Businessweek

Grupo Ferrovial, S.A. operates as a construction company in Spain. It engages in the areas of civil engineering, building, and industrial construction with specialization in water treatment, plant engineering, and construction. The company operates in four lines of business: construction, property development, infrastructure, and services. The company also engages in the telecommunications sector through its 9.3% interest in Ono, an integrated broadband operator in Spain. CONSTRUCTION Civil Engineering and Building: The company through its construction segment engages in the civil engineering and building activities, such as roads, railways, infrastructure, and hydraulic, maritime, hydroelectric, industrial and environmental works. The company’s building activities include non-residential buildings, airports, sports centers, healthcare facilities, education and cultural centers, shopping malls, leisure centers, museums, hotels, building refurbishments, offices, factories, and industrial buildings; and residential building, such as homes. Engineering: The Engineering Department participates in all the company’s engineering projects, in design and construction tenders, fine-tuning third-party designs of projects awarded to Ferrovial for construction, and making custom designs for clients. At all times, the department seeks to provide the improved solutions using state of the art civil engineering and architecture. The Engineering Department designs projects in all the main disciplines within the spheres of civil engineering, building and installations, ranging from major infrastructures to the most complex projects. The engineering department offers road design, civil engineering structures, building structures, hydraulic, installations, and geotechnics services Structure Prestressing: The company carries out this activity through the company Tecpresa, which focuses on pre-stressed concrete beams for construction. ITS MAJOR PROJECTS INCLUDE: Prat DE Llobregat Reservoir, Isla DE Arosa, Los Nogales-Becerrea, Cruzul Viaduct, Bridge Over The River Ebro at Benifallet, AS Coruxas Viaduct, Darro Viaduct, Lekeitio Viaduct, Ricobayo Arch, and Zaragoza-Lleida High-Speed Train Line (AVE) Sub VII Water Treatment: The company builds water and waste treatment plants in Spain. Its customer base includes national, regional and local governments, as well as private companies in different industrial sectors, such as food, beverages, paper, steel, energy, and petro-chemicals. Environment and Energy: Ferrovial Medioambientey Energia was created by Ferrovial to handle energy activities and waste management. In energy management, Ferrovial Medioambientey Energia provides solutions for efficient energy use and applies the latest technical innovations for process and horizontal technology. The company also promotes, develops and builds high performance non-utility electricity generation plants, focusing on combined heat and power (cogeneration) for industrial processes, the tertiary sector and waste management. In waste management, Ferrovial Medioambientey Energia focuses on the treatment of urban solid waste, as well as specific treatments for industrial, livestock and hospital waste plus soil regeneration and reforestation. The company also builds waste treatment plants and provides solutions for waste packaging, gas treatment at incinerators, landfill sealing, and construction and management of recycling points for waste separation at source. Centralized Works: Ferroconservacion S.A., Ferconsa, engages in mid-sized building and civil engineering projects. Ferconsa specializes in developing centralized management systems for small repetitive projects targeted at making competitive bids for multiple construction projects throughout Spain that are coordinated from planning through to execution. This centralized system is especially attractive for commercial expansion projects or for companies with a rental portfolio throughout Spain that require a uniform image or standard installations; franchises, bank branches and insurance agencies, hospitality companies, coffee shops, service stations, sports facilities, f