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year 2 · nº 7 · April 2018
ano 19 · nº 49 · março 2018 · portuguese edition

portuguese steelwork
association Magazine
I N T E R N A T I O N A L O N L I N E M A G A Z I N E
TECHNICAL: FIRE RESISTANCE OF COLD-FORMED

STEEL WALLS WITH MIXED PANELS
A MARCA DA CONSTRUÇÃO METÁLICA NACIONAL
Faça parte deste projeto em 2018

cmm@cmm.pt
editorial
This edition of Metálica could not begin without highlighting the prestigious title
of Doctor Honoris Causa attributed by the University of Liége to Professor Luís
Simões da Silva, president of CMM. A distinction that awards the important work
he has done in the scientific and technological development of the area of steel
and composite structures. Also noteworthy is the news of Professor Paulo Vila
Real, vice-president of CMM, chairing the working group for the development of
the second generation of Part 1.2 of Eurocode 3.
The technical article presents a study on the fire behavior of cold formed steel
walls with composite panels made of plaster and cork. The work included
experimental tests and numerical simulations focusing on the determination of the
thermal insulation and structural resistance provided by the walls.
The articles of opinion of this edition are dedicated to the rehabilitation of a building
using a steel structure, the storage and handling of welding consumables and
Nuno Lopes
Diretor
finally a bridge and footbridge, to cross the same passage, built on the island of
Vitória, Brazil.
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DIRECTOR updates
Nuno Lopes technical
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EDITORIAL BOARD 12 Fire resistance of cold-formed
António Matos Silva, Américo Dimande,
Altino Loureiro, Avelino Ribeiro, Dinar Camotim, steel walls with mixed panels: CMM
Filipe Santos, João Almeida Fernandes,
José Guilherme Santos da Silva, Isolation classification results 40 members highlight
Leonor Côrte-Real, Luis Figueiredo Silva,
Luis Simões da Silva, Nuno Silvestre, (I) and portante capacity 44 industry and services
Paulo Cruz, Paulo Vila Real,
Pedro Vellasco, Ricardo Hallal Fakury,
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news
Metalogalva invests 7 million euros to increase

production capacity
Project will create 100 new jobs and increase production by more than 58% by 2019
Metalogalva, a Vigent Group company, invests to Engineering and Protection activity and one of the main
increase the production capacity of its establishments, European players in the production of public lighting
in Trofa and Albergaria-a-Velha, in a project called columns and other structures applied in different areas,
“HPT – High Productivity and Technology”. The total reached a turnover of about of 80M €.
investment in this expansion should amount to 7 million
euros, resulting in the creation of at least 100 new jobs ABOUT METALOGALVA
by 2019, which will be added to the existing 650. Founded in 1971, Metalogalva – Irmãos Silvas, SA is
the oldest company of the Vigent Group and national
This expansion should translate into an increase in leader in its activity in the area of steel engineering
Gross Production Value of more than 58% by 2019, and and protection and one of the main European players
will involve the introduction of new production lines in the production of public lighting columns and other
as well as an increase in existing installed capacity. structures linked to areas such as energy transport,
This project also involves the acquisition of specific renewables, telecommunications, highways, railways
production lines, with a strong technological component and hot dip galvanizing. With a view to excellence
in its degree of automation and integration of ICT in the and continuous improvement, it has been recognized
control and monitoring of the production process. for the quality of its production, for its capacity and
technological innovation and for its great international
The project is financed under the agreement signed expansion, being present in 11 countries (Portugal,
between Portugal and the European Commission, Spain, France, Italy, Poland, Germany, Belgium , United
Portugal 2020, through the Compete 2020 program, Kingdom, Algeria, Ukraine and Senegal). Its industrial
based on the European Regional Development Fund, units are located in Ukraine, Algeria and Portugal.
in the category of IS Business Productive Innovation.
The company intends to develop conditions in terms Site: www.metalogalva.pt
of productivity, research, technology, structure, skills,
practices, directly contributing to the competitiveness of VIGENT GROUP
the Portuguese economy. Vigent Group is a Portuguese business group with
operations spread over more than 15 countries, with
For Vigent Group CEO Sérgio Silva, “this investment Sérgio Silva as its current CEO. It owns two leading
is fundamental for the development of Metalogalva’s companies in its respective sector: Metalogalva, in the
structures and production – something that will surely area of steel engineering and protection and Brasmar,
help us continue to fulfill a strategy of broad horizons in the area of frozen seafood and processing and
inside and outside the national market.” marketing of cod. Currently, the Vigent Group has
more than 1,000 employees and has, year after year,
We should recall that Metalogalva announced that, by a significant growth in its activity. In 2016, it had a
the end of 2017, it planned to invest around 4M € and, turnover of more than 230 million euros. ■
by 2019, reach a turnover of 100M €. At the end of
2016, the company, as the national leader in its Steel Site: www.vigent.pt
HILTI exceeds the objective of 5 billion in sales

In 2017, the Hilti Group continued to grow in all implement the objectives of our business strategy.
commercial regions, with a significant increase Once again, we have launched more than 60 new
of 5.1 billion in sales of CHF. Annually, sales products, significantly enlarged our portfolio and
increased 10.8% in Swiss currency and 9.6% in strengthened our local sales teams. With this solid
local currencies. foundation, we were able to take advantage of the
favorable market conditions of last year. Our intention
“We owe this achievement to our global team that is to maintain this momentum”, says CEO Christoph
works with consistency and dedication in order to Loos, expressing his confidence for 2018. ■
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Professor Luís Simões da Silva Doutor Honoris Causa

CMM’s President – Portuguese Steelwork Association, Professor Luís Simões da Silva was Doctor Honoris
Causa by the University of Liège.
cooperation of Luis Simões da Silva with the University

of Liège began in 1993 in the framework of the project
COST-C1, maintaining up to the present with several
European projects in the field of steel and composite
construction.
Full Professor of the Civil Engineering Department

of the University of Coimbra, Luís Simões da Silva
is director of ISISE – Institute for Sustainability and
Innovation in Structural Engineering, a research unit
funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology,
(FCT) and rated as EXCELLENT (2014 evaluation) and
effective member of the Engineering Academy. ■
Luís Simões da Silva, full

professor at the Faculty of
Science and Technology of the
University of Coimbra (FCTUC),
received the degree Honoris
Causa from the prestigious
University of Liège in Belgium
on 24 March.
Under the proposal of the

Faculty of Applied Sciences,
the award of the degree to the
professor of the faculty of the
Civil Engineering Department of
FCTUC “recognizes the quality
of his scientific work”. The
The University of Liège
The University of Liège does not have a “long” history, compared to other European universities. It was founded
only in 1817 on the initiative of King William I of the Netherlands as the culmination of a long intellectual tradition
dating back to the origins of the Principality of Liège. The reputation of the medieval schools, which gave rise to
the University, gave Liège the nickname “Athens of the North” or “New Athens”.
The University of Liège has awarded the title of doctor honoris causa to various personalities as recognition of the
excellence of the quality of work and a fundamental contribution to the progress of society. Since its foundation,
the University of Liège has awarded the honorary doctorate award to more than 550 public personalities including
Louis Pasteur, Ilya Prigogine, Umberto Eco, King Baudouin, Frederico Mayor, François Mitterrand, Nelson
Mandela, Jasser Arafat and Shimon Peres, Helmut Kohl, Robert Badinter, SM King Albert II, Nancy Huston, Pierre
Alechinsky, Agnès Varda, Abdou Diouf, Frank De Winne, Matthieu Ricard, Pierre Rabhi and Erik Orsenna. The title
was also awarded to associations such as Amnesty International, Doctors Without Borders, and the World Wide
Fund for Nature.
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Sin Profile, the revolution of steel construction.
The MARXICA group, whose core business consists •

Reduction of weight in the main structure (up to
in the manufacture of steel construction elements, 50%);
has as its main trade mark the MADREMAX brand •
Cost reduction in the client’s overall project;
owned by the subsidiary CONSTALICA, SA, which
•
It avoids the need for reinforcement plates (stiffeners,
is registered internationally and constitutes a
cartons) – reduction of raw material;
commercial reference as well as a steel construction
•
Reduction of logistic costs;
concept in markets where it operates.
•
Greater diversity of solutions and great capacity for
The SIN Profile will benefit from the acquired know-how optimization in each design;
of the Group, which has been active in the steelwork •
Reduction of raw material waste.
sector since 2004. The integration of SIN Profile in
this framework of commercial brand and construction The SIN Profile conquer large distances and large
concept with strong predominance and recognition in Spans, the latter can reach up to 70 meters, and
the market, is an enhancement of the business skills currently – considering the conventional solutions – to
that it is proposed to develop not only technologically reach spans of this size, the market refers to solutions
but also in the market, enhancing and complementing in truss, very expensive, or solutions of built profiles,
the synergies of the activity. more expensive because they use a lot of material.
The SIN Profile, arises

to autonomize a new
business area, initiating
the manufacture of an
innovative product in the
national and international
market: the sinusoidal
corrugated profile. This
will absorb much of the
engineering know-how of
the group, using the same
philosophies in order to
promote solutions that
aim at reducing weight, reducing logistics costs and
optimizing projects, culminating in the total reduction
of the cost of the work. The companies of the Marxica
Group do not affirm themselves as sellers of profiles, The profile will be available based on the following
but as partners and sellers of solutions. characteristics:
•
Flange width of 160mm to 450mm (bg(o), bg(u));
With the integration of this new solution, the Group
completes its offer, boosting the sale of solutions for •
Flange thickness from 6mm to 30mm (tg(o), tg(u));
main structure, since it is already market leader in terms •
Core height from 333mm to 1500mm (hs);
of profiles for secondary structure.
•
Core thickness from 1.5mm to 3mm (t);
The SIN Profile is an I profile intended for steel •

Maximum production length of 16m (L);
construction, with the particularity of its core having the •
Structural steel element S235/S275/S355;
corrugated shape. This factor will allow to use plates of
•
According to EN1993-1-5.
lesser thickness (max. 3mm) thus providing a greater
reduction of weight / cost compared to other current
This solution comes up at a time when markets are
solutions of the market.
increasingly competitive, requiring solutions that aim to
reduce costs, without going through price crush, thus
This new profile model presents several competitive
increasing the profitability of customers.
advantages, especially the following:
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•
Contribute to the development of the Portuguese
steel construction sector in the world.
The location of the new SIN Profile industrial unit is

in the Monte Cavalo Industrial Area in Vouzela, a few
meters away from the headquarters of Constálica.
Despite the proximity of the two companies, SIN Profile
will be autonomous, both at the production level and at
the administrative level.
The SIN Profile facilities will have a total area of

The main strategic objectives of the company are: 5500m2.
•
Provide an innovative product to the market;
The total investment shall be around € 6.5m,
•
Create value and grow sustainably; with production capacity expected to be around
•
Empower your customers with innovative, customized 25,000 tonnes / year. It is also expected to create
solutions with high quality standards; 16 jobs. ■
PhD in Steel and Composite Construction

– Training Competent Professionals since 2009
The doctoral program in Steel and Composite and Technological and Materials Performance (TEC).
Construction, whose 1st edition dates back to the To meet this end, close collaboration with the
academic year 2009/2010, aims to provide advanced research centers of excellence in this area, with
specialized and high-level training in the field of Steel industry and professional organizations is promoted,
and Composite Construction with a broad perspective leading not only to advanced theoretical training and
that includes 3 areas of specialization: Structural knowledge development in the field, but also allowing
Performance (STR) , Functional Performance (FUNC) this knowledge to be empowered by networking and
transferred to the industry. ■
Applications for the next edition

starting March 1, 2018.
Coordination
Luís Simões da Silva

(Full Professor, DEC-FCTUC)
Aldina Santiago
(Assistant Professor, DEC-FCTUC)
Department of Civil Engineering,

University of Coimbra
Address:
Rua Luís Reis Santos, Pólo II, Pinhal de Marrocos,
3030-788 Coimbra, Portugal
Phone: 239797260 – E-mail: mmrodrigues@dec.uc.pt
Secretariat:
Manuela Rodrigues
Website:
www.uc.pt/fctuc/dec/ensino/ | www.dec.uc.pt
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news
António Oliveira Borges – Comércio de Ferro Lda,

continues to grow and invests in Ficep steel
plate processing equipment.
It was already in 2018 that the installation of the

equipment for the steel plate processing of the
Italian manufacturer Ficep, represented by the DNC
Técnica, was completed in its most recent customer:
António Oliveira Borges, Comércio de Ferro Lda.
António de Oliveira Borges, created the company in This new solution from Ficep represents a 12-meter-
January 1974, following a family business. The family long, 3.6-wide equipment with two oxycutl torches for
business is located in Largo da Feira dos 27, in the cuts up to 150mm thick and Hypertherm’s latest high-
parish of Nogueira do Cravo, in the municipality of definition plasma technology, the 300-amp XPR with
Oliveira de Azeméis and offers a wide variety of plate automatic chamfering cut and a warehouse of 24 tools.
cutting services in the Portuguese market.
A solution that offers the market through the AOB, a
In order to keep up with the evolution of the market, complete steel plate processing service, with cutting,
the company has been extending the range of products drilling, milling among other applications, in steel plates,
and services over the years. Later, in order to meet such as large hole diameters (400mm, interpolated
market needs and respond to the various needs of its milling hole). Equipped with a powerful 26 kW spindle
customers, it built a second and third pavilion, where and a warehouse of 24 automatic exchange tools,
in January 2012 it installed a Laser cutting machine, Gemini HD36 processes plates from 5mm thick to
aiming to cover another market segment and provide 150mm with thermal cutting, marking, milling, drilling,
a more complete service to its customers and most threaded and countersunk holes, chamfers and much
recently the high definition plasma cutting service with more, all in a system with unprecedented precision and
machining to better serve its customers. productivity.
AOB to fully respond to its most demanding customers,

has also invested in management and production
software to avoid wastage of steel plate, optimizing the
distribution of the different components in the available
plate and take full advantage of the equipment. The
GEMINI machine is equipped with the numerical control
(CNC) and all FANUC control with an operator / machine
interface developed by FICEP and already known to the
users, the MINOSSE system.
GEMINI is now the most complete solution for

steel plate working for small and medium-sized
manufacturers (OEM’s) from a wide range of industrial
sectors seeking to improve manufacturing productivity
and quality, reducing the time and costs of manpower.
In this case, in an iron trading center that already had
oxycut and laser, acquired this cutting equipment of
plasma and oxycut with the most varied machining
operations, to improve its productive capacity. ■
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Qualification of SMEs – Joint Projects

The presentation of the PRO STEEL project –
Qualification of SMEs – took place on March 9th at the
iParque in Coimbra.
The purpose of the presentation was to promote

existing support for strengthening the competencies
of companies in the steelwork sector in the following
areas:
1. Organizational and management – Introduction of
new methods of organization. Implementation and
equipment consultancy.
2. Digital economy and information and communication
technologies – Insertion of SMEs into the digital
economy. Implementation equipment and software
consultancy,
3. Quality management systems. Implementation,
testing, calibration and certification consultancy.
4. Energy efficiency. Implementation and energy
certification consultancy.
5. Environmental. Implementation and environmental
certification consultancy.
6. Organization of production processes. Technical,
technological, productivity and layouts assistance.
Implementation consultancy.
This project results from the approval obtained

in 2016 by CMM under Portugal 2020 and runs until
December 2019.
For more information contact: cmm@cmm.pt.
Professor Paulo Vila Real:

President of the working group SC3.T6
for the development of the 2nd generation
of Part 1.2 of the EC3
Prof. Paulo Vila Real from University of Aveiro and Markus Knoblock, from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum,
Vice-President of CMM, is chair of the working group Germany, Prof. Yong Wang, from University of
SC3.T6 (Fire design of Steel Structures. Revised Manchester, UK, Dr. Christophe Renaud, from CTICM
EN 1993-1-2), selected in the framework of the – Centre Technique Industriel de la Construction
2nd phase of Mandate M/515 that the European Métallique, France and Dr. François Hanus, from
Commission has requested to CEN/TC250 for the ArcelorMittal Global R&D, Luxembourg. The final
development of the 2nd generation of Part 1-2 of version of EN 1993-1-2 shall be concluded in June
the EN Eurocode 3. The team is composed by Prof. 2020. ■
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technical fire resistance of cold-formed steel walls with composite panels
Fire resistance of cold-formed steel walls

with composite panels: Results from
insulation rating (I) and loadbearing
prediction rating (R)
10.30779/cmm_metalica_mi07_02
Paulo A. G. Piloto
Professor at Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Department of Applied Mechanics.
Integrated researcher LAETA – INEGI (Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering).
ppiloto@ipb.pt
1. Introduction of windows and service components. The service

components can be installed in these walls, with the
Cold-formed steel structures using prefabricated panels necessary protection of these components, according to
are widely used in partition walls and loadbearing walls, the specialty involved.
with direct application in different types of buildings,
such as multi-storey offices, educational buildings, To prevent the spread of fires to adjacent compartments
health buildings, residential buildings and other types or to the outside and to maintain the loadbearing
of public and private buildings. Fire protection is capacity of this type of elements (structural stability),
usually achieved by one or more layers of protective these walls must meet fire resistance requirements
materials. Walls that meet fire resistance standards and may be classified according to their loadbearing
are the result of the proper combination of certain capacity (R), sealing capacity to flame and hot gases
materials and elements. Sections of cold formed steel (E) and thermal insulation capacity (I). The fire rating
must be protected with a coating plate to prevent their of construction products and building elements is
properties from being damaged by the action of a fire. regulated by the European standard EN13501-2
The “C” shaped structural section is the predominant [1], using the results of the experimental tests.
shape, used for steel studs in loadbearing walls, The loadbearing capacity assessment must be
but other sections may also be used. The U-shaped carried out in accordance with EN1365-1 [2] and the
structural section is another possible shape used compartmentation capacity assessment may be carried
for tracks, as a profile at the base and at the top of out in accordance with EN1364-1 [3].
the light steel frame. In this article only these two
sections are used, but other sections could also be The loadbearing capacity (R) is the ability of the
used (open, closed, composite or simple sections). The element to withstand exposure to fire, under specified
resistant capacity of steel decreases significantly when mechanical actions, on one exposed surface for a period
submitted to fire conditions, so this material should of time, without any loss of structural stability. The
be protected with other materials. The plasterboards criteria that provide for the evaluation of the loadbering
may be used as a simple protective material and may capacity of axially loaded elements are specified by the
also be combined with other materials. The steel actual displacement limit value (contraction C = h / 100
structure allows the formation of cavities between mm, where h is the height of the element) or by the
the plates or composite panels, which can be filled rate of variation of the vertical displacement (contraction
with materials that allow the increase of the thermal rate dC/dt = 3.h / 1000 [mm / min]).
and acoustic performance for room temperature use.
Special attention should be given to the assembly of The sealing or integrity capacity (E) is the ability of the
the different elements of the structure, in particular element to maintain the separation function, to only
the connections between the elements, installation withstand exposure to fire, without transmitting the fire
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to the unexposed side, due to the passage of flames or limited so that the unexposed surface or any material
hot gases. These may cause ignition of the unexposed close to that surface is ignited. The classification (I)
surface or any material adjacent to that surface. The of a wall should be attributed based on the shortest
sealing assessment shall be carried out on the basis time for which the criteria of maximum or average
of the following three aspects: checking cracks or temperature increase are satisfied in any discrete area.
excessive opening of certain dimensions; existence The performance level used to define the insulation
of ignition of a cotton pad; existence of a permanent shall be calculated on the basis of the increase in
flame on the unexposed side. Failure of the loadbearing average temperature on the unexposed side, limited to
capacity criterion (R) should also be considered as a 140°C above the initial average temperature or based
integrity failure (E). When an element is rated for both on the increase of maximum temperature, limited to
the E (integrity) and the I (insulation), the integrity value 180°C above the initial average temperature. Failure of
will be the one determined by any of the three aspects any loadbearing (R) or integrity (E) criteria also means
that fail first. When an element is rated (E), but without insulation (I) failure, regardless of whether the specific
an (I) rating, the sealing value should be set to the insulation temperature limits have been exceeded or
aspect that first fails cracks / openings or permanent not.
flame on the unexposed side.
In this article, two fire resistance criteria will be
The insulation capability (I) is the ability of the element evaluated. The insulation criterion was applied based
to withstand exposure to fire only on one side without on experimental tests and the loadbearing criterion
significant heat transfer transmission from the exposed was determined on the basis of a hybrid method
side to the unexposed side. The transmission should be (experimental and numerical).
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2. Experimental tests temperature measured in the unexposed flanges;

