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PERSONAL DATA

Full Name: João Maria Sarmento Pimentel Adão da Fonseca

Home address: Largo Tomé Pires 1, 4150-731 Porto – Portugal

Born in 12 May 1983

Nationality: Portuguese

Portuguese Citizen Card: nº 12381299

Email: joao.adaodafonseca@adfconsultores.com

Mobile Phone: + 351 91 9758404

EDUCATION

Diploma in Civil Engineering from Faculty of Engineering of

University of Porto, Portugal, in 2006, including one Erasmus

semester in 2005-2006 at the École des Ponts et Chaussées,

Paris, France

CURRENT JOB POSITION

Project Director in “ADAO DA FONSECA – Engenheiros

Consultores, Lda.” (AdF) - www.adfconsultores.com

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Chartered Civil Engineer in “Ordem dos Engenheiros”, with

registration nº 39630

LANGUAGES

Portuguese (native)

English (professional working proficiency)

Spanish (professional working proficiency)

French (limited working proficiency)

PROFESSIONAL MOST IMPORTANT DATA

Structural Designer of bridges and special buildings in AdF

(2006-2008 and from 2010) and in IDEAM – www.ideam.es (2008-

2010).

Recently, as Project Director in AdF, became also responsible for

business development in Angola, Colombia and Mexico.

MOST RELEVANT PROJECTS

MOST RELEVANT BUILDINGS

Waterfront Project, Colombo, Sri Lanka – integrating two

residential towers of 47 stories, one office tower of 33 stories, one

hotel with 900 rooms, one exhibition centre, one commercial

centre and parking for about 3,000 cars, adding up to a total

construction area of 402,800 m2 – structural engineer in AdF team

of Structural Engineer/Architect/Designer Cecil Balmond of

Balmond Studio (under construction)

Zimbo Project, Luanda Bay, Angola – integrating 2 residential

towers of 37 stories, 2 office towers of 32 stories, hotel of 37

stories, congress centre, underground parking, all occupying

55,450 m2 – structural engineer in AdF team of Architect Diogo

Lima Mayer - Intergaup - Gabinete de Urbanização e

Planeamento (scheme design in 2007 and project cancelled)

Confins international airport, Belo Horizonte, Brazil – structural

design and compatibility checking with all other projects, as

structural engineer in collaboration with ENGECORPS and

BACCO Architects. (scheme design; 2014)

Auditorium, Ville de Bordeaux, France – including an auditorium

with 1,440 seats, a car park in 7 underground floors and a

residential building of 3 stories which is supported by the eight

prestressed beams of the roof of the auditorium – structural

engineer in AdF team of construction company Buidin and

Architect Michel Pétuaud-Létang (built in 2012).

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X Tower, Luanda, Angola – building with 22 stories with a total

construction area of 29,000 m2 – project leader of AdF design

team of Rojual – Gestão de Projectos, Lda. (under construction)

New football stadium, Zaragoza, Spain – total construction area

of 190,000 m2 – structural engineer in IDEAM design team of

Architects Joaquín Sicilia y Asociados (project finished in 2009

but not yet built)

Road Viaduct over intermodal Santo Amaro station, São Paulo,

Brazil – integrating buses and subway metro in São Paulo centre

city – structural engineer in AdF design team and responsible for

all interactions between viaduct structure and all other projects

(under construction)

São Gabriel station, Belo Horizonte, Brazil – intermodal station

integrating bus and subway metro - structural engineer in AdF

design team (built in 2013)

Angra do Heroísmo new public library and regional archive, in

Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal – structural engineer in AdF

design team of Architect Inês Lobo (structure finalized in 2011)

Visual Arts and Architecture Complex of Évora University,

Portugal – structural engineer in AdF design team of Architect

Inês Lobo (built in 2007)

Quinta do Vallado wine cellar, Régua, Portugal – rehabilitation

and construction of the new cellar – structural engineer in AdF

design team of Architect Francisco Vieira de Campos (built in

2010)

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Headquarters of “Ferreira Construções”, Porto, Portugal -

rehabilitation and conversion of the old School of Journalism into

headquarters of “Ferreira Construções” – structural engineer in

AdF design team of Architects João Luís Carrilho da Graça and

Inês Lobo (built in 2008)

Avelar Brotero School, Coimbra, Portugal – rehabilitation and new

construction project – structural engineer in AdF design team of

Architect Inês Lobo (built in 2011)

