"Porto Maravilha": Engineering proposes dialogue between past and future

With investments that total R$ 7.6 billion (US$ 3.8 Bn), concessionaire takes on the challenge of requalifying an area of 5 million square meters in Rio de Janeiro’s Port Zone while reconciling the preservation of the region’s history with modern urban design standards

PBQP-H is theme of presentation at Construction Congress

The challenge of reducing the country’s housing deficit has prompted the Brazilian government to develop a program of quality and productivity for social-interest housing

Work accidents: a Brazil that’s out of line

High number of occupational accidents in the country is associated with disregard for safety norms

Nature surprises Engineering

Interview with Julio Cláudio Di Dio Pierri, Coordinator of Engineering of the Consortium for Construction of Line 4 South of the Rio de Janeiro Metro

Line 4 of the Rio de Janeiro Metro; a challenging project

Works require a high degree of engineering know how, advanced technology in equipment, complex planning and logistics to take the rails of the city’s metro to the borough of Barra da Tijuca by the end of 2015

Urban mobility in Belo Horizonte

With nearly 2.5 million inhabitants and increasingly chaotic traffic, the city of Belo Horizonte (BH) is undergoing a radical change. The progress of eight works for urban mobility, included in the...

Go, Corinthians!

Construction Expo 2013 will host the Arena Corinthians thematic exhibit hall presenting details on this controversial project

Deceleration may be a sign of stability

In 2012, the Brazilian realty market suffered impacts triggered by the crisis in the world’s economies, reporting negative results. The sector is still cautious as regards the outlook for 2013.

Victory in the race against time

A sea of opportunities in the state of Ceará

The state’s economy grows more than three times the rate for the rest of Brazil in 2012 and, today, represents a new frontier of opportunities for investment and of demand for infrastructure and industrial property construction