UNEXP (DT) – average value of temperature measured
The case presented is part of a larger study of materials on the unexposed surface; UNEXP (IR) – average value
for cold-formed steel walls. The case presented has of the temperature measured on the unexposed surface
a light steel frame structure made by 5 vertical studs with infrared thermographic camera; PT – average value
and 2 tracks. The structure was built with profiles of the temperature in the cavities, see figure 2.
C90x43x15x1.5 for the studs and U93x43x1.5 for the
tracks. Both profiles belong to material class S280GD,
so the value of the 0.2% of proof strength is 280 GPa.
The geometry and dimensions are representative of
a real structure, but adapted to the dimensions of the
fire resistance furnace of the Polytechnic Institute of
Bragança. Figure 1 shows the dimensions of the wall a) b)
under study. The dimensions of the sample do not Figure 2. Experimental temperature results. (a) evolution during the
test. b) Result of the temperature field on the unexposed face for
correspond to the dimensions normally used in practice the time equal to t = 50 minutes.
for these walls, and therefore these tests cannot be
used for fire rating of common partition walls because The furnace temperature presented two moments
they do not comply with point 6.1 of EN 1364-1 [3] . with some instability, related to the ignition of the
combustible material (cork). The cork layer on the
exposed side ignited at minute 20, while the cork layer
on the unexposed side ignited at minute 36, see photos
of figure 3.
a) b)
Figure 1. Model of the wall under study.
Figure 3. Photograph from inside the furnace. a) Ignition of the
exposed cork board at minute 20. b) Ignition of the cork unexposed
board at minute 36.
This wall is protected by a first layer of cork with 10
mm of thickness and by a second layer of plaster with
The wall was submitted to the indirect effect of this
12.5 mm. Self-drilling screws spaced 152 mm apart
action due to materials expansion. Different failure
were used. The joint connection of the frame with the
modes due to local and global instabilities were
wall was filled with gypsum. K-type thermocouples with
identified as the ultimate limit state, see figure 4.
various shapes were used for measurements performed
at different locations, see figure 1.
The sample was subjected to an ISO834 standard fire

curve [4] for 60 minutes. The structure was screwed
to the frame on 3 sides (left side, bottom and top)
allowing a free edge (right side with 25 mm), properly
protected with ceramic fiber. The temperature evolution
was determined at all measurement points. Average a) b)
values were determined for temperature measurement Figure 4. Final state of the wall and the steel structure (after 60
minutes of fire exposure).
in the following regions: FS – average value of the
temperature measured on the exposed face; HF –
average value of the temperature measured in exposed
flanges; PB1-CORK – WT10 single measurement value;
WEB – average value of the temperature measured
in the web of the studs; CF – average value of the
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3. Computer simulation was also considered for the definition of the scale factor
to stablish the geometric imperfections of the structure
This computational model uses the thermal model, [5].
representative of the action of the fire duly validated to
allow the determination of the loadbearing capacity of
the wall. To achieve this goal, 4 steps were defined.
In the first step, a linear elastic stability model is

defined to determine the critical load and its critical
mode of instability. The boundary conditions are defined
according to figure 5, and it is important to emphasize
the use of a high thickness surface of the web of the
track to simulate an interface beam normally used at
the top of the wall and also the restraints of the screws
in the parallel direction to the base of the wall (direction a) b)
X). The beam will be responsible for the distribution of Figure 5. a) Finite element model. b) Mode of instability.
3 vertical forces (FZ) applied on the top surface of the

top track and coincident with the direction of the three In the second step, the geometric imperfection
central vertical studs. In this case the first eigenvalue is included into the model as well as the law of
was selected, with a mode of local instability (local mechanical behaviour of the resistant materials. At this
buckling of the web). The maximum displacement value stage, only the light steel frame is responsible for the
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loadbearing capacity of the wall. All other materials, 1.2 [10]. The thermal solution was considered transient
that may contribute to the strength and collapse and nonlinear, using an incremental process in the time
mode of the structure [6], will not be considered step of 60 s, with the possibility of reduce to 1 s. Figure
for the determination of the loadbearing capacity. 7 shows the temperature field for the critical time in the
An incremental and iterative method was applied to complete model of the wall and on the steel structure.
determine the loadbearing capacity. This solution allows
to determine the potential mode of failure of the wall
structure and the value of its loadbearing capacity. In
figure 6 the deformed shape is shown for the maximum
value of the loadbearing capacity. The deformed mode
confirms the existence of local instability mode in the
web and also a distortional instability mode in the upper
part of the studs. The yield stress of the material was
reached in some parts of the steel structure. These
results allow to define the maximum loadbearing
capacity of the wall. This structure is capable of
supporting a maximum point load of FZ = 78612 N, at
room temperature. b) Temperature in the steel
a) Wall temperature.
structure.
Figure 7. a) temperature fields for critical time (t=54.4 min).
The temperature evolution on the unexposed surface

allows to validate the numerical model and the fire
resistance time (I). The critical time value obtained in
the experimental trial for the maximum temperature
was 51 min and for the average temperature was 55
min. The numerical model presents a critical time of
54 min when the average value is used and 55 min
when the maximum value is used. Figure 8 shows the
Figure 6. Equivalent von Mises stress for the maximum load value.
temperature evolution on the unexposed surface and
also the average values of the exposed flanges (HF),
In the third step, the thermal model of the wall was web (WEB) and unexposed flanges (CF) temperatures.
validated. Finite elements of multilayer shell and This figure also shows the temperature of the wall for
solid elements were used to represent the protection the region (Z = 0.5 m).
layers. The appropriate boundary conditions were used
according to the test and according to the document
on actions in structures submitted to standard fire
[7]. In the inner zone of the cavity, the conditions
of heat transfer by convection and radiation were
considered, being the cavity temperature determined
with the average value of the measurements made
by the plate thermocouples TP1 to TP4. In this way a) b)
Figure 8. Numerical temperature results. a) Simulation for 60 min.
and with high accuracy, the effect of the cracking or b) Temperature in the profile and in the plasterboard for the critical
damage of the plaster boards is considered and also the time (54 min).
effect of the ignition of the combustible material. The

thermal properties of the materials were considered In the fourth step, an estimate of the fire resistance
temperature dependent t. The thermal properties of (R) for different load levels, corresponding to a degree
the cork were assumed as closed as possible to the of utilization variable between 40 and 80%, is made
variation of the thermal properties of the wood with in relation to the value of the loadbearing capacity of
the temperature [8], but duly adjusted with the values the steel structure at room temperature. The model
determined at room temperature [9]. The variation of uses an iterative and incremental static analysis, based
the thermal properties of the steel were assumed to on a nonlinear, geometric and material model. The
vary with the temperature according to Eurocode 3 part restraints for the displacements are exactly the same as
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those considered in the previous structural steps. It is The fire resistance time and the fire rating (R) were
assumed that plaster and cork boards do not contribute demonstrated. This hybrid method has the great
to the determination of loadbearing capacity. A perfectly advantage of enabling the prediction of the cracking
elastic plastic material behaviour model is also used at of the materials and the ignition of the combustible
elevated temperatures [11]. materials. ■
The time of fire resistance decreases with the increase

of the load level to which is the wall is submitted. Acknowledgments
Results include the time in complete minutes and the
average critical temperature value in the steel structure, The research company thanks the support of the
see table 1. companies Amorim Composites, FALPER / Fibroplac, F.
Pereira and Materials of Construction and Normago.
Table 1. Fire resistance of the loadbearing wall submitted to
different load levels.
Steel Steel Steel
LOAD Critical
minimum maximum average
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architecture From Colégio da Trindade to the House of Jurisprudence
From Colégio da Trindade

to the House of Jurisprudence:
the recovery of value
expert of the past is often an adversary of the

“The
present. However, the existence of a historical
Prof. Vitor Murtinho
Architect Joana Capela de Campos
monument should not fossilize its immediate
surroundings; the duty of memory should not
paralyze creative thinking.
”
Roland Recht*
The set of various interventions by Francisco

and Manuel Aires Mateus allows us to identify a
singular work distinguished by its originality with
the definition of an autonomous and proper path.
The approach to spaces, by the architects, attributes
a very sculptural character to the work, allowing to
detect a methodology based on the definition of
voids, originating from a subtraction of matter. This
course, with national and international recognition
among its peers, was very recently confirmed by a
distinguished jury that conferred the Pessoa Award Figure 1. View of the facade of the College and the Church of the
in its edition of 2017. It seems evident that in its Holy Trinity after the works of consolidation of facades and before
design process the model has a primordial role, being rehabilitation of the building.
particularly noteworthy the way plasticity of spaces is

purpose of partially installing the Faculty of Law of the
explored, leading to the limits where constructivity is
University of Coimbra, was an imperative and perhaps
relegated to 2nd place. That is, in some aspects, the
the most effective way to preserve the building and
way in which the solutions are presented is closer to
honor properly its memory.
a study of minimalist materialities, which resemble
an exploratory work in a model, than of an expressive
With the construction started in 1562, this college
design in a constructive and detail systematization
had as its objective to house the meritorious Order
that has the concern of the resistance of the solution
of the Holy Trinity, enabling, on the one hand, the
to the hardships of the climate in its different states
implementation of more definitive installations to this
of time.
institution and, on the other, allowing the liberation
of the old buildings occupied next to the secular
Located in the middle of the University of Coimbra, next

to the University courtyard, the Trinity College remained
during the first decade of this century in a profound
state of lethargy. In fact, in the last century and a half
of its history there was a number of events, facts and
occurrences that strongly conditioned its performance,
providing the physical degradation of this space until
reaching limit and fracture situations. Therefore, the
recent recovery of the Trinity College – a project
conceived by the pair of brothers Aires Mateus – for the
Figure 2. Aerial view of the Trinity College before the rehabilitation
* Quote from Penser le patrimoine, mise en scène et mise en ordre de l’art, Éditions of the building, taken from the roof of the Department of Physics of
Hazan, Paris, 1998, p. 15. the University of Coimbra.
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a property of the National Treasury, the church and

the cloister were maintained, which, in the context
of the transfer to the Municipal Chamber, functioned
as a judicial court until 1870. Later, the church would
also be sold to the owner of the remaining part of
the whole, starting a troubled process of occupation,
reorganization, transformation and later, of constant
obsolescence.
Figure 3. Plant of the intermediate floor of the Trinity College

The intense and transformative occupation of that block
according to the project of Francisco and Manuel Aires Mateus.
lasted more than a century and enabled this space to be
quartered by a large number of dwellings. In addition,
Sé Velha of the city.1 Subject to successive actions
at the end of the twenties of the twentieth century,
of construction, expansion and reorganization, this
the building served to house the Queen Saint Elizabeth
college has stabilized as an important place for the
College, remaining in its space until its definitive change
accommodation of this religious community and for the
to new facilities in the early forties of the twentieth
development of its activities related to education.
century.3 Subsequently, a collapse allowed the church
and the cloister to be, for a long time in the twentieth
Of the architectural ensemble, the Church of the Holy
century, a woodwork and a warehouse with furniture
Trinity stood out, located at the south / west corner
trade.4 In an abbreviated way, this is the story of a
of the block, with a west / east axis, according to the
building with a long life, but which in recent times
normal canonical orientation (west: entrance: nascente:
saw its function distorted with the implementation of
main altar), with main body barrel vault – without
profound changes that put in question its existence and
transept – and three lateral chapels on each side. Its
that were direct cause for its irremediable demise5.
façade had an austere portal framed by two pairs of
Doric columns and surmounted by entablature, to which
was raised a trinitarian cross – symbol of the order of
the Holy Trinity –, flanked by two Ionic pilasters and
topped off by round pediment interrupted at the vertex
. The southern façade, bordering Lisbon’s Couraça, was
marked by a classical design balcony and supported
by the lateral cornice of the church. The balcony
resembled an Italian loggia facing south, which allowed
the enjoyment of a unique view of the Mondego River.
In the square-shaped cloister, each of the four galleries
was vaulted on a brick edge and composed of four
simple arches. The rooms of the friars, classrooms and
library were located adjacent to the church and near the
Figure 4. Photo of the work corresponding to the intermediate floor,
referred balcony.2
north wing, July 2015.
However, in the context of the extinction of the

But if the worst could have occurred, as a result of
religious orders – carried out by the Conimbrican
carelessness or pure abandonment of his fortune, in
minister Joaquim António de Aguiar, whose anti-
February 1988, a great part of the southern façade of
ecclesiastical spirit earned him the nickname of Mata-
the Trinity Church would be overthrown, bringing down
Frades – the normal cycle of the building’s history would
the balcony / loggia and most of the temple’s barrel
be disturbed and its luck changed substantially. To
vault. This fateful event, if on the one hand constituted
aggravate this course of events, in the radical context
an irreparable loss of part of the construction, on
of the measure, what also contributed to this was the
the other, developed the renewal of an interest from
inevitable cessation of religious functions by the temple.
the University of Coimbra, which was impelled to
assume some responsibilities there. Consequently, the
As a result of this process, the sale of the Trinity
College to private individuals took place in 1849. As
3
Vasconcelos, António de, Escritos Vários Relativos à Universidade Dionisiana, reedition
prepared by Manuel Augusto Rodrigues, volume I, Archive of University of Coimbra,
1
For a brief history of the Trinity College we suggest reading Dias, Pedro e, Gonçalves, Coimbra, 1987, pp. 242-243.
António Nogueira, O Património Artístico da Universidade de Coimbra, 2nd edition of the 4
Vasconcelos, António de, Escritos Vários Relativos à Universidade Dionisiana, volume I,
magazine and augmented, Gráfica de Coimbra, Coimbra, 2004, pp. 144-146. p. 243.
2
See Correia, Vergílio e Gonçalves, António Nogueira, Inventário Artístico de Portugal, 5
Brito e Silva, Gastão, Portugal em ruínas, Foundation Francisco Manuel dos Santos,
Cidade de Coimbra, volume II, National Academy of Arts, Lisbon, 1947, pp. 144-147. Lisbon, 2014, p. 11.
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In general, the brothers Aires Mateus show a

very evident concern with the place. Not that they
understand that the project is on the site, but simply
because they understand that through their projects
they can transform the place.
In this sense, since the place was the starting point in

their projects, their design methodology showed that
it was a determined will to build or rebuild. In other
words, as Gonçalo Byrne mentioned in an interview
Figure 5. Photo of the steel structure with Courtyard of the about the work of these architects, “when a project is
University of Coimbra in the background, October 2015. constructed, it somehow alters the genius locci, also
because this genius locci is a dynamic thing, built over
university would carry out a systematized survey in the time”.7 Thus, the dynamics of time would be something
year 19996 and, in the following century, would promote always present in any architecture, permanently
the launch of a competition with a view to its recovery, subsisting the presumption that each intervention
of what could still be redeemed. It was in this context should be a testimony of its own time.
that emerged the pair of architects Aires Mateus.
In addition, Byrne clarified that – referring in the
The works began after intense years of design, abstract to the question of rehabilitation as if a potential
archaeological actions and consolidation of the freezing of spaces was involved, and could even be an
building (2009/2010), aiming to occupy the building as accelerator for ruin – the best, in the context of each
a Jurisprudence House, to house research values of project, would be to perceive the possible dynamics of
the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra. The the time and try to perceive the space and the place
consolidation work already included the implementation well and, accordingly, respond to them.8 This informed
of foundations, for a later phase of the work; this had response was a reading and understanding of the
served as a pretext for partial and selective demolitions, building, as well as the absorption of the program and
in order to allow the fitting, in the existing, of what the its uses; later, in a confident, intelligent and, above all,
brothers Aires Mateus project had as a proposition. condescending manner, Byrne explained how all these
different and important components were articulated. In
When affairs are troubled and the paths of things are this sense, the reading of the place and the appreciation
contrary to the predictable, events turn into complex of the site as a factor of value and of perenniality were
situations, with imponderability, eventually leading surely decisive.
to feelings of commiseration and, with that, arouse
curiosity and interest. As a design methodology, a prominent interest of the
architects stood out for drawing questions, however,
Before the construction began (late 2014), citizens its distinctive mark was assumed in the way the model
were used to seeing the block of Trinity College was present in multiple phases of the process. The
entirely flanked by a steel sheet siding barrier that model, besides the possibilities of visualization and
could apparently indicate the existence of a work, experimentation, functioned as an ideal support of
eventually helped to hide – and add mystery – a extreme abstraction and as a selective tool for the
situation of degradation of the little that remained of evaluation of the space, namely, the interior. The use
the Trinity College. If the interior was kept out of sight, of neutral materials, in the model, defined spatiality as
the memories accumulated in the older university the center of reflection and the respective qualities of
community sparked a desire for safeguarding, seeking perception, from which emerged the play of light and
to counteract the ruin and rapid physical devastation of shadow.9 Thus, faced with the moral and patrimonial
what remained of the old splendor of the building. With imperative of rehabilitation of what was generally
a recent troublesome past, it was a moral and ethical considered the “last ruin of the University Center of
imperative to restore that ruin, aware that, since it was Coimbra”, a large project had been developed that
impossible to build the previous splendor, exhausted aimed to regenerate the block of the Trinity College.
by the time and the negligence of men, it became
mandatory to assume contemporaneity, proceeding with
the creative valorization with the artifacts of this age
and bear witness to a vision for the future. 7
Byrne, Gonçalo, Entrevista, Magazine arqa – Arquitetura e Arte, nº 126, 2017, p. 36.
8
Byrne, Gonçalo, Entrevista, p. 36.
9
Cacciatore, Francesco, “L’animale e la conchiglia. L’architettura di Manuel e Francisco
6
See Lobo, Rui, O Colégio da Trindade. Estudo do edifício e levantamento da situação Aires Mateus come dimora del vuoto” in L’Architettura di Aires Mateus a cura di Carlotta
actual, Departament of Architecture of FCTUC, Coimbra. Tonon, Mondari Electa, Milão, 2011, p. 15.
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Figure 6. General view of the building from the top Figure 7. Cloister and gallery of the Figure 8. Interior of the Church of the Holy Trinity
of the Joanina Library. Trinity College after restoration work
This work, recently inaugurated, will allow us to resume In the last phase of the work, it was found that the
experiences in that patrimonial space, facilitating the church – intervened in the context of its previous
perpetuation of memories and giving meaning and collapse –, the cloister and the exterior walls, which
function to that place. Conscious that the proposal defined the entire perimeter of the old school space,
corresponds to an interpretation of that place, this were the spaces and elements that best resisted to the
project, in its singularity, brought an optimistic power of time. The Aires Mateus proposal was based
expectation of permanence that is expected to continue on a basic principle of distinction between preexistence
in the future.10 and transformation. The project methodology would
remove its authors from the classic idea of restoration,
trying to start from the existing legacy only, in order
10
Tuñón, Emilio, “Uma conversación com Manuel y Francisco Aires Mateus”, El Croquis, to valorize the space, adjusting it to the teaching and
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agreement with the Ministry of Justice, the study was

