Port of Buenos Aires praises Piedroba for excellent Dredging Seminar.

The Organization of American States (OAS) and Piedroba Consulting Group (PCG) partnered with the Port of Buenos Aires, Argentina to offer an Executive Dredging Seminar on November 14-15.
This day-and-a-half Seminar was focused on Port CEO’s, General Managers, Executives, Engineers, and High-Level Government Officials.
Topics included:

• Dredge project risk management;
• Procurement;
• Contract administration;
• Data collection (geotechnical);
• Design of navigation projects;
• Regulatory challenges.

The Port of Buenos Aires commented: “we want to thank PCG for the excellent quality of the Dredging Seminar in which 36 members of the international port community participated. For this Organization, training is of the utmost importance, and constant training of people makes our team grow. Through the Dredging Seminar new tools and updated knowledge were acquired. We would also like to highlight the relevance of improving our practices and operations of the port.”
PCG’s Principal Dr. Luis Prieto-Portar, said: “Argentina and the Port of Buenos Aires are active players when it comes to delivering on their navigation commitments through dredging. Administering these dredging projects with all their technical, environmental, and administrative challenges can be a demanding task, and the Seminars we host with our partners facilitate educational services and context. We are pleased to have been invited by the Port of Buenos Aires and look forward to supporting OAS and CIP’s mission throughout the Americas, and to have helped our friends in Argentina prepare for their upcoming projects.”
Piedroba Consulting Group provides risk management services throughout the Americas, specializing in representing marine infrastructure project owners. PCG serves cruise destinations, commercial ports, financial, and public sector markets.
 
The OAS Inter-American Committee on Ports (CIP) is the only permanent Inter-American government forum that brings together the National Port Authorities of all OAS Member States for the promotion of the development of competitive, safe, sustainable, and inclusive ports in the Americas with the active participation of the private sector.
OAS’s Inter-American Committee on Ports (CIP) and PCG have offered Executive Dredging Seminars in Panama, Peru, and the Dominican Republic. Over 200 private and public sector participants have participated in PCG classes in the last two years.