structure. “This is the foremost works
being carried out by the regional government of
Cusco”, says Ribeiro.
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Success under Rímac river
the idea. Invepar, company uniting Previ, Funcef, Petros and
OAS, is the current owner of the concession for constructions
and operations of the road for the term of 30 years. The works
being executed are under the charge of OAS.
Via Parque Rímac will have 25 kilometers, 13 viaducts
and one tunnel, the first beneath the bed of a river in the
country. OAS is deviating part of the water course inside the
bed itself and channeling it to erect the walls of the tunnel.
“This part alone is a large engineering work that requires
different and complex solutions”, explains Leonardo
Fracassi, overseer of OAS, in Peru since 2010. Among these
solutions are building technologies that support earthquake,
since Peru is in a region exposed to seismic shakes.
After the works, the channels erected for deviation of the
river will be removed. On the riverbanks, the company will
also develop a landscape process, contributing toward the
revitalization process of the Rímac river.
IN THE INAUGURATION OF THE HUASCACOCHA WORKS, THE BRAZILIAN
AMBASSADOR AND THE MINISTER OF HOUSING, SANITATION & CONSTRUCTION
WERE PRESENT, TOGETHER WITH THE OAS MANAGEMENT (IN THE MIDDLE)
OAS ARCHIVE
OAS ARCHIVE
OAS is developing projects that will reduce the
congested traffic in the capital and ease the country’s
shortage of roads – half of Peruvian roads have no paving
and the government aims to increase this percentage to
85% in 2016.
The Brazilian company is working in the rehabilitation
of the Lima-Canta highway, with stretch of 84 kilometers,
to be concluded in two years. It will be an important
alternative to relieve the traffic from Carretera Central,
main highway that connects the central region of the
country to its capital today.
In addition, in the metropolitan region, OAS is building
expressways that will increase access to the port and airport
of the country and relieve traffic in the capital.
The Via Parque Rímac project, biggest works of the
capital in progress, is a road solution developed by OAS
and presented to the local government, which advocated
A DEMONSTRATION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WATER INTAKE AND TRANSPORT
SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING THE CITY OF LIMA WAS THE PRESENCE OF PERUVIAN PRESIDENT,
OLLANTA HUMALA (IN THE MIDDLE), IN THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE WORKS
Works that enter history
The first project obtained by OAS in Peru was the Huascacocha-Rímac Derivación (water intake & transport system for
supply of the city of Lima), very special due to marking the company’s entry into the country and also due to its importance
to Peru. “It is guarantee of water supply for many years”, states Valfrêdo Ribeiro Filho.
Although Peru has water in abundance (close to 5% of the world’s freshwater reserves), notes Ribeiro, its capital is located
in a desert region, where there is simply no rain. Therefore, it has no natural water to supply its population of approximately 8
million people, today supplied by waters from the Andean basin, fruit mainly of defrosting, which flows out into three small
rivers that cut the Peruvian capital.
The company built a 14-meter high dam to increase the storage capacity of the water from the defrost captured by the
Huascacocha lake in the region of Junín, located in the remote region of the Andean Cordillera, at an altitude of almost 5
thousand meters. The Huascacocha project also includes construction of a water transport structure of almost 30 kilometers,
with channels, tunnels and siphons to make the water get as closer to Lima, in addition to an electric transmission line of 45
kilometers to supply the Pumping Station. It is a concession of 20 years to OAS, which has been in operation phase since
June 2012.
TYPICAL DANCE OF THE REGION IN THE EVENT THAT CELEBRATED THE SIGNING OF THE ANTONIO LORENA CONTRACT
Socio-environmental care
Via Parque Rímac is the project
of highest socio-environmental
investment, in the order
of US$ 40 million
More job and income
The company also has as a principle the absorption
of local labor into its staff and offering benefits above
those foreseen in the local labor legislation. Out of the
almost two thousand workers, only 300 are Brazilian.
To have these workers in its workforces, the company
invests heavily in professional training and qualification
courses. “A constant learning process is experienced
each day. This makes the experience very enriching to my
professional and personal formation”, says Luis Santiago
Chavez, civil engineer and first trainee selected for OAS’s
young Peruvian engineer training program.
Karel Navarro
The Via Parque Rímac and Huascacocha projects were
preceded by the approval of strict environmental impact
assessments. During the entire course of the works, a
series of environmental programs, such as those aimed
at preserving the quality of water of the rivers object of
intervention, control of residues produced, and recovery
of degraded areas, are developed by specialized teams,
to assure mitigation and compensation of eventual
environmental impacts produced by the works.
“OAS’s operations in Peru also consider socioenvironmental programs in the respective areas of
influence”, states Ribeiro. In Huascacocha, for example,
works were constructed in the six small communities
neighboring the dam, defined together with the population.
The region of Rímac district, where majority of the more
than one thousand families live in the trace of the new Via
Parque Rímac, concentrates low-income population, living
almost without urban infrastructure. “The entire population
of this area will be reallocated and I believe that it will be to
a better place. They will build more organized houses, with
sanitation”, says Virgilio Bardales Valles, employee in the
works who lives in the neighboring area.
FOODS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE EMPLOYEES AND TO THE
COMMUNITY AS SOCIAL ACTION
PROJECT INCLUDES APARTMENTS TO COMPENSATE THE FAMILIES IN
THE WORKS’s SURROUNDINGS
EXPERTISE
Nilton Souza
Sérgio Huoliver
OAS ARCHIVE
Eduardo Martino
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Business intelligence
generates results
The companies that make up OAS Investimentos promote
synergy between the OAS Group and guarantee continuity
and profitability, with focus on customer satisfaction
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AS, with practically four decades of operation,
develops works in over 20 countries, having
in its staff of professionals over 60 thousand
employees, and acquires know-how in different areas of
production and experience to work in various business
fronts. Always ahead of opportunities, it created OAS
Investimentos, an organization that unites five companies
qualified to develop the boldest projects that win new
contracts, create thousands of workstations, positively
transform the communities, satisfy its consumers and
also provides its investors with profitability, in addition to
contributing directly toward the economic development
of the country.
“Over the years, OAS developed expertise in
the sectors of infrastructure, sanitation, real estate
incorporation, oil & gas, concessions and urban mobility,
among others. With knowledge in various forms of
business, the holding Investimentos is focused on
results”, explains the director of development, Carlos
Eduardo Paes Barreto.
Although they have different managements and
teams, the companies of OAS Investimentos promote
synergy among them and all others from the group. They
are: OAS Arenas, OAS Empreendimentos, OAS Soluções
Ambientais, Invepar and OAS Óleo e Gás. “OAS Arenas,
for example, generates business for the Construtora and
also for Empreendimentos”, remarks the director.
In addition to the group’s tradition, OAS Investimentos
counts on the pioneering in various fronts, like investment
in road concessions, even before a legislation in effect,
We identified the market need, developed
solutions and promoted transformations
in the segments we operate in.
OAS ARCHIVE
Carlos Eduardo Paes Barreto, director of development
and adoption of the system of multipurpose arenas
for soccer stadiums. “We identified the market need,
developed solutions and promoted transformations in
the segments we operate in”, guarantees Barreto.
Invepar: anticipating the future
Invepar is a group of companies that operates in the
transport infrastructure market, in Brazil and abroad, with
focus on the management and operation of roads, urban
mobility systems, ports and airports. It promotes mobility
and accessibility for thousands of users, from investments,
service provisioning and development, that result in
profitability for shareholders, satisfaction of the society
and sustainable growth of the country. Its shareholders are:
Caixa de Previdência dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil
(Previ), Fundação Petrobras de Seguridade Social (Petros),
Fundação dos Economiários Federais (Funcef) and OAS.
Even before Law no. 8.987 on Concessions, as of
February 1995, OAS was already investing in the public
service sector, on signing the contract in 1994 for concession
and construction of the Linha Amarela (Yellow Line), in Rio
de Janeiro. OAS also took part in the first stage of federal
road concessions, in which it won the concession of BR-116,
Rio de Janeiro – Teresópolis – Além Paraíba section.
From the road concessions Lamsa – Linha Amarela
S.A., in Rio de Janeiro, and CLN Litoral Norte S.A., in Bahia,
OAS created, together with institutional investors, Invepar –
Investimentos e Participações em Infraestrutura S.A., which
has the main purpose of investing in infrastructure projects
in the area of transport and logistics.
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OAS ARCHIVE
Besides the group’s
tradition, OAS
Investimentos counts on the
pioneering in various fronts
In the year 2008, Invepar was the winner of the Raposo
Tavares Corridor bidding (CART – Concessionária Auto
Raposo Tavares), whose works is under the charge of OAS.
Realizing desires
OAS ARCHIVE
INVEPAR WINS BIDDING OF THE RAPOSO TAVARES CORRIDOR
EDWARD ARCHIBALD
OIL & GAS: DRILLSHIP FOR EXPLORATION OF PRE-SALT EDWARD ARCHIBALD
HUASCACOCHA, PERU: INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
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Throughout the history of OAS Empreendimentos, over
44 thousand real estate units have been built and delivered.
“In the last 6 years, we launched over 11,700 units that totaled
R$ 2.8 billion in General Sales Value (GSV). There are 41
projects in the States of São Paulo, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro
and Rio Grande do Sul, in addition to the Federal District. In
2012 alone, we placed over two thousand units in the market
and we delivered 1,342. We will close the year with R$ 859.9
million in GSV”, explains the managing director, Carmine
De Siervi.
According to De Siervi, OAS Empreendimentos is always
interacting with all companies of the group, like Construtora
and with Arenas.
“We consider it important to seek integration with
other companies to identify new business possibilities. This
strengthens the OAS Group as a whole”.
Competitive in the real estate scenario, OAS
Empreendimentos has as one of its great differentials the
launching of personalized products, which have great impact
and repercussion in the market. An example was Liberdade,
in Porto Alegre, regarded as the biggest undertaking ever
built in the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, and Visionaire, in
Brasilia. “On creating differentiated projects like these, we
added value to our products and to our business”.
Environment and society
OAS Soluções Ambientais, the youngest of the group,
was already born big and ambitious. It is the result of years
of experience in sewage treatment works, connection
and supply of water, among other works directed toward
infrastructure. Therefore, the municipalities may fully
outsource their entire water supply service.
In synergy with the other companies of the group, OAS
Soluções Ambientais may execute the works and at the
same time, look after the final consumer, guaranteeing
supply and quality of the service. “Our goal is to reach 2016
with 5 million customers”, says the managing director
Louzival Mascarenhas Junior.
José Carlos Almeida
CIDADE JARDIM DISTRICT – SALVADOR (BA): PLANNED AND DEVELOPED BY OAS EMPREENDIMENTOS
According to him, it is a great challenge, however,
completely possible to be attained. “We must concentrate,
develop and manage sanitation projects of the public
sector and of large plants”, guarantees Mascarenhas.
A concrete example that the company is in the right path
is the fact that it won the bidding with the municipality
of Araçatuba (SP). For this, OAS Soluções Ambientais
created SAMAR (Soluções Ambientais de Araçatuba)
with the purpose of providing services to the population.
Today, it is responsible for 67 thousand water and sewage
connections and for the treatment of almost 2 billion liters
of water per month.
A superb goal
OAS Arenas is one of the boldest undertakings by
OAS Investimentos. More than transforming idle spaces
lacking administration into multipurpose arenas, OAS
transforms culture, presents urban improvements and
creates jobs. It is a game where everybody wins. “OAS
identified the opportunity and presented solutions”,
summarizes Marcelo de Paula Souza, Marketing
Manager. “We have expertise to build and reform arenas
and generate good businesses anywhere”, remarks the
director of development, Carlos Eduardo Paes Barreto.
OAS Oil & Gas is ready to provide operation services
in one of the most challenging processes today: the
exploration of pre-salt. “Our first challenge is to fulfill
the content of the contract with regard to local suppliers”,
reveals the managing director Sérgio Pinheiro.
Whereas the second is the training of labor, who will
spend 14 days in the sea. “We must invest in theoretical
and practical training. We have 250 employees in the
drilling project alone”, explains the financial director Bruno
Teixeira. The exploration operation will start in 2016 only,
but the stages on land have started with the equipment
logistics, personal training and safety cares.
Nilton Souza
Boldness and planning
FONTE NOVA ARENA
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Ricardo Benichio
OUR PEOPLE
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IN HIS 30 YEARS OF PROFESSION IN OAS, THE FOREMAN RONALDO HAS WORKED IN RIO DE JANEIRO, SALVADOR AND BRASILIA.