finally carried out to house the Jurisprudence House
of the University of Coimbra. To all these programs,
the building was responding with projects without
major differences, demonstrating that the readaptation
of this space to new functions was something easily
implementable. In this way, it is proved that, even
if new transformations take place in the future, at
present, this House of Jurisprudence corresponds to a
Figure 9. Interior patio and its lawn space with Department of
moment chained in a succession of states.12
Physics and University Archive in background.
The Trinity College building is built on three distinct
research functions, without minimizing the preexisting floors, a low floor, at the level of the church and at
structures. the base of the cloister, partially buried and two floors
above the ground. On the buried floor the functional
Conceptually, in order to distinguish these two valences are very little, being circumscribed much to
moments, which refer to the past and present, the the renewed function of the church – of conference
existing mass was worked as something eternalized room –, some rooms of support / meetings and
because subject to compression, and the new was spaces of circulation or toilets. In the upper floors the
regarded as ephemeral architecture and therefore office spaces and complementary rooms of classes
subject to traction.11 This argument, of a simple nature, or meetings are developed. In these last floors there
actually made it possible to make a full distinction are spaces of collective use, very limited around the
between what was methodologically the older cloister and, also, spaces of offces in the form of “L”,
construction and the most recent part. What was next to Rua José Falcão (adjacent to the Schools Ward)
defined as compression structure was constituted, and Rua de São Pedro (in front of the Department of
globally, by stone masonry walls and by brick vaults. Physics), with a north-south orientation. In the case of
In the traction structures, the steel solutions were the the office area, the organizational model is established
most preferred due to the properties of this material. by corridors along the streets referred to and with work
spaces facing the garden. Such design corresponds
In order to absorb infrastructural elements and to to the transposition of the existing solution in the
help solve some of the vertical communications, the building while as the College of the Order of the Holy
thickness of the outer walls were substantially widened, Trinity, denoting, from the design team, a very clear
defining the continuous inner contour and accentuating understanding of the compositional and functional
the mass effect of the preexisting facings. This solution system of this space of accommodation and teaching.
with a strong image impact and strongly conditioning
the useful area of t he building made it possible to In order to valorize the dichotomous action between
easily meet the infrastructure requirements that, in new and old, in the area next to the exterior walls, a
this type of buildings in general, constituted a great kind of hall was created that goes through the entire
embarrassment and a situation of difficult resolution. space and defines a structural void throughout the
building. This void separates, architecturally, the existing
We know that the subject of transformation is a burning construction of the new proposal, since, gravitically, it
issue that is permanently on the table, and in the recent would be impossible to materialize this concept. In this
history of the Trinity College this problem is also almost way, the connections between the existing construction
always latent. and the new body are carried out in the area of the
spans at the level of the upper floor, thus minimizing
Regarding the Aires Mateus Architects project it the contact points. This solution was only possible to
should also be mentioned that the study had initially implement thanks to the proposal of continuous steel
been developed to house the European College of structure that runs through the floors and ceilings,
the University of Coimbra (2001), and in 2004 it was allowing the existence of a fluidity of space and,
adapted to the European Judicial University Court simultaneously, giving the impression that the inner
and, in 2013, converted to Civil Court. After lack of shell floats in the space, contradicting the gravitational
action of weights and masses. This circumstance
induces a sense of apparent contradiction between the
11
Recently, on March 3, 2018, in the context of a conference held at the Trinity College,
thickness of exterior wall masses, the density of interior
Manuel Aires Mateus referred and illustrated this conceptual relationship between
the preexistence of walls and vaults, such as compression structures and therefore
“eternal” and its proposal, as something admittedly “ephemeral”, which can at any 12
Posocco, Pisana e Raitano, Manuela, La seconda vita degli edifici. Riflessioni e projetti,
moment in the life of the building be transformed or even withdrawn. Quodlibet Editore, Macerata, 2016, p. 25.
22
Figure 10. View from the balcony / loggia Figure 11. Interior of the Cloister with finishes Figure 12. Roof in lioz stone, zone next to the
located on the south wall of the Church of the of lioz stone roofs cloister, being visible the continuous traces of
Holy Trinity and adjacent to the Street Rua da zenital illumination
Couraça de Lisboa.
surfaces and the interstitial voids, overvalued by zenithal itself as a corollary of a projective methodology that,
illumination that runs evenly across the perimeter areas. in an operative way of communication, privileges the
thoughts with three-dimensional matrices.15 Architecture
This intervention, guided by a qualitative modernization develops, essentially, in space and with space. Full and
of the different spaces, both opened up new and empty, they facilitate the confrontation between the
desirable constructive intrusions, in relation to the existing reality and the possible reality, materialized in
preexisting philosophy, but also allowed, in some spaces with sculptural nature, creating excavated and
way, the affirmation of some discontinuities and subtracted environments, and defining full and empty
materializations that, for some, correspond to inherent to each construction, but defining an authorial
irremediable scars. In this aspect, the use of a lioz stone identity mark.16
cover, as an alternative to the traditional red clay tile
roof, for some, was a dissonant and disturbing element. The College of the Holy Trinity, now also Jurisprudence
Probably, for these people, the safeguard lies in House of the University of Coimbra, intends to assume
maintaining an “aesthetic primacy that has to prevail”13, itself as an exemplary work that aims to permanently
with images functioning as conservative situations and stabilize its memory, appease itself with time and
mimicable through certain common places. However, offer the city a deserved object stability. Commonly,
the option for the lioz stone at the level of the roofs, the fluidity of time and the volatility of memory are
which is roughly the same as the University’s Patio, contrasted with an enormous solidity of objects.17
visually allows a continuity with the texture that Unfortunately, in the context of this building, everything
effectively covers this peculiar space. The lioz stone, happened differently, and it was precisely past
in general terms of white color, is one of the textures memory and value that allowed a renewed interest
that most imposes in the overall context of the building, in its heritage, rescuing and refocusing that place to
being recurrently used as coating material of the interior the forefront of the need for revitalization. After this
pavement, throughout the construction. arduous task, we hope that the new uses will allow the
creation of new memories, giving meaning to this work
As a color note, the architects chose to introduce that will certainly help to revitalize all that space with a
a greenish gray tone to the interior walls of the old university vocation. ■
church, a solution that was later enlarged by the
coloring of the doors at ground level. This economy
of color and materials is a trend of the Aires Mateus
brothers, being a constant of their work. This feature
is so evident that in many of their works, the solutions
created are even more minimalist. This methodology
corresponds to an aesthetic purpose and results from
a necessary intentionality.14 A chromatic minimization
and matter is usually contrasted with an emphasis
on the volumetric exploration of forms, embodied in
peculiar models of space organization and composition.
A predominance of the study in section is also
characteristic, as opposed to the planimetry, constituting
15
Cacciatore, Francesco, “L’animale e la conchiglia. L’architettura di Manuel e Francisco
Aires Mateus come dimora del vuoto”, p. 12.
16
Tuñon, Emilio, “Sem Coelhos na Cartola”, in Aires Mateus, Almedina / Centro Cultural
13
Brito e Silva, Gastão, Portugal em ruínas, p. 32. de Belém, s/l, 2005.
14
Vita, Francesca, Aires Mateus, Portuguese Architects Collection, Vila do Conde, 2013, 17
Ballart, Josep, El património histórico y arqueológico: valor y uso, Editorial Ariel,
p. 15. Barcelona, 2010, p. 36.
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welding Storage and handling of welding consumables
Storage and handling of welding

consumables
Altino J. R. Loureiro
DEM, Universidade de Coimbra
altino.loureiro@dem.uc.pt
At present, the production of high quality welds 60% [4]. Even under these conditions, the electrodes
is a basic requirement of the construction of steel should not be stored more than three years.
structures subject to high stress. This purpose is only
achieved if the welding consumables are properly The coated electrodes can be used directly after
stored and correctly handled. Observance of these opening the package, without any previous drying,
conditions is all the more important as the strength of however, while they remain in the workshop, they
the steels to be welded is increased. If, for example, should be kept in a portable oven above 100ºC if they
the consumables are wet, they tend to introduce are basic low-hydrogen electrodes. Figure 1 a) shows
hydrogen in the ionic state into the weld, which upon an example of a portable storage container. If these
passing to the molecular state will cause porosity at electrodes are exposed to the environment they will
the melted zone [1], which may require its repair, with absorb moisture, as they are hygroscopic. In that
the resulting costs. More serious is that hydrogen, case, the electrodes to be reused must be dried, at
when associated with the presence of hard structures temperatures and times that vary with manufacturers
and tensile stresses, can cause cold cracking in the and coatings compositions. In the absence of
weld, frequently several hours after the welding [2], information, the values indicated by EN 1090-2, which
with even more dangerous consequences. Of course, recommends drying temperature between 300 and
this moisture may originate from the contamination 400oC and maintenance time of 2 to 4 hours, can
of the materials to weld or simply from condensation be used for basic electrodes. The same standard
phenomena, resulting from an atmosphere with high also recommends the maintenance temperature of
relative humidity when using electrodes colder than the electrodes higher than 150ºC. Figure 1 b) illustrates
environment. Many of these problems are associated an oven for drying and maintaining electrodes, with
with the conservation of welding consumables. Hence heating capacity up to 450°C. Figure 2 outlines the use
standard EN 1090-2 [3], in section 7.5.2, establishes / conservation cycle of basic electrodes, based on the
minimum generic conditions of temperature and EN 1090-2 standard. Most manufacturers recommend
time for the storage and drying of
welding consumables. However, welding
consumables are very varied, ranging from
TIG welding rods, coated electrodes, solid
and fluxed wires and fluxes for submerged
arc welding. Welding gases are not
considered here because they have more
specific rules. Welding consumables are
usually supplied in hermetically sealed
packages and can therefore be kept for
long periods, if properly stored in an
environment with a temperature of 5 –
15°C and a relative humidity of less than
a) b)
Figure 1. a) Portable storage container [4]; b) Dry-storage cabinet [4].
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STRUCTURE
EQUIPMENTS
Processing of plates
Cutting, milling , threading and marking
Processing of angles and pipes

+ speed In the drilling
In the cutting
In the set-up
In the tool change
Processing of beams
of porosity in the weld. It is usually recommended that

aluminum wires should not be stored more than two
Packing
years [5].
Storage cabinet
>100ºC
The fluxed wires shall be stored in the original
welding
Wet electrodes
packaging under the same conditions as the other
electrodes referred to above. These electrodes must
300 — 400ºC
Maintenance
have high rotation and the storage period should not

Drying
150ºC
exceed one year [5]. Fluxed wires for carbon and

low alloy steels are less sensitive to absorb moisture
than stainless steel electrodesThe fluxed wires shall
Figure 2. Cycle of use / conservation of basic electrodes. be stored in the original packaging under the same
conditions as the other electrodes referred to above.
These electrodes must have high rotation and the
storage period should not exceed one year [5]. Fluxed
that the electrodes should not be dried more than three
wires for carbon and low alloy steels are less sensitive
times, but the standard recommends only twice, in
to absorb moisture than stainless steel electrodes.
order to prevent deterioration of the coatings. If the
In any case it is recommended that the wire coils
electrodes have broken coatings or they change color
be removed from the machines after the work is
during drying, the electrodes should be discarded.
completed and must be stored correctly. Under no
circumstances should the electrodes be used below
Rutile coated electrodes are usually not dried, only
the dew point. Table 1 gives an idea of the limits to
conserved in storage container, and the electrodes with
consider. This is also recommended for the other
cellulosic coating should not be dried as they risk the
electrodes. Fluxed wires in contact with moisture can
coating to burn. Some manufacturers already produce
oxidize and are not recoverable.
vacuum-packed low moisture-absorbing electrodes,
but even these need to be dried after a few hours of
Submerged arc fluxes, whether cast or agglomerated,
exposure to air.
shall be stored in their original containers at
temperatures of about 20°C and relative humidity below
TIG welding rods or solid wires for MAG, MIG or
60%. Once the packaging is opened, the unused flux
submerged arc welding shall be kept in their original
should be stored in a maintenance oven at 150 ± 25oC.
containers at ambient temperature until use. After
removal of the packaging the
electrodes must be kept dry and away
from organic products and dust in
the machinery containers, if possible
at room temperature above 15°C
and relative humidity below 60%.
Sometimes a felt threaded into the
wire just before the wire feeder is
used to remove any dirt deposited on
the electrode. In the case of aluminum
wires, the stable temperature in the
workshop, say in the order of 20 to
25oC, and relative humidity of less than
60% is important to avoid condensation
in the electrode and the formation
of a hydrated oxide (AlOH) in the a) b)
electrode, which leads to the formation Figure 3. a) stove for drying of flux [6]; b) stove for flux maintenance [7].
Table 1. Dew point conditions as a function of relative humidity (adapted from [4]).
Ta-Tm
0 3 5 7 10 13 18
ºC
HR
100 81 70 61 50 41 30
%
Ta-Tm – air temperature – metal temperature (or electrode); RH – relative humidity.
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The flux collected from the container of the welding References

machine, if exposed several hours to the factory
[1] Altino J. R. Loureiro, Defeitos de soldadura em estruturas
environment, must be dried before reuse. Drying of
metálicas, Metálica, vol. 42 (2016), 32-35.
the agglomerated fluxes should be done at 300 ± 25°C
[2] Altino J. R. Loureiro, Fissuração a frio, induzida pelo hidrogénio,
for 2 to 4 hours, while the fused fluxes should be dried
Metálica, vol. 32 (2013), 22-24.
at 200 ± 50°C for 2 to 4 hours. It is recommended
[3] EN 1090-2:2008, Execution of steel structures na aluminium
that during drying the height of the exposed flux does structures – Part 2: Technical requirements for steel structures.
not exceed 5 cm and that it is moved, to facilitate the [4] Storage & handling recomendations for consumables, http://eng.
removal of moisture. After drying the flux can be kept esab.co.kr/Web-App/Upload/2012/04/05/Storage%20and%20
in a maintenance oven at 150°C. Figure 3 a) illustrates Handling%20Recommandations%20Consumable.pdf
a flux drying storage cabinet and Figure 3 b) shows a [5] Handling and storage recommendations, file:///C:/
storage cabinet for flux maintenance. When using this Users/Altino%20Loureiro/Downloads/COR_
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stream to three of recovered stream should be used. preview%20(3).pdf

[6] http://estufasefornos.blogspot.pt/2015/04/forno-para-secagem-de-
fluxo-solda-arco.html
In conclusion, it can be said that the proper
[7] https://www.rodovens.com/index.php/keen-khtf-600-subarc-flux-
conservation of welding consumables requires a set of
rebake-oven-152.html
means and procedures that are somewhat complex but
vital for guaranteeing the quality of welding. ■
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great works of steel construction in brazil Use of Steel Structures
Use of Steel Structures for the

Design and Construction
of the Newest Postcard of the
Capital Capixaba in Brazil
J. G. Santos da Silva1, G. L. Debona2

1 Post-Graduation Programme in Civil Engineering, PGECIV. Department of Structures and Foundations,
ESTR. University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, UERJ.
E-mail: jgss@uerj.br
2 Department of Structures, Departament of Architecture and Urbanism, DAU. Federal Rural University
of Rio de Janeiro, UFRRJ.
E-mail: gilvanld@ufrrj.br
1. Introduction [8]. The second version of the Passage Bridge (Figure

3b) initially had a span of 34 meters and six meters of
Inaugurated on September 8, 1551, the island of Vitória useful width, being a runway in each direction [8]. Due
(capital of the state of Espírito Santo) is the second to an accident in 1969 with a crane-boat, the structure
oldest capital of the Brazilian territory [1] formed by an of the bridge was compromised, having to be reformed
archipelago composed of 34 islands and a mainland between 1972 and 1973, losing the curved trusses and
portion with total extension of 93.38 square kilometers gaining another runway, and thus was created then the
[2]. Currently, Vitória has a little more than 363,000 third version of the Passage Bridge [8] (Figures 3c and
inhabitants [3], being considered the second Brazilian 3d).
capital with the best quality of life and also the highest
per capita income among the Brazilian capitals [2].
The capital of Espírito Santo has seven bridges with
the purpose of connecting the island to the mainland,
especially the most recent bridge inaugurated in 2009
(Carlos Lindenberg Bridge or popularly known as the
New Passage Bridge) [4], Figures 1 and 2.
Users who admire, today, the current Footbrigde and

New Passage Bridge do not imagine that the only fact
that resembles the past is that pedestrians continue to
pass through the same place, however, by a footbrigde
next to the current bridge, popularly known as Passage
Bridge (Passarela de Mauricio de Oliveira) [4], Figure Figure 1. Overview of the Carlos Lindenberg Bridge (Passage
2. The present project translates the fourth version Bridge [6].
of the first connection of the island of Victoria with

the mainland, created in the colonial period, where
only pedestrians passed by on foot or horse [5]. The
“passage platform” that remained until the middle of
1920 was built by slaves of the landlords, in the present
location of the Passage Bridge, thus naming it with the
popular name of the current special art works of the
Passage Bridge and Footbridge. ], Figure 2.
Based on urban mobility, the old “passage platform”

(Figure 3a) was replaced by a latticed arch bridge
made of reinforced concrete supported on stones at
its ends, which was inaugurated in 1930, where it was Figure 2. Panoramic view of the Bridge and the Footbridge (Photo:
possible to move by car to the mainland of Victoria Leone Iglesias) [7].
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a) 1st Version: colonial period until 1927. b) 2nd Version: 1930 until 1972.
c) 3rd Version: 1973 until 2009: upper view. d) 3rd Version: 1973 until 2009: side view
Figure 3. Projects developed for the Passage Bridge linking Victory to the mainland (1927-2009) [7].
The Passage Bridge (Bridge Carlos Lindenberg)

2. Conceived and calculated by the engineer Karl Fritz
Meyer from Capixaba, the new Passage Bridge
Named popularly as the new Passage Bridge, it should combines the modern and bold design, arousing the
be emphasized that the project actually contemplates curiosity of the residents and visitors, either for its
two bridges composed of distinct decks, each one grandeur or originality, symbolizing the growth and
being used for each direction of traffic. The need for development of the state capital of Espírito Santo [13].
intervention in urban mobility became evident in the late Meyer reported that “in the conception of the drawing,
1990s, due to the fact that old bridge became a problem he imagined a modern bridge that composed the
for traffic in the city [9], with a maximum capacity of mangrove landscape of the Passage channel” (Figure 4)
3,200 vehicles per hour. However, the road demand that and it was very important to participate in this project in
led to the need for a new work linking the island to the Victoria [14]
mainland was not the only reason for the demolition
of the old bridge, because the reduced or nonexistent One of the great advantages of the project was the zero
nautical template in times of full tide prevented the use impact on the traffic of the region during the execution
of the canal by tourist boats [10]. of the work, since the new bridge was built next to the
old bridge, which maintained its normal flow until the
The newest postcard of Vitória, in addition to bringing new Passage Bridge was inaugurated. Imposing in its
significant improvements to vehicle traffic, became an 55 meters of height, which is equivalent to a building
important tourist landmark, as it enabled the passage of sixteen floors, the new bridge in composite structure
of boats in the Camburi canal [11], with a free nautical is constituted of two parallel isolated structures, with
template of 50 meters wide and 8 meters high for three runways and 11,10 meters of width each [13] [16]
vessel traffic [12]. Urban improvement works that are ]. The approximate total length of one of the bridges
also part of the general remodeling of the region’s road is 228.7 meters long, subdivided into a span of 28.55
system were carried out near the Passage Bridge to meters, two spans of 34.0 meters, a span of 27.8
increase the flow velocity from 11 km / h to 50 km / h in meters, a span of 80.6 meters (from the stay-cable
order to absorb more than 75 thousand vehicles per day bridges) and a span of 23.2 meters [17].
[10], with a traffic capacity of around 5000 vehicles per
hour [8].
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The structure of the Passage Bridge is composed of a

stayed steel structural system with large spans, with
approximately 1,750 tons of steel (USI-SAC-350), with
welded connections, and 8 thousand cubic meters
of concrete and 1,800 tons of steel bars [18]. The
company Usiminas Mecânica was responsible for all
stages of execution of the work from environmental
licensing and deep foundations to civil construction
[18]. All the steel Passage Bridge structures were
manufactured in the State of Minas Gerais and
transported to the construction site, where they were
pre-assembled and launched at the site, with the help
of a 500-ton crane and a 100-meter boom reach [18] .
The unit weight of each steell tower is approximately
65 tonnes (Figure 5a) and 85 tonnes for each rope
anchorage box (Figure 5b) [18].
To promote the innovation regarding the segment of

stay-cable bridges, the Passage Bridge is the first bridge
built with the use of steel (and not concrete) towers,
for the anchorage of the protension cables that sustain
the largest span of the work of art, according to the
superintendent of bridges and industrial structures of
Usiminas Mecânica, Horácio Steinmann, referring to the
45 m high steel tubular pillars where 32 steel cables are
anchored [10] [18] (Figure 5). Vicente Júdice, consultant
Figure 4. Original sketch of the design of engineer Karl Fritz Meyer
of foundations and structures of the work, also pointed
from Capixaba (Files taken from the book “Uma nova passagem” out that “with the staging it was possible to keep the
from Valéria Morgado and Patrícia Merlo) [10]. beam height of 1.90 m constant, preserving the nautical
template required for the project” [10].
b) Steel anchor box.
a) Steel tubular pillars. c) Staging cables used in the project.
Figure 5. Steel structure of the steel towers [11].
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In view of the above, it is important to highlight that one It should be noted that, in 2010, the project for the
of the concerns in the structural design of the bridge new Passage Bridge, strategically located between the
was always associated with the final dimensions of airport and downtown Vitória, was the winner of the
the beams, due to the free nautical template idealized best commercial project of 2009 by public vote, in the
in the initial design premises, being of vital importance fourth edition of the Award Art et Décor, of the Network
the use of the structural system in steel structure, with “Vitoria de Comunicação”. The Art et Décor award aims
solid-section beams in composite grid, aiming at slender to honor the professionals and companies that stood
structural elements, with reduced structure weight and out in the segments of architecture and decoration in
aesthetic gains, as Mannato stated that “with steel the state of Espírito Santo. During one month, netizens
beams it is possible to overcome larger spans with voted in 31 categories and elected the highlights in the
lower beam height” [10]. The structural system of the segments [21].
bridge has sections supported by tie cables, which are
curved, asymmetric, and which begin at the point where
the structure departs to overcome the channel, being 3. The Passage Footbridge (Passarela Maurício de
composed of composite beams of steel and concrete. Oliveira)
The straight section, also in continuous composite
beam, has two steel “I” profile stringers, spaced 11 m Composing the landscape of the place with an
apart, and locked by crossbeams of the same profile innovative designer, the footbridge, Figure 7, followed
every 4.30 m, forming a steel grid. Pre-slab reinforced the same architectural concept (providing more harmony
concrete slabs with a thickness of 7 cm and a width of and urban mobility), in tune with the Passage Bridge
60 cm were used, supported on the steel crossbeams, [22], becoming an architectural landmark of Vitoria. The
which received 18 cm of concrete, resulting in 25 cm design of the footbridge (Figure 8) was conceived and
thick slabs (Figure 6), on which it was applied asphalt executed as a totally independent structure, located
pavement CBUQ (hot-rolled bituminous concrete) [10]. next to the old Passage Bridge, until its demolition,
soon after the inauguration of the footbridge, since
Inaugurated on August 29, 2009, the new Passage the structure of the old bridge continued to allow the
Bridge (Carlos Lindenberg Bridge) cost the circulation of pedestrians and cyclists with safety,
public agencies more than R $ 66 million for its besides giving support to the workers, during the
implementation, being R $ 36 million from the State construction of the work of the footbridge [23].
Government and the remainder funded by the city of
Vitória . It should also be noted that the city government The structure of the footbridge is 126 meters long,
invested R $ 7.5 million more in expropriation around subdivided into two spans of 28 meters and a span of
the bridge to do the work, which lasted from July 2007 70 meters, and width of six meters, and can receive
to August 2009. Recently, the municipality announced up to 120 thousand pedestrians a day. The structural
that they intend to invest approximately around R $ system adopted was that of stayed spans composed of
700 thousand for the redevelopment of the place, two towers 20 meters high each and with 12 support
transforming it into a new leisure and tourism space, cables [23], with steel consumption estimated at 140
with the installation of decks, boardwalk and bike path, tons [26]. The final nautical template for the passage of
in order to inhibit the use of the place for illicit practices vessels is about 20 meters wide, 8.5 meters of air draft
[20]. (space between sea level and beam) and 2.5 meters of
depth draft (distance between soil and sea level) [27],
Figure 6. Steel towers: execution of the deck of the Passage Bridge Figure 7. View of Passage footbridge (Photo: Elizabeth Nader) [22].
(Photo: Lucas Pondé) [19].
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a) Electronic model (Photo: Divulgação) [23] b) Physical model (Photo: Divulgação/SECOM) [23]
Figure 8. Models of the original Footbridge design
thus making it possible to navigate the Passage Channel bridge) [27], with a total investment of approximately
for the first time since 1801 (the date of the first R $ 6 million, thus completing the set of works of the
construction on the canal, see Figure 3a) [23]. new Passage Bridge that interconnect the north and
central areas of the city of Vitória. The General Director
It is noteworthy that, the Passage Footbridge is the of the Roads Department reported at the time that the
first work of special arts that uses the stayed structural delays in the construction schedule were due to the
system (supported by cables) of the Capixaba capital structural complexity and the large flow of vehicles,
[22], being inaugurated on December 10, 2010 (almost emphasizing further that: “We first needed to make the
one year and four months after inauguration of the bridge, transfer traffic to this new structure, so that the
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training courses and events
CMM Technical Training on Steel Construction

