News Acciona to build breakwater for Italian port of Ravenna A consortium that includes Spain’s Acciona and Italy’s RCM Construzioni has been selected to build a 880m-long, 22m-wide breakwater at the Port of Ravenna in eastern Italy. The structure will…
News Acciona and Sacyr chosen to build 9km-long bridge over the Calcasieu River in Louisiana A team made up of Spanish contractors Acciona and Sacyr, along with the Australian infrastructure developer Plenary Group, have won a 50-year contract to design, build, operate and maintain a…
News Acciona wins roles on New York museums for hip hop and immigration Spanish contractor Acciona has won contracts for New York’s new Hip Hop Museum in the Bronx and the renovation of the Museum of Immigration on Ellis Island. At the Hip…
News Acciona orders hydrogen generator for Madrid building site Spanish contractor Acciona has leased a latest-generation hydrogen fuel cell generator from a UK company to replace diesel engines on a construction project in Madrid. UK fuel-cell developer AFC Energy…
News Firms pledge to lay 1,000km cable to bring African solar power to Europe Belgian marine contractor Jan De Nul and Australian mining company Fortescue have pledged to lay a 1,000km subsea transmission line to carry solar power from Africa to Europe. The agreement…
News Acciona robot creates floor layout ‘six times faster than humans’ Spain’s Acciona has trialled the use of an autonomous robot at the design layout of a hospital project in Portugal. According to the company, the machine was able to complete…
News Eight construction firms make Time’s first global sustainability ranking Eight companies involved in international construction have made it onto the first Time Magazine-Statista ranking of the world’s 500 most sustainable companies. They include infrastructure builders Eiffage, Webuild, and Ferrovial,…
News Spain’s Acciona to build runway at new Dominican Republic airport Spanish contractor Acciona has won a €62m contract to build the first runway at the new Cabo Rojo International Airport in Pedernales, Dominican Republic. Acciona’s scope of work includes building…
News Acciona starts work on Africa’s biggest desalination plant A consortium led by Spanish contractor Acciona has broken ground in Morocco on what will be Africa’s largest desalination plant at Lamharza Essahel, about 40km south of Casablanca. The $650m…
News Acciona, Dragados, FCC and Sacyr in the running for Valencia port terminal The Port Authority of Valencia in Spain has announced that four teams have entered bids to build a northern expansion for its container terminal. All the consortiums vying for the…
News Spanish heavyweights to build a €3bn ring road in congested Lima A consortium of large Spanish firms – Ferrovial, Acciona and Sacyr – has been selected to develop the Peripheral Ring Road in Lima, Peru as a 30-year public-private partnership with…
News Vinci, Acciona sign €6.15bn power transmission PPP for New South Wales A consortium of Vinci subsidiary Cobra IS, Acciona, and energy distributor Endeavour Energy has signed a commitment deed contract for a €6.15bn public-private partnership (PPP) project to erect a transmission…
News Maca, Acciona, Aecom win Melbourne’s M80 Ring Road Completion Thiess Group company Maca Civil has been picked to design and build the M80 Ring Road Completion in Melbourne, Australia in partnership with Acciona and designer Aecom. The project will…
News Acciona, Cimic and Ghella win $2.4bn Australian rail contract A team made up of Spain’s Acciona, Cimic subsidiary CPB Contractors and Italy’s Ghella has signed a US$2.4bn tunnelling contract for Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East project. The Suburban…
News Three teams in running for Vancouver’s $3bn Massey Tunnel The province of British Columbia has shortlisted three consortia to design and build a replacement for the George Massey Tunnel on the southern outskirts of Vancouver. The US$3bn tunnel, first…
News Acciona, Cimic and Ghella consortium wins 16km Melbourne tunnel contract A consortium led by Cimic subsidiary CPB Contractors, Italian civil engineer Ghella and Spanish contractor Acciona are in line for a contract to excavate 16km of twin-bore tunnels for Melbourne’s…
News Acciona and Azvi to build €130m high-speed rail link in southern Spain A 60/40 joint venture between Spanish contractors Acciona and Azvi has landed a €130m contract to build an 18km high-speed rail link as part of the Murcia-to-Cartagena railway in Spain.…
News Acciona marks International Women’s Day with all-women Chilean hospital team Spanish contractor Acciona has marked International Women’s Day by beginning work on the nursery building at Marga Marga hospital in Chile with an all-female team.