AFTER VISITING SO MANY BRAZILIAN CITIES, HE IS NOW EMBARKING ON A NEW AND DIFFERENT CHALLENGE: WORKING IN ANOTHER CONTINENT
Life-enriching
experiences
The foreman Ronaldo Midlej, 30 years in OAS,
narrates the trajectory that made him be chosen
to head works in Mozambique
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onaldo receives OAS Magazine in his home, in the
district of Perdizes, in São Paulo. After working in
Mozambique for two months, it was the first time
he returned to Brazil. With 65 years of age, 30 years in OAS,
he will be spending two more years in Nacala, a port city
where OAS is executing a works for Vale, a Brazilian mining
company. He did not make the option for money, he says,
but rather for the company. “OAS is my life”, he states.
In 2006, he won a trophy, as one of the oldest employees.
A Bahia citizen from Itabuna, he grew up in Ilhéus. He does
not come from a simple family, as is the case with many
foremen. His grandfather was a farmer in Bahia, producing
cocoa. He started to do civil engineering and, by indication
of a colleague, soon became involved directly in works.
Now, at the request of a director, whom he considers a great
friend, he went to Africa to face new challenges.
Through the company, he visited many Brazilian cities.
He did the Club Méditerranée, in Itaparica, in Bahia, and
Arena Barueri, in Greater São Paulo, one of the sub-venues
of the 2014 World Cup. He started the works of the Federal
High Court, in Brasilia, and built the dam of Companhia
Hidrelétrica do São Francisco (Chesf) 35 years ago. In Bahia,
he took part in the works of Pedra do Cavalo and Casa do
Comércio Water Mains, in Salvador. “This made history in
the city”, he says.
Achievements
He raised three children in high standards (one doctor,
one dentist and one journalist) and he declares to be fully
thankful to the company. Due to the work, he is able to travel
with his wife, get to know Europe and pay the university
education of his children. His wife likes leaving the country
OAS ARCHIVE
Ricardo Benichio
THE PROFESSIONAL IN FRONT OF THE OAS HEADQUARTERS IN
THE CITY OF NACALA, MOZAMBIQUE, WHERE HE CURRENTLY LIVES
What I have came from OAS. I
got three children through federal
universities. What can I say of the
company? It is my life.
Ronaldo Midlej, foreman
during the holidays. He doesn’t: he prefers to go to Bahia.
She will now be able to know another country in depth,
other ways of life, since she accompanies her husband in
the undertaking.
“Vale is in Africa due to the purity of the ores, and OAS
is building 30 km of railway, ore yard, wagon turner and a
volume of earthworks of 5 million m3”, he states, citing
the complexity of the works. However, it is not the difficulty
of the works itself that poses the greatest challenge to
Ronaldo’s team, rather, it is the logistics. Only 5% of the
labor can be foreign (100, among 2 thousand people). And
the local workers still need more training.
There are several difficulties, like that related to the
time zone, for communication with Brazil, and access to raw
materials, a good part of which are imported. There is also
delay in qualification of labor. Ronaldo, however, is watching
the deadlines. While taking the pictures, the photographer
asked him to smile. And he: “I am known for being serious.”
The foreman also deals with the cultural shock. He
is learning English and the macua dialect, although
Portuguese is the official language in Mozambique. It is a
company recommendation, aimed at strengthen the ties
with the local community – the day-to-day language of
many people is macua. He opens his arms, as if blessing
someone, to explain the meaning of the word salama:
“Peace to you, everything ok with you”. Or: “Thanks a lot.”
“What I have today came from OAS. I got three children
through federal universities. What can I say about OAS? It is my
life. Now, in Africa, it is as if I were returning something to the
company. And it also served me as a person. We start to value
life more when on seeing the difficulties of that population. It
is an immeasurable experience. Values change.”
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Pioneer in the multipurpose concept in Brazil, it is inaugurated
with an amazing party that sold out over 60 thousand places and
with Grêmio’s victory over the German club Hamburg
SHOW OF SOCCER SKILLS, SHOW OF LIGHTS AND OF FAMOUS PEOPLE MARKED THE DEBUT OF THE ARENA BUILT BY OAS IN PORTO ALEGRE
PICTURES SILVIO ÁVILA
COVER
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Spectacle to inaugurate
the Grêmio Arena
OAS ARCHIVE
A
new home is synonymous of a new life. However, for
Grêmio, the inauguration of its new stadium, built in
partnership with OAS, had an even more special flavor.
An amazing spectacle that had fireworks, presentation by
famous fans – like the musician Ivan Lins, who played Grêmio’s
anthem to the piano – and replay of moves that made the team’s
history, among them the so-called Battle of the Afflicted, match
against Náutico that decided Grêmio’s rise to the A series of the
Brazilian Championship in 2005, when the team had only seven
players in the field; in addition to the goal by Renato Gaúcho, in
the 1983 Mundial, which guaranteed the unprecedented cup for
the gaucho club.
Remembering the Mundial almost 30 years after its
conquest, however, was the height of the party. The presentations
by the gaucho dance groups and by the trio Blue Man Group
did not supplant the importance of what happened in the field
minutes later. Idols like Jardel, Hugo de Leon and Arce took
part in the party, which ended with the fans being able to relive
its history in a unique moment: to win again Hamburg, German
team over which it became the world champion in 1983, by 2 to 1.
“We were very happy in the Olímpico (the former stadium of
the club), but this works is the realization of a dream, fruit of a
fantastic partnership with OAS and that will host other victories”,
stated the president of Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense,
Paulo Odone, already with his eyes on the Libertadores Cup of
2013. “To be part of this dream brought great satisfaction and
gives us much pride”, remarked Carlos Eduardo Paes Barreto,
managing director of OAS Arenas.
Between launching of the construction’s cornerstone in
September 20, 2010 and the inauguration date, December
8, 2012, there were exactly 808 days. “We were able to meet
the schedule and now we just have to reap the rewards of this
mega-undertaking”, says Eduardo Pinto, president of Arena
Porto-Alegrense, the first of the multipurpose type of Brazil
and the biggest in Latin America. “We want this space to operate
365 days a year and not only on game days, which are the most
important”, says Pinto. For 2013, the turnover forecasted for
the Grêmio Arena is R$ 110 million. In all, the works cost R$
600 million up until now and was 100% funded with private
resources. “It is very exciting to be part of such a feast”, says
Geraldo Correia, director of São Paulo/South works.
A sum of R$ 100 million more was invested in state-ofthe-art technology. The Arena has electronic and electrical
systems that allow irrigation, lighting, monitoring and sound
controlled by an Operations & Command Center (OCC). The
space also has 239 TV cameras connected to an internal circuit
that allows monitoring the public from their arrival to their exit,
with facial identification and lip-reading programs – a great
security reinforcement able to monitor suspicious movements,
complemented by a fire detection system. Inside the field, there
are two big high-resolution led screens installed in the north
and south sides of the Arena, with 96 square meters each.
MANAGERIAL TEAM THAT WORKED IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE Grêmio ARENA
To be part of this dream
brought great satisfaction
and gives us much pride.
Carlos Eduardo Paes Barreto,
Managing Director of OAS Arenas
AUTHOR OF THE FIRST GOAL THAT PREMIERED THE Grêmio ARENA, ANDRÉ LIMA CELEBRATES
BESIDE THE OAS SIGNBOARD. THE HOST TEAM WON THE GERMAN CLUB BY 2 TO 1
INAUGURATION MATCH OF THE Multipurpose ARENA IN PORTO ALEGRE
Vinicius Costa
THE PRESIDENT OF ARENA PORTO-ALEGRENSE, EDUARDO PINTO. THE OAS FOREMAN, LUIZ GONZAGA ARAÚJO, THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF OAS ARENAS,
CARLOS EDUARDO PAES BARRETO, THE PRESIDENT OF Grêmio EMPREENDIMENTOS, EDUARDO ANTONINI, AND THE PRESIDENT OF Grêmio FOOT-BALL
PORTO ALEGRENSE, PAULO ODONE, CUT THE OFFICIAL INAUGURATION RIBBON
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The space will have, in addition to the soccer field,
area for the holding of shows, spectacles, events like
congresses and release of products, in addition to area for
parties and 135 box seats that can be used for commercial
contacts, not only on game days. Out of the total 60,170
places, all covered, 35 thousand cativa seats have
already been sold. In addition, the Grêmio Arena will be
surrounded by a unique infrastructure: stadium, business
and commercial center, a hotel with 240 apartments, a
convention center with over 20 thousand square meters, a
mall, 5,300 parking spaces and a residential area.
We also highlight the environmental cares. The
structure has outflow system that allows less rainwater
infiltration, reducing the risks of flood in the area where
the stadium is located as well as in its surroundings.
The technology adopted foresees 50% of potable water
savings, once the water used to irrigate the lawn and in
the WCs and urinals, comes from rain waters reuse, which
will be done through a rainwater intake system installed
in the Arena. In addition to savings in potable water, there
will be reduction of 20% in the generation of sewage. All
this will allow an annual reduction of at least 10% in the
consumption of energy in the complex.
With these cares, OAS obtained from the Green
Building Council Brasil (GBC Brasil) the LEED certificate –
seal that recognizes ventures able to generate less impact
on the environment. The works is the first of its kind in the
countryto obtain the green seal, and has infrastructure
similar to that of the Emirates Stadium, from Arsenal, and
Grêmio ARENA – PORTO ALEGRE
Technical form
Stadium capacity
60,170 people
Lawn seats
15,256
General (no seats)
10,132
Gold seats
8,575
Box seats
135 with capacity for 2,744 people
Upper seats
23,463
Investments
Total
R$ 600 million
Turnover forecasted for 2013
R$ 110 million
Investment in technology
R$ 100 million
from the Amsterdam Arena, from Ajax, world references
in multipurpose type arenas.
Erecting a construction in such modern fashion was
possible thanks to the synergy between OAS Engenharia and
OAS Investimentos, both companies of the OAS Group, that
gave the undertaking an unprecedented characteristic in the
country – and that became a benchmark for the construction
of other stadiums, especially those that will host the matches
of the World Cup – a feat for which Grêmio was not chosen,
despite already meeting all of Fifa’s requirements. “The first
part – the stadium – has been completed. We will not give
continuity to the project, with the commercial and residential
areas”, explains Paes Barreto.
He reminds the benefits that the undertaking will
bring to the stadium, whose location has differentials
like being close to Salgado Filho Airport and access to
Trensurb, the urban train company of Porto Alegre – which
tends to become the main access to the location. “I got
here by train. It was fast and very easy”, says the fan Sérgio
Machado, aged 61 years, accompanied by his son-in-law
and grandson. Likewise Machado, the brothers Christian,
Rodrigo and Tiago Lemos arrived in Grêmio Arena using
Trensurb’s services. Fanatic fans of the tricolored gaucho
team, they see the new arena as a step toward an era of
more wins by the team. “We will win everything next year”,
says Tiago, aged 28 years.
THE PUBLIC VIBRATES WITH THE PARTY WORTHY OF A WORLD CUP OPENING
THE UNDERTAKING IS THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY TO HAVE THE Multipurpose CONCEPT; OAS WILL HAVE TWO MORE ARENAS AFTER IT
A PROJECT THAT WILL
MAKE HISTORY.
Dec/08/2012 – Opening of Grêmio Arena, Latin America’s first and
most modern multipurpose arena
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• FIFA Standard
• Prepared to host major events
• Complete business structure
• 60.170 seats
AND CHANGE
PORTO ALEGRE’S LANDSCAPE.
Urban development in Grêmio Arena’s surroundings
• 16 residential towers
• 2 trade towers
• Hotel with 250 suites
transforming challenges
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in opportunities.
BUSINESS
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A pioneer concept
in Brazil
arquivo oas
Projects of OAS Arenas show the country and the world that the stage
of the sport most loved by Brazilians can yield good and profitable
business. And without losing the luster that thrills the fans
FONTE NOVA ARENA – SALVADOR
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he Grêmio Arena, inaugurated on the 8th of
December, was the forerunner of the unprecedented
concept that converts traditional soccer stadiums
into multipurpose spaces, with capacity to host fairs,
congresses, offices, graduations, exhibitions, music shows
and even weddings. “It is a project inspired in the most
modern standards abroad, but with the concern of adapting
it to what the Brazilian public’s expects and needs”, states
Marcelo de Paula Souza, Marketing manager of OAS
Arenas. The company will be responsible for managing two
of the stadiums that will host the 2014 World Cup and that
are being erected according to this model: Fonte Nova, in
Salvador, and the (Arena das Dunas), in Natal.
The project adopted by OAS will convert the stadiums
Fixed infrastructure
Parking lot with 2,000 spaces
70 corporate box seats with capacity for 1,250 people
10 elevators
94 restrooms, 23 of which are for people with disabilities or reduced mobility
Restaurants with panoramic view of Tororó Dyke and of the stadium
39 food kiosks
Commercial stores
2,100 premium seats
into real business units. “There is no one in Brazil operating
this way. Our proposal is unprecedented”, reaffirms Souza.