CMM started its training plan for 2018 in the area of Steel and
Composite Construction.
The trainers of this course were Professor Dinar

Camotim and Professor Nuno Silvestre, both from
Instituto Superior Técnico, Eng. António Santos from
Gestedi and Eng. Filipe Santos from Vesam. This course
was attended by 17 trainees.
On 22, 23 and 24 March the course “Design of Steel

Structures” – 5th edition took place in Lisbon and the
coordinator of this course is Eng. Tiago Abecasis.
On 9 and 10 March, the course “Design of Structures

in” Light Steel “was held at the iParque in Coimbra.
This course was coordinated by Professor Nuno
Silvestre from IST.
This course aimed to: Provide knowledge on the

design of “light steel” structures and present in detail
the standard EN 1993-1-3; Understand EN 1993-1-3
in more detail; Understand the calculation processes
for designing cold-formed steel structures and to
understand the most common problems associated
with the construction of cold-formed steel from the
point of view of a steelwork company.
The main objective of this course was to present the

standard EN 1993-1-1, preparing the trainees for the
design of steel structures. The trainers of this course
were Eng. Tiago Abecasis from Tal Projecto, Prof. Nuno
Silvestre from IST and Eng. José Miguel Pontes from
NME – Sociedade de Construções.
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CMM has the following courses • Training Course on Design of Offshore

planned for 2018: Structures – 5th edition, will occur from 15 to
18 May in Coimbra. The coordinator of the course
• Seismic Design of Steel Structures – 6th is Professor Luís Simões da Silva (UC) and the
Edition, is scheduled for April 13 and 14, 2018 trainers are Prof. Constança Rigueiro (UC), Prof.
in Coimbra. The coordinator of the course is José Paulo Almeida (UC), Prof. Nuno Simões
Professor José Miguel Castro from the Faculty (UC), Prof. Altino Loureiro (UC), Prof. João Pedro
of Engineering of the University of Porto and Martins (UC), Prof. Carlos Rebelo (UC), Eng.
as trainers, Prof. José Miguel Castro (FEUP), Patrick Chopelin (Manta), Eng. João Azevedo
Prof. Carlos Rebelo (UC); Eng. Tiago Ribeiro (Tal (Sherwin-Williams) and Eng. Ivo Lourenço
Projecto) and Eng. Luís Macedo (ISEP). The main (Subsea7). This course will be given in English.
objective of the course is to provide knowledge
about the design of structures according to • Anticorrosive Protection of Steel Structures –
Eurocode 8. Industrial Paint / Steel Coatings - 3rd Edition,
is scheduled for June 21 and 22 in Lisbon. This
• Design of Connections in Steel and Composite course is coordinated by Eng. Leonor Côrte-
Structures – 9th Edition, will take place on April Real from Hempel and the trainers are Eng.
20 and 21, in Coimbra. This course is coordinated Leonor Côrte-Real (Hempel), Eng. Filipe Ramalho
by Prof. Tiago Abecasis from Tal Projecto and the (Pronticor) and Eng. Alichandra Castro (Eurogalva).
trainers are Eng. Tiago Abecasis (Tal Projecto), The main objectives of this course are to develop
Prof. Rui Simões (UC), Prof. Altino Loureiro (UC) technical skills in the area of anticorrosive
and Eng. Filipe Rodrigues (Infraestruturas de protection by painting and the application of paint
Portugal). The main objective of this course is to schemes, for specification and monitoring of the
present the standard EN 1993-1-8, preparing the production of steel parts and structures within
trainees for the design of steel and composite the scope of ISO 12944 and EN 1090. Develop
connections. skills in the area of corrosion protection by steel
At the end of the course the trainees should be coatings.
able to design connections in steel and composite
structures. • Design of Steel-Concrete Composite
Structures – 5th Edition, is scheduled for June
• Steel-concrete connections: post-installed 29 and 30, 2018, in Coimbra. The coordinator
connectors and composite connections (HILTI), is Professor Rui Simões from the University of
will take place on May 4 in Coimbra. This course Coimbra and the trainers are Prof. Rui Simões
is coordinated by Professor Luís Simões da Silva (UC); Prof. Maria Isabel Valente (UMinho) and
(University of Coimbra) and the trainers are Prof. Eng. Rui Alves (Proindustrial). The objective of
Luís Simões da Silva (UC), Prof. Rui Simões (UC) this course is to present the standard EN 1994-1,
and Prof. Aldina Santiago (UC). preparing the trainees for the design steel-
concrete composite structures.
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Portugal Steel
Seminar Cycle and Steel Talk
Conferences
Maintaining the goal of promoting steel construction

and the dissemination of this constructive solution to
future professionals and technicians, the Portugal Steel
project held the first 2018 event:
• The first Steel Talk of the Portugal Steel 2018

project with the theme “Fire Resistance of Steel
Structures” took place at the University of Aveiro on
April 18, 2018.
This Steel Talk had as speakers Professor Paulo

Vila Real (University of Aveiro); Dr Sílvio Saldanha
(TRIA); Professor Nuno Lopes (University of Aveiro)
and Professor Paulo Piloto (Polytechnic Institute of
Bragança).
The following Portugal Steel events are already

scheduled:
• Portugal Steel Seminar at Escola Superior de Gestão

e Tecnologia de Viseu, on 8 May, with the special
commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the
ESTGV civil engineering department.
• The Steel Talk “Anticorrosive Protection and Durability

of Steel Structures”, will take place at the fair
Tektónica, in FIL in Lisbon, on 17 May; • Portugal Steel Seminar at Instituto Politécnico of
• Portugal Steel Seminar at University of Algarve on 25 Bragança, which will take place on 29 May 2018.
May 2018. • O projeto Portugal Steel estará presente como
expositor na feira Tektónica de 16 a 19 de maio de
2018.
• The Portugal Steel project will be present as an

exhibitor at the Tektónica fair from May 16 to 19,
2018.
Members of CMM who wish to be present can benefit

from a 10% discount on the purchase of a space at the
fair.
Follow the agenda of the Portugal Steel events at

www.portugalsteel.com
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publications highlight
Conference Proceedings of XI Conference

on Steel and Composite Construction
This publication compiles all the communications

presented at the XI Conference on Steel and
Composite Construction, organized by CMM, which
Editors took place on 23 and 24 November 2017 in Coimbra.
Luís Simões da Silva, Paulo Vila Real, This book gathers more than 110 articles between
Paulo Piloto, João Pedro Martins communications and lectures.
PVP: 45€ *
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Fatigue Design of Steel and Composite

Structures – 2nd Edition
This volume addresses the specific theme of fatigue,

a subject many engineers are unfamiliar with, but still
relevant for the proper design of various steel structures.
The book addresses all issues related to the subject:
Basis for fatigue design; Security and various forms of
verification; Determination of tensions and ranges of
tensions, resistance to fatigue; Application Scope and
Authors:
limitations. It also contains application examples of the
Alain Nussbaumer, Luís Borges,
concepts, computational methods and verifications
Laurence Davaine
presented.
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STRUCTURE
EQUIPMENTS
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Innovation, DAVI owns several Patents
to lead the rolling industry. Plate roll
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cmm members highlight
cmm members
“ After a considerable stagnation of the

construction market in Portugal, there has been
some more recent foreign and public private
Engº Fernando Lamares
”
investment.
Make a brief presentation of TÜV Rheinland Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) on welds or materials
Portugal in the most diverse constructions and / or fabrications
The TÜV Rheinland Group, as Certification and carried out in our country, with our laboratory having
Inspection Body, is one of the leading technical different test methods.
service providers worldwide. Founded in 1872 and We also stand out in the presentation of innovative
headquartered in Cologne, the Group employs around solutions to the market such as advanced Non
20,000 people worldwide and generated revenues of Destructive Tests inspection services (advance NDT),
more than € 2 billion in 2017. performed at high temperatures to avoid production
TÜV Rheinland in Portugal has been successful in process interruptions or to avoid the removal of
facing new challenges resulting from the relationship systems / equipment insulation. These solutions
between Man, Environment and Technology. It aims to have allowed a significant reduction of maintenance
support the sustained growth of the national industry by costs and an optimization of the productive processes
offering services that ensure a continuous improvement associated to the safe operation of the equipment.
of the levels of competitiveness in safety and quality
conditions, allowing them to approach the European How is TÜV Rheinland Portugal different from its
average. competitors?
The main factors of differentiation are often related to
In what areas has TÜV Rheinland Portugal stood the fact that TUV Rheinland in Portugal is supported
out? with the know-how acquired during over more than
As a notified body TUV Rheinland Portugal has been 140 years of activity as an inspection and certification
distinguished in the EN 1090 certification being leader body, the fact that we are represented in 65 countries
in the national market and having as customers the around the world, thus being possible to accompany
6 largest Portuguese steelwork companies, under Portuguese exporting companies to all these
the PED directive for the CE marking of pressure destinations, but above all, our efficiency in everything
equipment, qualification of welders and welding we do.
procedures. The services offered (more than 5,000 services available
As an accredited inspection body in accordance with to customers) result in the total satisfaction of our
NP EN 17020 and by delegation of powers of the clients and their consequent loyalty. Our services are
Portuguese State, we have a wide range of clients often unique and innovative, resulting from our national
where we perform inspection of equipment under experience (more than 20 years in Portugal) and
pressure in service according to DL 90/2010. international experience.
As a Non-Destructive Testing Laboratory accredited in
accordance with NP EN 17025, we perform
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What outstanding projects distinguish the work of support on all verticals when it comes to additional IoT
TÜV Rheinland Portugal? requirements.
• The largest international projects produced by the
country’s major steelwork companies related to the How do you see the current state of the steel and
Third Party Inspections are accompanied by TUV composite construction market?
Rheinland; After a considerable stagnation of the construction
• Inspection of pressure equipment in all the works market in Portugal, there has been some more recent
of Hydroelectric Power and Power Reinforcements foreign and public private investment. However,
carried out in the last 5 years in Portugal; it is necessary to prioritize the implementation of
• Inspection and testing of industrial stops at the the necessary changes to tax and labor legislation
largest waste treatment plant in our country; if we want to substantially increase foreign private
• Inspection, supervision and quality control in the steel investment in Portugal.
structure construction for the international project
ITER – International Thermonuclear Experimental Will the survival of the sector depend on
Reactor – one of the largest projects in the world, cooperation between the various competitors, or
involving China, the European Union, India, Japan, on a competition capable of raising and overcoming
Korea, Russia and the United States; the most competitive players?
• Inspection in the fuel storage parks and at the fuel With no cooperation between the various competitors
supply stations of the largest oil companies operating in the sector of inspection and certification, the
in Portugal; survival of the sector depends above all on the offer
• CE marking of equipment and construction inspection of differentiating services and high added value. This
for new combined cycle at the KÖLN plant – Germany is only possible with a broad portfolio of services
– RW Energy; and according to the actual needs of the Client and if
• Inspection in the construction, manufacture and necessary, support at international level, as is surely the
assembly of skids and piping for factory of production case with TUV Rheinland with its international network.
of gases in the industrial complex, BASF – Germany;
• We recently started inspection of manufacture of What are the objectives of TÜV Rheinland Portugal
the steel structure for the East Wing of Geneva for the years 2018 and 2019?
airport, which will be executed in 24 months, a The main objective is to ensure the training and
reference work and of relevance for engineering and subsequent qualification of our employees in order to
Portuguese construction, of about 45 M €. exceed the expectations of our Clients.
• National leader in the field of inspection of Renewable The launch in the market of new services adjusted to
Energies – Inspection of Wind Turbines and the real needs of our Customers, such as the “Supply
Photovoltaic Plants. Chain Services” service that ensures that the products
• National leader in certification EN 1090 – CE that our Customers import, are in accordance with the
Marking for Steel Structures, ISO 3834 – Quality applicable standards and regulations, are also one of our
Requirements for Fusion Welding and EN 15085 – priorities for the future.
Quality Requirements for Welding in the Railroad In addition, we will focus on non-destructive testing
area. solutions to be applied in preventive maintenance
• Large national companies are customers of TUV strategies, minimizing operation stops.
Rheinland in the scope of inspection of working
machinery and equipment (DL 50/2005); How do you perceive the CMM role in the national
context of the steel and composite construction
• he partnership with the entities managing the specific
sector?
flows of packaging waste, Electrical and Electronic
Promote and disseminate scientific and technological
Equipment, Used Tires and End of Life Vehicles in
knowledge, share knowledge and promote cooperation
the execution of specific consulting projects and the
so that it is possible to achieve a greater competitive
accomplishment of audits to the waste management
capacity.
operators.
In what foreign markets does TÜV Rheinland

What future challenges await TÜV Rheinland
Portugal intend to act?
Portugal?
TUV Rheinland is present in the main economic centers
Working and living “smarter” for a better future in
worldwide.
the world of IoT – Internet of Things is the common
goal as part of global scanning. TÜV Rheinland has
embraced these revolutionary changes in the market
with significant investments on a global scale to provide
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cmm members
“ We intend to maintain the pace of growth and

sustainability, which has allowed us to have the
conditions to investigate and deliver differentiating
solutions to our customers. Rui Vitorino
”
Diretor ARENTIA
Make a brief presentation of Arentia, SA. the industry, in the reduction of costs or improvements
ARENTIA, an Information Systems and Technologies of the processes, contributing constantly in the
company based in Leiria and a subsidiary in the processes of continuous improvement of the company.
Lisbon area, is dedicated to the implementation of The solution is working in several industrial companies,
solutions of ERP Management (Enterprise Partner PHC and also in the steel construction sector, where the
and Premium Partner PRIMAVERA) and Production integrated factory with management has been the
Management, implementation and maintenance of strongest point.
Infrastructures of computer support. ARENTIA is PME
Excellence 2017 and its mission is to Simplify through What future challenges await Arentia?
technology. The sector in which we operate is particularly
challenging, as technology evolves more and more
In what areas has Arentia stood out? rapidly, and it is necessary to follow and understand
The industry has been the one where we have which technologies to invest in. The challenges of
stood out the most, combining the offer of global Industry 4.0, where we actively position ourselves, but
management solutions and innovative and differentiating also the Cloud, Artificial Intelligence or 5G, will have to
solutions in the area of production management. deserve our attention and investment.
How does Arentia differ from its competitors? How do you see the current state of the steel and
At Arentia we have always privileged the experience composite construction market?
and knowledge of our teams, not only at the level of As partners of some of these companies, we feel that
the solutions we implement, but also at the level of it is an extremely competitive market, and that it is
the business processes, from the transversal ones, to currently experiencing a moment of great dynamics,
the specific ones of certain business areas, such as very grounded in the foreign market.
steelwork and steel construction in particular. The current economic context, the acceleration of
the economy and industry in particular, as well as
What outstanding projects distinguish the work of the glimpse of better years in public investment, will
Arentia? certainly bring even more liveliness to this sector.
The technological innovation with aPROD software On the other hand, it is a sector that generally has
is the most important project, and it assumes a not focused on the modernization of the technological
fundamental role in the creation of competitiveness in processes of production and management control.
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Will the survival of the sector depend on How do you perceive the CMM role in the national
cooperation between the various competitors, or context of the steel and composite construction
in a competition capable of raising and overcoming sector?
the most competitive players? Congratulations to CMM for its dynamics, both in the
As in all industries, fair competition is healthy, and dissemination of the sector, and in the training and
brings benefits at various levels, allowing differentiation implementation of standards that regulate the sector,
and specialization of competitors. A competition that inevitably resulting in an overall increase in the quality
is based solely on price factor will inevitably lead and competences of its members and of the sector in
to industry obsolescence. Clusters of cooperation, general.
such as CMM itself, will allow for an evolution and Keep up the good work.
development, with greater investment capacity, that
places the sector at the level of what is best done in In what foreign markets does Arentia intend to act?
the world. We already operate in several markets, such as Angola,
Mozambique, France, Lebanon, Mexico and Paraguay,
What are Arentia’s objectives for the years 2018 and where we accompany our clients in their projects. As
2019? a goal, we intend to continue to provide our customers
We intend to maintain the pace of growth and with solutions that can accompany them in their
sustainability, which has allowed us to have the internationalization and evaluate the receptivity of our
conditions to investigate and deliver differentiating product aPROD to other markets, namely through
solutions to our customers. On the other hand, we will partnerships with local companies.
continue to invest in our human resources because
we want to continue to capture and maintain the best
people and talents.
Frisomat designs, produces and constructs a wide range of steel industrial buildings.
But we do more than that. We offer specific branch expertise, creating a solution
that perfectly fits your needs. That way we not only protect your business assets but
also your investment.
Frisomat S.A. | +(351) 234 940 210 | info@frisomat.pt | www.frisomat.pt
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industry and services
CMM – Industry and Services

This is a new section of the magazine “Metálica” dedicated to the technical disclosure, the good
practices in the Production and the control of Quality of the execution of the steel structure.
Each edition of the magazine will have a theme dedicated to materials, manufacture, assembly,
standardization and placement in the market.
CE Marking of Steel Structures rules as long as the execution conditions are compatible
and all additional requirements are specified.
In 2014, the CE marking of steel structures was
definitively put into effect by EN1090-1. Since then all In addition to structural components for buildings, the
components marketed in the European Economic Area support structures of industrial equipment, as well as
are required by law to be produced and comply with the supports for piping, walkways and handrails are also
technical requirements of this family of standards. covered.
The EN1090 involved the whole industry: large, medium Where a harmonized standard exists for a product, this
and small producers, nationally and across borders. harmonized standard prevails over EN1090 (eg self-
There are those who question the practical results of its supporting chimneys).
application, however the general opinion
is consensual: it has effectively changed The scope of application of EN1090 has
the way the steel construction is seen, been much debated among the experts,
imposing rigor through quality standards in so the European Technical Committee CEN
production. TC135 has issued a technical report1 which
aims to clarify this issue, indicating the
As with other CE markings, the intention general coverage, specifying examples and
is to confirm the safety of the product to exclusions.
the user. In this way the customer (public,
industrial or private sector) knows that he 2. If there is no welding in my
/ she acquires a product that effectively manufacture, does this standard apply?
meets a certain set of requirements, tested
and controlled through a certain system - in Mesmo que não haja soldadura nos
this case, Factory Production Control (FPC) componentes estruturais a norma
aplica-se. Aliás, a soldadura é “apenas” um
Fortunately for many manufacturers getting processo de fabrico com especificidades
this certification was a small step in their próprias que, a existir, tem de obedecer a
organization. For some it still remains a determinadas regras.
problem or even a taboo.
3. Why should I implement standards

