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The contract was signed with the Ministry of the Interior to carry out the inspection service for the work: ¨Project Renovation, Expansion and Modernization of the Cristo Redentor-Los Horcones System Border Center “, located in the Department of Las Heras in the province of Mendoza . The offer was presented jointly with Serra Arquitectos, which was awarded by the Client for meeting the highest score in both the technical item and price. The term of the execution of the work and of our contract is 35 months that includes 23 months of effective work plus 12 months of winter closure due to the location and the difficulty of working during the summer months. It also has a guarantee period of 12 additional months. The funds for the development of the work are provided by the FONPLATA Development Bank. The border crossing in question is located in the town of Los Horcones, on National Route 7, Province of Mendoza, near the border with Chile. The participation of inspection personnel and specialists is foreseen, with a total of 8 people with part-time action for the specialists and full-time for the Inspection personnel. The project consists of a comprehensive remodeling of the existing border post that plans to carry out an important infrastructure work that includes reinforced concrete pavements for 8,400 m2 and a soil movement of 10,000 m3. The following constructions and renovations will be carried out: Omnibus Control Building (B1): 1200 m2 of covered surface in reinforced concrete and a metallic structure of 2,000 m2 and 400 m2 of pavement, also in reinforced concrete. It will have all the sanitary, electrical, thermomechanical, gas installations, as well as architectural finishes typical of the area. Migration Building (B2): with a metallic structure of 1,200 m2 and 100 m3 of reinforced concrete. Internal Control Cabins (B3): 2 units of 70 m2. 4. Existing Main Building (E4): adding value to it, with a comprehensive refurbishment of the entire building, including the facilities. It has a covered area of ​​120 m2.

Latinoconsult carried out the strategic analysis, the engineering, transportation, economic, legal and environmental studies for the new concession period of the Hidrovía. The Paraná River and Río de la Plata waterway concentrates 80% of the volume of the country’s exports and links more than 80 Argentine ports with the rest of the world. It allows the annual circulation of more than 125 million tons of all types of cargo, 1.5 million containers, 750,000 vehicles and the arrival of 320,000 cruise passengers. The estimated costs for the 15 years of the new concession reach approximately USD 3.8 billion, of which the opening dredging represents about 20%. This project will reduce the current toll rate, carry out improvement, expansion, maintenance works and substantially improve the operating conditions of the system. In this way, Argentina will gain greater competitiveness by reducing its logistics costs for both imports and exports. We thank all the main users of the waterway for having trusted Latinoconsult to carry out this work.

Consultation with the Aboriginal Communities Mbya Guaraní We are designing the new works to be built to provide drinking water to the City of Puerto Iguazú and the 600 hectares where the aboriginal communities Yryapu, Ita Poty Mirï, Jasy Porá and Tupamba’e reside. The works will include: A new water intake and treatment work of better quality, which will be supplied from the Paraná River. Give water to all existing networks. New networks for the entire city. Install pipes and tanks to give water to the indigenous communities of the 600 ha. As it is the best option from a technical and environmental point of view, it has been planned that the tanks are placed so that they are not more than 200 meters from all the houses in the nearby area. Community centers (schools, health centers, etc.) can be connected, where possible, directly to the water network. It is proposed to install pipes in the internal streets and tanks with 4 taps in all the communities of the 600-hectare area. In a meeting that took place in mid-September, the four Mbya Guaraní indigenous communities, settled in the 600-hectare area in the city of Puerto Iguazú, were informed about the best possibilities of having potable water, as well as to consult their opinions on the works and possible actions in order to strengthen the communities in relation to drinking water works through an Indigenous Peoples Plan (PPI) to be executed jointly with the works by the construction company. The meeting concluded with the signing of a Minute indicating the suggestions received from the communities.

