Insufficient infrastructure constitute a major challenge in many developing countries. A well-developed infrastructure is key to industrialization, market access, job creation, information, education and training. Danish consulting engineers work with both national and local governments to develop quality, reliable and sustainable railways, harbours, roads, bridges, etc., to support economic development and human well-being. Danish consulting engineers also assist both national and local governments with infrastructure related capacity building, for instance addressing road maintenance and road safety.
PROJECT: NEW STANDARD-GAUGE RAILWAY FROM DAR ES SALAAM TO MOROGORO
For the first time in over 50 years, Tanzania’s transnational railway is being modernised. COWI has designed more than 800 km and is now responsible for the design of a 207 km section running from Dar es Salaam to Morogoro. The modernisation is a valuable contribution to Tanzania’s future development to meet an increasing demand for the transportation of passengers and improve the domestic supply network. The new railway will increase the speed for the passenger trains from 30-40 km/h today to 160 km/h and allow efficient transport of goods not only in Tanzania but also to neighbouring countries. The line is planned to handle 13 million tons of goods (today around 300,000 tons) and 1.1 million passengers (today around 0.5 million).
COUNTRY: TANZANIA
COMPANY: COWI A/S
SECONDARY GOALS: 11
PROJECT: MOZAMBIQUE – ROAD MAINTENANCE TRAINING
In Mozambique, NTU provided road industry training
for local SMEs. The purpose was to enable local SMEs
to bid on and handle road sector projects in the future, and thereby eliminate the need for foreign contractors. NTU designed a training programme focused on procurement and the theoretical and practical aspects of road development and road maintenance. NTU’s team also designed future training programmes targeting road development in rural areas, as well as programmes designed especially for the training of new trainers. By providing capacity building to local stakeholders and thereby enabling them to build and maintain road infrastructure, this project was a crucial step towards combating poverty in rural areas of Mozambique.
COUNTRY: MOZAMBIQUE
COMPANY: NTU INTERNATIONAL A/S
SECONDARY GOALS: 8 & 11