MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS LED BY SPANISH COMPANIES
MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS LED BY SPANISH COMPANIES
In the field of infrastructure, Spain's dynamic corporations, with their advanced technology, make our country a world leader. Spanish firms enjoy a high level of international prestige, bringing their pioneering know-how to many major projects, spanning the globe. Today, Spanish companies are involved in the most important infrastructure projects in the world, with a presence in 85 countries on six continents, and managing 38% of the world's principal transport concessions. Spain is a worldwide reference, in such fields as air and land transport management, railway infrastructure, and public works.
ACS ranks number-one among the world's top 250 contractors, as measured in exports figures1 (top international), and fourth in terms of total production (top global). Spain is number-one in the world in transport infrastructure management, in terms of number of concessions of highways, railways, airports, and ports under construction and/or exploitation2, a category which also comprises GLOBAL VIA-FCC (2nd), ABERTIS (4th), FERROVIAL/CINTRA (7th), in addition to SACYR (11th), ACCIONA/NECSO (15th), ISOLUX CORSAN (35th) and ITINERE (37th). By capital invested in 20133, FERROVIAL/CINTRA ranks number-one worldwide, followed by ACS (HOCHTIEF+IRIDIUM) (2nd), SACYR (7th), GLOBAL VIA-FCC (8th) and OHL (9th). Other Spanish companies are also among the top 50 in the world, as measured by their export rankings: FCC, OHL, ABEINSA, TECNICAS REUNIDAS, ISOLUX CORSAN, ACCIONA and SACYR4. COMSA, IBERDROLA, SAN JOSE and SENER also stand out in the international rankings.
This importance is reflected in the following data:
F Today, Spanish companies boast a portfolio of international projects that tops €74 billion. In 2013 alone, Spanish companies won contracts abroad to the tune of more than €35 billion.
F At present, 82%5 of our companies' portfolios comprises contracts abroad.
This document highlights ten of the flagship projects around the world which are led by Spanish companies, or in which they participate. Of course, there are many more we could cite, including:
a) In the area of Traditional Public Works:
F The Perth City Link project (Australia), led by Grupo ACS.
F The construction of a new railway line in Algeria (FCC).
F The Doha (Qatar) Metro (OHL and FCC). F The Manhattan (USA) East Side Access tunnel (ACS).F The Panama City Metro (FCC).F Virginia's US Highway 460 (FERROVIAL). F In Texas (USA), Highway SH 130 (FERROVIAL). F Underground railway lines in many cities around
the world, including: Washington, Hong Kong, Rome, Brussels, New Delhi, São Paulo (CAF); London (FERROVIAL); Santiago de Chile, Lisbon, Porto (SACYR); New York (ACS).
b) In the area of Concessions:
F Canada's Highway 407 ERT, in Toronto (FERROVIAL).F The UK highway network in the West Midlands and
Birmingham (FERROVIAL).F The USA's Indiana Toll Road (FERROVIAL). F Highway to Brisbane (Australia) Airport (ACS). F The Athens-Patras (Greece) Toll Road (ACS). F The Xingú and Macapá (Brazil) Transmission Lines
(ISOLUX CORSAN). F The Pedemontana Veneta (Italy) Highway (SACYR).F System 1 of Mexico City’s Suburban Railway (CAF).
1 Source: ENR Report, “The Top 250 International Contractors”, September 2013.
2 Source: Public Works Financing, October 2013.3 Source: Public Works Financing.4 Source: ENR Report 2013.5 Source: SEOPAN.
May 2014 l Gobierno de España l Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación
l Edition: Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales l Design: Oficina de Información Diplomática / Javier Hernández (www.nolsom.com) l Pictures: cortesía de las empresas mencionadas en el documento y archivo www.nolsom.com
BUILDING NEW ACCESS CHANNELS AND NEW LOCKS, AND WIDENING THE EXISTING NAVIGATION CHANNELS, ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST
INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS. P AWARDED TO THE GUPC ("GRUPO UNIDOS POR EL CANAL") CONSORTIUM, LED BY SACYR (48%). P 2009 (2016)
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY LINE BETWEEN MECCA AND MEDINA, INCLUDING 35 TRAINS AND AN OPTION TO PURCHASE ANOTHER
23, AND MAINTENANCE FOR A 12-YEAR RENEWABLE PERIOD. THIS IS THE ARAB WORLD’S MOST IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IN RECENT DECADES.
