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24
th
Civil Engineering
Week
in Panama
FCC
plays leading role in the
First Panama-European Forum
FCC participated in the IV edition of the
VORSEI conferences last 19 September
as part of the 24
th
Civil Engineering Week
organized by the faculty of Engineering at
Panama’s Universidad Tecnológica. From
a practical standpoint, the cycle served as
the platform for the discussion of some of
the main executions of structures and in-
frastructures of linear, underground, and
ground projects.
Jesús Mateos Hernández, an engineer
at FCC, manager of FCC’s Technical De-
FCC was one of the leading participants in
the first-ever Panama-European Union Fo-
rum, which went by the motto “Panama,
Canal for Access to the Americas”. The
transoceanic gathering was organized by
Euroamérica and held in the opening week
of this month in Panama City. The Forum’s
Ángela Laguna, dean of the Civil
Engineering Faculty, handed
the Recognition Certificate to the engineer
Jesús Javier Mateos Hernández, director of
FCC’s Technical Services offices in America
during this event.
partment for America, gave a speech on
Structural Instrumentation in Singular Pro-
jects recently executed in Madrid: the Ca-
jamadrid Tower and the Royal Collections
Museum.
Both of these projects are good examples
of the implementation of control measures
to ensure the correct structural functioning
of the projects.
objective is to provide a platform where par-
ticipants can talk, cooperate and share their
experience with each other, to strengthen
relations between Panama and the EU.
Avelino Acero, corporate manager of the
Construction branch of FCC, participated on
the group’s behalf. In his speech he talked
about how the Citizen Services Group has
been doing business in Panama since in
1996. “We’re global, but local too”, said the
FCC executive.
Also present with Acero were Minister of De-
velopment Ana Pastor of Spain; Minister of
Public Works Jaime Ford of Panama; Rober-
to Roy, chairman of the Board of Directors
of the Panama Canal Authority and minister
for Canal Affairs; Olmedo Alfaro, adminis-
trator of the Panamá Pacífico Agency; Ilya
Marotta, executive vice chairman for Engi-
neering and Programme Administration at
the Panama Canal; and Antonio Juan Sosa,
corporate vice chairman for Infrastructure at
CAF, Banco de Desarrollo de América La-
tina. The proceedings were moderated by
Ana Irene Delgado, ambassador for Panama
in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.
The Chairperson of the Euroamérica Foun-
dation, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, gave the
closing speech, highlighting the fact that
Panama is the EU’s main trading partner
in Central America and is expected to be
the main beneficiary of the new association
agreement between the EU and Central
America, which is scheduled to go into force
shortly.