MOST RELEVANT BRIDGES AND VIADUCTS

Road Viaduct, Cartagena da Índias, Colômbia – inside the

Ecopetrol refinery installations; a 350 m long viaduct comprising

typical spans of 28 m and 22 m in precast post-tensioned

concrete beams – project leader of AdF design team of Mota-

Engil Construction Company (under construction)

Railway Viaduct over river Piauí, Brazil – multiple simple

supported spans with overall length of 1360 m (68x20 m double

“I” composite beams) with precast columns – project leader of

AdF design team in collaboration with RMG-Engenharia (project

finished in 2014 but not yet built)

Pedestrian and cycling Bridge, Lisbon, Portugal – structural

engineer in AdF design team, in collaboration with Architects

Telmo Cruz and Maximina Almeida (built in 2015)

Road Viaduct in A42 highway, Sigües, Spain – a steel-concrete

composite (double composite action) cell box girder with lateral

struts (total width of 26) with typical spans of 86 m and without

expansion joints; piers heights up to 40 m - detail design as

structural engineer in IDEAM design team (built in 2009)

Mina Apolo Viaduct, Belo Horizonte, Brazil – concrete box girder

cantilever bridge with 170 m main spans, with mineral conveyor

inside the box beam – structural engineer in AdF design team in

collaboration with IDEAM, developing the detail design of the

main structure and composite steel-concrete box girders of

access decks (project finished in 2012 but not yet built)

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Forte da Casa Footbridge, Lisbon, Portugal - 220 m long viaduct,

with 42 m main span, connecting Forte da Casa, north of Lisbon,

to the Leziria Park, on the Tagus embankment - structural

engineer in AdF design team, in collaboration with Architect

Telmo Cruz.

Bridge over River Barra (metro train), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil –

structural engineer in AdF and IDEAM local design team, in

collaboration with RMG Engenharia, of Rio Barra construction

consortium, working for Architect Santiago Calatrava (detail

design in progress in 2013 when project was cancelled)

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Three railway Viaducts (Kinatoi, Zabaleta and Larrazábal), San

Sebastián, Spain, integrated in the high speed railway between

Vitória and San Sebastián – structural engineer in IDEAM design

team (built)

High speed railway Viaduct over river Deba, Spain, integrated in

the high-speed railway between Deba and Bergara; steel-

concrete composite continuous beam with overall length of 900

m with typical spans of 80 m; piers up to 85 m height - structural

engineer in IDEAM design team (project finished in 2010 but not

built)

Four railway Viaducts, Murcia, Spain, in the high-speed railway

between Murcia and Almeria – structural engineer in IDEAM

design team (project finished in 2010 but not yet built)

Special overpass for high-speed railway, Madrid, Spain,

integrated in the high-speed railway between Madrid and Castilla

La Mancha; special overpass 162 m long, composed by several

precast and prestressed I beams with spans between 23 m and

31 m – structural engineer in IDEAM design team (built in 2010)

Underpass, Spain, integrated the new road between Castellfollit

del Boix. Simple – structural engineer in IDEAM design team (built

in 2011)

Two road overpasses, Spain, at Manresa and Monteconil and

integrated in the new road between Castellfollit del Boix; simple

supported prestressed and precast box with 27 m span –

structural engineer in IDEAM design team (built in 2011)

Viaducto for Expo 2015, Milan, Italy – structural engineer in AdF

design team of Structural Engineer/Architect/Designer Cecil

Balmond of Balmond Studio (scheme design in international

design/built competition, in 2010).

New road Viaduct, Reunion Island, France, integrated in the new

road between Saint-Denis and La Possession – structural

engineer in AdF design team developing preliminary details for

BERD S.A. (2012)

OTHER PROJECTS

Movable scaffolding systems – structural engineer in AdF design

team working for BERD (www.berd.eu) in the detail design of an

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overhead movable scaffolding system for the construction of

viaducts with concrete decks with spans up to 60 m.

DESIGN CHECKING

Terminal Harbour in Ponta da Madeira, São Luis Maranhão, Brazil

– project leader of AdF team for the full review of the whole

project, including the entire compatibility of all specialties and the

independent checking of all structural elements; total area of

platforms is 19,300 m2, supported by 186 piles up to 45 m long

(under construction)

Bridge over River Barra (metro train), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;

cable-stayed bridge with one single reinforced and prestressed

concrete mast and main span of 140 m – structural engineer in

AdF design team and responsible for the full review of the whole

project, including control of the construction process (under

construction)

Several road viaducts, Lauro de Freitas, Brazil – structural

engineer in AdF design team performing review and quality

control of structural projects of several viaducts (going into

construction in 2015)

July 2015

João Adão da Fonseca