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IPJ Engenharia – projetos e soluções

Projects and consulting

A selection of work for multilateral banks, water utilities, governments and private companies.

Universal Sanitation Program for Tourist and Coastal Cities (DR-L1158) Multilateral banks

Universal Sanitation Program for Tourist and Coastal Cities (DR-L1158)

Client: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Location: Dominican Republic

Technical support for the conceptualization, review and optimization of the program's sewerage designs, using the SaniHUB platform tools and coordinating with other consultants.

  • Cities: La Romana, San Pedro de Macorís, Higüey, Boca Chica and Punta Cana
  • Optimization of the Boca Chica basic design, cutting CAPEX and OPEX by at least 30%
  • Technical support to INAPA
SaniHUB and SaniBID platforms Multilateral banks

SaniHUB and SaniBID platforms

Client: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Location: Brazil and Dominican Republic

Technical coordination of digital tools for sewerage design, developed in partnership with the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA).

  • SaniHUB Ramales app (sanihub.org) for designing condominial branches
  • Modules for pump stations, decentralized treatment and cost estimates
  • Applied in informal settlements of the Dominican Republic
Condominial sewerage: pilot projects, guidelines and training Multilateral banks

Condominial sewerage: pilot projects, guidelines and training

Client: World Bank
Location: Colombia, Dominican Republic and Mozambique

Technical assistance to design and implement condominial sewerage pilot projects, defining engineering, social work and construction specifications.

  • Pilot projects in Moca and Gaspar Hernández (Dominican Republic)
  • Pilot projects in Tumaco and Guapi (Colombia)
  • Colombia's national guideline for condominial sewerage
  • Training of water utilities and municipalities in Mozambique
Dissemination of condominial sewerage in Latin America Multilateral banks

Dissemination of condominial sewerage in Latin America

Client: IDB / Diagonal-Condomínio Consortium
Location: Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil

Courses, conferences and technical assistance to water utilities implementing condominial sewerage in Latin American countries.

  • IDB program to disseminate condominial technology
  • Technical assistance to pilot projects (2016–2018)
Cap-Haïtien sewerage system Multilateral banks

Cap-Haïtien sewerage system

Client: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Location: Cap-Haïtien, Haiti

Technical consulting for the sewerage system of the city of Cap-Haïtien.

Integrated urban development around Benghazi Multilateral banks

Integrated urban development around Benghazi

Client: Benghazi Works / Queiroz Galvão Consortium
Location: Libya

Specialized consulting on sewerage systems within an integrated urban development project.

  • Cities: Benghazi, Al Marj, Al Abyar, Al Aquriyah and Darianah
Integra Tietê Program – São Paulo Metropolitan Region Water utilities

Integra Tietê Program – São Paulo Metropolitan Region

Client: SABESP (for Ankara Engenharia / DGFD Consortium)
Location: Suzano, Itaquaquecetuba and Guarulhos – SP, Brazil

Detailed designs of collection sewers, trunk sewers, force mains and pump stations to expand the sewerage system.

  • 80 km of collection sewers, trunk sewers and force mains
  • 34 wastewater pump stations in the optimized design
  • Optimization study that reduced pump stations from 42 to 34, lowering CAPEX and OPEX
Praia Grande sewerage system Water utilities

Praia Grande sewerage system

Client: SABESP (for Ankara Engenharia)
Location: Praia Grande – SP, Brazil

Detailed designs of collection sewers, trunk sewers, force mains and pump stations.

  • 50 km of collection sewers, trunk sewers and force mains
  • 3 wastewater pump stations
Condominial sanitation in Pinheiros River basin favelas Water utilities

Condominial sanitation in Pinheiros River basin favelas

Client: SABESP / DGFD Consortium
Location: São Paulo – SP, Brazil

Consulting on the conceptualization, review and definition of condominial sewerage designs for informal settlements under a results-based contract.

  • Results-based contract
  • Focus on dense informal settlements
Bahia Azul Program – condominial sewerage in Salvador Water utilities

Bahia Azul Program – condominial sewerage in Salvador

Client: EMBASA – Bahia Water and Sanitation Company
Location: Salvador – Bahia, Brazil

Detailed designs of condominial sewerage and in-house connections across several basins of Salvador, plus monitoring of the operation of the systems built.

  • 500 km of sewers
  • 30 pump stations, notably street-level pump stations
  • 200,000 in-house connections
  • About 1.5 million people served
Salvador Metropolitan Region and critical areas Water utilities

Salvador Metropolitan Region and critical areas

Client: EMBASA, MRM, SERTENGE and CR Construtoras
Location: Camaçari, Feira de Santana, Lauro de Freitas and Salvador – Bahia, Brazil

Detailed condominial sewerage designs for metropolitan cities and designs for critical areas of Salvador combining sewerage, drainage, slope stabilization and urban upgrading.

  • Camaçari (280,000), Feira de Santana (600,000) and Lauro de Freitas (180,000 people)
  • Basic design for the Médio Camurujipe and Calafate basins (200,000 people)
  • Terms of reference and cost estimates for construction tenders
Condominial sewerage for Tacaimbó and Gravatá Water utilities

Condominial sewerage for Tacaimbó and Gravatá

Client: COMPESA – PSA Program / IDB
Location: Tacaimbó and Gravatá – Pernambuco, Brazil

Detailed designs of condominial sewerage systems.

  • Tacaimbó (15,000) and Gravatá (35,000 people)
Condominial sewerage in Rondonópolis Water utilities

Condominial sewerage in Rondonópolis

Client: SANEAR – Rondonópolis Environmental Sanitation Service
Location: Rondonópolis – Mato Grosso, Brazil

Consulting and detailed designs to implement condominial sewerage.

  • 100 km of sewers
  • 3 pump stations
  • 280,000 people served
Condominial sewerage in the Federal District Water utilities

Condominial sewerage in the Federal District

Client: CAESB / Aquaplan Projetos e Consultoria
Location: Brasília – DF, Brazil

Detailed condominial sewerage designs for several satellite cities of Brasília.

Mané Dendê Program – Salvador's Railway Suburb Public sector

Mané Dendê Program – Salvador's Railway Suburb

Client: Salvador City Government / IDB
Location: Salvador – Bahia, Brazil

Sewerage, stormwater drainage and water supply designs for basins of the Railway Suburb.

  • About 300,000 people
Integrated sanitation in Itabuna, Dias d'Ávila and Teixeira de Freitas Public sector

Integrated sanitation in Itabuna, Dias d'Ávila and Teixeira de Freitas

Client: Municipal governments
Location: Bahia, Brazil

Detailed condominial sewerage designs integrated with stormwater drainage and urban upgrading.

  • Itabuna (200,000)
  • Dias d'Ávila (60,000)
  • Teixeira de Freitas (200,000 people)
Private sector

Conceptual studies for São Lourenço da Mata

Client: Odebrecht Ambiental S.A.
Location: São Lourenço da Mata – Pernambuco, Brazil

Conceptual and alternatives studies for a condominial sewerage system.

  • 200,000 people
Water and sewerage for developments in Camaçari Private sector

Water and sewerage for developments in Camaçari

Client: DAMHA Urbanizadora and Iron House Empreendimentos
Location: Camaçari – Bahia, Brazil

Water supply and sewerage designs for residential and commercial developments.

  • Residential development with 1,365 units (DAMHA)
  • Development for 16,500 people (Iron House)
Private sector

Condominial pilot projects in Guarulhos

Client: YKUA Engenharia / SAAE Guarulhos
Location: Guarulhos – SP, Brazil

Technical assistance to implement condominial sewerage pilot projects (2004–2005).

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