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We successfully bid for the
          contract to surface the Paseo
          del Prado and Calle de Ríos
          Rosas in Madrid, and to cover
          over the railway running
          the length of Calle Aragón,
          in Barcelona. As well as the
          urban development of the
          Plaza del Pilar in Zaragoza,
          linking the Basilica and the
          Cathedral within a single
          complex.                           Surfacing of the Paseo del Prado. Madrid.

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                                                              We undertook the           floods, and we played a
                                                              construction of the new water   prominent role in the task of
                                                              storage tank for the Burgos   clearing and cleaning up and
                                                              Water Company.             unblocking the main drains,
                                                                                         receiving public recognition
                                                              The Valencia cleaning and   from the Municipal
                                                              watering service contract was   Corporation.
                                                              privatised and awarded to
                                                              FCC. As with the sanitation
                                                              contracts in Barcelona,
                                                              Madrid and Zaragoza, we
                                                              have been performing these
                                                              services in Valencia without
          Auto-watering device on chassis.                    interruption ever since the
          Valencia.                                           initial tender.
                                                              In 1957 the city of Valencia                                                                                                                                  Hand cart. Street
                                                              suffered one of its worst                                                                                                                                     cleaning service.

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