Ten months after starting the works at depth the excavation is completed for the AVE international gauge tunnel which will link the two stations. This is a strategic work for the future of the Spanish high speed train which will make it possible to open up all the railway connections between the south and the north of the Peninsula. It also gives a strong impulse to the future AVE connection with T4 at Madrid Barajas airport. The works have been carried out by the Joint Venture formed by Copisa, DRAGADOS, FCC and TECSA.

The works for the AVE (high speed train) section of track between Cañaveral and the Alcántara Reservoir have been awarded to the Joint Venture formed by Copisa and Copasa. This section is double track with international gauge and mixed traffic and will also be the longest viaduct in Extremadura, measuring 1,488 m with a central arch of 324 m. Two bridges over the Regato de Cuervo are also projected, of 162 m and 114 m. The award budget comes to 64.8 million euro.

Cedinsa has received the “Deal of the Year” prize awarded by the prestigious British magazine “Project Finance” for the project of financing for the C-25 road, the Eix Transversal. The concessionaire, in which Copisa participates, has obtained the award in the shadow tolls category, the jury noting the success of the operation, taking into account the complicated financial context and the caution with which the banking entities are granting loans. financial context and the caution with which the banking entities are granting loans.
The loan agreement signed by Cedinsa with the banking entities (La Caixa, European Investment Bank EIB and the Official Credit Institute) amounts to 487 million euro, to finance the widening works on the Eix Transversal which will connect Lleida (Cervera) with Girona (Caldes de Malavella) over a length of 150 kilometres. The award will be presented on 9 February next in London.

This international initiative encourages the implementation of basic principles of conduct in matters of the social responsibility of businesses. The Compact puts into practice a commitment to synchronising business activities and needs with the Principles and objectives of UN political and institutional actions, labour organisations and civil society itself.

The Joint Venture formed by COPISA, RUBAU, FCC and OHL has been awarded the construction of Els Plans prison in Tàrrega. This project will be financed through a contract over a building right, a formula by which the concessionaire makes the necessary investment for the construction, exploitation and maintenance of the facility, receiving in return an annual fee from the Authorities.

GISA, a Catalan Government body, has awarded the works on the first phase of the future Mataró ring road to the Joint Venture formed by Copisa, FCC and Romero Gamero (Rogasa). The section in question measures four kilometres and consists of forming the roadways for the lead-in roads from the C-32 motorway, starting at the C-60 link and going as far as the new link with Mataró Parc shopping mall.

The new storm drain has a capacity of 16,000 m³, equivalent to 4 Olympic swimming pools, and is the twelfth installation of this type in the city of Barcelona, making it now the foremost European city in the available volume of storm drains to protect the rivers, beaches and coastal areas of the city.

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has given the RIBA AWARD 2010 to the group of buildings of the Ciutat de Justícia de Barcelona and l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, by David Chipperfield and Fermín Vázquez , to acknowledge their “architectural excellence” and in recognition that buildings which “add value to the lives of the people” are the subjects of this award.

The Port Authority of Tarragona has awarded to Copisa, in a Joint Venture (UTE) with FCC, the works of the extension of the Chemical wharf in the port of Tarragona, for a sum of 67.4 million euro. The purpose of the extension is to respond to the port of Tarragona’s interest in increasing its role in petrochemical traffic and to make this port a suitable destination for big ships.

The project is to deliver enhanced service to local industry by extending the Chemical Wharf and will mean that within two years large chemical cargo ships will be able to dock at Tarragona with an additional 1,200 metres of mooring. It will also equip the port with the best logistical support facilities in the Mediterranean, something which is crucial for the economy of Tarragona province. The project has been awarded to a Copisa and FCC temporary consortium.