Daniel Villar , the companys project director, has been responsible for the companys roadwork in Peru since January 2003. The 32-year-old Brazilian began working with Odebrecht in Ecuador in1995 and has been with Odebrecht Peru since 1999. Previously he was in charge of the companys efforts to expand the Yahanococha gold mine near Cajamarca in northern Peru.
What type of logistics will you be dealing with on the Trans-Oceanic Highway project? It is a very tough job in terms of logistics. It is expensive. For example, from Iñapari to Urcos it is 700 kilometers and it takes us seven days to get from one point to the other. The only trucks that can now make it through the road are single-axle trucks, which means the equipment we will be using will have to be transported in parts and we will have to reassemble the equipment at the job. And we will have to continue doing that until we build a wide enough road to transport them directly. We will also have to transport the equipment, the fuel and all the materials we will be using for construction.