Historically, many soccer stadiums have always been managed
either by the government (case of Pacaembu in São Paulo
and Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro) or by the clubs themselves
(like the Olímpico in Porto Alegre and Morumbi, in São
OAS ARCHIVE
DUNAS ARENA – NATAL
Fixed infrastructure
Parking lot with 2,200 spaces
Corporate box seats
Paulo). However, the need to reform or build the stadiums
for the World Cup created the possibility of outsourcing the
operation to managers from the private initiative.
A visionary, OAS prepared itself for the scenario:
involvement with business directed toward the management
of arenas was accomplished. “The stadiums may operate 24
hours and generate business 365 days a year”, says Souza.
And to attain this goal, OAS Arenas did not save
in innovation. Besides the events, the group’s arenas,
including Grêmio Arena, in Porto Alegre, will have space for
commercial rooms, parking lots, amphitheaters, restaurants,
stores and improvements around the stadiums.
Seat of megaproductions
In Salvador, the expectation is for the infrastructure
to attract new visitors, investments and also help in
the revitalization of the Historical Center. Since the
beginning of the works, the properties around Fonte
Nova Arena have been valued by more than 30%. The
location foresees annual calendar with an average of
80 events during the 365 days of operation. In addition
to small, medium and big attractions, a cultural space,
two restaurants with panoramic view to Tororó Dyke and
to the field, food kiosks and commercial stores will be
created.
The total capacity of the Fonte Nova Arena will be
approximately 51 thousand covered seats, distributed in
three rings of bleachers. During the World Cup and the
Confederations Cup, 5,500 temporary seats will be set
up in the place to meet the demand. After the World Cup,
some negotiations already point to which events will be
held in the Arena: besides the contract with Esporte
Clube Bahia for its games, OAS is negotiating with other
companies to host at least three annual megaproductions
(New Year’s Eve, a party during celebration of the
Washing of the Steps of Igreja de Nosso Senhor do
Bonfim church, in addition to an international show).
An advanced tertiary education unit should also be
installed in the Arena. The company is negotiating with
other sports modalities, like MMA (Mixed Martial Arts),
Commercial rooms (22 in all)
Amphitheater for training
Restaurants
Fitness space
Specialized stores with new external commercial spaces
and stages of radical sport championships, like the
X-Games and Rallies.
Foreign model rooted in Natal
The city of Natal, where the Dunas Arena will operate,
also benefited with the arrival of OAS. To help develop the
operation and management plan, the business managers
hired the consultancy of managers from the Amsterdam
Arena (stadium that adopts the multipurpose model and that
is the fixed stage of matches by AFC Ajax, from Holland). “It
is responsible for administering one of the biggest leisure
centers in the world, that seeks not just events related to
soccer, but also amateur sports, shows and theatre plays”,
states Charles Maia Galvão, operational leader. The project
will have 42 thousand seats, 10 thousand of which are
temporary in the bleacher – which will be removed after
the World Cup. “The business plan contemplates a series of
actions whose objective is to seek operation of the arena daily
with events, business and service provisioning”, says Galvão.
Both Dunas Arena and Fonte Nova Arena are PublicPrivate Partnerships (PPPs). In the case of Natal, the
agreement is between OAS and the government of Rio
Grande do Norte State. The Administrative Concession
foresees that OAS will build the Dunas Space – which
should take three years – and start to operate it for
17 more years. Whereas Fonte Nova is the fruit of a
partnership of Fonte Nova Negócios e Participações –
FNP (company made up of OAS Odebrecht) with the
Bahia State government, through the Labor, Employment,
Income & Sport Bureau, which establishes, in addition to
the construction, the operation of the arena for 35 years.
Among FNP’s obligations is that of maintaining a quality
standard of maintenance and preservation, operation and
services to frequent visitors of the arena.
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ARCHITECTURE
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Unique genius
Claudio Lins
On the 5th of December, Brazil lost its poet of the curves. Oscar
Niemeyer never limited himself to standards and created his own
language, which challenges engineering and causes constant awe
CAPACITY: 840 PEOPLE – AUDITORIUM AREA: 722 M2 – ACOUSTIC WOODEN FLOOR: 722 M2 – THERMOACOUSTIC COATING: 768 M2
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scar Niemeyer passed away at the age of 104 years, on the 5th of December, ten
days from his birthday. He represented like nobody the force of the modernist
movement in the country on designing icons like the Pampulha Architectural
Complex, erected in Belo Horizonte in the 40s and cited by the author as the precursor
of Brasilia. But perhaps it was the anthropologist Darcy Ribeiro (1922 – 1997) who was
responsible for the best definition ever made to describe the work of the architect from
Rio, who was born in 1907. “Over the decades, he built an Oscar standard, which is today
one of the tendencies of world architecture. It is not impossible to, tomorrow, talk of Oscar
architecture as a common noun. Oscar is the realization, up to the limit of human capacity,
to create beauty”, declared Darcy.
“Beauty, monumentality and fantasy”, completes José Carlos Sussekind, since the end
of the 60s appointed as Niemeyer’s favorite arithmetician (who, before him, had Joaquim
Cardozo, deceased in 1978, as main partner in the execution of projects). In the book Conversa
de Amigos: Correspondência entre Oscar Niemeyer e José Carlos Sussekind (Talk of Friends:
Correspondence between Oscar Niemeyer and José Carlos Sussekind) (Editora Revan, 2002)
the engineer who is an expert in calculating the projects says how he sees the work of his
workmate and friend: “Many less attentive critics have sought to classify him as a disciple of
Le Corbusier. A great mistake. In common, I see in you no more than the talent (each with his
own), the use of reinforced concrete and distance from Bauhaus. Unlike the Swiss citizen, you
seek – from the onset – lightness, surprise and absolute freedom of forms.”
TIM Auditorium
Originally designed in the 50s,
the works was only concluded
half a century later, in 2005,
completing Niemeyer’s idea
for the Ibirapuera Park, in
São Paulo. His trump card is
in the formal simplicity: the
proposal contemplates only a
concrete triangle – including
the marks of visible molds
on the white painting – and a
metallic awning, dyed bright
red. Another merit is the
possibility of returning the
stage for the internal audience
as well as for the external
public, which is possible with
the opening of a 20-meter
wide door, positioned at the
highest surface of the triangle
designed by the architect and
executed by OAS.
Glória Flügel/latinstock
CONSTRUCTED AREA: 95,995 M2
CONCRETE: 82,842 M3
LAMINATED GLASS IN ALUMINUM
STRUCTURE: 28,761 M2
Supreme Labor Court
In the headquarters of the Supreme Labor Court, built by OAS in Brasilia, there were many of the typical elements of “Oscar architecture”,
like the winding outline. According to the colleague and admirer Le Corbusier, there is a good reason for these contours: Niemeyer had the
mountains of Rio in his eyes. The ever present reinforced concrete, demarcated in the lateral gables, won the company of glass, used in the
entire length of the main façade. In its interior, the building displays two tile panels of the fine artist Athos Bulcão (1918 – 2008), another icon
of the Federal Capital.
Supreme Court of Justice
With execution signed by OAS, the works involves a set of building – two blocks house the plenaries, while another volume is
intended for the smaller judgment rooms. In its interior, the Supreme Court of Justice has a beautiful stained glass window of
Marianne Peretti, artist whose work can be seen in other icons of the city, like Catedral Metropolitana de Brasília.
Supreme Electoral Court
Although it was Niemeyer’s birthday, it is Brasilia that got a gift
on the 15th of December last year: a new seat of the Supreme
Electoral Court, built by OAS. The building, in semicircular format,
has the main façade entirely glazed, while the opposite side ease
the excess clarity, using another modernist icon: sunscreens,
architectonic device used to prevent incidence of direct solar
radiation inside a building. The city’s high temperatures also
required air-conditioning systems, but the demand was answered
with environmental care: the equipment work with a type of gas
that does not affect the ozone layer. The reinforced concrete is the
star in three domes that house auditoriums, laid out in the front of
the building.
Marco Aurélio
CONSTRUCTED AREA: 115,578 M2 – METALLIC STRUCTURE: 44 TON
CONCRETE CAISSONS: 17,695 M3 – MASONRY: 30,292 M2 – CONCRETE 66,332 M3
Made of reinforced concrete, fundamental collaborator
in the conquering of forms, Niemeyer charged new structural
strength tests with each design. The demand, however, was
answered with generosity: it was in one of his works that the
material, up until then hidden behind finishing, obtained
visibility and became the protagonist, appearing, without
disguises, in thin slabs, monumental domes, slender pillars,
ramps in balance and delicate points of support that hardly
seem to touch the ground. “With my architect’s fantasies,
I contribute, no matter how little, toward the evolution of
the constructive technique”, he states in the book Minha
Arquitetura (My Architecture), published in 2000 by Editora
Revan. The Italian engineer Riccardo Morandi, who in the 70s
calculated the carioca’s design for the headquarters of the
Fata Group, in Turin, agrees. “It was the first civil engineering
works that obliged me to resort to everything I know about
reinforced concrete”, he wrote.
The demand proposed to the arithmeticians, although
challenging, hardly resulted in frustration. “Oscar’s sense of
art is so refined that, in 90% of cases, all one has to do is say
amen to the solutions that leave his drawing board. In the very
rare cases where it is impossible to take a project ahead, he
prefers to restart the drawing from scratch”, says Sussekind in
the documentary Oscar Niemeyer – O Arquiteto da Invenção
(Oscar Niemeyer – The Architect of Invention), produced by
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the magazine Arquitetura & Construção, of Editora Abril, to
celebrate the 100 years of the architect, in 2007.
Interviewed for the video, the architect Ciro Pirondi,
director of Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo Escola
da Cidade, from São Paulo, reintroduces the concept of
an “Oscar standard”, as Darcy Ribeiro affirmed. “Oscar
does not leave a behind a school, a representative. No
matter how much he has influenced Brazilian and world
architecture, he is a unique genius”, he shares his opinion.
A genius always avid for arising emotion in people, as was
the case with Le Corbusier who, on climbing the ramp of
the National Congress in Brasilia, marveled at the domes
of the Senate and of the Chamber and explained: “Here’s
invention”. The French-Swiss citizen, with whom Niemeyer
designed in 1947 the headquarters of the United Nations
(UN) in New York, must have been proud – after all, the
saying followed literally by the Brazilians is his: one must
not be afraid of the monumental.
CONSTRUCTED AREA BY OAS: 116,238 M2 – CONCRETE: 42,000 M3
PRESTRESSED STEEL: 565 TONS – 50 CA STEEL: 4,500 TONS
Minas Gerais State Administrative Center
Inaugurated in 2010, Cidade Administrativa Tancredo Neves consolidated Oscar Niemeyer’s legacy in Belo Horizonte, started in the
management of Juscelino Kubitschek in the 40s. The set of five buildings unites 33 administrative bodies, 18 state bureaus and the
Tiradentes Palace, official seat of the Minas Gerais government. In the latter, the author’s desire to impose new limits was repeated: the
free gap of reinforced concrete is currently the biggest worldwide, with a length of 147 meters. The Minas and Gerais buildings, executed
by OAS, concentrate the bureaus and are made up of two monumental glazed curves, erected on piers, that is, sustaining pillars that
leave the gap free.
Maestro Francisco Paulo Russo Araras State Theater
A large cylinder with diameter of 37.5 m and concrete “waves” that reach a height of 28 meters give form to the theater
completed in 1991. Located in Araras, 171 km from the São Paulo capital, the building has capacity for 466 spectators
in its main auditorium and 125 more people in the smaller auditorium, located in the underground. In the words of
the author, the format and concrete offer the desired theatrical acoustics. Air-conditioning systems make up for the
intentional lack of windows. OAS was looking after the services such as earthworks, drainage, paving, civil works and
landscaping during the construction.
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CONSTRUCTED AREA: 3,300 M2 – METALLIC STRUCTURE: 95,300 KG
INNOVATION
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Factory of agile and
accurate solutions
PROJECTION OF THE GUANABARA BAY BRIDGE THAT WILL INTEGRATE THE TRANSCARIOCA WORKS
O
AS has a management responsible for each
construction it executes. With a panoramic view,
above these centers is the Management of the
Excellence Center, which follows up and contributes
individually toward better development of the works, adding
technical know-how to the works. The practice assures more
refined perception of the project needs, which results in
more agile and accurate solutions. One of the advantages
one notices is the increase of private and assertive resources.
The challenge is the constant search for new building
technologies. It thus obtains results that are superior to
those of the competition in quality, agility and customer
satisfaction. OAS is recognized for implementing creative
solutions that dribble possible obstacles.
An example of proactive inventiveness is the Laje
Grelha, executed with premolded modules in special
reusable molds that reduce construction time and residue
emission. Fruit of six months of studies, it was developed
in the end of 2011 to perfect and enable construction of the
Shopping Passeio das Águas mall, in Goiânia (GO).
