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the shortcomings. It involves an additional
effort and also that you must overcome ba-
rriers, which makes you more motivated to
try to solve the problems that arise on a day
to day basis.
The River Danube is so big that we had
to get to know it before we could start to
work. We have used naval resources.
It has been clock-work work. The segments
had to be manufactured using the match-
cast segment method, with each segment
being the formwork of the following one, so
that they are joined perfectly.
What do you think about the results?
The results are very positive personally,
professionally, and technically. We had a
magnificent team. The local people we hai-
red are part of the team and of FCC. Many
people from Spain and from other countries
have come and they have all performed
very well. We worked on double-shifts,
even on Saturdays and Sundays. We have
to admit that the team’s dedication has
been top level.
¿What makes FCC different?
FCC knows how to build a project from
the time that it arrives until it leaves. We
handle the entire construction process with
our people. Our managers, our production
team, our topographers. In this project,
we had to start from zero. We had nothing
when we arrived. We rented a nearby qua-
rry and got the material from there. We ma-
nufactured the concrete, the aggregates.
We set up the prefabricated segment park
three kilometres downstream.
We had to face many administrative pro-
blems. Nevertheless, after five and a half
years, the project is nearly complete. We
have all learned a lot from this international
experience.
The support of the Technical Services has
been fundamental. The project would not
have been possible without them. Satur-
days, Sundays, or ten o’clock at night, the
technical services were always there to give
us a hand at all times, solving the problems
that kept arising. Iñaki Díaz de Argote, de-
sign coordinator, has been fighting for the
project 100%.
The solutions provided by the structures,
geotechnics, and geology departments, by
the department of Water Works, or by the
Bridge Department, have been the corners-
tones that have made this project a reality,
a project that was an engineering challenge
from the very beginning.
What would you tell your colleagues
about the international experience?
I make myself the following question: Why
hasn’t everyone left to work outside Spain
at least one time. It’s a great experience in
every sense of the word. Given the current
circumstances, we have to start thinking to
get experience in the company and in the
construction industry, you have to travel
and work abroad.
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