FCC Construcción has participated in the XII Meeting of the Infrastructure, Transport and Mobility Sector, organized by Deloitte and ABC.

Javier Parada, Deloitte's global partner responsible for Engineering & Construction, welcomed the XII Meeting of the Infrastructure, Transport and Mobility Sector, where the current situation and growth prospects of the sector were analyzed. Parada has pointed out that "the current crisis will have a temporary effect on the major trends that had been taking place before the pandemic worldwide." The Deloitte partner added that “the crisis has accelerated the process of decarbonization of the economy, with an increasing focus of investors on sustainability and compliance with the SDGs, which will have a positive impact on investments in energy. renewables, energy efficiency, sustainable mobility, water and the environment ”.

“We hope that the construction market will continue to grow above GDP and that the transformation of companies in the sector through the improvement of operational efficiency, the industrialization of processes, risk control and changes in contracting models, will allow these companies achieve long-term sustainable profitability ".

After the minister's speech, it was time for the first round table of the day, entitled “Investment priorities for the coming years”. The panel, moderated by Alberto Valls, partner at Financial Advisory and head of Real Estate at Deloitte, was attended by David Pérez García, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of the Community of Madrid; Mª Luisa Domínguez, president of ADIF; Francisco Toledo, president of Puertos del Estado; and David Lucas, secretary general of Urban Agenda and Housing of the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda. The different speakers have explained the investment priorities for the coming years, as well as the progress and the state of the different infrastructures in the country and the transformation projects that are underway. During the session, emphasis was also placed on the role that European funds can play in the sector and how they can promote its modernization.

Immediately afterwards, Juan Alfaro, partner in charge of Transport and Mobility at Deloitte, moderated the second debate of the meeting on sustainable mobility, which was attended by Mª José Rallo, Secretary General for Transport and Mobility of the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda ; Francisco de Borja Carabante, delegate of the area of the Government of Environment and Mobility of the Madrid City Council; Rodrigo de Esteban, Head of Strategy and Institutional Relations at Acciona Servicios de Movilidad; and Manel Villalante, CEO of Strategy and Development at Renfe. The members of the table have started by analyzing the new law on sustainable mobility and transport financing that will come into force shortly. The different experts have also exposed some of the strategies that are being carried out in their respective companies or organizations, especially in terms of new technologies, such as AI, 5G, IoT, etc., focused on achieving more sustainable transport and improving services such as shared mobility, which has been booming in recent times, or the railroad. The liberalization of freight transport has been another topic of debate.

For his part, Miguel Laserna, Deloitte national partner responsible for Infrastructures, moderated the last panel of the meeting that focused on opportunities and challenges in the global construction market. Ignacio Gastón, CEO of Ferrovial Construcción; Huberto Moreno, CEO of Construction of Acciona; Pablo Colio, CEO of FCC; Pedro Sigüenza, CEO of Sacyr Engineering and Infrastructures; and Santiago García, general director of Dragados, have been the protagonists of a table that has analyzed the current situation of construction in a context of flat investment in our country and the strong presence of our groups in international markets. During this debate, the importance of public-private collaboration, the need to gain efficiency in construction processes to gain profitability and the growing weight of ESG criteria as a lever to continue accessing financing has also been addressed.