In this section, we answer some typical
and CE marking of steel structures?
questions that have come to us. Figura 1. Exemplo de
etiqueta de CE
Setting the CE marking on steel structures
1. What is the scope / products derives from the application of the
covered? European Construction Products Regulation (305/2011)
laying down harmonized conditions for the marketing of
It covers the structural steel and aluminum components construction products
used in all construction works (except sea and
offshore). The components can be used directly or as All products intended to be permanently incorporated
structural components supplied in Kit form. in a construction site whose product performance
influences the overall performance of that work with
The standard applies mainly to components of
structures designed in accordance with Eurocode
standards. However, it can be applied to other project CEN/TR17052:2017 “Guidelines on implementing EN 1090-1:2009+A1:2011, Execution
1
of steel structures and aluminum structures - Part 1: Requirements for conformity

assessment of structural components”
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industry and services
regard to its basic requirements are listed: mechanical The Authority for Food and Economic Security (ASAE)
strength and stability; fire safety; hygiene, health and is responsible for inspecting the provisions of the
environment; security and accessibility in use; noise Regulation and this Decree-Law.
protection; energy saving and thermal insulation;
sustainable use of natural resources. 5. What should I do to comply?
The European Regulation is law in all member The first step is to identify the type of product and
states, even without the need for national legislation. the Execution Class2 (EXC) to be achieved. Execution
Therefore, CE marking is mandatory in all Member classes range from EXC1 to EXC4. Each class complies
States of the European Union. with requirements, which will be “tighter” the greater
the EXC.
Placing the CE mark on steel structures is more than
complying with legislation and safety. It is to put a A company with certification for a certain class of
differentiating factor in relation to the competition; it execution, may perform works of that class or lower.
is synonymous with Quality; it is demonstrating that This theme will be covered in more detail in the next
adequate, professional materials and qualified processes issue.
have been used.
As structural steel components are safety critical, the
4. What if I choose not to implemente? CE marking on EN 1090-1 requires that the component
manufacturer’s factory production control system (FPC)
Decree-Law 130/2013 provides for fines, counter-orders
and accessory sanctions punishing manufacturers who
2
The execution classes are determined according to the type of request, the type of
fail to comply with the terms set forth. materials and the class of consequence in case of ruin.
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of the component manufacturer be evaluated and Routine Surveys3 should be made to the FPC.
certified independently by a notified body.
In the period between scheduled inspections, the FPC
In order to be able to make the CE marking by must be continuously maintained through sampling and
EN1090-1, the execution of the steel structures must an internal Inspection and Testing plan.
be carried out using the corresponding parts of the
standard: With these elements you will be able to produce
the technical support documentation, the respective
• EN 1090-2: Technical requirements for steel
Performance Declaration (DoP) and place the CE mark
structures;
on your components of steel structures.
• EN 1090-3: Technical requirements for aluminum
structures; Do not forget that your products must be shipped
• EN 1090-4: Technical requirements for cold formed properly identified. This identification shall be easily
steel elements (not yet published); relatable with the CE label and the Performance
Declaration. This is the only way to close the entire
• EN 1090-5: Technical requirements for cold-formed traceability cycle, a subject that will be addressed in the
aluminum elements. next edition.■
3 Routine Surveys have defined periods depending on the Execution Class. See EN 1090-
1, table B.3.
The benefits are evident What changes did you notice in the sector?
Interviewee: Helder Frade A: We believed at some point that the introduction

Position: Administrator of CE marking as a legal obligation to operate in the
sector would change the way companies operate.
Company Name: FAMETAL –
However, almost four years after the entry into
Fábrica Portuguesa de Estruturas
force of the legislation, we noticed that little or
Metálicas, S.A.
nothing has changed. Many companies continue
Economic activity category/description: to look at certifications as processes that lead
25110 – Manufacture of steel structures to implementation and management costs and
District: Santarém which create little added value for their products
Start of activity: 1964 and production processes. This view on the part
Billing volume: 11.527.832,91€ of the companies, combined with the weak, if not
nonexistent, action on the part of the authorities
Export: 2.197.350,83€
regarding the verification of the legality of the
Number of employees: 83 companies, caused the sector to have changed very
little with this requirement.
Does your typical customer know the CE marking?
Did you benefit from implementing the EN1090 in
A: When we are talking about work owners the vast your company? If so, please specify.
majority do not know. In contractors the situation
is different, most know but the focus at the time A: Even before FAMETAL achieved certification,
of the decision of the order is the price and often it had already for some years a set of records
compliance with the legislation comes in 2nd place, and procedures that went in part towards
ie the existence or not of CE marking. The foreign the implementation of the EN1090. We had
customer is more alert on this subject, we have a “patchwork” that we had to put together,
already had some cases where we received orders complete and systematize in order to get a correct
specifically because we had the CE marking. implementation of the regulations. Today we see that
the benefits are obvious, we have a systematization
and standardization of procedures, we have a much
greater control over the critical factors of the process
and the product.
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steelwork, construction and assembly
ADF Antonino Dias BLOCOTELHA CONSTÁLICA – Elementos de

Fernandes, Lda ARCEN Engenharia, SA Arestalfer SA Steel Constructios SA BYSTEEL SA CAZULU STRUCTURES LDA Construção Metálicos SA
www.adf.eu www.arcen.pt www.arestalfer.com www.blocotelha.com www.bysteel.pt jorge.grave555@gmail.com www.constalica.pt
ENTREFERROS – Serralharia FAMETAL Fábrica Port.

EDIRIO – Construções, SA Electrofer EME Singular Construções Metálicas, Lda Estruturas Metálicas FAUSTINO & FERREIRA
oficinaspolo2@conduril.pt www.electrofer.pt www.emesingular.pt www.entreferros.com/pt www.ergicon.com www.fametal.pt www.faustinoeferreira.com
FRISOMAT Comércio e Indústria Construções Metálicas e GARSTEEL INOXANTUÃ J.F.Metal – Sociedade

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& Irmão, Lda www.frisomat.pt www.galvaza.pt www.garsteel.pt www.inoxantua.pt www.jfmetal.pt www.lopesegomes.pt
MARTIFER Metallic METALOGALVA METALOVIANA MUNDIFER NORFERSTEEL – Const. O FELIZ PERFILNORTE Empresa

Constructions Irmãos Silvas, SA Metalúrgica de Viana, Lda Construções Metálicas e Metalomecânica, SA Metalomecânica, SA de Perfilagem SA
www.martifer.pt www.metalogalva.pt www.metaloviana.pt www.mundifer.pt www.norfer.com www.ofeliz.pt www.perfilnorte.com
PERFISA Fábrica de Perfis POÇO – Equipamentos SEVEME – Indústrias TEGOPI – Indústria

Metálicos SA PNB Serralharia Industrial Industriais, S.A. Serralharia O SETENTA, S.A. Metalúrgicas, S.A. www.teczone.es Metalomecânica, SA
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wholesalers and producers of profiles and steel components
J. SOARES CORREIA

ANTERO & Cª SA Florêncio Augusto CHAGAS SA FAF Produtos Siderúrgicos SA FERPINTA, SA Armazéns de Ferro SA
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BULLONI Sociedade CIN Corporação Industrial do COLABORANTE – Perfilagem de EUROGALVA Galvanização e

4PAINTS Componentes Fixação Lda Blasqem Lda Norte, SA Chapa Lda Metalomecânica SA HEMPEL (Portugal) Lda.
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METALFAJ

Indústria Metalúrgica Lda SIKA Portugal, SA
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associations
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projeto and
design e consultoria
consulting
A400 – Projetistas e Consultores Arentia, S.A. BERD – Projecto, Investigação e

A1V2 – Engenharia e Arquitetura de Engenharia, Lda A2P – Consult, Lda www.arentia.pt ARMANDO RITO Engenharia, SA Engenharia de Pontes, SA BETAR CONSULTORES, Lda
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CCAD – Serviços CIVI 4 – Projectistas e CONSTRUSOFT – Software para CSI Portugal – Computers DSCS – Double Solutions

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FCGAB GOP – Gabinete de Organização GRID International Inexom – Ingénierie Ouvrages

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www.pcaengenharia.pt www.ppsec.pt www.afaconsult.com www.proengel.pt www.qualend.pt www.r5engineers.com www.safre.pt
SISCAD – Tecnologias de SKINDE Facade Engineering TALPROJECTO – Projectos, Estudos TRIA – Serviços, Materiais e

Informação, Lda Consultants, Lda www.sprenplan.com e Serviços de Engenharia, Lda. Equipamentos, Lda TRIMÉTRICA – Engenharia Lda
www.siscad.pt www.skinde.pt www.slefty.com www.talprojecto.pt www.tria.pt www.trimetrica.com.pt
TÜV Rheinland Portugal

VESAM GROUP www.weldingtek.com/pt
www.tuv.com/portugal/pt www.vesamgroup.com
equipment and machinery
Fixpaços – Parafusos HILTI (Portugal) Tecofix – Tecnica de

DNC Técnica, Lda e Materiais de Fixação, Lda GASIN Lda – Produtos e Serviços, Lda Chromaticircle, Lda. SARKKIS Robotica Equipamentos e Fixação
www.dnctecnica.com www.fixpacos.com www.gasin.com.pt/pt www.hilti.pt www.sikla.pt www.sarkkis.com www.tecofix.pt
universities, teaching and research institution
Escola Superior de Tecnologia Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Instituto de Ciencia e Inovação Instituto Superior de Instituto Superior Técnico LNEC – Laboratório Nacional

de Viseu – I.P.V. Gestão – I.P. Bragança Gestão – I.P. Guarda em Eng. Mecânica e Industrial Contabilidade e Administração – D.E. Civil – ICIST de Engenharia Civil
www.dcivil.estv.ipv.pt www.estig.ipb.pt www.estg.ipg.pt www.inegi.up.pt de Coimbra www.tecnico.ulisboa.pt www.lnec.pt
Departamento de Engenharia Universidade de Coimbra Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Civil da Universidade de Aveiro www.dec.uc.pt Fac. de Ciências e Tecnologia
www.ua.pt/decivil www.dec.fct.unl.pt
Certified company with Quality Steel Silver Certified company with Quality Steel Bronze
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agenda events calendar
Events & Exhibitions organization Venue Date information
2018 NASCC: The AISC Baltimore 11 to 13 www.aisc.org

Steel Conference Convention April 2018
Center
Worldsteel Constructsteel London 17 and 18 www.constructsteel.org

Construction April 2018
Conference
Steel Talk “Resistência CMM – Portuguese University of 18 April www.portugalsteel.com

ao fogo de Estruturas Steelwork Association Aveiro 2018
Metálicas”
Portugal Steel CMM – Portuguese School of 8 May www.portugalsteel.com

Seminar Steelwork Association Technology and 2018
Management
of Viseu
Tektónica FIL CMM – Portuguese FIL - Lisbon 15 to 19 www.tektonica.fil.pt

Steelwork Association May 2018
Portugal Steel CMM – Portuguese University of 25 May www.portugalsteel.com

Seminar Steelwork Association Algarve 2018
Portugal Steel CMM – Portuguese Polytechnic 29 May www.portugalsteel.com

Seminar Steelwork Association Institute of 2018
Bragança
2nd World Congress Engineering London 14 and 15 windenergy@

on Wind & Renewable Conferences June 2018 enggconferences.com
Energy
International Engineering Paris 21 and 22 www.civilengineering.

Conference Civil & Conferences June 2018 enggconferences.com
Structural Engineering
9th International CAOK and ECCS Prague 10 and 11 www.steelbridges2018.com

Symposium on Steel September
Bridges de 2018
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CMM TRAINNING COURSES
2018
course speakers venue date price

course speakers venue date prices
Projeto de Estruturas Mistas Prof. Rui Simões (UC); Coimbra 30 June General– 450€
Seismic Design of Steel
Aço-Betão Prof.Miguel
Prof. José Isabel Valente (UM); Eng.
Freitas Castro Rui Alves
(FEUP); iParque
Coimbra andand
13 1 July
14 Non Member
CMM - 400.00
Members – 370€
€
4 Edition – 6th Edition
Structures
th
Prof. Carlos Rebelo (UC); iParque April 2018 OE Members
CMM members –- 320.00
410€ €
Eng. Tiago Ribeiro (Tal Projecto) and
Eng. Luís Macedo (ISEP).
Dimensionamento Sísmico Prof. José Miguel Castro (FEUP); Prof. Carlos Coimbra 7 and 8 July General – 450€
de Estruturas Metálicas Rebelo (UC); Eng. Tiago Abecasis iParque CMM Members – 370€
Design of Connections Eng. Tiago Abecasis (Tal Projecto); Coimbra, 20 and 21 Non Member - 400.00 €
5th Edition (Tal Projecto); Eng. Luís Macedo (FEUP) OE Members – 410€
in Steel and Composite Prof. Rui Simões (UC); iParque April 2018 CMM members - 320.00 €
Structures – 9th edition Prof. Altino Loureiro (UC) and
Engº Filipe Rodrigues (Infraestruturas de Portugal).
Marcação CE - EN1090: Execução Prof. Rui Simões (UC); Prof. Prof. Altino Loureiro Coimbra 14 and 15 General – 450 €
de Estruturas de Aço e de (UC); Eng. Leonor Côrte-Real (Hempel); Eng. Rui iParque July CMM Members – 370€
Steel-concrete
Estruturas de Alumínio, Prof. Luís Simões
Alves; da Silva
Eng. Filipa (UC);
Santiago DEC-UC, 4 May Non
OEMember
Members – 200.00
– 410€ €
connections:
Parte 1 e Partepost-
2 Prof. Rui Simões (UC) and Coimbra 2018 CMM members - 160.00 €
installed
4th
Edition connectors and Prof. Aldina Santiago (UC).
composite connections
(HILTI)
Structural Glass: From sketch Prof. Sandra Sordão (UC); Eng. Pedro Rodrigues Lisbon, 21 and 22 Until 18-08:
to the finalCourse
Training construction
on Prof. (Martifer); Rigueiro
Constança Prof. Chiara Bedon (University of Trieste)
(UC); Hotel Holiday 15
Coimbra, September
to 18 Geral
Non – 600€- 950.00 €
member
1st
Edition (NEW)
Design of Offshore Prof. José Paulo Almeida (UC); Inn
DEC-UC May 2018 CMM
CMM Members
member – 400€€
- 650.00
Structures - 5th edition Prof. Nuno Simões (UC); OE Members – 540€
Prof. Altino Loureiro (UC);
Prof. João Pedro Martins (UC);
Fatigue of Steel Bridges Prof. Luis
Prof. Carlos Borges
Rebelo (UC);(Structurame); Lisbon, 25 and 27 Until 18-08:
1st Edition (NEW) Prof. Johan
Eng. Patrick Maljaars
Chopelin (TNO)
(Manta); Hotel Holiday September General – 750€
Eng. João Azevedo (Sherwin-Williams); Inn CMM Members – 500€
Eng. Ivo Lourenço (Subsea7). OE Members – 675€
Anticorrosive Protection
Dimensionamento Eng. Leonor
de estruturas Côrte-Real
Prof. Aldina (Hempel);
Santiago (UC); Prof. Nuno Lopes (UA); Lisbon,
Lisbon, 21
29and
and 22
30 Non Member
Until 01-09: – 400.00€
of Steel Structures
metálicas e mistas ao- fogo Eng. Filipe
Prof.Ramalho (Pronticor)
Paulo Piloto and Hélder Craveiro (UC);
(IPB); Prof. HotelHoliday June
Hotel 2018
September CMM Member - 320.00 €
General – 400€
Industrial
1st Paint / Steel
Edition (NEW) Engª Alichandra
Eng. TiagoCastro (Eurogalva).
Horta (Hempel); Dr. Sílvio Saldanha Holiday Inn
Inn CMM Members – 320€
Coatings - 3rd Edition (TRIA) OE Members – 360€
Design of Steel-Concrete Prof. Rui Simões (UC); Coimbra 29 and 30 Non Member - 400.00 €
Composite em
Construção Structures -
“Aço Leve”: Prof. Isabel
Prof. Maria Nuno Silvestre (IST); Eng.and
Valente (UMinho) Filipe Santos Coimbra
iParque 13 and
June 14
2018 CMM
Untilmember
15-09: - 320.00 €
Normalização,
5th Edition Cálculo e (Vesam);
Eng. Rui Eng. António Santos (Gestedi);
Alves (Proindustrial). iParque October General – 400 €
Orçamentação Eng. Rosa Martins (Gestedi) CMM Members – 320€
2nd Edition OEMember
Members – 360€
Structural Glass Design: Prof. Sandra Jordão (UC); Lisbon, 11 to 13 Non – 750.00€
Key aspects Eng. Pedro Rodrigues (Martifer); Hotel October CMM member - 500.00 €
Dr. António Santos (LNEC); Holiday Inn 2018
Advanced Topics on the Design Prof. Santos
Prof. Paulo Luís Simões
(UC); da Silva (UC); Prof. Aldina Coimbra, 24 and 27 Until 22-09:
of Offshore Structures Prof. Santiago
Andreia (UC); Prof.
Pereira Hélder Craveiro (UC); Prof.
(UC) and DEC-UC October General – 950€
2nd Edition Paulo Pinto (UC); Prof.
Prof. Rui de Sousa Camposinhos Constança
(ISEP).Rigueiro (UC); CMM Members – 650€
Dr. Rick Perkins (Sherwin-Williams); Eng. Øyvind OE Members – 800€
BLAKER (NGI); Prof. Luís Borges (Structurame/
Advanced Topics on the Prof. Luís
UC);Simões da Silva
Prof. Luis (UC);
Godinho (UC); Prof. Paulo Amado Coimbra, 16 to 19 Não Membro – 950.00€
Analysis of Offshore Profª Aldina Santiago
(UC); Prof. Vitor(UC);
Espinosa (UPV) DEC-UC October CMM member - 650.00 €
Structures - 2nd edition Prof. Hélder Craveiro (UC); 2018
Prof. Paulo Pinto (UC);
Execução de Estruturas Prof. Constança
Eng. FilipeRigueiro (UC);
Santos (Vesam) Coimbra 3 and 4 Until 06-10:
Metálicas, Projeto, Detalhe, Eng. Richard Perkins
Eng. José Miguel(Sherwin-Williams);
Pontes iParque November Geral – 400€
Fabrico e Montagem Eng. Luís Borges (Structurame sarl); CMM Members – 320€
4nd Edition Prof. Luís Godinho (UC); OE Members – 360€
Prof. Paulo Mendes (UC);
Prof. Victor Espinosa (Universitat Politècnica de València).
Structural Glass Facades: From Prof. Sandra Jordão (UC); Prof. Jens Nielsen Lisbon, 9, 10 and 11 Until 06-10:
sketch
Executionto the
offinal
SteelconstructionEng. Filipe
(Technical
SantosUniversity
(Vesam);of Denmark); Eng. Pedro Hotel
Porto,Holiday 23
November
and 24 Non member
General –T 400.00€
– 750€
1st
Edition (NEW)
Structures, Design, Rodrigues
Eng. José Miguel(Martifer); Prof. Daniel
Pontes (NME, Aelenei (UNL);
SA - Sociedade de Inn
Hotel Vila November CMM
CMM Members
members – 500€€
- 320.00
Detail, Manufacturing Prof. Filipe Santos (UNL)
Construções) Galé 2018 OE Members – 675€
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CONSTRUÇÃO METÁLICA E MISTA
BUSINESS DIRECTORY 2018
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Contents
Introductory Note of the Sector 2
The Portugal Steel Brand 3
Business directory
CMM – Portuguese Steelwork Association 4
A1V2 Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Lda. 6
ANTERO & CA, S.A. 8
BETAR CONSULTORES Lda. 10
CIN – Corporação Industrial do Norte S.A. 12
CONSTÁLICA, SA 14
CONSTRUSOFT Portugal 16
DNC Técnica – Manutenção Industrial e Equipamentos, Lda. 18
EUROGALVA, SA 20
FAF – Produtos Siderúrgicos, S.A. 22
FAMETAL, Fábrica Portuguesa de Estruturas Metálicas, S.A. 24
FERPINTA, S. A. 26
GALVAZA – CONSTRUÇÕES METÁLICAS E GALVANIZAÇÃO, LDA. 28
GRID International Consulting Engineers S.A. 30
HEMPEL (Portugal), S.A. 32
LOPES & GOMES S.A. 34
METALOGALVA – IRMÃOS SILVAS, SA 36
O FELIZ Metalomecânica, S.A. 38
PERFISA – Fábrica de Perfis Metálicos, S.A. 40
POÇO – Equipamentos Industriais, SA 42
Contacts by activity sector 44
Portugal Steel activities 46

