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Construtora Queiroz Galvão gave rise to one of the largest business conglomerates in
Latin America: the Queiroz Galvão Group. There’s more than 60 years of history, marked
by the effective contribution for the growth of Brazil. With a focus on sustainable
business development, Construtora Queiroz Galvão offers innovative solutions for
engineering works with a high degree of complexity. The quality of the works, together
with the commitment to the deliveries of the projects, made the company a national and
international reference in engineering solutions.

Our team had to find an innovative strategy to Most of PESM has areas with vegetation cover and
facilitate access to the forest without compromising preserved ecosystems. There are also several sections
native vegetation. The constant rainfall and the near human habitations, featuring a number of impact
heavy fog prevent the transport of equipment by restrictions on the population.
helicopter, making the task even more challenging. Our
research has resulted in the choice of Cable Crane, an The company expects that sustainable practices
unprecedented technology in Brazil that uses cables, are replicated by other organizations. To this end,
winches and tools, which is similar to a cable car for we have adopted a new management tool, which
passengers and freight. The choice of this engineering is a digital platform for archiving the licensing
solution eliminated the need for new interventions in processes to disclose environmental indices and
native vegetation areas. The innovation suspended disseminate good practices. Within the Queiroz
earthworks with excavations in soil and rock located in Galvão Group, this process serves as a reference
areas susceptible to erosion and landslides. for projects implementation. In the scope of large
public construction projects, this initiative will serve
The reduction of the suppression areas and the as an example of good project management and also
implementation of Cable Crane will represent savings of implementation of environmental improvements.
approximately R$300,000 in the final cost of the work.
The benefits, however, cannot be assessed solely on the www.construtoraqueirozgalvao.com.br
financial prism. The initiative shows the commitment
of the Construction Company to the environment.
We face all the challenges of setting up a highway in
the Serra do Mar State Park (PESM), a Conservation
Unit, where the basic objective is to preserve nature.

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