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PERSONAL DATA

Full Name: João Maria Sarmento Pimentel Adão da Fonseca

Home address: Largo Tomé Pires 1, 4150-731 Porto – Portugal

Born in 12 May 1983

Nationality: Portuguese

Portuguese Citizen Card: nº 12381299

Email: joao.adaodafonseca@adfconsultores.com

Mobile Phone (Portugal): + 351 91 9758404

Mobile Phone (Colombia): + 57 3224108018

EDUCATION

Diploma in Civil Engineering from Faculty of Engineering of

University of Porto, Portugal, in 2006, including one Erasmus

semester in 2005-2006 at the ENPC – École Nationale des Ponts

et Chaussées, Paris, France

CURRENT JOB POSITION

Partner and Project Manager at “ADAO DA FONSECA –

Engenheiros Consultores, Lda.” (AdF) - www.adfconsultores.com

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Chartered Civil Engineer in “Ordem dos Engenheiros”, with

registration nº 59915

LANGUAGES

Portuguese (native)

English (professional working proficiency)

Spanish (professional working proficiency)

French (limited working proficiency)

PROFESSIONAL MOST IMPORTANT DATA

Structural designer of bridges and outstanding buildings in AdF

(2006-2008 and from 2010) and in IDEAM – www.ideam.es (2008-

2010).

Since 2014, as Project Manager at AdF, João Adão da Fonseca

became also responsible for business development for some

countries of Africa and South America.

João Adão da Fonseca is partner at AdF since 2017.

MOST RELEVANT PROJECTS

MOST RELEVANT BUILDINGS

Cinnamon Life Complex, Colombo, Sri Lanka – integrating two

residential towers of 47 stories, one office tower of 33 stories, one

hotel with 900 rooms, one exhibition centre, one retail park and

parking for about 3.000 cars, adding up to a total construction

area of more than 400.000 m2 – structural engineer in AdF team

of Structural Engineer/Architect/Designer Cecil Balmond of

Balmond Studio (under construction).

International Airport of Santiago de Chile, Chile – Detail design of

the facades of the Airport. More than 20.000 m2 of facades

located in one of the most seismic world's regions. The steel

structure is composed of vierendeel trusses up to 19 m high that

are connected to the main structure by isolation devices that

allow the correct seismic insulation of the facade (under

construction).

Zimbo Project, Luanda Bay, Angola – integrating 2 residential

towers of 37 stories, 2 office towers of 32 stories, hotel of 37

stories, congress centre, underground parking, all occupying

55.450 m2 – structural engineer in AdF team of Architect Diogo

Lima Mayer - Intergaup - Gabinete de Urbanização e

Planeamento (scheme design in 2007 and project cancelled)

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Auditorium, Ville de Bordeaux, France – including an auditorium

with 1.440 seats, a car park in 7 underground floors and a

residential building of 3 stories which is supported by the eight

prestressed beams of the roof of the auditorium – structural

engineer in AdF team of Construction Company Buidin and

Architect Michel Pétuaud-Létang (built in 2012).

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X Tower, Luanda, Angola – building with 22 stories with a total

construction area of more than 29.000 m2 – project manager at

AdF design team for Rojual – Gestão de Proj. Lda. (built in 2018).

New football stadium, Zaragoza, Spain – total construction area

of 190.000 m2 – structural engineer in IDEAM design team of

Architects Joaquín Sicilia y Asociados (project finished in 2009

but not yet built)

Angra do Heroísmo new public library and regional archive, in

Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal – More than 10.000 m2

predominantly in concrete marked by the presence of a large

bridge in composite structure – structural engineer in AdF design

team of Architect Inês Lobo (built in 2014).

Avelar Brotero School, Coimbra, Portugal – rehabilitation and new

construction project – more than 16.000 m2 – structural engineer

in AdF design team of Architect Inês Lobo (built in 2011)

Quinta do Vallado wine cellar, Régua, Portugal – rehabilitationof

the old cellars and construction of the new cellar “Adega das

Barricas” – structural engineer in AdF design team of Architect

Francisco Vieira de Campos (built in 2010)

Visual Arts and Architecture Complex of Évora University,

Portugal – Reinforcement and requalification design of more than

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16.000 m2. Where more than 2500 m2 of existing wood slabs have

been reinforced through a concrete slab, turning the wood slabs

into composite wood-concrete slabs – structural engineer in AdF

design team of Architect Inês Lobo (built in 2007)

Headquarters of “Ferreira Construções”, Porto, Portugal -

rehabilitation and conversion of the old School of Journalism into

headquarters of “Ferreira Construções” – more than 2100 m2 –

structural engineer in AdF design team of Architects João Luís

Carrilho da Graça and Inês Lobo (built in 2008)

Residential buildings at Quai de Queyries, Bordeux, France –

detail design of the metallic structure of the roofs and of the main

composite beams of the large openings in the facades (26 m

span, supporting 5 stories). (under construction).

MOST RELEVANT BRIDGES AND VIADUCTS FOOTBRIDGES RAILWAY BRIDGES ROAD BRIDGES

FOOTBRIDGES Footbridge and cycling Bridge, Lisbon, Portugal – structural

engineer in AdF design team, in collaboration with Architects

Telmo Cruz and Maximina Almeida (built in 2015)

Forte da Casa Footbridge, Lisbon, Portugal - 220 m long viaduct,

with 42 m main span, connecting Forte da Casa, north of Lisbon,

to the Leziria Park, on the Tagus embankment – structural

engineer in AdF design team, in collaboration with Architect

Telmo Cruz. (built in 2015)

Footbridge Fuente Clara in Medellin, Colombia – detail design for

consortium Ferrocol (Colpatria+Ferrovial). Total length of 205 m

with main spans up to 26 m supported by precast and

prestressed I beams. Deep foundations on concrete piles. High

seismic zone – project manager of AdF design team in

collaboration with IDEAM (built in 2015).

