Funchal Airport Expansion – Phase 2 (2 781m Runway) – Madeira Island
General project of the airport infrastructures, with emphasis on the extension of the runway in 1000 m, in a portico structure of reinforced concrete and founded on 60m high pre stressed piles over a protected sea embankment. Further changes were undertaken in the surrounding road network, involving the construction of a 400m long passage, in tunnel and viaduct, and the re-establishment of ER1 and its accesses. Detailed Design of the paving, drainage, runway signs, networks and reformulation of the access road system.
Location: Madeira Island, Portugal
Employer: ANAM – Aeroportos e Navegação Aérea da Madeira (Madeira Airports and Air Navigation)