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FCC
9
billion dollars
FCC, the Citizen Services
Group, is building
the largest base oil
recycling plant on the east
coast of the US,
in Baltimore (Maryland)
“Internationalisation is an irreversible pro-
cess for FCC.” This statement by Baldome-
ro Falcones, Chairman and CEO of FCC,
is taking shape in the US, where the com-
pany is currently expanding. FCC is prepa-
ring bids for a number of government pro-
jects, primarily infrastructure-related, that
are worth 9 billion dollars (around 6.8 billion
euro).
The company has already bid for the Ge-
rald Desmond Bridge project, in Los Ange-
les (California), which has a budget of 725
million dollars (around 560 million euro).
The group has been short-listed for the
Grand Parkway project in Houston (Texas),
for which the budget is 1.4 billion dollars
(approximately 1.1 billion euro).
FCC is also drafting bids for the China-
town station of the San Francisco Central
Subway and the Crenshaw station of the
Los Angeles Metro, as well as the SH-183
and Horseshoe road projects in Dallas
(Texas). The proposal for the latter inclu-
des a bridge designed by Spanish architect
Santiago Calatrava. FCC is working to es-
tablish consortia to bids for these projects.
Infrastructure and concessions are not
FCC’s only activities in the US; it is also
heavily involved in the services sector. The
bids for
infrastructure
projects
in the
US
worth
company is involved in industrial waste ma-
nagement through FCC Environmental, and
has participated in major projects such as
restoration of the Gulf of Mexico after the
BP oil spill. The environmental subsidiary is
the second-largest company of its kind in
the US, with 37 facilities in 21 states and
plans for further expansion to bolster its lea-
dership positioning.
The largest plant
on the east coast
FCC Environmental recently commenced
construction of a base oil recycling plant
in Baltimore (Maryland). The facility, which
will cost almost 50 million dollars (37 million
euro), will be the largest of its kind on the
east coast of the United States.