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 Texan firm borrows €1.3bn to build solar schemes in Europe Texan solar energy company Recurrent Energy has secured €1.3bn in finance for a programme of solar and battery schemes in Europe. The company, a subsidiary of Ontario-based Canadian Solar, signed…
Companies Ferrovial launches on Nasdaq stock exchange Spain’s Ferrovial launched on New York’s Nasdaq stock exchange yesterday, meaning its shares are now trading in the US, Spain and the Netherlands under the ticker symbol “FER”. It called…
News Spain and Morocco said to be considering Gibraltar tunnel for World Cup Spain and Morocco are considering building a tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar in time for the 2030 World Cup Finals, Moroccan news site SNRT reports. It said the plans…
News OHLA team to build Seville metro line A consortium led by Spanish contractor Obrascón Huarte Lain (OHLA) has won a €96m contract to build a section of Seville’s metro third line. The 1.7km section will involve the…
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 €780m plant in Spain to turn farm waste into jet fuel Spanish green energy company Solarig will spend €780m on a plant for making aviation fuel from agricultural waste in northeast Spain. When complete in 2026, it will produce 60,000 tonnes…
News Iberdrola to spend €41bn electrifying the US Iberdrola, the Spanish utility specialising in renewables, has announced plans to invest €41bn over the next three years, with the lion’s share to go on modernising and extending power grids…
Projects ‘Halo’ fast elevator and walkway connects divided Spanish city Contractors Ferrovial and Oreco Balgón have completed “The Halo” pedestrian bridge in Vigo, northwestern Spain.
News Valencia fire death toll climbs to 10 Ten people are now known to have died in last week’s fire that spread fast at two residential towers in Valencia, Spain, as questions continue to be raised over their…
News €1.2bn biofuels plant set for Andalusia Spanish energy company Cepsa and Malaysian vegetable oil maker Apical have begun work on a €1.2bn biofuels plant in Andalusia. When complete in 2026 the plant will be able to…
News Cladding under suspicion as four die in Valencia tower blaze At least four people were killed and between nine and 15 are missing after fire engulfed a high-rise apartment complex in the southern Spanish city of Valencia. A further 15 were…
News Expansion plan for Spain’s oldest football stadium unveiled for 2030 World Cup bid El Molinón stadium in Asturias, the oldest professional football ground in Spain, is to be expanded by 9,000 seats as part of its application to become one of the hosts…
News Chinese, Spanish companies to build $3.3bn Saudi gas refinery Energy company Saudi Aramco has chosen Spanish engineer Tecnicas Reunidas and China’s Sinopec to build a $3.3bn gas refinery in Saudi Arabia. Tecnicas Reunidas will own 65% of the project,…
Projects Checking in with Limak on Barcelona’s new Camp Nou In its ongoing project to renovate FC Barcelona’s home stadium, Spotify Camp Nou, Turkish contractor Limak told GCR that it had now removed the old stadium’s third and top seating…
Projects Ferrovial completes strategic floating solar plant in Madrid Ferrovial has installed a 1.7MW floating solar array on the lower reservoir of the century-old Torrelaguna mini hydroelectric plant near Madrid for the city’s water company, Canal de Isabel II…
News Two more towers of Antoni Gaudí’s long-awaited Sagrada Familia are complete Some 141 years since construction began on Antoni Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, two more of its 18 towers have been completed. The towers are named after the evangelists…
News Hill lands Spanish data centre contract Paris-headquartered data-centre operator Data4 has hired Hill International to project manage a new campus at San Agustín de Guadalix, a town some 45km north of Madrid. The campus called MAD2…