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Spain’s Infrastructure Minister, Ana Pastor,
met in Riyadh with FCC Chairman, Esther
Alcocer Koplowitz, and Vice-Chairman and
CEO, Juan Béjar, to discuss the details and
schedule of the project for three new lines of
the Riyadh subway, in Saudi Arabia, which
are being built by a consortium led by the
Citizen Services Group.
In
Riyadh
Ana Pastor shows her interest
in the characteristics and timetable
of the longest subway in the world
under construction
Spain’s Infrastructure
Minister meets FCC’s
Chairman and CEO
to discuss the subway
project
The total budget for designing and building
the 176-kilometre subway system exceeds
16.3 billion euro. FCC, the Citizen Servi-
ces group, is leading the FAST consortium,
which is building lines 4, 5 and 6 for 6 billion
euro. The other partners of the consortium
include the Korean company Samsung and
French company Alstom. The other mem-
bers are Strukton (The Netherlands), Freyssi-
net Saudi Arabia, Typsa (Spain), Atkins (UK),
and Setec (France).
In a meeting at the Spanish Embassy in Ri-
yadh, Juan Béjar, vice-chairman and CEO,
and Jaime Freyre, the director of the consor-
tium, discussed in the detail with the minis-
ter the work that has been carried out since
the contract was awarded at the end of July
2013. Thus far, geological studies and terra-
in exploration have been completed, in line
with the proposed timetable. Those present
in the meeting included Joaquín Pérez-Vi-
llanueva, the Spanish Ambassador in Saudi
Arabia and Miguel Jurado, General Manager
of Construction at FCC.
Around 160 people, 40 of whom are FCC
employees from Spain, are part of the
consortium team in Riyadh. Another 220
