thursday, july 03, 2008
Brazil's Infrastructure Boom
Brazil is booming. The surge in commodity prices internationally has filled the countries coffers and sparked an unprecedented surge in infrastructure development. But the increasing number of big ticket projects, such as the Mario Covas Beltway and Linea Amarela (or Line 4) subway line in Sao Paulo, may be too little too late.My story on Brazil's growing construction sector, Explosive Growth Sparks Brazil's Booming Infrastructure Boom is in this week's Engineering News-Record. It is accompanied by the story, Bursting at the Seams, São Paulo Overhauls, examining the situation in the country's largest city.
My interview with Marcelo Odebrecht, the president of , Construtora Norberto Odebrecht, Brazil’s Largest Contractor Looks at the Region is on ENR.com as well as a two-minute slideshow looking at the situation.
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