Odebrecht Engenharia & Construção (OEC), a unit of Odebrecht, has been selected as the winner of the tender for the duplication of the BR-092 Highway project which connects Curitiba to Almirante Tamandaré, in Paraná. The work, lasting 24 months, will contribute to better trafficability in the metropolitan region of Curitiba (PR).

The agreement foresees the doubling and expansion of the traffic capacity of the road known as Rodovia dos Ores, which has a length of 4.74 kilometers, between the bridge over the Barigui River in Curitiba and Almirante. Anteater.

Budgeted at BRL90 million (US$90 million), the work will have funds from Banco do Brasil, which are already available for the execution of the contract. The OEC competed with ten other companies and/or consortia in a bidding process that included the license and the commercial proposal, in which the company presented the lowest price among the competitors. 

The scope of the work includes the construction of ten bridges, four viaducts, a pedestrian walkway, and 15 containment works. In addition, it will be approximately 500,000 cu.m. of earthmoving and 40,000 cu.m. of concrete.

The work will generate approximately 300 jobs with mostly local labor.