Introductory Note of the Setor
Since 1997 the CMM – Portuguese Steelwork Exports in the sector represent 2.13% of the value of
Association has been working in favor of the national exports and about 1.93% of GDP national
promotion, dissemination and growth of the steel level in 2016. In the volume of exports reached by the
construction, and intends to bring together all sector, European markets maintain special importance
those who are interested in the steel and composite in the overall number, having the markets outside
construction, thus assuming the responsibility the EU, gradually affirmed themselves in the scale of
for the dissemination of existing scientific and exports in this sector.
technological knowledge among the different
stakeholders of the steel industry. We can ensure by all the indicators of the recent
years, that we are facing an industry with great vitality,
Evidenciating the brief history of CMM, we register technologically advanced and with great capacity of
its constant and solid evolution, always giving a international competitiveness.
strong focus on its members, having now more than
450 of which 112 are company members. Portugal has in this sector specific technical knowledge
and production capacity with international recognition,
The national steel construction sector has which is why it has this good overall performance despite
demonstrated its special vigor and expansion, the low economic growth in Europe and, in particular,
implementation of a growth strategy, capable of the crisis of construction in the national market.
promoting the sustainable development of the sector
despite the limitations of the current environment. The companies in this sector have for the next years
Resulting from a relevant international dynamics, their main challenge in the conquest of international
the national companies of the sector have achieved markets, resulting from the increasing search for national
a solid process of growth and adaptation to other technical staff, with the strategic bet in innovation, and
markets. The steel construction market in recent in the quality of production and increasing qualification
years has been developing very positively, currently and specialization of professionals of the sector, with the
guaranteeing more than 27,500 direct jobs and objective of qualifying the sector in a sustained form,
representing a turnover of more than EUR 3,575 guaranteeing a high standard of quality to customers
million in 2016. and prescribers in the country and abroad, increasing
exports and the added value.
These results were only possible due to the volume
of exportation of these companies, which have The Portugal Steel® project was created in 2013
grown in recent years, reinforcing the recognition by CMM with the objective of promoting and
by the international market of the quality of the disseminating the Portuguese steel construction sector.
Portuguese industry.
Portugal Steel® wants to contribute to the increase
of recognition of this sector among decision-
makers, both public and private, and to promote the
internationalization of companies of national steel
construction, alerting the potential markets for the
benefits of this alternative constructive solutions, highly
competitive and - for logistical reasons – economically
more feasible.
Portugal Steel® is a registered trademark, the first

developed in Portugal for the dissemination and
2 BUSINESS DIRECTORY PORTUGAL STEEL 2018

promotion of the national steel construction sector. The objectives of Portugal Steel
This project groups national companies representative
of the sector with a single project: to promote and Reinforcing the competitive advantages of the steel
internationalize the steel construction cluster. It is, above construction sector, legitimized in the main advantages
all, a networking platform – knowledge and business – of this type of construction compared to other solutions,
both for the sector itself of the national steel construction highlight the steel construction compared to the
and for its partners. Its goal is to promote the competitive traditional construction.
intelligence of the different business projects, develop a
shared global vision that unites the companies of the – Economy – Streamlining the national economy
sector and that communicates a positive image of the with the internationalization of this sector through
sector. of a strong export component, resulting from the
industrialization and easy transportation of steel
The national companies believed along with us and structures;
help to spread the essence of this brand and together – Durability – For the same period of time, the
contribute to the development of a strong positive image maintenance costs are lower than other solutions;
of the national steel construction. This document intends – Sustainability – Steel is easily recyclable;
to present the unifying project of the whole sector of – Quality – The quality of the product, the design
steel construction. of national knowledge is recognized nationally and
internationally;
– Innovation – The strategic bet on demand,
The Portugal Steel Brand

innovation, quality of production and qualification
of professionals has been a guarantor for the current
position of this sector in the international context.
Project for the promotion and dissemination of the
national steel construction sector which intends to Portugal Steel, the strength of steel construction!
increase the recognition of this sector among public
entities and private decision makers, and to foster
internationalization of the national steel construction.
This project will respond to CMM’s primary objective,

which is the promotion of the steel construction sector in
defense of its members’ interest.
The Portugal Steel brand has in its DNA the benefits

of steel construction and the internationalization of this
sector.
This project was born from the need to create a brand

to disseminate the importance and contribution of this
sector to the national economy, as well as the need to
generate a business platform for its partners and for the
whole sector of the national steel construction, creating
a unifying spirit and mind in the companies of the sector,
where the benefit of each and the global is the final
vision.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY PORTUGAL STEEL 2018 3

CORPORATE NAME CMM – Portuguese Steelwork Association
FIELD OF BUSINESS Non-profit sectoral association

ADDRESS Business Center Leonardo da Vinci
Coimbra iParque, lote 3
3040-540 Antanhol, Portugal
TELEPHONE +351 239 098 422
EMAIL cmm@cmm.pt
WEBSITE www.cmm.pt
PRESIDENT/CEO Professor Luís Simões da Silva
About Us
The purpose of CMM is to bring together in one It is also responsible for the edition of the magazine
single entity all those who are interested in the steel “Metálica”, with a trimestral publication, entirely
and composite construction: designers, engineers and dedicated to steel construction and with national
architects, contractors, manufacturers, consultants and and international distribution. It recently started the
actors in research and teaching activities in this area. publication of the International “Metálica”, English and
CMM works for the promotion and dissemination digital version for international distribution, allowing to
of scientific and technological knowledge among the reach a larger audience and publicize what is best done
different players in the steel industry. at a national level. CMM is the Portuguese representative
of ECCS, and is responsible for the appointment and
What we do management of the national representatives in various
One of the main concerns of CMM is its biennial technical committees of this European body, and is thus
national conferences, which have already had 11 editions, represented in all ECCS committees.
and have become a technical and scientific reference of
the sector. With the objective of meeting the needs of the
steelworking industry, CMM has been providing since
Continuing the internationalization policy of its work, it 2012, industry consultancy services in order to support
promoted the Luso-African Conference on Sustainable the qualification of companies in the sector.
Steel Construction, which had 3 editions. Created by
CMM in 2013, Portugal Steel has the objective of Quality Steel, an innovative product created by CMM
promoting and disseminating the steel construction whose objective is to distinguish and promote of
sector both nationally and internationally. the steelwork industry through the description and
classification of good practices to be followed in assembly
Consolidated in the DNA of the brand is the promotion and maintenance of steel structures. This quality stamp
of the increased recognition of this sector among the intends to describe and classify good practices adopted
entities, both public and private decision makers, as well in the execution, assembly and maintenance of steel
as being a platform to strengthen the internationalization structures.
of the national sector. CMM intends to promote the
dissemination of scientific and technological knowledge With the objective of raising financial support for
in this area, and in this sense conducts training courses companies in the steel construction sector, CMM has
in the area of steel construction since 2008, becoming a submitted several applications for projects under the
training entity certified by DGERT. Portugal 2020.
With a prominent role in the edition of national This year, CMM started the ProSteel Project, for the
and international technical publications dedicated qualification of SMEs. This project aims to Support
to engineering, in particular to steel and composite companies through the reinforcement of skills in various
construction, it is responsible for the worldwide distribution areas, namely: organizational and management, digital
of more than 130 publications, edited by ECCS and economy and information and communication technologies,
for the edition of the Steel and composite Construction quality management, energy and environmental efficiency
collection, which already has 5 editions published. and organization of production processes.

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CORPORATE NAME A1V2 Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Lda.
FIELD OF BUSINESS Engineering, Architecture and Spatial planning (Urbanism and
Territory) services in design, consultancy, works supervision and
project management.
ADDRESS Rua do Mar da China, Edifício Mar do Oriente,
N.º 1, Fração 3.1
1990-137 Lisboa, Portugal
TELEPHONE +351 218 438 550
EMAIL lisboa@a1v2.pt
WEBSITE www.cmm.pt
PRESIDENT/CEO Eng. Maria José Vicente and Eng. Luís Filipe Casaleiro
About Us Certifications
Established in 1997, A1V2 is a multinational Portuguese Since 2006, we are ISO 9001 certified.
engineering, architecture and urban planning company
that provides services in design, consultancy, works
supervision and project management. Reference works
Detail Design and Supervision - Tank Farm in Windhoek
We take a distinctive multidisciplinary approach to each – Namibia; Urban Design and Town Planning,
project that has allowed us to effectively place technique Project Management and Supervision in Ondangwa –
and art at the service of the needs of individuals and Namibia; Urban Design and Town Planning, Project
communities, wherever they are. Management and Supervision of Monte Christo –
Namibia; Design review and Supervision of National
We master all the disciplines of design, from the architectural Oil Storage Facilities – Namibia; Building Permit
concept to the final engineering, from interior design to the Design of Ambassadors Residential Tower – Qatar;
production of realistic photo content for marketing, from Detail Design of New International Airport of Angola
urban rehabilitation to the design of the city itself. (NAIA); Design Review and Supervision of Port
of Lobito Refurbishment and Expansion and Ore
For us, each client is unique, each need individual and Terminal – Angola; Design Review and Supervision
each locale specific. We always strive to present unique and of Refurbishment of Angola’s Railway Network;
innovative solutions that take these factors into account. Integrated urban plans of Capalanca – Angola; Detail
Design of Metalworking industrial plant – Algeria;
This mode of action has allowed us to gain a solid Supervision of Garage and labour accommodation –
reputation in the markets where we are present. Qatar; Improvement and refurbishment Design of the
Kénitra route – Morocco; Detail Design of Penicillin
Currently, other than our main office in Portugal, A1V2 Factory – Algeria; Detail Design of LPG storage
has offices in Algeria, Angola, Colombia, Morocco, facility – Algeria; Detail Design of Access Roads to
Namibia and Qatar. IKEA in Alfragide – Portugal.

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to build the world around you
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Rua do Mar da China, Edifício Mar do Oriente, N.º 1, Fração 3.1 1990-137 Lisboa
PORTUGAL | T. +351 218 438 550 | F. +351 218 438 559 | www.a1v2.pt | lisboa@a1v2.pt www.a1v2.pt
CORPORATE NAME ANTERO & CA, S. A.
FIELD OF BUSINESS Steel Products Distributor

ADDRESS Avenida Vasco da Gama, 7660
Apartado 3132
4431-801 Avintes, Portugal
TELEPHONE +351 227 861 000
EMAIL comercial.avintes@anteroeca.com
WEBSITE www.anteroeca.com
PRESIDENT/CEO Dr. Afonso Ribeiro
About Us
ANTERO & Ca was founded in 1928 with a head our largest requests, covering retail and wholesale buyers.
office in Oporto. It has managed to become one of the Our portfolio of customers covers almost all business
benchmark steel products warehouses in Portugal thanks sectors in the steel economy, from metallic structures
to its 90-year history and presence on the market. industry, civil construction, steelwork, small and medium
retailers, to capital goods industry.
ANTERO & Ca is currently part of Grupo Hiemesa,
a group that has more than 45 years of experience in ANTERO & Ca currently has four distribution
the steel industry on the Iberian Peninsula and South warehouses: its head office in Avintes (Vila Nova de Gaia)
America, working in the manufacture and marketing of and three branches in Vila do Conde, Mealhada and
steel products. Caldas da Rainha.
We are a steel service centre that distributes a whole Our centres handle and sell all kind of beams (IPE, IPN,
range of steel products: structural steel (beams, sections, UPN, HEB, HEA, HEM) merchant bars (angles, flat,
structural tubes and plates), construction products rounds, squares, T and U), different kinds of coils and
(rebars and wire mesh), steelworks (steel sheets, tubes and sheets (hot rolled, hot deep galvanized, electrogalvanized,
merchant bars), in addition to industrial supplies. pickeled and oiled, cold and coated and industrial plates),
welded pipes, rebars, wire mesh, and also all kind of
In order to be at the top and to provide the best service to industrial supplies.
our clients, we can take care of all kind of orders, smallest

Distributor of all kind of steel products
Fittings and Industrial Supplies
CORPORATE NAME BETAR Consultores Lda.
FIELD OF BUSINESS Consultancy and Engineering Design Projects for Civil Works
ADDRESS Av. Elias Garcia, nº 53 2º esq.
1000-148 Lisboa
Portugal
TELEPHONE +351 217 826 110
EMAIL consultores@betar.pt
WEBSITE www.betar.com
PRESIDENT/CEO Eng. Tiago Mendonça
About Us Trade marks

BETAR is a reference in the Portuguese engineering GOA® – Bridge Management System.
design for the sector of public works. The Group has Other GOA systems: Gaintries’ management; Retaining
more than 40 years of experience. Today is a truly walls; Supporting structures; Port facilities.
multidisciplinary and global engineering company and
its projects are spread throughout the country and all
over the world, namely in Algeria, Angola, Bulgaria, Certifications
Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Congo Brazzaville, East BETAR Group is certified by ISO 9001 since 2007.
Timor, Greece, Guinea Bissau, Malawi, Mozambique,
Peru, Senegal and Spain.
Selected design projects
Its curricula includes the following highlights: Penacova’s
What we do bridge, Guarda’s footbridge, the bridges over Zambezi
BETAR is specialized in the design projects, river in Tete and Caia, the complex Sky Center and
rehabilitation and inspection of bridges, buildings, the Luanda Medical Center, the BCI headquarters in
special structures, tunnels and roads, geotechnical Maputo, the Sumbe complex in Angola. The list of
and hydraulic works, monitoring of structures, onsite Clients includes many Portuguese City Councils, Road
supervision of works, feasibility studies, project and bridges Concessionaries, Ministries, State Properties
management and urbanization plans. developers in the public and private sectors.

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LUANDA ANTE-VISÃO LUANDA
KATEMBE'S REGIONAL DISTRICT URBANIZATION PLAN, CAIA'S BRIDGE OVER ZAMBEZI RIVER,
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CORPORATE NAME CIN – Corporação Industrial do Norte S.A.
FIELD OF BUSINESS Coatings manufacturers

ADDRESS Av. Dom Mendo nº 831, Apartado 1008
4471-909 Maia
Portugal
TELEPHONE +351 229 405 000
EMAIL costumerservice@cin.pt
WEBSITE www.cinprotective.com
PRESIDENT/CEO Eng. João Serrenho
About Us
CIN is a coatings manufacturer leading the Portuguese structures, decks, fire protection and other specific
market since 1992 and the Iberian market since 1995. situations.
We operate in 3 business areas: Architectural Coatings,
Protective Coatings and Industrial Coatings.
– Established in 1917, we have been in business for Certifications
over 100 years. Following a continuous policy of leadership and
– Triple QSE certification: IS0 9001, ISO 14 001, innovation, CIN has focused on the constant research
OSHAS 18001. into and development of new products, anticipating the
– 10 plants on 2 continents: Europe and Africa. needs of the market. CIN’s technologically advanced
– 5 R&D units. products are tested in a wide range of different
– More than 125 company stores. laboratories accredited at an Iberian and European level,
– Over 1400 employees worldwide. and in accordance with the latest European standards.
CIN closely monitors the sector’s legislative and
The CIN Protective Coatings division operates in regulatory development. It holds several test certificates,
Portugal, Spain, France, Angola, Mozambique, Mexico including passive fire protection, protective coatings of
and South Africa; the latter two having their own metal structures, tank linings for food contact and the oil
production units. It is one of the CIN group’s main industry, and full concrete protection.
business areas and a worthy partner to overcome all the
challenges in the protective coating market.
Reference works
Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport in Oporto, Barajas
What we do Airport, South Terminal of Barcelona “Processor”
CIN Protective Coatings provide protective coating for Airport; Lisbon Oriente Station, Cádiz Station, Ave
steel and concrete structures and equipment exposed to Lérida Station; Oporto football stadium (Estádio do
all types of environments, as well as passive fire protection Dragão), Alvalade, Luz, Algarve, Coimbra, R.C.D.
and coating for industrial and commercial floors. Espanyol (Barcelona), San Mamés Stadium (Bilbao),
Portucel Setúbal, Fenol-Cumeno III “Ertisa” Factory
(Huelva), Soporcel; Hesperia Tower (Barcelona),
Brands Principe Filipe Science Museum, Serralves Museum,
The CIN Protective Coatings range offers many different Palace of the Arts, Reina Sofia Art Centre; Rockódromo
solutions: C-Pox, C-Thane, C-Cryl, Cincoat, Silicofer, Madrid (Madrid Climbing Wall) , Agbar Tower; Arco-
Cingard, C-Pox TL, C-Floor, C-Therm; protecting Madalena Tunnel (Madeira), Bracons Tunnel (Girona),
structures in the chemical and petrochemical industry, D. Maria Bridge, Infante Bridge, 25 de Abril Bridge,
bridges, tunnels, tanks and pipelines, dams and building Trancão Viaduct, Leixões Movable Bridge; etc.

CORPORATE NAME Constálica, SA
FIELD OF BUSINESS Manufacture of metal components for building

ADDRESS Zona Industrial Monte Cavalo
3670-273 Vouzela
Portugal
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TELEPHONE +351 232 748 127
EMAIL comercial@constalica.com |geral@sinprofile.com
WEBSITE www.constalica.com|www.sinprofile.com
PRESIDENT/CEO Sérgio Matos
About Us
Constálica has a vision of continuous innovation in with a high level of competitiveness compared to existing
the metal construction industry, supported by extensive conventional solutions.
experience and solid presence in international markets.
With the ability to develop flexible products and solutions Brands

and a highly qualified team, focused on transforming Constalica has the brands Madremax, Réservoir,
needs into differentiating solutions, we are a partner for Omegamax and Suniso.
competitiveness and value rising.
SINProfile has the brand with the same designation that
The most recent company of the group, SIN Profile, refers to its product, the sinusoidal corrugated profile.
emerged to develop a new business area, starting the
manufacture of an innovative product in the national
and international market: the sinusoidal corrugated Certifications
profile. It will absorb much of the engineering know-how In Constalica we stand out for the quality of both our
of the group, using the same philosophies in order to services and our product, proof of this is the recognition
promote solutions that aim at reducing weight, reducing through the following certifications:
logistics costs and optimizing projects, culminating in the – Certification according to NP EN ISO 9001 by
reduction of the total cost of the work. APCER.
– Certification according to the NP 4457.
– Certification System Control Quality Production in
What we do accordance with EN 1090.
Constálica are oriented to supply three large business
areas – construction, photovoltaic and water storage –
we stand alongside clients in all phases of the process: Reference works
research and development, structural calculation We have works of reference at national and international
according to the project and monitoring implementation. level, in particular as regards roofs and facades and the
With the creation of SINProfile, we intend to provision of photovoltaic structures.
complement existing solutions in secondary structures,
offering our customers a solution of primary structures

CORPORATE NAME CONSTRUSOFT Portugal
FIELD OF BUSINESS Design-Build-Operate software solutions to help construction
industry professionals do their jobs better.
ADDRESS Est. Paço do Lumiar, Campus do Lumiar,
Edif. D r/c Sala 1026
1649-038 Lisboa, Portugal
TELEPHONE +351 214 218 574
EMAIL info@construsoft.pt
WEBSITE www.construsoft.pt
PRESIDENT/CEO Eng. Vakis P. Kokorelis
About Us
Construsoft is a leading supplier and developer of BIM Tekla Field3D: BIM collaboration in your pocket.
(Building Information Modeling) software and related
services. In more than 30 countries in Europe and South Tekla Civil: Powerful product model and editing tools for
America we are the local partner of Tekla, a Trimble managing infrastructure data.
Company and rapidly expanding with other Trimble
Construction & Operations BIM-software. Our portfolio Connection Design: Buildsoft – PowerConnect; IDEA Statica
includes various products and applications to provide an (Steel & Concrete).
accurate, detailed and data-rich 3D constructible BIM model
environment for construction industry. We provide software, Virtual Construction: Trimble Vico Office.
professional consultancy, extended support, training, updates
and additional services, all to fit your companies standards Mixed Reality: Trimble Connect for Microsoft HoloLens,
and personal specific needs. As an organizer and participant also working with HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.
of multiple leading events and innovative initiatives we
actively support the development of your company as well ConstruSteel: Steel fabrication software (MRP) used to
as your personal growth. We will provide you with all the connect and streamline all of projects and resources in
efficient functionalities, so that you can offer your customers the shop-floor.
the highest quality insurance and the best structural solution.
CADMATIC Plant Design: 3D layout, piping design,
structural design, HVAC and ducting, electrical design
Products – Solutions for the Design Build Operate and the possibility to use point clouds directly from
Lifecycle laser scanners along with the automated extraction of
drawings, construction data, work break down, as well as
Tekla Structures: BIM software for accurate, constructible customizable MTOs and BOMs in various formats.
modeling of any structure.
Tekla Structural Designer: Analyze and design buildings Tekla BIM Awards
efficiently and profitably. Tekla BIM Awards is a way to express appreciation
towards Tekla software customers and share their success
Tekla Tedds: Powerful software to automate your repetitive stories worldwide. https://www.tekla.com/references
structural calculations.
Trimble Connect: A platform that connects the right people

to the right constructible data.
Tekla Model Sharing: Share the workload. Build the BIM

model together.
Tekla BIMsight: The professional tool for construction

project collaboration.

