FCC Aqualia
focuses its research activity
on providing smart services
In its role as an efficient collaborator of pu-
blic administrations in providing end-to-end
water services, FCC Aqualia, FCC’s water
management company, pays special atten-
tion to research, development, and inno-
vation activities (R+D+i). Water is a basic
service that must be provided without inte-
rruptions, in sufficient quantities and quality.
Under this premise, the activity of operators
is directly related with the so-called Smart
Cities as a concept of urban hubs that offer
citizens the most efficient and environmen-
tally-friendly services.
At FCC Aqualia, innovation is considered an
open activity and, therefore, even though its
Innovation and Technology Department is
responsible for channelling the implementa-
tion and development of projects, this work
involves its 7,000 workers. All of the activity
is carried out under the UNE 166002:2006
certificate that guarantees excellence in the
management of all projects.
From its daily performance in more than
1,100 cities and towns, FCC Aqualia
applies its expertise in three key areas: qua-
lity, sustainability, and end-to-end manage-
ment. The company’s work in these three
areas means specific improvements which
are applied on a daily basis in the services
provided to the cities and towns where the
company operates.
Proposes
an open R+D+i model
governed by the UNE
166002 certificate
Encompasses
all knowledge and the
results of its projects
in designing and
implementing
Smart Cities
More than twenty projects
developed or in progress
FCC Aqualia, over the past year and in co-
llaboration with the leading Spanish and
European research projects, has increase
the number of projects under management,
more than twenty and totalling over 70 mi-
llion euros.
One of FCC Aqualia’s projects has been
carried out and completed in Medina del
Campo (Valladolid) over the course of 2012.
In this case, and with the support of the Mi-
nistry of Education for innovation and pro-
fessional training programs, the company
completed its Predictive Maintenance re-
search project.
Executed jointly with several Professional
Training schools, the project has made it
possible not only to develop the technology
required for determining the percentage of
useful life of certain parts or elements and
confirm if the repairs restore these back
to their ideal functioning order, but also to
implement this technique, the training and
instrumentation of which is costly, in partici-
pating organizations.
Knowledge
