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JAVIER MOTA
Project manager of L2 of Athens
underground.
Age:
38 years.
Experience:
13 years.
Positive Aspects:
Very positive pro-
fessional experience: “you lean a lot (not
just languages) when you live in a foreign
country and share in another way of wor-
king”.
Negative aspects:
“Longing, for fa-
mily because of being far away, although
with each passing day you become a bit
more detached (friends, former FCC co-
lleagues,...). When I go to my native Bar-
celona now, I feel a stranger”.
Stay in Athens:
Since the summer of
2006.
Living in Athens:
“It is a European capi-
tal with pleasant weather and all types of
services. It is somewhat ugly and chao-
tic, but the country is wonderful. There is
a whole country outside Athens (not just
the islands) that is worth discovering”.
Challenges:
“Being a father and, of
course, growing as a person and as a
professional”.
The boss and his
project
Execution of the project:
100%.
Contribution of the FCC team:
FCC project as the leader in the joint ven-
ture. It led the consortium in all the key as-
pects of the project and in the major de-
cisions. Although it was not easy at first,
there was finally good teamwork and the
local partner knew how to take advantage
of our experience in executing major infras-
tructure projects.
Project team
Manager:
Athanasios Notas.
Project manager:
Javier Mota.
Head of administration:
Amadeo C. Gar-
cía.
Procurement manager:
Javier Marina.
Head of production:
Héctor Tarancón/
Ioanna Simeonidou.
Foreman:
Georgios Drivas.
Administrative staff:
Luis F. Álvarez.
Head of the technical office:
Elena Flaski.
The Athens underground
in figures
Budget:
95.8 million Euros.
Start:
June 2006.
Completion:
March 2012.
Number of workers:
Up to 150 at peak pe-
riods.
Number of estimated users:
More than
75,000 passengers daily.
Athens in figures
Population:
3,158,400 inhabitants.
Area:
3.808 km
2
.
Subway lines:
Line 1 (ISAP):
Piraeus-Kifisia.
Line 2 (Attiko Metro):
Agios Antonios-
Agios Dimitrios.
Line 3 (Attiko Metro):
Egaleo- Eleftherios
Venizelos Airport.
Language:
Greek.
Religion:
Greek Orthodox.
From left to right: Amadeo
C. García, head of the
Department (FCC Co Greek
Branch); Javier Mota, project
manager (FCC Construc-
ción); José Mayor, CEO of
FCC Construcción; Avelino
Acero, managing director of
FCC Construcción; Ramón
Gómez Andrio, head of the
Liaison Office (FCC-Alpine);
Stelios Kollonys, external
consultant.