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Built by Odebrecht Venezuela, MetroCable Mariche brings more integration

After undergoing operational tests, the MetroCable Mariche was opened to the public in Caracas, a cable car that will integrate with the city’s metro system. At an event attended by Vice President Nicolás Maduro, President of the Caracas Metro, Haiman El Troudi, executives from the Austrian company Doppelmayr and Odebrecht Venezuela, the commercial operation of the first section of the cable car began, which has the capacity to transport 100 thousand people a day. The first users emphasized the convenience and speed with which the journey to Line 1 of the underground subway system is made. This first 4.8 km stretch corresponds to the initial stage of the work and allows the route between Mariche and Palo Verde stations to be completed in 17 minutes, a journey that can take up to two hours to be covered by car. In the second stage of the work, which is already under construction, MetroCable will be expanded with the Palo Verde, Guaicoco, La Dolorita, La Dolorita Bloques and Mariche stat

Moatize Expansion Project certifies 75 Scaffolding Assemblers

The Moatize Expansion Project, a Vale project carried out by Odebrecht in Tete – Mozambique, certified 75 Members in Scaffolding on January 30th. The initiative was a partnership between the SSTMA and Production areas and the training promoted by SIQAS (Integrated Systems for Quality, Environment and Safety, unipessoal, Lda.). Members have accumulated knowledge and experience in 16 hours of theoretical classes and 8 hours of field practice. Among the themes worked on are first aid basics, procedures, safety measures, task risk analysis, work permission, correct use of PPE’s (personal protective equipment) and EPC’s (collective protective equipment) and assembly and disassembly of scaffolding. Coubert Nascimento, from Vale’s OH&S team, congratulated the initiative. “Our legacy for Mozambicans is knowledge. You have had new learnings and with them come new challenges and responsibilities. Working at heights is one of the main risks in Civil Construction, you must always think about s