Each panel mounted with the Laje Grelha, entirely of
concrete, weighs 24 tons and covers an area of 64 m2. “In
the market, similar parts are heavier, with this solution, we
were able to significantly reduce the mean thickness of
the concrete structure”, states the company’s overseer of
private works, João Lazzari. The panel in Lajes Poli, initially
foreseen in the design of Shopping Passeio das Águas, has
an average thickness of the structure higher than that of Laje
Amauri Alves Filho / Estação Multimídia
The Management of the Excellence Center encourages
the development of researches and techniques that
reduce deadlines and increase production excellence
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In the tunnel’s construction, there are constant
transitions between one and another massif, and the
solutions are made there in the moment. For this,
you study five or six typical solutions in advance.
USE OF LAJE GRELHA REDUCED THE EXECUTION TERM OF THE STRUCTURE OF
THE SHOPPING MALL’S WORKS IN GOIÂNIA (GO). THE PARTS ARE USED IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF TWO PAVING, WITH TOTAL AREA OF 64,500 M2
Grelha, thus generating increase in time and production
cost. in addition, in an ordinary works, the production of
slabs requires the assembly of several wooden molds,
disposed off after use – which means extended deadlines
and expenses. The use of this OAS innovation reduced the
forecast of conclusion of the mall structure’s construction
process by three months.
Interaction proportional to the scope
The Canal of the Sertão Alagoano (Alagoas Hinterland)
is a grandiose undertaking, started in February 2012 and
forecasted to be concluded in December 2014. OAS is
responsible for Section 3, of 28 km, which involves three
municipalities – Inhapi, Olho D’Água do Casado and
Senador Rui Palmeira. Nivaldo Lira Castro, operational
leader in the works, knows well how the company’s policy
of encouraging innovation has resulted in increased
efficiency in its work. With support of the Management
Developing huge ventures
with several Special Works
of Art is a routine for OAS
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Milton Carvalhal, responsible for performance management of the Excellence Center
MILTON CARVALHAL, RESPONSIBLE FOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT OF THE
OAS EXCELLENCE CENTER
of the Excellence Center, which contributes with
expertise applied in each works, the executive is secure
in decisions, with an intensive information exchange. “We
faced common and normal difficulties, and solved them
with interaction of the teams, which do not cause us the
least inconvenience”, says Castro.
A part of the canal will be underground: the
Mandacaru Tunnel, with length of 2,680 meters, is a very
intricate construction, demanding constant presence of
geology experts. In short, out of the two total years of the
works, 20 months will be dedicated to execution of the
Mandacaru Tunnel.
The diversity of the massif in the location required
five constructive strategies from the team. “It is an
observational works”, points out Milton Carvalhal. Each
meter of drilling is accompanied by a geologist, who
presents what lies ahead in the soil to the team. Next
comes analysis of the collaborators, including the mining
engineer, to take the next decision, be it explosion or
excavation, so as not to drill areas greater than what the
design foresees.
Once the works is complete, in which a volume of
water equal to that of an Olympic pools will pass every
1min30sec, it will take prosperity and development to the
region. Directly, the result of OAS’ work will contribute to
the local residents forget the times when they needed
tanker trucks to supply their homes during the dry spells.
Solid structures
OAS is also building Special Structures in two big
projects in Rio de Janeiro – the Porto Maravilha and the
Transcarioca. “The executions of the Special Structures
are observed closely by the Excellence Center team”,
explains the area operational leader, Antônio Cid. “Our
personnel accompanies all the works, mainly those that
require technical know-how, like the Special Structures”,
points out the director of works from the OAS East Base,
Eric Leahy. The term Special Structures, widely used
in the infrastructure construction field, refers to works
that are more elaborate than, for example, paving. It
includes tunnels, bridges, airports, inter alia.
An urban and infrastructure intervention, Porto
Maravilha requires the construction of four tunnels.
As in Alagoas, the works of explosion, drilling and
excavation will be even more delicate; everything is
planned in advance to eliminate risks.
Due to the grandiosity of the works, which reaches
5 million square meters, the management created a
system to monitor the worksites”. “Data and pictures
are collected daily and illustrated in panels for followup of the construction. The images help measure the
speed of activities, indicating the goals and percentage
executed”, reports the contract manager of the Porto
do Rio works, Marco Antônio Marinho.
The Transcarioca is an exclusive way for articulated
buses that will connect the Galeão International
Airport, in the south area, to Barra da Tijuca, in the
east area. OAS is responsible for one third of the
entire 39 kilometers of the works. The bridge will have
800 meters, 400 of which will be with stays and the
remaining with traditional structure. The pillars will be
fixed in the ground beneath the water, with pales having
diameter of two meters and length of up to 25 meters –
15 in the water depth and 4 to 10 meters in rock.
To verify the structure’s behavior due to the
vibrations caused by the atmospheric turbulence
under effect of the wind, experimental tests will
be conducted in reduced models with physical
characteristics equivalent to those of the bridge in real
size, as a way of testing its response to the effects of
nature. These replicas will be tested in the wind tunnel
of Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, to
assure the OAS excellence.
OAS presented a solution with matchless
characteristics to fight flooding in Grande Tijuca, in Rio
de Janeiro. With support from the Excellence Center, it
developed, for the drainage works of Praça da Bandeira,
something never before used in the market: a large
pool with capacity for 18 million liters. The OAS contract
manager, Paulo Roberto de Oliveira, says that to prevent
landslides, there was the need to build diaphragm
wall, a kind of containment wall. This is where the great
differential lies. For this, the team produced 28 lamellas,
with width of 4 meters each, while the common would be
to use units with 2.50 meters. These parts have 100 cubic
meters of concrete, 18 tons of steel and reach the depth
of 27 meters.
OAS ARCHIVE
Expertise also in planning
EXCAVATION OF SAÚDE TUNNEL THAT WILL MAKE UP THE RESTRUCTURING OF
PORTO DO RIO, WORKS CALLED PORTO MARAVILHA
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AERIAL SHOT OF Grêmio ARENA: COATING MADE MANUALLY BY THE WORKERS
Safety at the worksites
With inauguration scheduled for March 2013, confirmed
as host of the 2013 Confederations Cup, 2014 World Cup
and 2016 Olympics, Fonte Nova Arena in Salvador (BA)
will have a roofing structure unprecedented in the country.
It is made up of a compression ring, fastened to the
concrete structure, and two traction rings, interconnected
by tensioned cables, that work like a bicycle rim. The PTFE
membrane roofing will have 36 thousand square meters
and will protect 100% of the seats. Whereas in the Grêmio
Arena, multipurpose complex of Porto Alegre (RS), one of
the differentials is the wall coating, with sand and cement,
made manually by the workers. Another merit is the speed
of execution of the works, exactly two years and three
months (from September 2010 to December 2012).
Since all that is made by the construction company
has great dimensions, one of OAS’s policy is to
safeguard as much as possible the safety and health
of its employees. The manager of EHS (Environment,
Health & Safety) of OAS, Roberto Figueiredo Santos,
reveals that the accidents rate had a drastic reduction
in the company’s history. The company currently
calculates proportionally 12% of accidents recorded in
one decade. “And the accidents have 6% of the gravity
we had 10 years ago”.
For 23 years in the construction field, João de Deus
e Silva, 45 years, spends the whole day beside the
grandiose machines and parts in the drainage of Praça
da Bandeira. Even then, he has never felt so safe in other
companies. “OAS is concerned with production, but
employee safety comes first”, he attests.
In Natal (RN), construction of the Dunas Arena, which
will be the stage of four matches of the 2014 World Cup,
the workers are more protected against falls in works in
high places. The scaffolds were replaced by elevating
platforms, a kind of tractor with capacity to lift the
employee by 16 meters. “We have a reduction in the risk
of accidents, in addition to speeding up the construction.
I do not waste time tying and untying scaffolds. With the
platform, climbing and descending is fast and safe”, says
Edson Cruz, contract manager for the works.
OAS ARCHIVE
The large Arenas
FONTE NOVA ARENA: SUSPENDED MASTS AND TRACTION RING OF THE
ROOFING IN FORM OF BICYCLE WHEEL
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In the Dunas Arena, innovative solutions were also
developed, like self-supporting molds, vertical tilting
molds, temporary metallic consoles, inter alia.
OAS ARCHIVE
ANTONIO CID, OPERATIONAL LEADER FROM THE RIO DE JANEIRO CITY HALL, AND
ERIC LEAHY, DIRECTOR OF WORKS OF THE EAST BASE, TALKING ABOUT PILES OF THE
CABLE-STAYED BRIDGE
OAS ARCHIVE
TO HAVE AN IDEA OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SERTÃO ALAGOANO CANAL, IT
WILL PASS SUFFICIENT WATER TO FILL AN OLYMPIC POOL EVERY 1MIN30SEC.
OAS ARCHIVE
OAS ARCHIVE
Edson Cruz, contract manager of the works
Differential generates less residues
For the works of the Tiradentes Monorail, in the
east area of the São Paulo capital, OAS purchased in
the US special molds to make the premolded concrete
beams, in straight formant as well as in curves. “With
the regular method, I would have spent one wooden
mold for each beam with a different curve. And all
this material would have to be disposed of. Therefore,
we reduced our residue emission greatly”, explains
the contract manager of the works, Antônio Carlos
Nascimento, revealing that the undertaking will
manufacture 1,600 of these beams.
In the 43 current works of CART (Concessionária
Auto Raposo Tavares), spread through 398 kilometers
of the homonym road, in the interior of São Paulo, a
system was installed to monitor efficiency with data
collectors installed in the vehicles and machines. The
overseer Celso Gomes de Mattos says that the system
resulted in savings of 15% in fuel consumption and,
consequently, less harmful gas emission into the
atmosphere.
Among others, these initiatives gave OAS the 2012
Green Company Award, granted by Época magazine,
due to being in the group of 20 leading Brazilian
companies in best environmental practices.
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OAS ARCHIVE
MEMORY
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THE ENGENHÃO HAS 2 SOCCER FIELDS (MAIN AND WARM UP), 2 ATHLETIC FIELDS (MAIN AND WARM UP), 2 SECTORS FOR TRIPLE JUMP AND LONG JUMP, 1 TRACK FOR
POLE VAULT, 1 FOR HIGH JUMP AND 1 JAVELIN TRACK
OAS’s collective
symbols
Works that exceed the high socioeconomic relevance
and attained the position of postcards, integrating the
history of Brazilian architecture
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AS started its activities in 1976, with the construction
of real estate undertakings in Salvador, in Bahia. Its
operation expanded considerably, reaching other
segments and other countries. Today, the company carries
the history that crosses with the socioeconomic evolution of
Brazil, revitalizing cities and changing lives.
Its legacy mainly counts on the obstinacy of its employees
in delivering projects that are bold and even considered to
be impossible until then with excellence. “OAS gives us the
conditions and we put our hearts”, summarizes the foreman
Damião Fragoso de Carvalho, who worked in the construction
of the Teresina cable-stayed bridge (PI). The OAS team seeks
the continuous improvement of processes so as to reduce
possible environmental impacts and optimize resources.
This team is also an expert at dealing with demands. “In the
inauguration of the Engenhão, the eyes of the whole country
were on us”, recalls the OAS project leader, the civil engineer
Marcelo Costa.
In line with its mission, OAS exceeds the expectations
of each works. This was the case when it was delegated to
building a stadium that ended up becoming a sports reference
in the Engenho de Dentro district. The João Havelange
Olympic Stadium is a modern multisports complex and has
brought improvements to the region’s infrastructure.
There was also revitalization with construction of the
Cable Car of Complexo do Alemão, the first mass transport
of the type in Brazil. The works itself, which includes
sanitation, lighting, containments, housing units, school and
UPA [Emergency Care Unit], reduced distances previously
covered on foot and increased service provisioning. Whereas
the result of the project took on greater importance towards
attracting tourists and becoming the scenario of a soap opera
by Rede Globo TV station.
In São Paulo, OAS helped to value and to strengthen the
gastronomic vocation of Mercadão Municipal on conducting
the first great reform of the space designed by the firm of
Ramos de Azevedo. And what could have been just another
construction of the company, the Octávio Frias de Oliveira
Bridge proved to be much more than a support of good
urban mobility. Its popularity and elegance turned it into an
international benchmark.
Part of the company’s history and memory of Brazilians,
these are five examples of works by OAS that extrapolated
their functional importance and won the title of postcards.
OAS ARCHIVE
Sports reference in the
Olympic city
Excellence guaranteed execution
of the unprecedented and bold
architectural design
For many, Engenho de Dentro was only
the name of a song by Jorge Ben Jor.
The situation changed in 2007, when
Estádio Olímpico João Havelange,
nicknamed Engenhão, was delivered
completely ready and according to
the strictest international standards of
safety and comfort.
