FCC Industrial secures the contract for the Medellín-San Marcos Line in Columbia for € 44 million

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09/03/2015

FCC Industrial secures the contract for the Medellín-San Marcos Line in Columbia for € 44 million

FCC has been awarded a contract with Empresa de Energía de Bogota S.A. The subsidiary of the Citizen Services Group, specialised in industrial projects, has won a contract, as part of a consortium with Eléctricas de Medellín Comercial S.A., for the construction, assembly, tests and operation of the electric transmission lines of Medellín-Virginia-Alférez-San Marcos (of 500 kilovolts), as well as the south-western reinforcement line between Juanchito and Pance (230 kilovolts). The project costs more than € 44.5 million and the estimated time for completion is 30 months.

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The project includes the construction of three electric power lines spanning approximately 390 kilometres between Medellín-La Virginia-Alférez-San Marcos and another double-circuit power line to be connected with the Juanchito-Pance line.

This new project is in addition to those recently carried out by FCC, such as the contract to refurbish the central control station of the Medellín Metro, as well as the installation and commissioning of the signalling system for the north zone of the Metro's Line A.

With this award, the Group's industrial projects division is pinned as a dedicated provider of comprehensive industrial solutions, forging strong relationships with the most esteemed public and private clients in the country. The company is also currently carrying out civil engineering works and electromechanical assembly on the 500-kV line in Nueva Esperanza, to the north of the country, and is refitting a number of substations under a "turnkey" contract as part of phase I of the Remos plan in Columbia.

Presence in Columbia

The Citizen Services Group has been building a presence in Columbia since the 1980s. It played a key role in the construction of the Medellín Metro and is currently working on the improvement and adaptation of the Bogotá River, and on the construction of a new control tower at the El Dorado airport.

The Bogotá River Project comprises the cleaning and conditioning of the river for its recovery as a public space, tranche I Sector Alicachín, for the Regional Autonomous Corporation of Cundinamarca, Columbia's central department. The contract includes the expansion of the riverbed over a 40-kilometre stretch to the west of the capital city. The aim of the project is to improve water quality, prevent flooding and recover the riverbed as a multi-purpose and recreational area.

The new control tower at El Dorado airport will be 80 metres high, covering an area of 2,500 metres and will have deep, pile foundations. El Dorado is Latin America's busiest cargo airport and the third busiest in terms of passenger flights, with around 20 million passengers a year.