Engineering students from Granada visit the Estepona boulevard construction site to learn about its technical challenges

The project combines engineering and architecture and incorporates complex solutions to manage the high water table, embank the Monterroso River and prevent flooding with the construction of a storm tank.

The Estepona City Council informs that it has received a group of students of the Master of Engineering of Roads, Canals and Ports of the University of Granada who have visited the works of the boulevard of Estepona, a project that has aroused their interest due to the important technical and constructive challenges it presents.

The group of students, accompanied by their professors, has chosen this work for their academic visit due to the technical aspects it incorporates. During the tour they were accompanied by Ignacio Pastor, site manager, and Federico Vizcaíno, group manager, both from Itercon, the company holding the concession for the works, as well as by members of the project management team, who explained the details and peculiarities of this complex project.

The visit began with a reception in the hall of the Town Hall, where a brief explanation of the project was given. Subsequently, the students have moved to the site of the works to see on the ground the development of the works.

Rocío Sánchez, a member of the project management team, emphasized that the boulevard project has very interesting technical aspects, as it combines engineering and architecture to regenerate the urban space of a particularly central and important area of the city.

This project has presented significant challenges, especially due to the presence of water. The proximity to the sea means that the water table is very high and, in addition, the area has the Monterroso river embankment, which has forced the adoption of complex technical solutions to manage the presence and pressure of water, especially in the construction of the two subway parking levels.

In this regard, Sánchez pointed out that in order to carry out the work it was necessary to create seven drainage wells that drain the land continuously. Another of the project’s highlights is the construction of a storm tank, an infrastructure designed to prevent flooding in an area that has historically suffered from this type of episode.

The students have described the work as “particular and very interesting” for their training, and during the visit they had the opportunity to ask their questions directly to those responsible for the project.

This trip is part of an academic activity in which the students are visiting different engineering infrastructures, among them the AVE works, a dam, the Estepona boulevard and the port of Algeciras.