Irrigation Oloman

Name: Feasibility study and bidding project for the agricultural development under irrigation of the Olomán Valley.
Brief description: It was proposed to irrigate 3,000 ha from the diversion of water from the Cuyamapa River. The study included the final engineering designs for the construction of the works and the bidding documentation, with an emphasis on the evaluation of natural resources to establish the suitability of the land for irrigation.
Location: Olomán Valley, Honduras.
Year: 2003-2004
Client: C. Lotti & Associati (under contract with PNUD, Secretaría de Finanzas).

Irrigation of the Northwest Cañar development project

Name: Executive project for the works of the irrigation systems of the Northwest Cañar development project.
Brief description: This involves a regulation dam, several intake works, main and secondary canals for the irrigation of approximately 4,400 ha in areas of the Parishes of Tambo, Juncal, Zhud, Suscal, San Francisco Gualleturo, and San Antonio de Pahuancay.
Location: Province of Cañar, Ecuador.
Year: 1990-1991
Client: Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA)

Low level crossing of Piedrabuena and Cafayate with Belgrano Sur railway

Name: Preliminary design and environmental impact study for the Piedrabuena and Cafayate underpasses with the Belgrano Sur railway
Brief description: The work included a topographic survey, photographic survey, tree species survey, identification of interferences to be removed, geometric design, structural analysis, hydraulic design, architecture, lighting, a pumping station with electromechanical equipment, and pavement and signal design.
Location: Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Argentina.
Year: 2016-2018
Client: Autopistas Urbanas S.A. (AUSA)

Slaughterhouse Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Name: Feasibility Report and Final Design for the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Slaughterhouse
Brief Description: Determination of slaughtering capacity for cattle and pigs (600 cattle/day and 200 pigs/day). Santa Cruz de la Sierra (population 650,000).
Location: Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
Year: 1985-1986
Client: Federación de Ganaderos de Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Regional Development: Guayape Valley

Name: Technical Assistance for Regional Development in the Guayape Valley
Brief Description: Design and construction supervision of 16 small irrigation systems (400 ha), mostly gravity-fed. Topographic surveys were conducted. Organization of agricultural extension services (50 extensionists); development of corresponding methodology to assist 1,200 producers and cooperative groups benefiting from the Agrarian Reform. Calculation of earthworks, etc. Design of catchment structures, drainage, and ditches. Preparation of final designs, estimated costs, and bidding documents.
Location: Honduras
Year: 2005
Client: Secretaría de Estado en el Despacho de Recursos Naturales

Agricultural Development El Porteño

Name: Feasibility report and preliminary design for an irrigation area as a complement to the reactivation works of the “El Porteño” stream.
Brief description: Agricultural development of 40,000 hectares of the project, which included: topographic surveys, geotechnics, hydrometry, photointerpretation, semi-detailed soil survey and mapping, defining soil suitability for irrigation and dry land, phreatimetry, installation of a network of 65 phreatimeters, marketing and market, competitive supply areas; seasonality; price analysis; transportation costs; supply and demand projections, study of marketing channels with identification of participants and functions; agricultural development: selection of productive activities, definition of typical production units, financing; irrigation: crop water requirements, definition of areas to be irrigated, subdivision, preliminary hydraulic works schemes, economic and financial aspects.
Location: Province of Formosa. Argentina.
Year: 2005
Client: Consejo Federal de Inversiones

Control of floods Chacras de Coria

Name: Preliminary and final designs for the Chacras de Coria Dam and complementary works
Brief description: Flood attenuation works caused by intense rainfall to protect the southwestern area of ​​Greater Mendoza (approximately 13,000 ha). Chacras de Coria Dam, Sosa Dam, water defense systems and stormwater drainage collectors to protect the Vistalba and Chacras de Coria areas, La Canterita Dam. Water transfer works from the Maure Basin to Chacras de Coria. Maure Dam. Complementary works (revision and expansion of existing works). Water defense system and stormwater drainage collectors for the Eastern Basin. Seismic risk analysis.
Location: Mendoza Province, Argentina.
Year: 2005
Client: Ministerio de Obras y Servicios Públicos. Dirección de Hidráulica.

Control of floods Chacras de Coria

Type of work: Drafts and executive projects.

Preparation of preliminary plans and executive projects for alluvial mitigation works caused by intense rainfall, to protect the southwestern area of Greater Mendoza (approximately 13,000 ha). Chacras de Coria Dam: 45 m high and 800 m long loose material dam. Sosa Dam, loose materials 30 m high and 350 m long. Systems of defenses and collectors of alluvial drains for the protection of the areas of Vistalba and Chacras de Coria. La Canterita Dam, loose materials 21 m high and 300 m long. Transfer works from the Maure Basin to Chacras de Coria. Maure Dam (jetty 20 m high and 300 m long) and complementary works (revision and expansion of existing works). System of defenses and collectors of storm drains of the East Basin. Seismic risk analysis.

Comprehensive use of the water resources of the Colorado River

Name: Comprehensive utilization of the Colorado river’s water resources
Brief Description: Climatological and hydrological studies of the Colorado River basin (134,000 km²). Design of a multiple water resource utilization scheme that included two alternatives with their respective stages: irrigation of controlled areas, river irrigation, and construction of regulation and diversion dams. The net irrigated area was 1,100,000 ha. The installed capacity in the possible uses was 560 MW and the annual energy was 30,906 Wh.
Location: Provinces of La Pampa, Río Negro, Neuquén, and Mendoza, Argentina.
Year: 1961
Client: Comisión Técnica Interprovincial del Río Colorado (COTIRC)

Underground railway Sarmiento

Name: Review of the engineering for the civil works and installations of the tunneling of the Sarmiento Line railway corridor. Stages I, II, and III. Sections: Caballito-Haedo; Haedo-Castelar and Castelar-Moreno.
Brief description: The modernization of this system has as its main objective the renewal of rolling stock, the modernization of civil infrastructures, the improvement of the architectural and environmental integration of the infrastructures, and the adaptation of the railway installations.
Location: Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Year: 2012
Client: Administración de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias Sociedad del Estado (ADIFSE).