About four thousand OAS employees
dedicated themselves to the bold
architectural design of Carlos Porto,
Geraldo Lopes, Gilson Santos and José
R. Ferreira Gomes. “This was the first
big stadium to be built in Rio since
1950. A state-of-the-art technology was
used in its facilities; the roofing, which
had greater free gap between supports,
was definitively one of the greatest
challenges”, recalls the engineer
Marcelo Costa.
Weighing 4.2 thousand tons, the
metallic roofing is sustained by four
steel arcs. It occupies an area of 35
thousand m2, which guarantees the 46
thousand visitors protection from the
rain and sun. The lighting system does
not produce shadow on the lawn and
the competitions are transmitted live
in the big screens. The main athletic
track was, at the time, certified by IAAF
(International Association of Athletics
Federations), in class AA, that is, the
best classification existing in the world
of sports.
DISPLAY OF LIGHTS
ITS LIGHTING WAS ALSO DESIGNED TO CAUSE THE LEAST ENVIRONMENTAL AND STRUCTURAL
IMPACT POSSIBLE. THE COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM, WITH 142 LED PROJECTORS, IS ECONOMICAL
Icon of engineering and aesthetics
From São Paulo to Hollywood, the bridge has become a symbol of the
biggest Brazilian metropolis
Doomed to success. This is how OAS employees remember Ponte Octávio
Frias de Oliveira, the Cable-Stayed Bridge. “Due to the localization and
geometry of the works, we know it would be a highlight. Already during the
construction, it would attract neighbors, engineering students and many
onlookers”, points out the engineer responsible for planning, Augusto
Vellucci. It is no wonder. After almost five years, the design is still unique
worldwide. There are other higher bridges, but none with two lanes in curve
connected to a single mast. The winding outlines on the Pinheiros River
have turned it into a valuable player in the social and cultural life – and not
just of Brazil. Still in works, the Cable-Stayed Bridge was the set for the
movie “Blindness”. It even served as adornment for a skate track in 2011,
and was the cover of a Peruvian magazine as model of modern construction
and under the title of tourist attraction of Brazil. It is currently the stage of
fashion parades and sports competitions.
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opção brasil imagens
The modern meeting
point of Teresina
THE COMPLEXO DO ALEMÃO INCLUDES 13 SLUMS
FROM THE NORTH AREA OF RIO DE JANEIRO
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THE BRIDGE IS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION TO POETS OF THE REGION
OPÇÃO BRASIL IMAGENS
Engenhosa Cable-Stayed Bridge is enframed
by the calm waters of the Poty River
“From the exuberant green that clothes
you, Green that I want green!”. The verses
of Teresina’s anthem illustrate well the city
whose urban growth occurs in harmony with
the environment. And this is also the essence
of the engineering work of Piauí: Mestre João
Isidoro França Cable-Stayed Bridge.
Ordered by the municipal, state and federal
governments, the project was delivered to
OAS and is a source of pride not only to the
population. “I have taken two children from
Paraíba to Piauí just to visit the bridge”, says
the foreman Damião Fragoso de Carvalho, who
has worked in the company since 1996. The
concrete bridge has a length of 379 meters
and is sustained by seven pillars that do not
touch the riverbed at any time. Supported by
35 pairs of cable stays, the tower has a height
of 98 meters and houses a belvedere, with
panoramic view of the city and of the Poty River.
Since 2010, the bridge has interconnected the
north and east areas by three traffic lanes in
each direction. Cyclists and pedestrians have
the perfect space for physical activity.
At night, the lighting reflected on the river
waters guarantees a spectacle of its own.
“The bridge is today a postcard, increasing
the self-esteem of the population”, says the
operational leader Charles Maia, who worked
as contract manager.
DANIEL ARANTES / SAMBAphoto
TWO PARKING LOTS ON THE SIDES WERE CREATED FOR GREATER COMFORT TO VISITORS
Heritage of the São Paulo economy
Cable Car for the masses
Unique transport system in Brazil alters the landscape
and changes lives
In July 7, 2011, the president Dilma Rousseff inaugurated
in the Complexo do Alemão, in the north area of Rio, a
unique transport system in Brazil: a cable car. The works was
inspired in the experience of Medellin, in Colombia, but it
had singular particularities. “Imagine: how do you pass the
cables of the cable car over the community? And without
helicopters to avoid the route of planes?”, asks José Augusto
Riomayor, then contract manager of OAS. “With great
willpower and a detailed planning of almost seven months”,
he answers. The cable car’s design totals 152 gondolas that
slide through cables, covering 3.4 km in just 16 minutes.
A total of 1,971 demolitions were required to build the six
stations, which connect five hills to the train station. Each
station has annexed buildings to provide social and cultural
services. It was up to OAS to install water, sewage, lighting
infrastructure, building 920 housing units, 1 high school and 1
UPA (Emergency Care Unit). “I am proud to know the benefit
it brought to the community”, points out Riomayor. The cable
car reduces distances, brings quality of life and values the
location, which already has tourists interested in riding in it
and getting to know the city from other angles.
OAS was given the mission to revitalize
an old symbol of São Paulo
Built in 1933, under design traced in the firm of
Ramos de Azevedo, the Mercado Municipal de
São Paulo displays arcs and pillars designed to
exalt the richness of the old coffee metropolis.
Always lighted by skylights and colored by gothic
style stained glass windows from the German artist
Conrado Sorgenicht Filho, the space underwent
a broad repair in 2004. “The Market was almost
abandoned. We had to restore and modernize it,
respecting the original project”, says the contract
manager at the time, civil engineer Luiz Fernando
T. França. The biggest change in the original design
occurred with the construction of a mezzanine,
which benefited from the imposing ceiling height of
16 meters. The reform was signed by the architect
Pedro Paulo de Melo Saraiva and entrusted to
OAS. It included restoration of the façade, stained
glasses, internal slab, floor and ceiling, maintaining
the originality of the building, heritage of São Paulo
citizens. The hydraulic and electrical installations
were modernized. The internal lighting was entirely
redone and the external was designed to value
the architecture. The reform contemplated a new
firefighting system and also the adaptation of the
building to the accessibility legislation.
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URBAN REFORM
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THE MUSEUM OF TOMORROW WILL ADD TO THE LOOK OF THE NEW MAUÁ SQUARE
For an even more
marvelous city
OAS is taking part in the biggest urban reform project in Brazil,
the Porto Maravilha, which requalifies the Port Region of Rio,
values the culture and preserves the local historical heritage
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eginning of the 19th century. Rio de Janeiro was
experiencing all the cultural effervescence as capital
of the Empire. Districts like Gamboa, Saúde and
Santo Cristo, in the so-called Port Zone, were the favorite
of the local aristocracy and also attracted English traders.
Farmsteads and manors built near the sea and very close
to the commercial center housed the nobles. There arose
the Marvelous City. Gradually, with the densification of the
south area and emptying of port activities, the region lost
its glamour. Low middle class or very poor families were
attracted to the place, giving rise to the first slum of the city
and of Brazil – Providência.
The year now is 2012. The Port Region seems like a giant
worksite. Started in June 2011, the biggest urban reform
project in Brazil and one of the biggest worldwide, baptized
as Porto Maravilha (Wonder Port), foresees the requalification
of one of the city’s foremost regions. Responsible for
the provisioning of public services and execution of the
requalification works, Concessionária Porto Novo, of which
OAS is a member, represents one of the biggest PublicPrivate Partnerships (PPPs) ever made in Brazil.
Citing the mayor of Rio, Eduardo Paes – “a city without
a center is a city without a soul”, the president of Porto
Novo, José Renato Ponte, says that the greatest legacy of
this operation will be the reintegration of the Port Region of
Rio, which will serve as example to the country. “This model
can be replicated in other cities that have degraded and
abandoned areas.”
Santiago calatrava
This model can be replicated
in other cities that have
degraded and abandoned areas.
JosÉ Renato Ponte, president
The president of Porto Novo highlights the role of
OAS as leader of the Porto Maravilha Urban Operation.
“It was OAS that conceived the design, which has been
under study for a long time. The idea came from OAS,
with involvement of the president Léo Pinheiro who, with a
strategic and differentiated vision, saw what could be done
here in this region”, states Ponte. According to him, OAS
had a strategic role in the feasibility of this undertaking,
with support of the city hall and other shareholders.
Intelligent and sustainable solutions
The concessionaire has studied and researched
intelligent and sustainable solutions, in Brazil and other
countries, which can be applied in the Porto Maravilha
Urban Operation. One of them was the implementation
of a selective collection system with underground storage
of waste, imported from Portugal, that perfects the public
cleaning work: prevents handling of waste, removes
obstructions from sidewalks and facilitates the work of
recycling the material disposed of. The concessionaire also
conducts campaigns to make the population aware of the
correct disposal of residues.
Reurbanization of the Port Region is changing the
local landscape, and this is not restricted to reformulating
the road network and aspects of infrastructure. With
the progress of the project, of the works and with the
improvement of public services, investors, entrepreneurs
Felipe Varanda
Felipe Varanda
José Renato Ponte, president of Porto Novo
MARCO ANTÔNIO MARINHO: DIFFERENTIATED WORKS INVOLVES COUNTLESS THEMES
Involvement of the society
Expert in the construction of tunnels, the
contract manager from Porto Rio, Marco Antônio
Marinho, states that the four tunnels that will be
built in the location will have merely “supporting
roles” to remove vehicles from the surface. “This
is a differentiated works due to the number of
themes involved, from infrastructure to operation
of services”, he says. According to him, the greatest
challenge at present is to make the resident
understand how the region will become.
The same opinion is shared by the manager of
Contract & Institutional Relations, Rafael Daltro, who
adds: “One of the main challenges is to identify and
to engage with the various stakeholders interested in
the project, which we call stakeholders, which range
from the resident whose daily routine is affected by
the works, to the Navy, passing through the Federal
Policy, whose headquarters is in the region”.
With regard to the population, Concessionária
Porto Novo developed a verticalized communication
plan. Innovative, it includes the creation of an
exhibition room with data on the historical past,
services and works under execution, in addition
to projecting images with perspectives of how
the near future of the region, already requalified,
will look.
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and citizens are starting to identify the housing, cultural
and business potential that the region can offer.
New undertakings are already being erected, like the
headquarters of the Central Bank and Porto Olímpico.
“The properties are valued, as well as the homes already
existing as plots of land of the area – and many of them are
already under negotiation. Tax benefits granted by the city
hall are also attracting new investments”, says Rafael Daltro,
manager of contract and Institutional Relations of Porto
Novo. The forecast is for the number of residents to go from
the current 28 thousand to 100 thousand.
Challenges and differentials
Felipe Varanda
Innovation, social responsibility and sustainability, some
of the pillars of the OAS brand, are strongly present in the
Porto Maravilha Urban Operation. The size of the area already
gives the magnitude of the challenges to be overcome: there
are 5 million square meters, equivalent to the district of
Copacabana. And the investments reached R$ 7.6 billion.
According to engineer Mário Sérgio Bueno, coordinator
of Planning & Engineering, the great differential of the
works is the installation of the infrastructure network in the
underground. The electricity, phone, internet and cable TV
wires will be underground, eradicating once and for all the
concrete poles on sidewalks and the tangle of wires.
“The challenge we face and which no other urban
requalification works in the world has faced is that we are
working in an inhabited region, strategically positioned
in the heart of the city, with very heavy flow of traffic and
through which about 100 thousand people circulate daily”,
says José Renato Ponte.
A master in the art of building
Ancelmo Antônio de Azevedo is one of the 3,500
employees employed by Porto Novo in this megaoperation.
At the age of 64 years and with 46 years of profession, 30
of them in OAS, Master Ancelmo, as he is better known,
is responsible for construction of the Museu do Amanhã
(Museum of Tomorrow), in Pier Mauá, a design by the
renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
Born in the Minas Gerais city of Nova Serrana and living
In addition to reintegrating the Port Region in the
economical and social context of the city, the proposal of
this great works is to value the culture and preserve the
location’s historical heritage, getting self-esteem back not
only to those who live and work there, but also to all of
Rio’s citizens.
Concession model for the country
Concessionária Porto Novo will be in charge of, during the next 15 years, the maintenance and preservation of
public services in the region, which range from the paving
of roads and sidewalks to urban cleaning, waste collection,
pruning of trees, including preservation of parks, gardens,
public monuments and traffic management.
The Porto Maravilha Operation is the first to be managed by the new Law of Public-Private Partnerships
(PPPs), no. 11.079, establishing a new model of relationship between the government and the private sector.
Like everything that is new, administering this PPP is
also a challenge. According to Marco Túlio Esteves Lima,
coordinator of contract management of Porto Novo, the
biggest legacy of this contact is to see it not only as a pioneering urban operation, but as embryonic for other projects in the country.