P 100% AWARDED TO A SPANISH-SAUDI CONSORTIUM COMPRISING 12 SPANISH COMPANIES: RENFE, ADIF, INECO, TALGO, OHL, COPASA, COBRA, CONSULTRANS,
IMATHIA, INABENSA, DIMETRONIC AND INDRA. P 2011 (2017)
HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY MECCA-MEDINA
SAUDI ARABIA
€6.73 BILLION
PANAMA CANALPANAMA
€2.48 BILLION
DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, FINANCING, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE LIMA UNDERGROUND RAILWAY LINE 2 BETWEEN ATE AND CALLAO (27 KM), AND OF A
BRANCH OF LINE 4, ONE OF PERU’S MOST IMPORTANT PUBLIC WORKS IN RECENT YEARS. P AWARDED TO A CONSORTIUM LED BY ACS (DRAGADOS AND IRIDIUM) (25%)
AND FCC (VIALIA) (19%). P 2014 (2019)
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF LINES 4, 5 AND 6 OF THE RIYADH UNDERGROUND RAILWAY (65 KM OF TRACKS, 25 STATIONS AND 24 VIADUCTS) P FCC (35.8%, €1.63 BILLION) LEADS THE FAST CONSORTIUM, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES TYPSA P 2014 (2019) RAILWAY RIYADH
UNDERGROUND
SAUDI ARABIA
€6.03 BILLION
MARMARAY PROJECT: 76.3 KM OF RAILWAY LINE AND 13.6 KM OF RAILWAY AND VEHICLE TUNNEL, 1.4 KM UNDER THE SEA (PART OF THE ISTANBUL-ANKARA HIGH-SPEED LINE), THE FIRST UNDERGROUND RAILWAY CONNECTION LINKING TWO CONTINENTS. P AWARDED TO A CONSORTIUM LED BY OHL; 70% OHL AND DIMETRONIC IN RAILWAY LINE CONNECTIONS (€932.8 MILLION). P 2004 (2013) (2015 FOR VEHICLES)
HIGH-SPEED RAILWAYAND ISTANBUL-ANKARA
THE BOSPHORUS TUNNEL UNDER
TURKEY
€2.5 BILLION
RAILWAY LIMA UNDERGROUND
PERU
€3.9 BILLION
DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND FURNISHING OF THE MOST LUXURIOUS MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE (378,00O M2) IN THE WORLD (FOR WOMEN AND
CHILDREN), AND ONE OF MOST TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED. P OHL LEADS THE INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM, WITH 55% (€922 MILLION). P 2010 (2014)
IN DOHA SIDRA HOSPITAL
QATAR
€1.64 BILLION €6.2 BILLION GRAND TOTAL
CONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST TOURIST, HOTEL AND LEISURE RESORT AT WYNN COTAI, MACAU. P 100% AWARDED TO ACS (HOCHTIEF, LEIGHTON). P 2013 (2016)RESORT IN MACAU
HOTEL AND LEISURE
CHINA
€2.14 BILLION
CONSTRUCTION OF 390 KM OF RAILWAY LINE FOR COAL TRANSPORT BETWEEN OBSKAJA AND NADYM, RUSSIA. P 100% AWARDED TO OHL. P 2011 (2016)
URAL POLAR PROJECT RUSSIA
€1.5 BILLION
CONTRUCTION OF THE MONTREAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTRE, ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST MODERN IN THE WORLD. P AWARDED TO A CONSORTIUM LED
BY OHL (50%). P 2011 (2016) IN MONTREAL C.H.U.M. HOSPITAL
CANADA
€1.43 BILLION
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A 2.7 KM-LONG CABLE-STAYED BRIDGE—40 M WIDE, 3 LANES IN EACH DIRECTION—AND ITS ACCESS CONNECTIONS, ONE
OF THE LARGEST INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN EUROPE. P AWARDED TO AN INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM LED BY GRUPO ACS (DRAGADOS/HOCHTIEF) (€917
MILLION). P 2011 (2015)
OF FORTH OVER THE FIRTH
SCOTLAND, UK
€1.11 BILLION
CABLE-STAYED BRIDGE