The Group CEO travelled to the Catalonian capital to monitor the evolution of business in Construction, Water and Environment and to explain the broad lines of the budget for next year, in addition to examining progress this year.

During this visit, Jarque visited the main Barcelona Sewerage Station, where he had the opportunity to see the first 100% electric suction and pumping vehicle for cleaning sewers on the market. This vehicle is the main novelty in the contract awarded to FCC by the City of Barcelona for the upkeep of its sewerage network. Later on, the CEO of the Citizen Services Group toured the Free Zone Park facility, which is the base station for the Barcelona City Centre street cleaning and waste collection service.

The heads of Environment in Catalonia, led by the National Environment Director, Jordi Payet, and Zone 1 Environment Director, Xavier Martí, explained the current situation of the utility services market in the region and FCC’s position of leadership in all its lines of business. At the Free Zone Park central facility, the CEO of FCC was informed of the features and characteristics of the 7 cubic metres’ capacity hybrid, rear-loading waste collection vehicle, as well as of the hybrid, side-loading trucks with a capacity to collect 23 cubic metres of waste and fitted with what is known as ‘suction sweepers’.

In the same way as with Environment, Jarque also held meetings with members of the management team and employees from the Water and Construction divisions, who thus had the opportunity to explain how ongoing projects are evolving and the strategy behind their businesses in the Region of Catalonia.