News Brazil rejects joining China’s Belt and Road Brazil will not be joining China’s global infrastructure push, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a senior government official said last week. Celso Amorim, a diplomat and special advisor on…
News UNStudio opens Sao Paulo towers which create a “new form of living” Dutch architect UNStudio and Brazilian developer Eztec have announced the completion of two towers in São Paulo, which they describe as a “new form of living”. The EZ Parque da…
News Vinci wins second highway concession in Brazil Vinci Highways has won a 30-year concession to operate and modernise a 594km section of Brazil’s tolled BR-040 highway. It’s the company’s second in Brazil after taking a 55% stake…
News Ayrton Senna tower to be ‘architectural masterpiece’ in Brazil A developer in the city of Balneário Camboriú in southeast Brazil has announced plans to build the ‘Senna Tower’ in collaboration with the company begun by Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna.
News Brazilian city approves world’s tallest residential tower The city of Balneário Camboriú in southeast Brazil has approved the construction of the 544m-tall Triumph Tower, which, if completed, would be the world’s tallest residential building. It’s set to…
News China to build 1,468km transmission line in Brazil China and Brazil last week signed a 30-year franchise agreement for a new, 1,468km high-voltage transmission line to bring renewable power from Brazil’s remote northeast to the more populated centre…
News Surveys start for Brazil’s $1.8bn Salvador-Itaparica bridge Engineers have begun test-drilling for the Salvador-Itaparica road bridge in Bahia state, Brazil. It comes five years after parties agreed a public-private partnership deal for the bridge, set to be…
News Vinci to build 1,950km of power lines in Brazil Vinci subsidiary Cobra IS has won three contracts worth a total of €720m to build 1,948km of high-voltage transmission lines in Brazil. Cobra has also signed two EPC contracts worth €550m…
News Brazil plans $75bn infrastructure spend Brazil has announced $75bn in infrastructure financing as part of a Growth Acceleration Programme, abbreviated as PAC in Portuguese. This PAC is Brazil’s third, following a federally funded programme announced…
News After almost 40 years, Brazil completes 2,260km North-South railway After a construction period that has stretched over four decades, Brazil has completed the 2,260km Norte-Sul railway, stretching from the northeastern port of Itaqui, in Maranhão state, to the southeastern…
News Brazilian company begins work on Spain’s first “cultivated meat” plant Brazilian meatpacking company JBS said yesterday that it had begun work on Spain’s first production plant for artificial meat, the Reuters news agency reports. The plant, which is being developed…
Companies Vinci buys its first toll-highway concession in Brazil Vinci Highways just got its first toll-highway concession in Brazil by acquiring a 55% stake in Brazilian road operator Entrevias from Brazilian fund Patria. Agreed in December 2022, the sale…