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                                                                                                                                                                                     When the Civil War broke
          Early movers in                                                                                                                                                            out in Spain, FCC was taken
                                                                                                                                                                                     over and collectivised.
          public services                                                                                                                                                            The company resumed its
                                                                                                                                                                                     commercial operations on
                                                                                                                                                                                     26 January 1939.
          Over the opening decades of the 20th century we had already established our role as
          pioneers in public services, playing a vital part in the process of making cities increasingly                                                                             A great deal of infrastructure
          habitable, and we continued to build the future amid adversity.                                                                                                            had been damaged and
                                                                                                                                                                                     needed to be rebuilt, as in the
                                                                                                                                                                                     case of the Monistrol viaduct
                                                                                                                                 Construction of the Monistrol viaduct.                                         La Poveda quarries.
                                                                                                                                 Barcelona.                                          in Barcelona.              Madrid.

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                                                                                         We handled the construction                                                                 The first water treatment   Contracts were won in Madrid
                                                                                         of the port of Blanes in                                                                    plant in Asturias was built in   for various railway junctions.
                                                                                         Girona.                                                                                     Villapérez.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                During the decade, a number
                                                                                         FCC was involved in                                                                         We surfaced a number of    of level crossings were
                                                                                         the construction of the                                                                     highways in the provinces   phased out in the north
                                                                                         breakwater at the port                                                                      of Zaragoza and Huesca.    of Spain.
                                                                                         of Barcelona.

                                                                                         Finalisation of the contract
                                                                                         for FCC to clean the sewerage
                                                                                         systems of Barcelona and
                                                                                         Zaragoza.



                                                                         Blacksmithing workshop.                                 Municipal cleaning service vehicles in
                                                                         Barcelona.                                              Barcelona.

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