en.Wedoany.com Reported - Madrid Municipal Transport Company (EMT Madrid) has launched a tender for the design and engineering of the construction project for the new La Elipa Operations Center, a facility planned to accommodate 318 100% electric buses. The project has a base budget of €134,322,875 (excluding VAT), with a maximum duration of 32 months from the date of contract signing. The building will meet nearly zero-energy building (nZEB) standards.
Covering approximately 40,000 square meters, this future complex is part of EMT Madrid's operational network adaptation to the gradual electrification of the municipal bus fleet. The project receives European funding through the European Union's Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). EMT Madrid has already carried out renovation works on the old La Elipa Operations Center, originally built in 1971, as preparatory work for the construction of the new infrastructure. The municipal company includes this initiative in its decarbonization strategy and the need to equip operational facilities for zero-emission vehicles.
The tender documents divide the work into three phases: Phase One involves the design of the construction project, lasting five months; Phase Two covers the construction works, lasting 24 months; and Phase Three lasts three months for legalization, obtaining permits, and commissioning the center. Of the total planned area, 32,200 square meters will be dedicated to the bus parking area, configured to facilitate washing, charging, and parking operations, with a layout designed to maximize the site's operational capacity.
The bus parking area will be fully covered and equipped with 4,732 photovoltaic panels, providing a generation capacity of over 2 megawatts (MW) to enhance the center's energy efficiency. The roof, covering an area of 32,000 square meters, will be made of photocatalytic materials designed to help reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) pollutant particles. The infrastructure will also allow for the installation of 318 inverted pantographs for charging an equal number of electric buses, including 20 articulated vehicles.
The complex will be equipped with a substation of up to 20 MW, designed to ensure efficient fleet charging, an element crucial for the daily operation of the electric buses at the new center. The project plans for the building to meet nearly zero-energy building (nZEB) standards. The maintenance area is divided into two main zones: one for technical activities, including functions such as mechanics, sheet metal work, painting, special operations, roof cleaning, and electrical repairs; and another for administrative purposes and locker rooms, to meet the center's operational needs.
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