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It did not take long for the four of them to
start working on drafting a document to re-
flect, in an orderly way, the ideas that had
come up during that brainstorming session
that summer afternoon, and to submit the
proposal as a candidate for the awards.
“The great surprise came when we were
told that our project, ‘Automatic traffic res-
triction system for improving air quality in
Madrid’ had been selected as one of the
finalists. It was then that we started to rea-
lise that the rigorous analysis and success
of our idea was shared by others, not just
the four of us”.
The other protagonist of this story of suc-
cess is Álvaro Marzo, who was a winner
for his “Project for the design of an eco-
efficient worksite shack” which involved an
innovative project for the design of a work-
site shack.
With the intention of developing a prototype
that could meet all the needs for daily use,
that was sustainable, and with a contem-
porary design, Álvaro tackled the challenge
of designing a worksite shack model incor-
porating the most advanced techniques for
the use of renewable energy and sustaina-
ble construction. Many of these ideas were
already in Álvaro’s mind when the Eco-
efficiency Awards were announced, all of
which represented a great opportunity for
him.
“The idea came up since in my work team.
we use these types of installations on a
daily basis”, Álvaro told us. “The exhibited
prototype required serious work in order to
incorporate the elements currently available
in the market that we normally use for the
construction of buildings, and design work
to update the existing model according to
the requirements of a leading company in
its sector”.
Beyond the luck of having been a winner,
Álvaro is left with the satisfaction of having
participated in a contest where the quality
of the proposals was very high and where
he was allowed to carry out an innovative
work that was validated by a committee of
experts.
Álvaro Marzo Ruiz,
works at the Madrid
Building II branch office
of FCC Construcción
Honour diplomas
In addition, honour diplomas for projects
submitted were awarded to Justin Curlee,
Zac Sanders, Andrea Rodríguez and Álva-
ro Ruiz from FCC Enviromental, in Houston
(Texas) for their work “Recycling of bac-
kflow water from oil and gas wells”; and to
Jiri Karpeta, of SmVaK, in Ostrava (Czech
Republic): for the project “Taking advanta-
ge of the energy potential of waste water in
the iron and steel industry in the treatment
plants”.