Tekla Structures for Steel Industry
Model, Fabricate and Erect All Steel Structures Faster and with Better Quality
Working with the detailed, constructible Tekla model minimizes costly surprises and rework
and allows more profitable projects with total process optimization. Tekla Building Information
Modeling software brings advantage to the site and the office: Coordinate design, fabrication and
site operations for an enhanced, more automated workflow.
www.construsoft.pt
TRANSFORMING THE WAY THE WORLD WORKS

CORPORATE NAME DNC TÉCNICA – Manutenção Industrial e
Equipamentos, Lda.
FIELD OF BUSINESS Maintenance, technical assistance, trade of industrial
machines, tools and spare parts
ADDRESS Rua Douroana, nº290, Regueira de Pontes
2415-175 Leiria, Portugal
TELEPHONE +351 244 820 530
EMAIL geral@dnctecnica.com
WEBSITE www.dnctecnica.com
PRESIDENT/CEO Mr. Francisco Neves
About Us
DNC Técnica is a company with more than 22 years of In addition to the technical services area, DNC Técnica sells:
experience and know-how in the metalworking market – Industrial CNC Equipment
and its main business areas are the industrial maintenance – Spare parts
and the sale of CNC equipment. – Tools and accessories
– Cutting oils
Characterized by excellence is a market benchmark in – CNC communication software
industrial maintenance and high performance CNC
equipment.
Brands
The facilities of DNC Técnica include a building – Ficep (Processing of profiles and sheets of steel)
more than 1.000 square meters of total area, which – DAVI (Plate rollers and bending machines)
allows the repair of large equipment and a warehouse – Corimpex (Submerged arc welding and cutting tables
with thousands of parts in stock that allows effective (plasma / oxy-cutting)
intervention minimizing machine downtime costs – ARKU (deburring and levelling machines and
and a quick response to the customer. We are CNC compact cutting lines)
Experts! – PEMA (Robotic welding solutions)
– Gimeco (Hot dip galvanizing solutions)
What we do
DNC Técnica began in 1996 with the provision of Certifications
industrial maintenance services SME leader, SME excellence
CNC. Currently a market reference, the technical
assistance service has a specialized team with ‘know-
how’ and with proven experience in the work done Reference works
and market experience. With a team of more than 25 Our reference works are the works of our clients.
qualified technicians at your disposal:
In our range of clients are the largest metal mechanics:
– Installation and repair of CNC machines and Metalogalva, Martifer, Blocotelha, Conduril, E.I.Portuguesa,
equipment (CNC, mechanics, electronics, servo Pit, Irmatim, Socidias, FAF, Falual, Entreferros, Momsteel,
motors and spindles) Repaveiro, AOB Comércio de ferro, Tridec, ASM,
– Training of operators in CNC machines Metalosul and Mangotal.
– Installation of communication networks
– Upgrades and equipment upgrades With hundreds of machines installed in Portugal and
– Conversion of CNC machines (retrofitting) Angola, we are reference and excellence in CNC
– Change layouts machines in this market segment of construction and
– Help Desk and remote support metal structure.

STRUCTURE
EQUIPMENTS
FICEP
Processing of plates and beams
 Deburring, precisions levellers

and coil lines
PEMA
 Welding and production automation
Plate roll and bending machines

CORPORATE NAME Eurogalva, SA
FIELD OF BUSINESS Hot-dip Galvanizing, Electrostatic Powder Coating and
Liquid Painting
ADDRESS Zona Industrial de Monte Grande, R. Padre António Vieira,
nº 183, Fiães, 4505-316 Fiães VFR, Portugal
TELEPHONE +351 256 919 080
EMAIL geral@eurogalva.pt
WEBSITE www.eurogalva.pt
PRESIDENT/CEO Samuel Coelho
About Us
Eurogalva is a company specialised in surface protection developed, implemented and certified an Integrated Quality,
treatments - hot-dip galvanizing, electrostatic powder Environment and Safety Management System in compliance
coating and liquid painting. with NP EN ISO 9001, NP EN ISO 14001 and OHSAS
18001 standards. With aim at guaranteeing the quality of the
With the best technologies available for coating metallic powder coating service, Eurogalva is in the process for the
structures, Eurogalva has been designed with equipment QUALISTEELCOAT certification.
and solutions enabling the minimization of environmental
impacts. This way, Eurogalva is positioned at the forefront of
this sector, with one of the most advanced facilities in Europe. Brands & reference works
Eurogalva is the excellence and differentiated brand of a
hot-dip galvanizing and painting service. Therefore, our
What we do reference works are the works of our clients.
Specialists in surface treatments, hot-dip galvanizing
(12500 mm × 1700 mm × 2400 mm), electrostatic powder
coating (13000 mm × 1500 mm × 2500 mm, up to 1500
kg per structure) and liquid painting (13000 mm × 1500
mm × 2500 mm).
Certifications
The commitment of Eurogalva with Quality, Environment
and Safety can be understood by the emphasis we give to
the total satisfaction of our customers. In order to meet the
increasingly global and competitive market, Eurogalva has

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CORPORATE NAME FAF – Produtos Siderúrgicos, S.A.
FIELD OF BUSINESS Steel Stockist and Service Center
FAF
ADDRESS Edif. Torre Monsanto, R. Afonso Praça, 30, 4D
1495-061, Algés
Portugal
produtos TELEPHONE +351 213 552 350
siderúrgicos EMAIL faf@faf.pt
WEBSITE www.faf.pt
PRESIDENT/CEO
FAF Dr. Helena Fernandes Nobre
grupo
About Us
Recognised for its high stock capacity and customer – Bars and Angles (equals and unequal’s) until 200mm;
focus, FAF – Productos Siderúrgicos S.A. is the largest – Bulbs for shipbuilding until 400mm;
company in Portugal specialised in the commercialisation – Rounds in S355 until 100 mm.
of hot-rolled steel profiles and sheets for all purposes.
With 70 years of contact with the market, FAF offers
a range of products and services adjusted to meet the Certification
needs of each customer and ensures delivery of the ISO 9001:2008. All our products have mill test certificate
desired product within required deadlines. with CE mark.
What We Do Reference works

With a view to supporting our customers’ growth, besides FAF is the main steel supplier in many emblematic
having a high stock of steel products, FAF offers several constructions and projects such as stadiums, bridges, eolic
additional services, such as cutting, drilling, shot blasting towers, dams, social housing, pavilions, oil projects, ships,
and priming, at competitive prices. We offer stock etc. located all around the world, namely in Europe,
management services to our clients and we deliver in any Africa and Latin America.
part of the World.
Labels / Products
We have a permanent stock in different qualities and
dimensions of the following products
– Hot Rolled Plates until 200 mm Thickness;
– Profiles until 1000 mm;
– Hot Rolled Coils until 10 mm Thickness;

WHO WE ARE OUR PRODUCTS
A company 100% CLIENT ORIENTED. We have a high stock of different qualities and dimensions of
the following steel products:
Based on its structural values, FAF’s mission is an
efficient and flexible quality service, so that each Plates
customer may focus on its business. Profiles
Commercial Bars
Quality – of the products and services. Rounds
Efficiency – in customer service, stock availability and
diversity and prompt delivery of products.
OUR SERVICES
Flexibility – we are constantly looking for solutions to
meet the needs of each customer. Oxy-cutting and Plasma cutting
Cutting and drilling
Compromise – with customers, collaborators and Shot-blasting and priming
partners.
www.faf.pt
Edif. Torre Monsanto, R. Afonso Praça, 30, 4D, 1495-061 Algés I Tel: 213 552 350 I Email: faf@faf.pt
CORPORATE NAME FAMETAL, Fábrica Portuguesa de Estruturas
Metálicas, S. A.
FIELD OF BUSINESS Metallic constructions
ADDRESS Avenida 21 de Junho, 123
2435-087 Caxarias – Ourém
Portugal
TELEPHONE +351 249 570 020
EMAIL geral@fametal.pt
WEBSITE www.fametal.pt
PRESIDENT/CEO Dr. Sofia Ferraz
About Us
FAMETAL since 1964 is one of the main companies in the In short, all types of steel structures, in any part of the world.
national and international market of steel construction.
Recognized for its excellence and determination, the
company has won the satisfaction and confidence of its Brands
clients, for the rigor and quality of the work it develops. FAMETAL e ALAÇO
It was in 1964 that the company started its activity in the
construction, manufacturing and assembly market of all
type of steel buildings such as warehouses, airports, sports Certifications
parks, retail parks, shopping centers and office buildings. ISO 9001 e EN 1090.
Initially it had a production area of 700 m2, and currently
develops its production in an area of 24000 m2.
Reference works
Tower of São Rafael; UNICER; Headquarters of Reader’s
What we do Digers Portugal; Pioneer Technology Portugal; Modis
MANUFACTURE OF STRUCTURES – for this it has distribution center (Continente group); Galucho Factory;
the necessary productive equipment capable of clearly and ARSOPI Factory; Faro Airport; Ponta Delgada Airport;
effectively meeting the expectations of all its customers. Coca Cola Portugal Warehouses; Providing the structure
It has a cutting and drilling center, welding, automatic of two industrial buildings (34800 m2) in the Gachancipá
and semiautomatic pickling lines and paint tunnels and Industrial Park – Colombia; Electra, electricity and water
respective drying. in Cape Verde; Hangar in the Brazzaville Aerodrome; Steel
bridges in Dombe Grande – Angola; EFACEC Central
COATING MANUFACTURING – by its subsidiary Diesel for TOTAL / FINA / ELF in Angola.
company ALAÇO.
ASSEMBLY OF STEEL STRUCTURES – With its

own teams and equipment.

TECHNICAL
CAPACITY
SOLIDITY
HISTORY PIONEER
CORPORATE NAME Ferpinta S.A.
FIELD OF BUSINESS Manufacture of tubes, pipes, hollow profiles and associated
steel fittings
ADDRESS Apartado 26 – Carregosa
3731-956 Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal
TELEPHONE +351 256 411 400
EMAIL info@ferpinta.pt
WEBSITE www.ferpinta.pt
PRESIDENT/CEO Mr. Commander Fernando Pinho Teixeira
About Us Brands
Founded in 1962, in individual name and from 1972 in a Ferpinta, Ferpinta Espanha Ferpinta Angola, Ferpinta
form of limited company, Ferpinta S.A. is the company Moçambique, Ferromoçambique, Fermóvel, Naturinga,
that was in the genesis of the construction of the universe Herculano, Vila Baleira, Ferrominho, Ferromangualde,
of the business group “Ferpinta”. Ferromar, Ferroentroncamento, Ferrotubal, Ferroportimão,
Ferrofunchal
Group Ferpinta are internationalized in more than 50
countries, with direct investment foreign industrial in
Spain, Angola and Mozambique, employing more than Certifications
1100 employees. EN 10130, EN 10346, EN 10025-2, DIN 59220, EN 10169,
EN 10305-3/5, EN 10219-1/2, EN 10255, EN 10240,
EN 10226-1, EN 10217-1.
What we do
Its main activity is the manufacture and sale of welded
steel tubes, it is the national leader and one of the Reference works
largest players in Europe. It is present in the sectors of Vasco da Gama Bridge, Dragon’s Stadium, Subway
metallurgy (production of steel tubes and machinery and Porto, Orbit (London), St Anna Tunnel, Antwerp
agricultural machinery), agriculture, tourism and natural (Belgium), Gautrain Station (South Africa), Tunnel of
products. Marão (Portugal), EDP building (Lisbon).

CORPORATE NAME GALVAZA – Construções Metálicas e Galvanização, Lda.
FIELD OF BUSINESS Galvanization by hot dip

ADDRESS Zona Industrial Vista Alegre,
Lote 4 – Arruamento E,
3850-184 Albergaria-a-Velha, Portugal
TELEPHONE +351 234 520 100
EMAIL geral@galvaza.com
WEBSITE www.galvaza.pt
PRESIDENT/CEO Sérgio Silva
About Us
Constituted in 2003 GALVAZA is part of a group of pieces: from bolts, screws and hardware in general, even
companies participated by VigentGroup SGPS, SA. beams, poles or deposits of big dimension.
This anticorrosive discontinuous treatment, according

What we do to the norm EN ISO 1461, is a process through which
The company develops its activity in the area of zinc coatings on steel or iron objects are obtained by
galvanization by hot dip, intended to increase the offer immersion in a bath of molten zinc at a temperature of
and competitiveness in this sector of activity in the 450ºC ± 5 ºC. In its facilities Galvaza can process pieces
Iberian Peninsula, being a response of the owners to the up to 12400×2200×2800mm.
growing demand.
Certifications
This company has a modern unit exclusively dedicated – ISO 9001 – Quality Management
to galvanization by hot dip. Besides galvanizing its own – OHSAS 18001 – Safety and Occupational Health
products, it offers to its external customers the possibility Management
to galvanize its products in steel or iron. It performs – ISO 14001 – Environmental Management
galvanization by centrifugation of different types of – DASt Guideline 022 – Galvanization

CORPORATE NAME GRID International Consulting Engineers S.A.
FIELD OF BUSINESS Design, Studies and Consultancy in Engineering

ADDRESS Av. João Crisóstomo, 25 – 4º andar
1050-125 Lisboa
Portugal
TELEPHONE +351 213 191 220
EMAIL grid@grid.pt
WEBSITE www.gridinternational.pt
PRESIDENT/CEO Nuno Lopes
About Us
GRID International – Consulting Engineers is a civil rehabilitation of conventional and steel structures and in
engineering company, covering a broad range of the preparation / organization of tenders.
Construction Projects and Technical Assistance Contracts.
Founded in Portugal in 1980, GRID has consistently Certifications

led with a strategy focused on technical rigor and Certified by the Standard NP EN ISO 9001-2015.
innovation throughout its projects. GRID International
ensures continuous guidance to customers and clients
and thus guarantees their satisfaction, as well as Main Projects
integrated, innovative, sustainable solutions, which Rosso Bridge (SENEGAL – MAURITANIA); Bluewaters
are always in strict compliance with environmental Footbridge (DUBAI; UAE), Ijzerlaan Foot and Bicycle
requirements. Bridge (Antwerp, BELGIUM); Third Bosporus Bridge
(Istanbul, TURKEY); Ain Sukhna Product Hub (EGYPT);
In the 90s, the company grew at a sustainable pace Railway Bridge over Sado River (PORTGAL); Access
and can now state that it has contributed decisively to viaduct to 25th April Bridge (Lisbon, PORTUGAL); Luiz
the growth of Portugal, in the area of public works and I Bridge – Railway Installation (Oporto, PORTUGAL);
private construction sector. UCP New Building (Lisbon, PORTUGAL), NOVA
SBE Campus (Carcavelos, PORTUGAL); Special
Studies for Louis Vuitton Foundation ( Paris, FRANCE);
What we do Detail Design, Studies for Construction and Technical
GRID International is predominantly active in the field of Assistance during works for Rabat Grand Theatre
Structural Engineering, both in reinforced and pre-stressed (Rabat, MOROCCO);Marítimo Stadium (Funchal,
concrete, structural steel and composite structures, with a PORTUGAL); Allianz Riviera Stadium (Nice,
particular focus on Special Structures such as viaducts, FRANCE); Dragão Stadium (Oporto, PORTUGAL);
highway and railway bridges, tunnels, large span roofs, Alvalade XXI Stadium (Lisbon, PORTUGAL); Olaias
buildings and other related structures. Metro Station (Lisbon, PORTUGAL); Rehabilitation of
Rossio Tunnel (Lisbon, PORTUGAL).
Simultaneously GRID International is also active within
the area of Consulting and Technical Assistance and has
thus developed extensive professional experience in the

CORPORATE NAME HEMPEL (Portugal) S.A.
FIELD OF BUSINESS Development, production, supplying paints, varnishes,
thinners and providing technical assistance services
ADDRESS Vale de Cantadores
2954-002 Palmela, Portugal
TELEPHONE +351 212 352 326
EMAIL sales-pt@hempel.com
WEBSITE www.hempel.com
PRESIDENT/CEO Eng. Leonor Côrte-Real
About Us
The Hempel Group was formed by J. C. Hempel in Hempel also offers technical assistance services for
Denmark in 1915, with the aim of making ready-to-use projects in these areas.
marine paint available at the world’s main ports.
The Hempel Group is currently represented in 80 Brands

countries. The group has 24 factories, 150 stock points, Hempel has a number of registered brands, including
10 R&D centres and 5,200 employees, 620 of whom are Hempadur, Hempathane, Hempatex, Galvosil, etc. Most
specialist technical consultants. recent developments include: Hampacore, products that
are certified to protect against fire. Avantguard, epoxy
Hempel (Portugal) is a Hempel Group associate with its primers with activated zinc. Hempasil, silicone-based
own factory, and has been in the country since 1970. With non-stick marine paints. Contex, concrete protection.
around 185 staff and an office in Palmela, Hempel is proud Versiline, specialised solutions for critical service
to apply the most advanced procedures in terms of quality, conditions.
technology and technical assistance, always guided by a
high degree of social and environmental responsibility.
Certifications
In addition to the various certification systems, such as
What we do NORSOK, ISO 12944-6, ACQPA, Ecolabel and EC
Hempel produces paints for the marine market, industry, Marking, Hempel (Portugal) has the following certification:
civil construction, containers and yachts, to protect such ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OSHAS 18001, PSPC and MED.
man-made structures as wind turbines, bridges, ships and
buildings.
Reference works
The Hempel range includes marine paints that help save Over 100 years Hempel has accumulated many reference
fuel and reduce ship emissions, durable and resistant projects around the world that are linked to the world’s
anti-corrosive paints that help raise productivity levels, largest and most famous companies. Consult Hempel for
and several products for civil construction, developed to more detailed information.
both protect and decorate any development.

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Based on activated zinc technology, our patented Hempadur Avantguard coatings have been proven to deliver superior corrosion protection compared
to key competitor zinc rich epoxy primers. This superiority has been independently proven by third party laboratory neutral salt spray tests according
to ISO 9227. In this test, steel protected with Avantguard produced a lower evolution of rust creep than the competitors, assessed according to ISO 12944-6,
when tested up to 3x the duration for C5-high environments. Avantguard’s overcoating interval is a minimum of 33 percent faster than competitor zinc-rich
epoxies when comparing product data sheets.
CORPORATE NAME LOPES & GOMES, S. A.
FIELD OF BUSINESS Manufacture of metal structures

ADDRESS Zona Ind. Casal do Cego, Covinhas, Marrazes - Ap. 218
2416-903 Leiria
Portugal
TELEPHONE +351 244 830 620
EMAIL geral@lopesegomes.pt
WEBSITE www.lopesegomes.pt
PRESIDENT/CEO Mr. Mário Sousa Gomes
About us Reference works

Established on July 7th, 1981 by two partners in an area of Marlis, Valsteam (I e II), Quitérios, Mundial Rocha,
85m2 and with 1 employee only, today it has 40 employees Especial Frutas, Gallery for Battery (Germany),
and a total area of 13.500 m2. Over the last 33 years we Intermarché Group, Lactogal, Coelho da Silva.
have been focusing on the improvement of the working
conditions (safety, machinery, etc.), on the training of all
our workers, on environmental issues and, especially, on
the satisfaction and loyalty of our customers.
What we do
We design, produce and assemble pavilions with a
metallic structure, structures for ovens and dryer cars, air
and gas piping for the ceramic industry, structures for the
support of machines, structures for platforms and silos.
Certifications
ISO9001, ISO 14001,OSHAS 18001, DIN 18800-7 and
EN 1090-2.