Latinoconsult carries out the project review and supervision of the works of the diversion dam over the Salado river, the intake work, the link channel, the connection to the Canal de Dios and the complementary works, in various locations, Copo department, province of Santiago del Estero. The main characteristics of the works are described below. DERIVATIVE AZUD The leveler weir work (located in the territory of the province of Santiago del Estero, about 3 km south of the border with the Province of Salta; near the town of Cruz Bajada), is developed across the river Salado , and will constitute a hydraulic structure in charge of raising the water level to generate a sufficient difference in level to guarantee its entry into the intake work of the Link Canal, which has been established at 18 m3 / s. It has a total length of 192 m made up of a spillway with thirteen spans of 12.3 m and nine flat gates of 2.7 m each with electromechanical drive. The volume of reinforced concrete that this work will require is in the order of 2,047 m3. The work has a fish transfer structure, designed to ensure the migration of these vertebrates during spawning periods. It has been planned that a bridge of type A-30 of the D.N.V. to access the right bank of the Salado river and its approach embankments. The weir is complemented by the lateral closures, on both banks of the river, made up of embankments of compacted cement soil, which aim to prevent overflows, reducing the flood spot to a minimum and protecting the surrounding properties. to the closing zone. COLLECTION WORK It has been proposed, for the capture of the flows to be derived, a desander area as a pre-intake and within the riverbed. It is rectangular in shape and its sides perpendicular to the flow are defined by gates through which the cleaning operations will be carried out. Its dimensions are 71 m long by 33.6 m wide. LINK CHANNEL Following the intake work and the transition zone in between, a link channel will be built between the intake and the distribution work (node) located 500 m downstream and from which the necessary flows will be derived to the Canal de Dios and also the future canal to Figueroa. FLOW DISTRIBUTION NODE At the end of the link channel, progressive 500 m, the work is located that will allow the diversion or distribution of flows both towards the Canal de Dios and towards the future canal to Figueroa.The regulation of the derived flows is executed by two sets of flat gates, manually operated, of two and four units, respectively. NEW CHANNEL OF GOD It is a pipeline that links the flow distribution node, already described, with the current Canal de Dios. This linking channel will ensure the permanent service of the Canal de Dios with a conduction capacity of 3 m3 / s. The length of this pipeline is 21,865 m intercepting the current Canal de Dios coinciding with the foot of the existing waterfall upstream of the derivation to the Virgen de Huachana canal, from where the Canal de Dios continues with its current scheme. MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF PROVINCIAL ROUTE No. 2 In view of the enormous importance of this work and the importance of it in the northern province, it is essential to maintain and improve Provincial Route No. 2, a road structure that will allow safe access to the entire work, weir and canals, regardless of weather conditions or other circumstances. MEDIUM VOLTAGE ELECTRIC LINE A medium voltage power line was built through which energy will be supplied to all the Azud facilities, intake work and accessory structures, at 13.2 KV three-phase. Length of 30 km from SETaN 33 / 13.2 located in the town of Ahí Veremos to the site of the Azud site. Currently, work is being done on the concreting of the intake and intake work to the connecting canal and the new Canal de Dios, which is excavated up to the progressive 10,000 m with 30% of it already lined. The improvement works of Provincial Route N ° 2 and the embankments of lateral closures on both banks of the Salado River are being completed.

Inspection services – Work progress The work, in charge of the Ministry of Water and Environment of the province of Santiago del Estero, proposes the execution of a weir about three kilometers from the border with the province of Salta, in the area called Cruz Bajada, which allows to derive a Link conduction on the left bank of the river that links and supplies the water system of the de Dios stream and the future canal to Figueroa. In this month the Inspection carried out the control of topographic surveys of improved soils of Route N ° 2, quality control of the base of the foundation and subgrade, measurement of the execution of the work progress, quality control of cement soil and topographic measurement in embankment closure of the left bank, control of deforestation, cleaning and topography of the connecting channel, intake and sand trap, in addition to the control of security measures and use of PPE by the personnel assigned to the work tasks. The control of installations in the workroom of housing blocks and internal installations was carried out, together with the execution of masonry works and concreting of columns for the inspection workshop and the working conditions in the sector. The entry of equipment to work was verified and the quantities of work carried out in the month were measured. The personnel affected for the work inspection are: Eng. Carlos H. Camaño (Inspection Chief), Eng. César Albarenga (Site Conductor), Eng. Surveyor Gonzalo Gerez (Topography) and Eng. Jorge Ragno (Environmental Specialist) ).

Consulting services for the compilation of feasibility background, socio-environmental and economic analysis and preparation of an executive project for the construction of a railway lot, junction and bridge in the town of Oliveros, province of Santa Fe. The works will cover aspects related to institutional, engineering, technical, economic, environmental and executive project studies, bidding documentation and measurements. They are organized in three blocks: Preliminary project that will determine the location of the maneuvering beach. It will also include the definition of the location of the bridge over the Carcarañá River and the general criteria for its design. It will consist of the environmental, economic and technical analysis of all the components of the project. It will include the formulation of the executive project for both the beach and the bridge, the drafting of the terms of reference to tender the projected works and measurements of the land to be expropriated.