“The proposal is to make this a case of excellence,
transmitting knowledge to other works of great magnitude.
Another challenge is to administer a contract in view of an
event like the Olympics, spotlight of the whole world”,
highlights Marco Túlio. For this, maintaining communication with the federal, state and municipal governments is
fundamental for the undertaking’s success.
in Rio since 1968, Master Ancelmo studied only up to the
5th grade and, with his knowledge, describes the works
that he helped to build. “I see the magnitude of a works
and its beauty by the social value and the meaning it has
for people. And I am happy because I know it will benefit
the society”, he says.
Firstborn in a family of 11 brothers, he is proud that one
of his three children, Ancelmo Júnior, was able to graduate
in Engineering. Soon, his nephew, Alexander, technician in
Buildings, will join his team, today with 190 workers, which
should triple by the end of 2013.
To come this far, he gives the tip: “There must be
efficiency, intelligence, commitment, daring, good
relationship and tact”. According to him, a foreman is a
great assembler of jigsaw puzzles. And he compares the
profession to a soccer manager. “You must know how to
choose the goalkeeper, the defender, the center forward
and place them in the right position. There is a team for
each work profile and one must study the adversary’s team
to set up your own”, teaches the master.
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ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE OF WHAT THE PORT ZONE WILL LOOK LIKE AFTER THE BIGGEST URBAN INTERVENTION IN ITS HISTORY
Porto Maravilha in figures
15
thousand people circulate
through the region daily
thousand people
currently live in the area
under intervention
thousand trees will
be planted during
the operation
10,5
thousand vehicles per
hour will be the capacity
up to 2015
122
km of potable
water networks
84
km of sewage
networks
36,5
km of drainage
networks
OAS ARCHIVE
28 100 100
thousand people is
the expectation of new
inhabitants
500
thousand inhabitants should
be supplied by the new water
distribution network
7,6
R$
billion in
investments
Felipe Varanda
OAS HIGHLIGHTS
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AUGUSTO CÉZAR DE SOUSA FONSECA, SOUTH CONE OPERATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL AREA, WITH THE
AWARD: “OAS HAS ALREADY AWAKENED THE INTEREST OF FOREIGN COMPANIES WHO SEEK PARTNERS WITH KNOW-HOW”.
Operations in the
international market
receive award
Tribute of the National Foreign Trade Meeting is recognition of the
efficiency and competitiveness in the world scenario of engineering
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ix years after arriving in the foreign market, OAS
totals US$ 4.1 billion in signed contracts. The
company’s effective and competitive operations
won the recognition of the Brazilian government, and was
contemplated with the Foreign Trade Highlight Award of
the year 2012, in the Service Exporter category.
Initiative of institutions responsible for following up
the performance of Brazilian companies with significant
international operations, the award has great meaning
for OAS, in the words of the Managing Director of the
international area, Cesar Uzêda. “It is an honor for the
company to be awarded by the Brazilian Foreign Trade
Association (‘AEB’). The award shows the recognition of the
effort and competence of the national and international
OAS teams, and the incentive to advance learning from
challenges and lessons”, states the managing director.
“The success of OAS’s international operations is
based on the expertise acquired in infrastructure works
in Brazil, which has allowed us to enter the competitive
international infrastructure market”, states Uzêda.
The awarding ceremony was held during the 31st
edition of the National Foreign Trade Meeting (ENAEX),
in Rio de Janeiro. ENAEX is a forum made up of business
representatives and government authorities to discuss
solutions to the problems faced by the exporters and
importers of goods and services. The award was delivered
to the South Cone operational director of the OAS
international area, Augusto Cézar de Sousa Fonseca. “The
award shows that we are on the right path”.
There are currently few countries operating in the
export of heavy-duty engineering services worldwide.
According to the Vice-President of AEB, José Augusto de
Castro, this is a very competitive segment: few companies
are able to meet the requirements of the market.
We are on the sustainable path of international insertion, in which
our initiatives are directed consciously and in a long-lasting
fashion, always maintaining our standard of excellence.
Cesar Uzêda, managing director of the OAS international area
Risks and challenges
OAS’s expansion process in the global engineering
market started amidst the world financial crisis and had
a tight competition with companies already consolidated
abroad. “Having an aggressive stand means not being
afraid of unknown markets, studying them quickly,
competing with players already established in the location
on an equal footing and win works, all this in a short space
of time, generating a high backlog”, explains OAS’s
manager of International Project Structuring, Alexandre
Vianna.
These are sanitation, road, hydropower plant works
and big projects in urban infrastructure, that respect a
schedule of socio-environmental responsibility actions.
“It is relevant for Brazil to also have OAS abroad”,
states the overseer of the Foreign Trade area of the
National Economic & Social Development Bank
(‘BNDES’), Luciene Ferreira Monteiro Machado. “Brazil is
renowned in Latin America as a country with engineering
companies of repute. Soon, it will also be known in African
countries, she points out.
“The exportation of engineering services adds value
to the sales agenda from Brazil to abroad, diversifying the
list of exporters on including small and medium suppliers
in the operations, creating jobs and also helping sell an
image of competitive country out there”, defends the VicePresident of AEB, José Augusto de Castro.
“The Brazilian service sector has a great growth
potential worldwide, it is promising”, points out Maurício
do Val, director of the Trade & Services Secretariat (SCS) of
the Ministry of Development, Industry & Foreign Trade. He
highlighted a new tool in the world to guide the government
to support the trade of services: The Integrated System
for Foreign Trade of Services, Intangibles and Other
Operations (Siscoserv). It is a database to ballast demands
by the private sector to the government. “With this data,
the private sector will have a condition more to receive
the support”, explains the SCS director. The South Cone
operational director of OAS summarizes the company’s
strategy: “We will be in the right place in the right time.”
OAS ARCHIVE
The international expansion
WITH LENGTH OF 204 KM, THE POTOSÍ-UYUNI ROAD, IN BOLIVIA, WAS THE FIRST WORKS EXECUTED BY OAS OUTSIDE BRAZIL. TODAY, THE COMPANY OPERATES IN
OVER 20 COUNTRIES FROM SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA AND AFRICA. AMONG OTHER CONSTRUCTIONS, THERE IS A HYDROPOWER PLANT IN ECUADOR
AND A RAILWAY IN MOZAMBIQUE
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SECTOR IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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Works that generate
power for Brazil
OAS ARCHIVE
OAS is present in the construction of hydropower plants,
which prove to be essential to provide the fuel that turns
the engine of economic and social growth
country becomes stagnant”, explains the managing
director of the Energy area, Paulo Venuto.
Obstacles before the execution
CANDONGA MG HYDROPOWER PLANT: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE REGION
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ith works in Brazil and abroad, OAS is today
one of the main companies specialized in the
execution of Hydropower Plant projects. It is a
complex work, that requires high level of knowledge in
several disciplines of engineering and civil construction.
Brazil is one of the few countries whose energy matrix
has over 80% of renewable sources. While other nations
use polluting resources, like oil and coal, majority of the
energy produced in the country is generated basically
from water source, which is renewable. “We all know
how much energy is vital to survival. Without it, there
is no production, consumption, the economy stops, the
The companies that contract OAS to build its
hydropower plants are the generators of power.
They identify rivers that can hold a plant, take part in
government biddings to obtain authorization for the
execution and, from there, hire OAS to execute the
works. According to Paulo Venuto, the Brazilian energy
sector is one of the most regulated in the market.
Currently, due to the fact that the greater water
potential of rivers from the South and Southeast has
already been exploited, the new plants will be installed
in the Midwest and in the Amazon. “In addition to
the engineering, we must be attentive to all socioenvironmental experiences and also fulfill all our
responsibilities toward the workers we take to these
works”, says Venuto.
OAS has hydropower plants in works at full steam
in Pará, Maranhão, Ecuador and Costa Rica. In Peru, the
stage is of legal approval of the project. “In the works of
Belo Monte, in Pará, there are currently 16 thousand men
and we will reach about 23 thousand in the peak of the
works. We must have a very large and complex structure
to be able to support this entire contingent, like leisure,
lodging, feeding, security, local transport and resources
to visit family members”, remarks Venuto.
OAS ARCHIVE
Generation of wealth
With works started in 2007, the Estreito Hydropower
Plant interferes directly in the municipalities of Estreito and
Carolina, in Maranhão, and in ten municipalities of Tocantins.
“Between 2007 and 2009, we started out labor recruitment
process and reached 12 thousand workers in the worksite”,
says the director of Projects Marcelo Carrazzoni. “Eventually,
they are directed toward the surrounding communities and
this generated wealth, increased trade and services”, he
comments. The design of the hydropower plant’s works
was elaborated by the customer, OAS being in charge of
the construction, starting the works in 2007. “We made use
of the local labor as much as possible, but we had to hire
experts from various regions”, explains Carrazzoni.
In 2011, the Estreito Hydropower Plant started to
generate power, and in October 2012, it was inaugurated by
president Dilma Rousseff. With capacity to generate 1,087
megawatts (MW), it proves to be sufficient to meet the
demand of four million people. The energy produced in the
Estreito Plant is distributed throughout Brazilian territory
through the National Interconnected System (‘SIN’),
benefiting industrial and residential consumers, including
residents of the region where the plant is installed.
In the works of Estreito Hydropower Plant, OAS
was able to apply all its knowledge and know-how
of construction company of large plants, this being
one of the foremost works of Brazil.
Paulo Marques, project director of the Estreito Hydropower Plant
OAS ARCHIVE
One plant, one city
NOVA SOBERBO: HOMES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
FOR 120 PEOPLE
When the works of the Risoleta Neves Hydropower Plant started, in
2001, between the municipalities of Rio Doce and Santa Cruz do Escalvado,
in Zona da Mata de Minas Gerais, the displacement of a settlement in the
vicinities was presented as a great challenge to OAS.
“In the beginning of the project, we had to give homes to a community
of about 80 people”, recalls the engineering director of the OAS Energy
area, Araken Trindade. “After one year, when we went to relocate this
population, the number of people had increased to 120. This is because
at the time, the oldest children of some families married and constituted
other families”, he says. The planning of home and infrastructure
construction had to be altered by 50%.
OAS however fulfilled its commitment and created the São Sebastião
do Soberbo district, where 119 residences were erected, with areas varying
from 60 to 150 square meters, according to the needs of each family. The
hydropower plant is fully operational, with installed power of 140 MW and
with capacity to supply 350 thousand people.
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International reference
ASSEMBLY OF THE BABA HYDROPOWER PLANT TURBINE:
OPERATION WILL BE IN FEBRUARY 2013
OAS ARCHIVE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE MACHINE ROOM IN THE BABA HYDROPOWER
PLANT, IN ECUADOR
OAS ARCHIVE
volume from the river through a set of channels, with the aim
of increasing the power generating capacity of hydropower
plants located in another water basin, in the Ecuador.
Under development for three years, the project of the
Inambari Hydropower Plant in Peru is in its final phase in
the process of obtaining the definitive concession, which
will allow starting the phase of works. It will have installed
capacity of 2,200 MW and is part of the context of energy
integration among electrical systems of Brazil and Peru.
“Inambari involves all sectors of the societysociety; it must
comply with the legislation of both countries and have as
main characteristic promotion of energy security for both”,
informs Ribeiro.
OAS ARCHIVE
OAS’s first hydropower plant works beyond the borders
of Brazil is the Hydropower Plant that is part of the Baba
Multipurpose Project, in Ecuador, located in the province of
Los Rios. It will have installed power of 42 MW and will enter
into operation in February 2013. “We found abundant labor
in the region and we counted over 3 thousand workers in the
works”, says Valfrêdo Ribeiro Filho, director of OAS for Peru,
Ecuador and Colombia (Pacific Board).
The Baba Hydropower Plant has a characteristic that sets
it apart from the rest. It is a multi-purpose project, that is,
besides generating energy, it will allow multiple use of water,
with supply for human and rural consumption, in addition
to the “diversion”, which is the transport of part of the water
In Peru, the population will have
access to a significant circle of
economic development.
Valfrêdo Ribeiro Filho, director of OAS
for Peru, Ecuador and Colombia
Energy for Brazil
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With capacity to supply 40% of the power required
for residential consumption in Brazil, the Belo Monte
Hydropower Plant, under construction in Pará, will
be the third biggest in the world, surpassed only by
Três Gargantas (China) and Itaipu (Brazil/Paraguay).
According to the director of Projects, Ricardo Sampaio,
it is one of the most innovative construction works in
recent times. All that refers to the Belo Monte Plant
is gigantic”, he says. “We will have in all 1,900 own
heavy-duty equipments, majority of which is made
in Brazil. We will also import special equipments of
BELO MONTE: CAPACITY TO SUPPLY 40% OF THE POWER REQUIRED
FOR RESIDENTIAL CONSUMPTION IN BRAZIL
large production from the United States and Europe. this
required much planning and logistics”.
