OHL awarded Chile Dam expansion project

expat network

OHL awarded Chile Dam expansion project

OHL has been awarded the project for the expansion of the Talabre Dam in Chile. This contract is the eighth stage in the construction of the tailings dam, located in the city of Calama, in Chile’s Antofagasta region. The project, with a 145-million-euro budget, was awarded by Codelco Chile, the world’s largest copper producer, to the Joint Venture led by OHL in conjunction with the Chilean companies, Conpax and Valko.

The contract covers the construction of periphery walls and other supplementary works. Highlights of the project include the extension of walls to a total length of 19 km and with a total fill volume of 4.7 m3; the construction of the 20-km-long tailings pipeline with a diameter of between 700 and 900 mm; three mobile clear-water pumping stations for a total flow of 690 liters per second and two regulating basins for the reclaimed water system with a capacity of 75,000 m3 each.

The OHL Group has been present in Chile since 1981, having performed outstanding projects in the infrastructures area. Significant examples include the Eastern Vespucio Toll Road; the construction and operation of Terminal 2 in the Port of Valparaíso; the Industrial Bridge road concession; the work performed on Route 60 (Section 2, Sector 1, Panquehue Bypass) and on Line 3 of the Santiago de Chile Subway –sections 5 and 6–; the Camino Nogales-Puchuncaví concession and the construction of the Gustavo Fricke and Curicó hospitals. Other projects deserving mention in addition to these are the EPC copper ore processing plant in Calama, currently under operation and maintenance, and the rhyolite crushing plant in Antofagasta, at which the Group has performed the O&M service.

The OHL Servicios division has recently entered the Chilean facilities management market through its subsidiary OHL Servicios-Ingesan, with the award of several projects in the area of cleaning and maintenance.

Source: www.ohl.es/en

Moving Abroad Checklist

Initial Considerations

Will your partner be travelling with you?

If so, what will they be giving up in your present home and will they be able to continue with their career in your new home? You will need to check whether a separate visa is required for your partner to work or if your visa gives that right. If they are unable to work you will need to decide on the effect on your finances and what alternatives are available to give a fulfilling life (home business, training, voluntary work).

Are you taking family with you?

Moving with family raises many exciting opportunities, but also can create challenges. The HSBC Expat Explorer survey indicates that expat kids can take six months to settle in to their new country (see article). Getting young or even older children to prepare to move and leave their friends and family behind can be a challenge and should be thought through.

The options for education is another area that needs to be thought through.

Moving your child to a new country with a different education system can be a great opportunity to broaden their experience, but if they are close to key exams the timing can make this inadvisable. If you do take your family with you, it is important to decide between joining the local school system or choosing an international school.

Where will you be living?

Whether you will be living in a house or apartment, furnished or unfurnished, these decisions will affect what you need to take with you. The time you are planning to live overseas will also affect whether you should leave your property at home empty, rent it out or sell it. See the article Sell, Store or Ship.