Manuel Escamilla García-Galán has been awarded with the 2014 “Young Professional” Award, conceded by ALE Heavylift.

        With a Master Degree on Civil and Structural Engineering by the University of Granada (Spain) obtained in 2001, Manuel Escamilla has been involved in the following Projects (among others): –       Seville’s Line-1 Subway (Spain, 2005-2007)....
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Photo and video report of the new bridge over the Bay of Cadiz. CFCSL Conceptual, Detailed Design and Technical asistance during Construction.

We present below the photo shoot of the new bridge over the Cádiz Bay, two timelaps that shows the construction process and the RTVE report (spanish). Photo shoot. Photos by Carlos Manterola (www.infotografia.es) Access to data sheet in CFCSL   Time Lapse de...
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Removing bridges; new Cadiz Bridge’s unlimited clearance.

Interesting article from Manuel Escamilla, CFCSL engineer, in Estructurando web. Statics, what a structural engineers’ friend! The welcoming place in Mechanics where we like to stay and we feel balanced, far away from Dynamic’s entropic frenzy. What a comfortable satisfaction we...
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Construction of the Pumarejo Bridge in Barranquilla awarded to Sacyr. CFCSL project.

Sacyr Construction will build the longest bridge in Colombia 2.28 (km) and the largest public works project in the country, of 223 million euros. CFCSL developed for the ECOPUENTES consortium (IVICSA, JORGE FANDIÑO structuring COLOMBIA SAS and SAS) the studies of the structures...
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Viaduct over the Alcántara Reservoir: Walking over the Tagus

The viaduct, situated on the high speed railway line in the Cañaveral-Alcantara reservoir strech, has been designed by CFCSL and built by the UTE Cañaveral (Copisa and Copasa) for the Administrator of Rail Infrastructure Adif. CFCSL also provides the work’s technical...
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The Bascule Estacio Bridge as the setting of the new PepsiCo´s Mountain Dew commercial.

Mountain Dew, a soft drink of the PepsiCo Group, has chosen our bascule Estacio Bridge in Murcia as the setting for the shooting of its latest and boldest advert. Mountain Dew is a soft drink produced by the PepsiCo Company. Originally, in 1948, it was only advertised in the USA...
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IABSE Symposium to be held in Madrid from 3 to 5 September

    CFCSL participates at IASBE with the following papers: Spanish Bridges (Sesión Plenaria) Javier Manterola Stayed Viaduct in Bucaramanga, Colombia Leonardo Fernández, Lucía Fernández, Guillermo Ayuso, Antonio Cano, Raúl González, Celso Iglesias Design features of the...
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Completion of the structure of the Engordany Roundabout ring

On May 15 2014 the ring of the structure whose construction is underway on the old Massana-bound road at the exit of Escaldes in Andorra was completed. This project is being carried out in collaboration with our partners from SUPORT Enginyers Consultors. The project is an...
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Bridge over the Nervion and Basarab Bridge: another two papers presented by CFC at IABSE 2014

Fourth installment of the papers presented by CFC at IABSE 2014: Bridge over the Nervion in Bilbao and Basarab Bridge in Romania. BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER NERVIÓN ON THE BILBAO DONOSTIA LINE   Leonardo Fernández Troyano y Lucía Fernández Muñoz PDF presentation   Bridge data...
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