FCC Construcción participates in the video commemorating the 10th anniversary of the University of Cantabria Environmental Hydraulics Institute
FCC Construcción ha participado en el video conmemorativo del décimo aniversario del Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria (IH Cantabria).
FCC Construcción has participated in the video commemorating the 10th anniversary of the University of Cantabria Environmental Hydraulics Institute (IH Cantabria).
The video celebrates the 10 years of developing R&D projects by IH Cantabria for sustainable development. Through Francisco Esteban Lefler, Technical Director, FCC Construcción described the DOVICAIM project in which FCC Construcción and IH Cantabria worked jointly to simulate the sinking of caissons in the open sea at a scale of 1:12.
FCC Construcción maintains close relations with IH Cantabria, actively collaborating in various R&D projects for the development of international maritime works.
The University of Cantabria Environmental Hydraulics Institute – IHCantabria – is a mixed research centre that undertakes enormous work in research, technology transfer and the training specialists. This work has placed IHCantabria among the national and international elite in the area of scientific and technological knowledge relating to the water cycle in its various facets. IHCantabria consists of more than 140 researchers and has more than 30 years’ experience.
FCC Construcción’s portfolio includes numerous maritime and river works of great technical complexity throughout the world. For this it owns machinery and has a technical services team capable of innovating in each of its undertakings and to monitor all its projects worldwide. Notable among these references are the Port of Badalona, Monaco dyke, Laredo Marina in Cantabria, Mole 4 in the naval base in Rota, Cadiz, the enlargement of the Açu (Brazil) super port, the Port of El Callao (Peru), the floating harbour wall in the Condamine Port (Principality of Monaco) and the new lock in the Port of Seville.