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Render of the Altos de Solemio development: residential towers and parking
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Construction oversight and design · 2021–2026

Altos de Solemio

Phased construction oversight of a development of residential towers and a commercial lot, with the redesign of its site works.

Project render

Sector
Buildings
Years
2021–2026
Stages
1 to 6 and a commercial lot
Site record
Oct 2021 – Feb 2024
Services
Construction oversight
Structural design

Phased construction oversight of a development of residential towers and a commercial lot, with the redesign of its site works.

What we did

  1. Construction oversight of phases 1 to 6, with site meetings, minutes and site log.
  2. Acceptance of walls and members floor by floor, series by series.
  3. Continuous photo record of the works: more than nine thousand photographs.
  4. Redesign of the access slab, the channel, the retaining wall and the pergolas.
  5. Design of the paving and the restroom area, in 2026.
Top slab of an Altos de Solemio tower under construction, with the city in the background
Reinforcement and conduits in an Altos de Solemio slab before the pour
Walls in formwork on an Altos de Solemio tower under construction

The works, month by month

  1. Oct 2021

    Start of the site record for stages 1 and 2: excavation, piling and foundations.

  2. 2022

    Structure of tower 1, electrical substation, gatehouse and roads, and piling for the next stages.

  3. Nov 2022 – Aug 2023

    Structure of tower 2 floor by floor, up to the roof.

  4. Mar – Jun 2023

    Piles for tower 3.

  5. 2023

    Pools, California wall, gas network, elevators and plant rooms.

  6. Feb 2024

    Facades, windows, site works and handover of apartments.

Checks and tests

  • Quality control of materials in every stage.
  • Laboratory tests and compaction density tests on the commercial lot.
  • Watertightness tests.
  • Tests of the pumps and the power generator.
  • Documents for the stage 3 Certificado Técnico de Ocupación (CTO).
  • Contract close-out records.

What each service included

Construction oversight (interventoría). We represent the owner: quality, schedule and budget on public and private projects.

Structural design. Concrete, steel and masonry buildings designed to the NSR-10, from the first concept to the reinforcement details.

Contact

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Photo: Julia Taubitz / Unsplash