OEC - Engenharia e Construção has won three bids in the last few months focused on the Miami International Airport. The works aim to bring innovative logistics solutions, especially for the check-in and luggage sectors, facilitating service, increasing productivity and keeping the travel space among the most modern in the world. Construction should begin as early as 2023 and extend over the next two years.

The investments are part of the city's airport authority's plan to invest a total of $5 billion in its airport improvement program over 15 years. The site is one of the largest sources of direct and indirect local job generation, and is essential to the region's economy.

A consConnection

The first of the most recent achievements was to make the interconnection between the luggage systems of the South and Central terminals, giving more agility to the transit of passengers who need to make connections between flights departing from the two environments. The interconnection project between the luggage systems of the South and Central terminals.

According to Luiz Simon, OEC's Managing Director in the USA, this is a complex project of high relevance to airlines and airport users. "The entire intervention will be done without paralyzing the current system, since we are working at the airport with the largest number of international passengers in the United States," he says. The work will require close coordination with various authorities, from the Miami County Aviation Department, federal agencies, to the airlines operating there.

Central Terminal Check-in

A consortium between CES and the Brazilian company was also selected by the Miami airport authority to execute the complete modernization of part of the facilities of the check-in area of the Central terminal, which aims to improve the quality of passenger service as well as increase the productivity of airlines during check-in. The scope of work includes the installation of new luggage conveyors. The work is expected to be completed in 16 months after an investment of $17 million to be made by the city's airport authority.

Logistics

In addition to these two contracts, OEC was chosen by a multinational logistics company operating at the airport to carry out several innovative works at its local facilities. By 2021, OEC had already completed an extensive overhaul of the airport's luggage system, transforming it into one of the most modern in the United States.

History

Miami is already known for having a Brazilian face and this image is reinforced by being the main place where OEC - Engenharia e Construção operates in the United States. Among interventions in ports, airports, and stadiums, there are 73 projects won and executed since 1991, when the company was the first Brazilian to win an American public tender. The company has a strong history in Florida, performing half of its actions in the state, especially in Miami and its region.

OEC - Engenharia e Construção has an extensive history of projects carried out at the Miami airport. In the 2000s, it has participated in a joint venture responsible for the expansion of the airport's North and South terminals by more than 140 thousand square meters, in a project that received investments of US$ 1.6 billion, at the time, and employed about 2 thousand people. Then it has participated in the construction of the MIA Mover, an extension of Miami’s subway that connects the city to the airport and runs 1.6 km. In 2018, it has started the execution of the modernization of the airport's luggage handling system.

First Brazilian construction company to win a public contract in the United States, in 1991, OEC is responsible for the construction of some of Miami's architectural icons, such as the Adrienne Arsht Arts Center, the arena where the Miami Heat play their basketball games, Golden Glades Interchange, Florida International University's International Stadium, and the modernization of the Port of Miami, among other projects.