The Belo Monte hydropower plant will have installed
capacity of 11,233 MW, with commissioning of its first
generating unit scheduled for 2015. Operation at full capacity
(24 generator turbines) will occur in 2019. “With abundant
energy resources, the country becomes more competitive,
thus assuring increase in production for all sectors. Since it
will be connected to the National Interconnected System
(‘SIN’), it may supply where necessary, increasing the
reliability of the Brazilian electric system”.
UPDATES
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OAS is present
in Rio Oil & Gas
Regarded as the showcase to present products and services
from the Oil & Gas segment, the event is also advantageous
for contacts with new technologies and future suppliers
According to Medeiros, the results of the participation
in the event started to appear. “We already maintain contact
with some technology and engineering companies, aiming
at increasing strategic partnerships.”
He points out that the challenge is to grow with better
productivity rates in an adverse scenario, like bureaucratic
and cost obstacles and hindrances. “Consolidation of the
national content policy is determinant for the sustainable
growth of companies”, states Medeiros.
OAS ARCHIVE
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AS has marked presence in the biannual editions
of Rio Oil & Gas, most renowned fair of the Latin
American sector and that has been held for 30
years. “It is one of the foremost world meetings and a great
opportunity for contact with all areas involved that generate
much business. In it, we can also disseminate who we are,
what we are doing”, says the managing director of the OAS
Oil & Gas area, Agenor Medeiros.
In the 16th edition, which took place in September
2012 in Riocentro, the company presented its expertise
and achievements in the area. “In Rio Oil & Gas, our main
partners and also competitors are exhibited. It is very
interesting and productive for us to present the projects
being executed and those already concluded”, points out
Marcos Aparecido Souza, engineering leader of the Oil &
Gas Superintendence Board.
For the executives, one of the favorable points of the
event is the professional contact with possible suppliers.
“In these contacts, we get to know new technologies
and new companies that can contribute toward reducing
costs in the budgets we made, making us more and more
competitive”, points out Souza.
Demands and adaptations
Meeting of companies from
27 countries
The oil & gas sector is one of those that demand the
most investments in Brazil, and pre-salt is a new work
frontier for OAS and its growth. Ready for the new phase,
the Group created a specific division to meet this market,
OAS Óleo e Gás (read on page 10). The area concentrates
investments with focus on the provision of services for
exploration and production of oil & gas, including in the
pre-salt.
“The fair allowed the exhibition of OAS Óleo e Gás,
new company of the OAS Group, and also enabled contacts
with potential partners in future projects”, explains Sérgio
Pinheiro, managing director of OAS Óleo e Gás.
The 16th edition of Rio Oil & Gas united 1,300
exhibiting companies from 27 countries. Since its first
edition, in 1982, the fair has been collaborating toward
consolidating Rio as the oil capital. This year’s edition
was the stage, right in its opening, of the recurring plea
since 2008 by companies and entities for the return of
bidding roundtables for blocks of oil exploration. The
pleas were effective and the announcement for May
2013 of the 11th Bidding Roundtables for 174 blocks in
the Brazilian equatorial margin, which goes from Rio
Grande do Norte up to Amapá, came from the minister
of Mining & Power, Edison Lobão.
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Cultural activities in worksites increase the creative
capacity and knowledge of OAS employees
P
aint cans are converted into photographic cameras,
PVC pipes become lighting fixtures; wood, wires
and iron make up sculptures and abstract paintings.
Transforming construction material into art works is
possible. In September, all were able to see the exhibition
of OAS employees with their realizations in Conjunto
Nacional, in São Paulo. Since then, the artists have another
type of production to be proud of.
The event concluded the first edition of the “Works with
Art” project, initiative that takes to the worksites concepts
and practices in fine arts. Ministered by professionals, the
workshops enable the students to see beyond the materials
they work with and understand their own feelings better.
The “Works with Art” project, present in the OAS
worksites, is fruit of the partnership of Instituto OAS with
the NGO Mestres da Obra. “If I could choose a single word
to define the project’s objective, it would be humanization”,
says Karina Oliva Castillo, Social Responsibility analyst.
A total of 100 employees took part in this first edition,
distributed among five worksites.
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Employees who show good productivity are selected
to take part in the workshops. “They arrive shy and a little
suspicious, but they gradually loosen up”, notes the fine
artist Dimas Volpato, who has been working for eight years
in Mestres da Obra. Each group makes a reinterpretation
of the works of renowned fine artists. “The work not only
transforms the employees who take part in the workshops,
but also contribute toward change in the entire environment,
making the worksites more humane and creative places”,
states Patricia d’Ávila, Social Responsibility analyst.
To make the environment more relaxed, the lectures
are conducted to the sound of forró [Brazilian country
music] or a gentle melody. “We have a river of fortunes for
art production in the residues from civil construction. The
choice of this material is completely intentional, since the
employees already have mastery over it”, explains Volpato.
“Since we spend more time in the workplace than at
home this initiative makes the environment more pleasant
and integrating for the professionals”, notes Emerson
Patric Neia, Responsible for Administration & Finances
(RAF) in OAS.
With mastery and skill, the occupational safety assistant,
Renaldo Teixeira dos Santos, handles the material. He
joined OAS as a painter and has just graduated in the
Occupational Safety technical course. Gradually, the pieces
of wood take shape and become a beautiful art item. “It is
the first time that I see something like this in a company”.
The workshops started in the end of May and, through
the good repercussion, the project has all it takes to
be extended to other regions of OAS operations. The
plumber João Dias de Sousa, aged 43 years, says that after
the class, he felt lighter and more motivated to face the
next workday. “I was able to distract myself and forget the
problems”, he remarks.
New scenarios
With a piece of blue chalk, the strong and calloused
hand covers an extensive paper placed carefully on a
wooden table. The timid outlines soon give place to
abstract shapes, portraying an extension of his feelings.
This was how João Martins da Silva, aged 53 years, from
Piauí, who has been working for the past six years in OAS
OAS ARCHIVE
OAS ARCHIVE
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
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The art of making art
Ricardo Benichio
THE PLUMBER JOÃO DIAS DE SOUSA (WEARING A CAP), AGED 43 YEARS, SAYS THAT AFTER THE CLASS HE FELT LIGHTER AND
MORE MOTIVATED TO FACE THE NEXT WORKDAY. “I WAS ABLE TO DISTRACT MYSELF AND FORGET THE PROBLEMS”, HE REMARKS
Our actions have the aim of being agents of
social transformation and development.
Dilson Paiva, administrative director
as bricklayer, had his first artistic experience in a worksite.
Arthur Zobaran Pugliese, Institutional Director of
Mestres da Obra and founder of the project, explains that
the initiative aims at the issue of quality of life and human
development of the worker in civil construction. “The aim
is actually to open the minds of the workers, making them
see that they can go beyond what they do here”.
Instituto OAS promotes the well-being and
improvement in the quality of life of civil construction
workers and of the neighboring communities of the
works, developing activities related to culture, sports and
education. It is an important step toward consolidation and
strengthening of the company’s social actions.
Aware of its social role, Instituto OAS contributes
actively toward the strengthening of citizenship, offering
new possibilities of personal and professional growth.
With the aim of contributing toward the eradication of
illiteracy in Brazil and toward social equality, conducting
reading & writing courses, digital inclusion and training of
workers in the worksites. It is also permanently engaged
in national campaigns like the Fight Against Abuse &
Sexual Exploration of Children and Adolescents and the
promotion of Human Rights.
In addition to promoting ateliers in the worksites,
Instituto OAS is present in the neighboring communities
of the works in the entire country, working with respect to
the customs of local residents.
The company invests in the training of new workers,
offering activities and actions to promote culture,
education and generation of income through partnerships
with the public and private sectors, in order to promote
social development of these regions.
RENALDO TEIXEIRA DOS SANTOS DISPLAYS HIS WORK OF ART MADE WITH
REMAINS FROM THE CIVIL CONSTRUCTION WORKSITE
Ricardo Benichio
Ricardo Benichio
WORKS WERE EXHIBITED IN CONJUNTO NACIONAL, IN SÃO PAULO
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OLYMPICS SPECIAL
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OAS expertise helps
build a new Rio
The Olympic Games will promote for the
Marvelous City improvement in infrastructure
and quality of life for Rio citizens
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o be chosen as the host of a world event imposes
on any city a series of challenges. Rio de Janeiro,
where the 2016 Olympics will take place, will have
to restructure and create new transport systems and routes,
end the floods and also recover degraded areas. For this,
it counts on the expertise of OAS in urban requalification,
which assures not only the solving of problems, but will also
leave a legacy that will be a mark to narrate the history of Rio.
There is no way of talking about change of urban
paradigm without readapting the mass transport systems.
It is at this point that the projects of Transcarioca and of
Transolímpica enter the scene, which will relieve the
current arteries of the city.
With Transcarioca, the city will have an exclusive bus
corridor of 39 km that will link Barra da Tijuca to Tom
Jobim International Airport – the Galeão. Since it will be a
transversal route, it will be possible to relieve the traffic of
great transport axes and thus reduce the travel time. OAS
will execute the works of the section with 11 km, connecting
Penha to Galeão.
“There will be comfort, air-conditioning and free
traffic. With ‘metronization’ of the bus system and traffic
technology, there will be less traffic signs, which will
reduce travel time”, explains the operational leader of
OAS’s contracts with PCRJ (City Hall of Rio de Janeiro),
Antonio Cid Campelo.
Transcarioca will be delivered in mid-2014 and will
leave two more postcards in the city, according to the
engineer responsible for planning of the works, Roque
Antônio Pretto. A cable-stayed bridge with gothic arcs, with
height of 55 m and length of 400 m, will connect Galeão to
Ilha do Fundão, and a viaduct in arc will have the height of
a ten-floor building.
Decent transport for the population
Scheduled for delivery in 2015, another route that will
change the structure of transports in Rio is Transolímpica.
By reducing trajectories of hours to up to 20 minutes, the
system will link two regions that will receive the Olympic
and Paralympic Games, Barra da Tijuca and Deodoro –
both in the west area of the capital. It will have an exclusive
bus corridor of 13 km and 11 stations.
Claudio Borges, head of the Transolímpica construction
project, says that this is one of the most significant works
as legacy. “There will be a new artery for the city that has
not seen the construction of a new route in more than 15
years”, says Borges.
There will be 42 viaducts in the entire route and at
least two tunnels, which will cross a rock in Parque da
Pedra Branca. A delicate works, it is supervised by the
engineer Claudio Kazuo Miyazato, from OAS. “The greatest
challenge of the works is to cause the least possible impact
LLUSTRATIVE IMAGES OF HOW THE PROVIDÊNCIA, CENTRAL AND GAMBOA STATIONS WILL LOOK
in the region, reason why OAS’s expertise is fundamental for
the execution of this project”, he states. Transolímpica will
bring decent transport and add value to the region, giving
conditions for a better social and economic development.”
Underground technology
The legacy of the 2016 Olympics also foresees
improvements in the subway, one of the main mass
transports of Rio de Janeiro. OAS is responsible for
building the Uruguai station, of line 1, in one of the most
traditional points of Tijuca, north area. Experienced in
building tunnels, the team of engineers faced a different
challenge: converting an already existing tunnel, used
as a train maneuvering area, into a station with capacity
to initially receive 20 thousand passengers per day –
reaching the peak of operating with 50 thousand people
during the games.
According to the project leader, Marcelo Costa, the team
had to create a new sustaining system, that transmits the
structural load from a row of pillars to a central axis, like tree
branches supported by the trunk. This innovative plan gave
the team the 1st place in the OAS Productivity & Technology
Award, in the technological development category.
With regard to residents and traders in the environs
of the Uruguai station, OAS has set up an Ombudsman
in the works.
The lifting and descending of loads by machines of the Transcarioca
worksite requires the attention and experience of riggers, workers who
perform the function of guiding the movement of large equipments. One of
these riggers is Anderson Germano da Silva, aged 33 years, a marine highly
interested in great works. He has worked in works since the age of 12 and has
even performed the function of doorman. “I am always improving myself
and I have the desire to be a technician in the moving of loads and have my
own team. I love what I do.”
felipe varanda
Avid for great works
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Antonio Cid Campelo, operational leader
of the OAS contracts with PCRJ
porto maravilha Disclosure
Marisa Machado
THE CABLE-STAYED ARC VIADUCT OVER AVENIDA BRASIL IS
PART OF TRANSCARIOCA’S OUTLINE
Transcarioca will have
capacity to transport one
hundred thousand people per
day, at a cost and time less
than the subway.
“We listened to the residents, conducted precautionary
and structural inspections in some buildings because of the
new foundations of access to the stations. The monitoring of
these properties is also constant”, explains the OAS contract
manager in the works, Christóvão Cunha Esmeraldo.
