GPA - Gestão e Promoção de Obras, S.A.

GPA is certified according to ISO 9001:2000 in Project Management, Construction Supervision, Site Safety Control and Real Estate Evaluation.

A Quality Management Plan is prepared for each job. It is organised according to a procedure of GPA’s Quality Management System. It has the following main items:

§ Presentation of the job;
§ Organization and responsibilities;
§ Quality Procedures;
§ Inspection and tests Plan;
§ Quality records

The Quality Management Plan is prepared and organized by GPA’s site team chief engineer in collaboration with the Quality Department.
The deadline for the realization of this document is one month after the beginning of the service. The plan is then be submitted to the client’s approval.
The Quality Management Plan is envisaged as a complete operation manual and is disclosed to GPA’s site construction supervision team informing all its members about their work procedures and responsibilities

SITE SAFETY CONTROL

GPA has always considered health and safety conditions a fundamental factor that must be preserved among its employees and promoted in the provision of the company services.

Therefore G.P.A upholds Safety as a fundamental value that must always be compulsory in all activities in construction sites, thus safeguarding the health and safety of all workers, suppliers involved and all people affected by the construction works and future users of the real-estate.

In light off the above stated the Safety Policy is then defined as follows:

Compliance with prevailing legislation namely Directive n.º 92/57/CEE, also known as the Construction Sites Directive, that was transposed to Portuguese domestic legislation by Decree-Law n.º 273/03 of October 29.
Promotion of Safety as a fundamental element for the good execution of the works.
Information to all parties involved in the works about their role in encouraging their personnel to enforce and comply with the safety measures proposed and defined in the Health and Safety Plan approved by the Job Owner.
Encouraging the active participation off all individuals whether in reporting all unsafe situations or/and proposing safety measures for continuous improvement in safety conditions on site.

By the elaboration of Health and Safety Plans and by providing the services of Site Safety Control, GPA has progressively built a vast know-how in this field.

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

GPA is presently implementing an ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM in order to obtain certification under the ISO 14001 norm.