Grupo Unidos por el Canal (GUPC), led by the Spanish company SACYR, completed in 2016 the construction of the third set of locks of the Panama Canal, a fundamental part of the enlargement program carried out by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and through which more than 3,000 neopanamax type vessels have transited until now. This work has been classified as one of the most significant construction of this century worldwide, both because of its strategic importance and its volumes as well as the uniqueness of its elements and constructive processes used.

Sergi Ametller, GUPC’s Project Manager for the gates and other electromechanical equipment, will detail the main features of this project in the presentation that will take place at the Sincrotó Alba.

The presentation will include an explanation of how the Management of Mega Infrastructure Projects is carried out, as well as an overview of the main units of this work, both at design, execution and commissioning level.

Brief Curriculum:

Mr. Ametller is a Civil Engineer with 22 years’ experience in management of design and design & build projects such as the Panama Canal locks expansion, many port terminals, oil&gas jetties, offshore projects and other facilities for both public and private sector. As Manager of the electromechanical equipment for Panama Locks expansion, he was responsible for the procurement, detailed design, fabrication, installation and commissioning of $1.1 billion works including some of the biggest rolling steel gates in the world, wheel valves, electrical, piping and process control equipment. He is currently the Director of Special Projects at SENER Ingeniería y Sistemas.