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Aqualia 2012
Prevention Awards ceremony
Félix Parra Mediavilla,
general deputy manager
of FCC Aqualia, gave the
prize to the Francisco J.
Suárez, head of the
service in Vigo and to
Manuel Ruiz, manager of
Water and Services in the
tropical coast of Granada.
The 2012 Aqualia Prevention Awards cere-
mony was held at FCC’s corporate building
in Las Tablas (Madrid). In the first edition of
this prize, Francisco J. Suárez, head of the
Trainasa Sewage System of Vigo was given
the award for his professional career and
Manuel Ruiz, manager of the water services
in Granada’s tropical coast won the award
for preventive management. Both prizes
were given by Felix Parra Mediavilla, FCC
Aqualia’s chief executive officer.
The guest speaker, Carlos Abella, manager
of Sports Promotion at the Spanish Automo-
bile Driver’s Association provided another vi-
sion on prevention, discussing his experien-
ce in prevention and safety on automobile
race events. As the safety coordinator at the
European Formula 1 Grand Prize in Valencia,
he said that it was “gratifying to hear a pilot
such as Mark Webber say after the Valen-
cia 2010 Loop that he was not concerned
about safety thanks to the prevention mea-
sures that had been implemented”.
Pedro Rodríguez, manager Corporate De-
velopment, talked about the relationship
among the three issues discussed by Abe-
lla on prevention (pilot, vehicle, and circuit)
with FCC Aqualia’s activity in prevention,
highlighting the fact that since 2000, the rate
of accidents had plunged by 80%. Pascual
Capmany, manager of Safety and Health
talked about the need to work so that pre-
vention management became part of the
professional experience of every company
manager. He also demonstrated his com-
mitment to encourage other FCC Aqualia
branch offices, projects, or companies to
submit more candidate projects in the next
edition of this award.
After receiving the prize, Manuel Ruiz stated
that “this prize is the result of a job well done
by a team, the heads of the department,
the prevention experts, and technicians and
that it should serve as a stimulus to continue
working to achieve more improvements”.
The award-winners, Francisco J. Suarez, head of the Trainasa Sewage System Department of Vigo in the photograph on the right, and Manuel Ruiz,
manager of Water and Services in the Tropical Coast of Granada, on the left, pose with Félix Parra Mediavilla, deputy manager of FCC Aqualia who is
standing on the left, and Pascual Capmany, manager of FCC Aqualia’s Safety and Health department, on the right of the winners.
In the photograph, Carlos Abella, manager of Sports Promotion at the Spanish Automobile Driver’s
Association and coordinator of the Circuits area, in a moment during his speech.
The work carried
out by FCC Aqualia and its
employees in the fight
against accidents is
reflected in the 80% drop
of the rate of accidents
since 2000