Chance to retell history
The first slum in Brazil was set up in Morro da
Providência, which spent the last one hundred years
without a great social, structural and urban intervention.
With the aim of returning dignity to the residents, OAS
takes part in the revitalization of all the region’s routes,
plus the installation of water supply and sewage collection
network. The public lighting, today deficient, will be
restored, and the area will also receive a modern rainwater
drainage system. OAS’s work includes the construction of
305 community houses, social space and eight commercial
points, in addition to landscape projects.
Together with the most essential structural
interferences, there is the construction project of the cable
car. The equipment reaches 721 meters in length and has
three stations: at Central do Brasil, at Praça Américo Brum
(at the top of the hill) and at Bairro da Gamboa (Port Area).
It offers 15 gondolas and has capacity to transport three
thousand people per hour.
The OAS contract manager for the works, Antônio
Caçador, says that the logistics for installation of the pillars
and transport of parts was one of the main challenges of
the works. This is not the first equipment of this type to
bear the signature of OAS. The company is responsible for
the pioneering cable car of Rio, built in 2011 in Complexo
do Alemão that made it earn certificates of recognition,
like the ISO 9000, which assures quality management.
Museu do Amanhã (Museum of
Tomorrow): science by the seaside
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Among the postcards arising with the works of the
Porto Novo is Museu do Amanhã, with outline signed
by the renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava,
author of designs made for the Barcelona Olympics (1992),
which returned to the Catalan city the title of tourist center.
“According to the architect himself, no other of his works
SEA VIEW OF ‘MUSEU DO AMANHÃ’
is located in such a privileged place”, informs José Renato
Ponte, president of Concessionária Porto Novo.
The roofing of the museum, retractile and of strong
visual appeal, will be made up of photovoltaic blades that
capture the sunlight and convert it into electric power.
There will be reutilization of rainwater and water from the
museum’s sinks.
“The water from the bay will cool the equipment and
will be returned to the sea, but only after being treated”,
guarantees the president of the concessionaire.
“It is a world-standard construction that will attract
many visitors to admire it, since it is a work of art”, states
Ponte. “It will be a center of visitation of the Port Region”.
The conception of Museu do Amanhã contemplates an area
of 30 thousand square meters by the seaside, in Pier Mauá,
and has gardens, pools, bicycle paths and leisure area.
GOOD NEWS
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OAS updates in
few lines
O
AS Empreendimentos received, on the 26th of November,
the Top of Marketing award in the Real Estate category
from the Associação dos Dirigentes de Marketing e Vendas do
Brasil – ADVB/RS (Association of Marketing & Sales Directors of
Brazil), for the case of marketing drives promoted to launch the
Liberdade project, in Porto Alegre. “This award shows how the
market of Rio Grande do Sul received OAS Empreendimentos
and the Liberdade project well, which exceeded the expectations
on having all its 916 residential units from the 1st phase sold
in 85 days. We are happy with this result and working a lot to
continue wining over the gauchos with the next launchings”,
celebrates the Marketing manager of OAS Empreendimentos,
Alexandre Liborio.
O
AS increased its partnership with Microsoft
Participações, investment company directed
toward the promotion of innovation and
entrepreneurship in Brazil, with the installation of
business accelerators in the arenas themselves,
in Porto Alegre and in Natal. In this first cycle,
15 startups will be selected to be accelerated in
both cities, in a period of 24 months. Startups
are recently created small-size companies, with
activities linked to research and development
(R&D) of innovative ideas, which show potential for
success. “OAS Arenas have capacity to house real
business centers. They have privileged location,
parking lot, commercial rooms, restaurants and all
the structure to meet the needs of any company,
including the start-ups. They are alternatives
on a par with the most modern commercial
undertakings to become great business centers
in the cities where they are installed”, explains
Carlos Eduardo Paes Barreto, Managing Director.
International
repercussion
P
resent in the biggest soccer business fair
worldwide – SOCCEREX – the Grêmio
Arena is attracting the attention of executives
from the sector, visitors and the world press.
One of the most distinguished presences of
the first day of the event was that of the soccer
player and idol Zico, who insisted on checking
out the stand and greeting the directors of
Grêmio and of OAS for the innovative project.
The participation in the event has the main
aim of moving forward the relationship with
suppliers and commercial partners. According
to the Managing Director, Carlos Eduardo Paes
Barreto, the forecast is for the Grêmio Arena to
collect over R$ 100 million per year. “This figure
encompasses the sale of box seats, Gold seats
and commercial spaces for restaurants and
stores, even tickets for games and spectacles,
since it is a multipurpose space that will not be
restricted to soccer”, he explains.
OAS ARCHIVE
OAS increases partnership
with Microsoft
CHAMPION TEAM:
VICTOR TAPIA, INCORPORATION ANALYST;
LUIZ PAULO DUTRA PEREIRA, SALES COORDINATOR;
ROBERTO MOREIRA, INCORPORATION COORDINATOR;
ALEXANDRE LIBORIO, MARKETING MANAGER; TELMO
TONOLLI, INCORPORATION MANAGER; HUMBERTO
GARRIDO, DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS;
AND ANDRÉ REIS, MARKETING ANALYST
OAS ARCHIVE
OAS Empreendimentos
is Top of Marketing
THE EVENT
STRENGTHENS
THE RELATIONSHIP
WITH SUPPLIERS
AND PARTNERS
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O
AS received in September the recognition of the 2012
ÉPOCA Green Company Award, being pointed out as one
of the 20 companies with the best environmental practices.
The award was obtained after extremely demanding and
careful analysis, involving 53 pages of questionnaire with 81
questions. Made up of acknowledged people in the market,
the evaluating jury reaffirms the seriousness of the process.
“The certainty that our know-how in sustainable actions is
highly qualified was a determinant factor for the management
to decide to take part. We debuted this year and we have
already been highly awarded”, celebrates Roberto Santos,
manager of EHS.
The award makes public what was already known to OAS
employees, because for many years the company has supported
sustainable actions and promoted environmental education
campaigns. OAS has its Environmental Management System
certified according to NBR ISO 14001, and is a signatory of the
Open Letter to Brazil on Climatic Changes, which officializes
several commitments, like that of reducing greenhouse
gas emissions.
THE DIRECTOR OF THE EXCELLENCE CENTER, HENRIQUE
ANDION (LEFT) RECEIVES THE AWARD FROM THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF ÉPOCA MAGAZINE. A TOTAL OF 120 COMPANIES
ENROLLED, 59% OF WHICH IS FROM THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR,
MAKING THE DISPUTE EVEN TIGHTER
OAS ARCHIVE
Public recognition
CART is among the 150 best
C
CONCESSIONÁRIA AUTO RAPOSO TAVARES
(CART) OPERATES IN THE SP-225 JOÃO
BAPTISTA CABRAL RENNÓ, SP-327 ORLANDO
QUAGLIATO AND SP-270 RAPOSO TAVARES
HIGHWAYS, TOTALING 444 KILOMETERS
BETWEEN BAURU AND PRESIDENTE EPITÁCIO
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OAS ARCHIVE
oncessionária Auto Raposo Tavares (CART) was elected, for the first time, one of the 150 best companies
to work for by Você S/A magazine, 2012 Guide. Member of the Invepar Group, of which OAS Investimentos
is a shareholder, the concessionaire expands, recovers and administers over 440 km of roads that follow from
Bauru, in the heart of São Paulo State, up to Presidente Epitácio, in the border with Mato Grosso do Sul.
Along its entire length, there are 25 workstations, which led CART to develop a differentiated initiative
to maintain the cohesion of the entire team of the works. Entitled “HR with You”, the program consists of
bimonthly visits from the Human Resources area to all units, to gather information and be increasingly closer
to the employees. Increasing the investment in training the managers by 60%, in relation to 2011, is another
aspect that reinforces CART’s choice by the Guide, which also took into account the fact that, out of the 595
employees, more than 80% are satisfied. The concessionaire also has as principle the provisioning of services
of excellence, with preserved and safe roads, and agile attention to users. It is also governed by respect for the
environment and contribution toward social development of neighboring communities.
reprodução
Building citizenship
A
OAS ARCHIVE
decade ago, OAS delved into social responsibility
and offered its employees fundamental
learning and professional qualification. Since then,
it has trained about three thousand employees. To
celebrate the date and the benefits obtained, the
company has just launched the book “Escola OAS: 10
anos reescrevendo histórias” (OAS School: 10 years
rewriting stories).
OAS believes education to be one of the basic
pillars for a modern, creative and competitive
company.
Together with thze life changes brought about
through knowledge, like that of the employee who
stopped taking the wrong bus, the publication also
records a new commitment by OAS: eradicating
illiteracy among its workers and training them to
allow perfecting of labor. That is, providing the
professionals with new perspectives.
“The future of the OAS school is in follow up
of the society’s own evolution and in promoting for
our workers the opening of new horizons, for those
who have the opportunity of evolving more and more
as citizens and professionals”, states Dilson Paiva,
administrative director.
Encouraging innovation
O
AS has as premise the continuous effort for
innovation, productivity and improvements
in all areas. Promoted by the management of the
Excellence Center, the OAS Productivity Award
annually reinforces this ideal on encouraging,
recognizing and disseminating actions that solve
engineering challenges.
Accomplished services are evaluated in the
Practical Development category, directed toward
works on procedures and tools, and Technological
development category, for technical and logistics
solutions of our sectors of operation.
In celebration of the 10th anniversary
of the oas school, the company
is publishing a book with the history
of the initiative that, for the coming
years, has the goal of eradicating
illiteracy and empowering employees
even more
IN THE TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT CATEGORY, IT WON
FOR “CONSTRUCTION OF THE URUGUAI STATION PLATFORM
OF METRÔ RIO, USING METHODS OF LOAD TRANSFER AMONG
STRUCTURES”. THE GREATEST MERIT WAS EMPHASIZING THE
GOOD RESULT THROUGH STRATEGIC PLANNING TO MINIMIZE
RISKS AND GUARANTEE QUALITY WITHIN THE COMPLEXITY OF
THE METHODOLOGY AND EXISTING SPACE
In 2012, there was the awarding of the 10th edition
of the OAS Productivity Award – Technological
Development Category, in Rio de Janeiro, promoted
together with the East Superintendent Board
and Oil & Gas Superintendent Board. Likewise
the criteria established for assessment of the 12
works enrolled, the event was aligned with OAS’s
sustainability concepts. Broadcasted live through the
web, it contemplated the three pillars determined
by the company: to be socially fair (promoted
greater participation), be economically feasible and
environmentally correct (less displacements means
less expenses and reduction in the emission of
greenhouse gases respectively).
The awarding of the Practical Development
category, promoted together with the Northeast
Superintendent Board, occurred in Salvador.
Dissemination of the works, maintained at oasnet,
aims at valuing the participation and to disseminate
the technical knowledge generated in the company.
Erratum: The Conama Resolution, published on page 24 of the 1st edition, is number 307.
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EVENTS
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OAS officializes
good practices
PICTURES CANINDÉ SOARES
In an event held in Natal (RN),
OAS reaffirmed its commitment
to human and labor rights
THE CEREMONY INCLUDES INAUGURATION OF BLEACHERS AND THE CLOSING OF SIPAT. THE GOVERNOR ROSALBA RAFFLED PRIZES FOR THE EMPLOYEES
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n September 14, 2012 the Dunas Arena, in Natal (RN),
was the stage of a great feast. On this day, the pilot
project of the National Commitment to Improve the
Working Conditions in the Construction Industry was
started, established between the federal government,
entities representing workers and entrepreneurs.
Respect for human and labor rights is a premise
incorporated into OAS’s DNA. “OAS values and has always
fulfilled the role directed toward social responsibility.
Now, it will be done in a more regulated fashion, but we
will not limit ourselves to the terms of the Commitment”,
states Dilson Paiva, administrative director of OAS.
The company is committed internally to go beyond
the agreement and improve the works developed in the
areas of health, safety, environment, human resources
and social responsibility. “This project reinforces
the positive actions we have already adopted in our
worksite, including through the training and technical
improvement of our employees”, states the operational
leader, Charles Maia.
“Our workers are having the opportunity to know
a more adequate way of working, and this learning is
transforming; it is another legacy left by the Arena in
Natal”, says Demétrio Torres, secretary of State for World
Cup affairs.
With the presence of governor Rosalba Ciarlini, the
workers celebrated the installation of the first bleachers
of the Dunas Arena, which was built before the deadline
established in the works schedule.
In this party, which also ended the Internal Week
for the Prevention of Occupational Accidents (SIPAT),
several gifts were raffled for the employees.
With the aim of exceeding the determinations
of the National Commitment, OAS will improve the
work conditions and promote significant gains for the
communities where its works are and will be inserted.