License 24677
METAL WORK CONSTRUCTION
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WORKS

CORPORATE NAME METALOGALVA – Irmãos Silvas, SA
FIELD OF BUSINESS Design and manufacture of metal structures

ADDRESS Maganha - Santiago de Bougado, Apartado 206
4786-909 – Trofa,
Portugal
TELEPHONE +351 252 400 520
EMAIL metalogalva@metalogalva.pt
WEBSITE www.metalogalva.pt
PRESIDENT/CEO Sérgio Silva
About Us – NP 4457 – RDI Management

Founded in 1971, the company Irmãos Silvas S.A. – EN 1090 – Metal Structures CE Marking
“METALOGALVA”, is the oldest company of the – EN3834-2 – Welding
Vigent Group. This industrial company has five – EN 40 / EN 1317 – Product CE Marking
industrial units occupying a total area of 60.440m²,
and a total gross area of 199.000m², having more than
500 employees. Reference works
– 8,000 Lighting Columns – Copenhagen
What we do – 2000 Metal foundations for transmission poles 420kV
Metalogalva is specialized in the design and manufacture – Norway
of metal structures, having the capacity and skils to – 47m Stadium Mast with 71 Floodlights – Cameroon
perform prototype tests, assembling level and/or structural Stadium
strength. Our products have application in several fields – 92 Catenary poles with high thickness – Munich –
of activity, including energy, telecommunications, roads Germany
and railways, renewable energies and is usually subjected – 84 Catenary poles with high thickness – Karlsruhe –
to a corrosion protection of hot dip galvanizing, with Germany
the possibility of painting complement system (duplex). – 40 Catenary poles with high thickness – Halle –
As a complement to its product offerings, the company Germany
provides a range of services to their customers, plate
cutting, bending, welding and hot dip galvanizing.
Certifications
– ISO 9001 – Quality Management
– OHSAS 18001 – Safety and Occupational Health
Management
– ISO 14001 – Environmental Management
– DASt Guideline 022 – Galvanization

CORPORATE NAME O FELIZ Metalomecânica, SA
FIELD OF BUSINESS Metalworking

ADDRESS Av. de S. Lourenço, Nº 41, Celeirós
4705-444 Braga
Portugal
TELEPHONE +351 253 305 600
EMAIL info@ofeliz.com
WEBSITE www.ofeliz.com
PRESIDENT/CEO António Feliz
About Us
With several decades of experience in the market, O Cutting and Bending: We perform the cutting and bending
FELIZ Metalomecânica is a company specialized in at different angles, thicknesses, dimensions and in all
steel construction, sheet profiling, cold-formed sheet and types of steel sheets (lacquered, galvanized, zincor/
cutting and bending of sheets. Our company offers a wide electrogalvanized sheet, corten steel sheet, magnelis, hot
range of integrated solutions which cover all the phases of rolled steel, stainless or perforated), pure zinc or copper
the project: conception and development, manufacturing, and in materials with different dimensions and complexity.
assembly and after sale assistance.
Lighting Columns: Manufacturing of lighting columns
By focusing on the quality of products and service, O and steel towers. The columns are available with
FELIZ Metalomecânica has successfully established itself cylindrical and octagonal geometry. The large and
on the market, earning the customers trust. medium size towers are used for lighting large areas,
fixed or top down system, structures for advertising,
Our company exports and develops metal construction telecommunication equipment and wind turbines. CE
projects in several markets. With a working team with more marking in accordance with the requirements of the
than 200 employees, the company has great equipment, standard NP EN 40.
technologies and business skills, capable of responding to
the more complex and challenging projects. Laser Cutting: 2D Thermal Cutting (Sheet cutting) with
three CNC thermal cutting technologies: Laser, precision
Oxycut and Plasma Cutting. We also perform services
What we do of CNC bending, machining, welding, surface treatment,
Steel Construction: Development, manufacturing and etc.
assembly of steel structures, including all the phases
of the project, from conception/development until Stainless Steel: Manufacturing and assembly of structures,
manufacturing and final assembly. We have all the skills stainless steel products and furniture.
needed to offer the best projects and solutions to our
partners and customers, always meeting the highest Aluminum: Manufacturing and assembly of aluminum
quality requirements and the required deadlines. CE frames, glass façades, aluminum composite panel
marking, in accordance with the requirements of the cladding, commercially known as “Alucobond” as well
standard NP EN 1090. as all kinds of metalworking. CE marking in accordance
with the requirements of the standard NP EN 14351, NP
Profiled sheeting: Manufacturing of profiled sheeting and EN 13830 e NP EN 13659.
cold-formed products (C and Z purlins and omega).
We offer several solutions which, according to the
characteristics, sheet thickness and the geometry of the Reference works
section, allow obtaining light elements adaptable to any Douro Marina, Centro de Alto Rendimento de Remo
span. It is important to emphasize “SUPEROMEGA”, do Pocinho, Hotel Spa e Vidago Palace, Universidade
the most advanced solution concerning cold-formed de Artes e Arquitetura de Évora, Eco-Resort Tree Snake
steel profiles, a lightweight material with a structural Houses, Centro Sacerdotal de S. Martinho de Dume,
performance. CE marking in accordance with the Lagar do Marmelo, Estádio Municipal de Braga, Museu
requirements of the standard NP EN 14782. de Foz Côa, Spinpark.

CORPORATE NAME Perfisa – Fábrica de Perfis Metálicos, S.A.
FIELD OF BUSINESS Manufacturing of metallic profiles and accessories

ADDRESS Z. I. Carvalhais
3660-070 São Pedro do Sul
Portugal
TELEPHONE +351 232 720 010
EMAIL geral@perfisa.pt
WEBSITE www.perfisa.pt
PRESIDENT/CEO Eurico Martins
About Us
Perfisa – Fábrica de Perfis Metálicos S.A., was created in how producing and commercializing metallic profiles
1992 with the intention of being the first manufacturing and accessories for partitions and false ceilings.
company of cold formed profiles in Portugal dedicated
exclusively to the production and commercialization of In 2003, the company embraced a new challenge: to be
profiles and accessories for ceilings and partitions. the first manufacturer of cold-formed structural profiles
for the Light Steel Framing system.
For more than 25 years Perfisa has been proud to be
one of the leading references in the market. This results More recently, Perfisa has coordinated a project developed
from a growth strategy that is based on principles of in an open innovation context with a company with proven
quality and innovation shared by all departments of the experience in the construction sector. The end result
company and its employees. culminated in the development of the ISOLPRO board:
this innovative composite panel of EPS and lightweight
Headquartered in São Pedro do Sul, Perfisa has three cement with an internal reinforcement in steel and fiberglass
logistics centers located in Albergaria-a-Velha, Lisbon and is adaptable to any type of construction system and has a
Luanda (Angola). With an export record of more than 15 high fire resistance (a LSF wall with ISOLPRO withstands
countries, Perfisa continuously invests in the adaptation more than two and a half hours at 1000º C temperature).
and certification of its products in new markets.
Quality has a name
What we do Leaders in the manufacturing of galvanized steel profiles
Over the years, Perfisa has developed an extensive know- for the civil construction sector

Quali ty h as a nam e
PERFISA
®
LEADERS IN THE MANUFACTURING OF GALVANIZED STEEL

PROFILES FOR THE CIVIL CONSTRUCTION SECTOR
Construction Rehabilitation Expansion
Contact us to know more about the advantages of lightweight steel construction
www.perfisa.pt
Logistics Center of Albergaria-a-Velha Logistics Center of Lisboa Logistics Center of Angola
Z. I. de Carvalhais Quinta dos Palmares, Fetais Estrada Direita do Zango/Calumbo S/N
3660-070 São Pedro do Sul 2680-001 Camarate Município de Viana - Luanda - Angola
Tel.: +351 219 484 100 Tel. +351 234 520 130 Tel. +244 931 719 127
E-mail: comercial7lisboa@perfisa.pt E-mail: logistica2@perfisa.pt E-mail: perfisa.angola@gmail.com
CORPORATE NAME POÇO – Equipamentos Industriais, SA
FIELD OF BUSINESS Metallic structures and industrial equipments

ADDRESS Rua dos Marrazes, Lote 32, Zona Industrial Cova das Faias
2415-807 Leiria
Portugal
TELEPHONE +351 244 574 860
EMAIL poco@poco.pt
WEBSITE www.poco.pt
PRESIDENT/CEO Eng. Carlos Poço
About Us
Foundation year: 1991 as “turnkey”. A multidisciplinary team with architects
Number of employees: 130 and engineers of all specialties, allows to make the project
Facilities in Leiria with 12,500 m2 to the measure of the client with a single interlocutor.
Facilities in Angola (FPAN) with 900 m2
The glass packaging industry and plastic extrusion, are two
of the sectors with a significant importance in our activity.
Our business
Metallic structures Mission: “Building on the basis of accumulated experience,
Industrial equipment technological innovation and creativity, the best solution to satisfy
Complete solutions “turnkey” the customer, creating economic, social and environmental value.”
Advanced Engineering
Automation
Brands
POÇO – Equipamentos Industriais, SA is a manufacturer of Poço, FPAN, Periplast.
industrial equipment and metallic structures for over 27 years.
The new industrial unit, in Leiria, represented an Certified management system

investment of more than 17 million Euros, which allows
production capacity of 1,200t / month, in facilities with ISO 9001:2015 – Quality management
12,500 m2 of covered area.
OHSAS 18001:2007 – Occupational Health and Safety
POÇO is present in over 60 countries with its equipment Management
and customers, and a unit of production, service and
assembly in Angola. ISO 14001:2015 – Environmental management
The European market continues to be the main one, with EN 1090-1 – Class EXC3 according to EN 1090-2
a turnover of more than 60%. Conformity of the Factory Production Control
A very stark aspect in providing industrial solutions such

The factory of factories
Contacts by activity sector
Associations
CMM – Associação Portuguesa de Construção

Metálica e Mista
Coimbra iParque, lote 3
3040-540 Antanhol
+351 239 098 422
cmm@cmm.pt | www.cmm.pt Equipment and machinery
DNC TÉCNICA – Manutenção Industrial e

Equipamentos, Lda.
Rua Douroana, nº290, Regueira de Pontes
2415-175 Leiria
Construction, finishing and protection materials +351 244 820 530
geral@dnctecnica.com | www.dnctecnica.com
CIN – Corporação Industrial do Norte S.A.
Av. Dom Mendo nº 831, Apartado 1008
4471-909 Maia
+351 229 405 000
costumerservice@cin.pt | www.cinprotective.com
Importers, stockists and producers of profiles
and steel componentes
EUROGALVA, SA
Zona Industrial de Monte Grande, Rua Padre António
Vieira, nº 183, Fiães ANTERO & CA, S. A.
4505-316 Fiães Avenida Vasco da Gama, 7660, Apartado 3132
+351 256 919 080 4431-801 Avintes
geral@eurogalva.pt | www.eurogalva.pt +351 227 861 000
comercial.avintes@anteroeca.com | www.anteroeca.com
GALVAZA – CONSTRUÇÕES METÁLICAS E

GALVANIZAÇÃO, LDA. FAF – Produtos Siderúrgicos, S.A.
Zona Industrial Vista Alegre, Lote 4 – Arruamento E, Edif. Torre Monsanto, R. Afonso Praça, 30, 4D
3850-184 Albergaria-a-Velha 1495-061, Algés
+351 234 520 100 +351 213 552 350
geral@galvaza.com | www.galvaza.pt faf@faf.pt | www.faf.pt
HEMPEL (Portugal), S.A. FERPINTA, S. A.

Vale de Cantadores Apartado 26 – Carregosa
2954-002 Palmela 3731-956 Oliveira de Azeméis
+351 212 352 326 +351 256 411 400
sales-pt@hempel.com | www.hempel.com info@ferpinta.pt | www.ferpinta.pt

Steelwork, construction and assembly
CONSTÁLICA, SA
Zona Industrial Monte Cavalo
3670-273 Vouzela
+351 232 748 127
comercial@constalica.com | geral@sinprofile.com
www.constalica.com | www.sinprofile.com
FAMETAL, Fábrica Portuguesa de Estruturas

Metálicas, S. A.
Avenida 21 de Junho, 123
2435-087 Caxarias – Ourém
+351 249 570 020
geral@fametal.pt | www.fametal.pt
LOPES & GOMES, S. A.

Zona Ind. Casal do Cego, Covinhas, Marrazes – Ap. 218 Design and Consultancy
2416-903 Leiria
+351 244 830 620
geral@lopesegomes.pt | www.lopesegomes.pt
A1V2 Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Lda.
Rua do Mar da China, Edifício Mar do Oriente,
N.º 1, Fração 3.1
METALOGALVA – IRMÃOS SILVAS, SA 1990-137 Lisboa – Portugal
Maganha – Santiago de Bougado, Apartado 206 +351 218 438 550
4786-909 Trofa lisboa@a1v2.pt | www.a1v2.pt
+351 252 400 520
metalogalva@metalogalva.pt | www.metalogalva.pt
BETAR Consultores Lda.
Av. Elias Garcia, nº 53 2º esq.
O FELIZ Metalomecânica, S.A. 1000-148 Lisboa
Av. de S. Lourenço, Nº 41, Celeirós
+351 217 826 110
4705-444 Braga
+351 253 305 600 consultores@betar.pt | www.betar.com
info@ofeliz.com | www.ofeliz.com
CONSTRUSOFT Portugal
PERFISA – Fábrica de Perfis Metálicos, S.A. Est. Paço do Lumiar, Campus do Lumiar, Edif. D r/c
Z. I. Carvalhais Sala 1026
3660-070 São Pedro do Sul 1649-038 Lisboa
+351 232 720 010 +351 214 218 574
geral@perfisa.pt | www.perfisa.pt info@construsoft.pt | www.construsoft.pt
POÇO – Equipamentos Industriais, SA

GRID International Consulting Engineers S.A.
Rua dos Marrazes, Lote 32, Zona Industrial Covas das
Faias
Av. João Crisóstomo, 25 – 4º andar
2415-807 Leiria 1050-125 Lisboa
+351 244 574 860 +351 213 191 220
poco@poco.pt | www.poco.pt grid@grid.pt | www.gridinternational.pt

Portugal Steel Activities
Portugal Steel Seminar Cycle and Steel Talk The Steel Talk conferences are national and are
Conferences subordinated to specific topics and addressed to all
stakeholders and professionals in the industry, which
The Portugal Steel seminars and conferences are a respond to the fundamentals of the Portugal Steel brand.
network of events that aim to promote the brand to a
specific audience – students and local decision makers Steel Talk 2018 already scheduled:
– so that the message of appreciation of the steel
construction and the solutions that it allows is clear. – Fire resistance to Steel Structures, will take place at
Universidade de Aveiro on 18 de April;
Cycle of Seminars for 2018: – Anticorrosive Protection and Durability of Steel
– Escola Superior de Gestão e Tecnologia de Viseu, Structures, will take place at the fair Tektónica, in
08 May; FIL in Lisbon, on 17 May;
– Universidade do Algarve, 25 May; – Steel Bridges, will take place at Faculdade de
– Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, 29 May; Engenharia da Universidade do Porto on 24 October.
– Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, 03 October;
– Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, 17 October;
– Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, 14 November
– Instituto Superior de Engenheira do Porto,
Departamento Engenheira Civil, 28 Novembro;
– Universidade Nova de Lisboa, FCTNL, 05
December.
The Steel Talk conferences are national and are

subordinated to specific topics and addressed to all
stakeholders and professionals in the industry, which
respond to the fundamentals of the Portugal Steel brand.
Portugal Steel Bridges Awards 2018 – National

Award 2018 | European Steel Bridges Awards
2018
In the scope of the Portugal Steel Project, CMM launches

the Portugal Steel Bridges Awards 2018, every two years,
which aims to give visibility and encourage the creative
use of steel in the construction of bridges. The contest

is intended for projects or construction carried out by Steel Tours
CMM’s Company Members – Portuguese Steelwork
Association, and bridge projects are eligible. The jury Technical visit to the Arcelor Mittal plant in Gijón on
will identify the best national projects for the competition June, 2018.
in the categories: Road and rail bridges and pedestrian
bridges. The winning projects will be submitted to the
international competition “European Steel Bridges
Awards 2018”.
Portugal Steel on the move
Portugal Steel wants to promote and demonstrate to

international decision-makers the productive capacity
and the quality of the national product, as well as the
idea that Portugal Steel is conglomerating this offer
and bringing national companies closer to the outside
world and to new markets. The first event of Portugal
Steel on the move was the 3rd Luso-African Conference
on Sustainable Construction, on 20 and 21 November
2014, in Luanda. Since 2015, the work has been more
focused on the approximation to the Chambers of
Commerce and Industries of countries with potential for
the national export of this sector. In 2018, a Forum with
the co-organization of AICEP is planned for October.
Open day
Organization of visits to partner companies that want

to join open day and want to show their company and
activity. Event consisting of a company presentation
session and guided tour of the facilities. Events scheduled
according to the interest of the companies and with a
maximum number of 30 participants.
The Forum of Steel Construction
It is promoted within the

framework of the Portugal Steel
project, it is a support instrument
in the promotion of technical
and specialized knowledge, as well as evolution and
innovation in the Steel Construction sector. It is a space Fairs
for debate and clarification on various themes underlying
the Steel Construction. The Forum has the main Participation in the national fair Tektónica, at Feira
academic and professional references in the sector. Internacional de Lisboa from 16 to 19 May 2018 with

a Portugal Steel booth and with the organization of a Social network and website
Steel Talk.
All Portugal Steel events and news from the partners
are disseminated in the facebook page of Portugal
Steel and in our website www.portugalsteel.com.
Press Office
– Disseminate the events of the Portugal Steel project

– Disseminate and promote the sector following the
communication strategy defined by the project;
– Work with the partner companies with the
objective of identifying and developing topics for
press releases and thus placing news in the media,
promoting greater visibility to the work they
develop;
– Cover the Portugal Steel events.

www.portugalsteel.com
Promoter Organization
CMM - Portuguese Steelwork Association

Coimbra iParque Lote 3
3040-540 Antanhol
Phone: +351 239 098 422

Fax: +351 239 091 216
cmm@cmm.pt

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ano 19 · nº 49 · março 2018 · portuguese edition

TECHNICAL: FIRE RESISTANCE OF COLD-FORMED

Faça parte deste projeto em 2018

Business Center Leonardo da Vinci

Metalogalva invests 7 million euros to increase

HILTI exceeds the objective of 5 billion in sales

Professor Luís Simões da Silva Doutor Honoris Causa

cooperation of Luis Simões da Silva with the University

Full Professor of the Civil Engineering Department

Luís Simões da Silva, full

Under the proposal of the

The University of Liège

Sin Profile, the revolution of steel construction.

The MARXICA group, whose core business consists • 

The SIN Profile, arises

The SIN Profile is an I profile intended for steel • 

The location of the new SIN Profile industrial unit is

The SIN Profile facilities will have a total area of

PhD in Steel and Composite Construction

Applications for the next edition

Luís Simões da Silva

Department of Civil Engineering,

António Oliveira Borges – Comércio de Ferro Lda,

It was already in 2018 that the installation of the

AOB to fully respond to its most demanding customers,

GEMINI is now the most complete solution for

TECZONE CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS:

TZ Insulating TZ-Deck profiles TZ profiles for

Qualification of SMEs – Joint Projects

The purpose of the presentation was to promote

This project results from the approval obtained

Professor Paulo Vila Real:

Fire resistance of cold-formed steel walls

1. Introduction of windows and service components. The service

WAREHOUSE: MAIA, PALMELA, GUARDA, VILA REAL

2. Experimental tests temperature measured in the unexposed flanges;

The sample was subjected to an ISO834 standard fire

In the first step, a linear elastic stability model is

3 vertical forces (FZ) applied on the top surface of the

Distributor of all kind of steel products

The temperature evolution on the unexposed surface

effect of the ignition of the combustible material. The

The time of fire resistance decreases with the increase

A hybrid method was also presented for determining

From Colégio da Trindade

 expert of the past is often an adversary of the

The set of various interventions by Francisco

particularly noteworthy the way plasticity of spaces is

Located in the middle of the University of Coimbra, next

a property of the National Treasury, the church and

Figure 3. Plant of the intermediate floor of the Trinity College

However, in the context of the extinction of the

In general, the brothers Aires Mateus show a

In this sense, since the place was the starting point in

agreement with the Ministry of Justice, the study was

Storage and handling of welding

Processing of angles and pipes

of porosity in the weld. It is usually recommended that

have high rotation and the storage period should not

exceed one year [5]. Fluxed wires for carbon and

The flux collected from the container of the welding References

recovered flux, a ratio of at least one part of the new Handling+and+Storage+Recommendations_EN_2018_GL_1003_

The MARXICA group, whose core business consists •

The SIN Profile is an I profile intended for steel •

expert of the past is often an adversary of the

• The first Steel Talk of the Portugal Steel 2018

• Portugal Steel Seminar at Escola Superior de Gestão

• The Steel Talk “Anticorrosive Protection and Durability

• The Portugal Steel project will be present as an