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RAILWAY BRIDGES

3 railway Viaducts (Kinatoi, Zabaleta and Larrazábal), San

Sebastián, Spain, integrated in the high speed railway between

Vitória and San Sebastián, built by movable scaffolding system –

structural engineer in IDEAM design team (built)

Special overpass for high-speed railway, Madrid, Spain,

integrated in the high-speed railway between Madrid and Castilla

La Mancha; special overpass 162 m long, composed by several

precast and prestressed I beams with spans between 23 m and

31 m – structural engineer in IDEAM design team (built in 2010)

Four railway Viaducts, Murcia, Spain, in the high-speed railway

between Murcia and Almeria. Four viaducts in a high seismic

zone, with continuous prestressed decks – structural engineer in

IDEAM design team (built in 2016)

Bridge over River Barra (metro train), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil –

structural engineer in AdF and IDEAM local design team, in

collaboration with RMG Engenharia, of Rio Barra construction

consortium, working for Architect Santiago Calatrava (detail

design in progress in 2013 when project was cancelled)

High speed railway Viaduct over river Deba, Spain, integrated in

the high-speed railway between Deba and Bergara; steel-

concrete composite continuous beam with overall length of 900

m with typical spans of 80 m; piers up to 85 m height, built by

movable scaffolding system – structural engineer in IDEAM

design team (project finished in 2010 but not built)

Bridge over River Barra (metro train), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;

cable-stayed bridge with one single reinforced and prestressed

concrete mast and main span of 140 m – structural engineer in

AdF design team and responsible for the full review of the whole

project, including control of the construction process (Built in

2015).

Railway Viaduct over river Piauí, Brazil – multiple simple

supported spans with overall length of 1360 m (68x20 m double

“I” composite beams) with precast columns – project manager of

AdF design team in collaboration with RMG-Engenharia (project

finished in 2014 but not yet built)

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ROAD BRIDGES

Road Viaduct in A42 highway, Sigües, Spain – a steel-concrete

composite (double composite action) cell box girder with lateral

struts (total width 26 m) with typical spans of 86 m and without

expansion joints; columns height up to 40 m - detail design as

structural engineer in IDEAM design team (built in 2009)

Mina Apolo Viaduct, Belo Horizonte, Brazil – concrete box girder

cantilever bridge with 170 m main spans, with mineral conveyor

inside the box beam – structural engineer in AdF design team in

collaboration with IDEAM, developing the detail design of the

main structure and composite steel-concrete box girders of

access decks (project finished in 2012 but not yet built)

Road Viaduct, Cartagena da Índias, Colômbia – inside the

Ecopetrol refinery installations; a 350 m long viaduct comprising

typical spans of 28 m and 22 m in precast post-tensioned

concrete beams – project leader of AdF design team of Mota-

Engil Construction Company (not yet built)

Bridge over the Amatitlán River on the federal road 95, Mexico

City to Acapulco, Mexico – enlargement of the deck from 10 m to

20 m wide and reinforcement of piers and abutments, including

foundations in a high seismic zone – project manager of AdF

design team in collaboration with IDEAM (project finished in 2014

but not yet built)

Integral bridge for Avenida del Rio, Malecon II, Barranquilla,

Colombia – detail design for Mota-Engil. Integral bridge over the

connection between la Darsena and the river Magdalena. Deep

foundations on concrete piles in a high seismic zone – project

manager of AdF design team (under construction).

Underpass, Spain, integrated the new road between Castellfollit

del Boix. – structural engineer in IDEAM design team (built in

2011)

Two road overpasses, Spain, at Manresa and Monteconil and

integrated in the new road between Castellfollit del Boix; simple

supported prestressed and precast box with 27 m span –

structural engineer in IDEAM design team (built in 2011)

Viaducto for Expo 2015, Milan, Italy – structural engineer in AdF

design team of Structural Engineer/Architect/Designer Cecil

Balmond of Balmond Studio (scheme design in international

design/built competition, in 2010).

New road Viaduct, Reunion Island, France, integrated in the new

road between Saint-Denis and La Possession – structural

engineer in AdF design team developing preliminary design for

BERD S.A. (2012)

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Several road viaducts, Lauro de Freitas, Brazil – structural

engineer in AdF design team performing review and quality

control of structural projects of several viaducts (Built in 2016)

OTHER PROJECTS PORTS and OFFSHORE STRUCTURS WATER FACILITIES SCAFFOLDING SYSTEMS

Terminal Harbour in Ponta da Madeira, São Luis Maranhão, Brazil

– project leader of AdF team for the full review of the whole

project, including the entire compatibility of all specialties and the

independent checking of all structural elements; total area of

platforms 19.300 m2, supported by 186 piles up to 45 m long

(built in 2016)

Antioquia Offshore Harbour and Access Viaduct, Antioquia,

Colombia – scheme design in international design/built

competition, in 2016 for Mota-Engil. More than 154.000 m2 of

offshore Platform and Viaduct in concrete supported by 2000

steel piles driven up to 90 m deep in high seismic zone. Project

leader of AdF design team (not built)

Torrential water control along the 65 street in Barranquilla,

Colombia – Box-Culvert in concrete for conduction of torrential

waters along more than 2500 m until discharge in the Magdalena

river. Maximum project flow for a 100 year return period of about

82 m3 / s. Project leader of AdF design team (built in 2018)

Movable scaffolding systems – structural engineer in AdF design

team working for BERD (www.berd.eu) in the detail design of an

overhead movable scaffolding system for the construction of

viaducts with concrete decks with spans up to 60 m.

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João Adão da Fonseca