FCC Construcción
wins the Aqueduct
of Segovia Award
Fernando Moreno, Chairman of FCC Construction,
distinguished by the Association of Civil Engineers
with the medal of professional merit
The Association of Civil Engineers of Madrid
granted FCC the Segovia Aqueduct Award
for the its work on the construction of the
bypass section of the A-4 south dual carria-
geway from Venta de Cárdenas- Santa Elena,
a project which, according to the panel of jud-
ges, “provides a definitive solution to one of
the great trouble spots in Spain’s roads that
stretch over difficult terrain”.
Fernando Moreno, chairman of FCC Cons-
trucción, was in charge of collecting the
award for this unique project that represents
a before and after in the history of the roads
in Spain both in terms of capacity as well as
safety, in one of the country’s road with the
heaviest traffic.
The prize-winning project, which stretches
over more than nine kilometres through the
historic Despeñaperros Mountain pass, pro-
vides a definitive solution to this main highway
connecting the autonomous communities
of Castile-La Mancha and Andalucía. The
bypass, a dual carriageway with three lanes in
each direction, includes eleven viaducts and
five new tunnels.
This major project finally addresses one of the
major trouble spots in the country’s difficult
terrain. More than half of the bypass with the
two carriageways united corresponds to the
viaduct or tunnel section to facilitate animal
crossings and to increase the transit areas.
Numerous measures were implemented to
reduce and correct the environmental impact.
The Association of Civil Engineers has awar-
ded themedal of professional merit to Fernan-
do Moreno, Chairman of FCC Construction.
The medal, which recognises people with an
outstanding professional track-record, will
be presented at a ceremony in Madrid on 5
June.
The current chairman of FCC Construcción
began his career after graduating in 1973
from the Madrid School of Civil Engineering .
That same year he joined Dragados y Cons-
trucciones S.A., where he remained until
1986.
He joined FCC that year and has been wor-
king at the company for the last 28 years. His
first job was as the Head of Civil Engineering
in the Madrid area for the company Construc-
ciones y Contratas, S.A. Some years later, he
was appointed Manager of the Central Spain
Area.
In 1996, he was appointed General Manager
of Seragua, FCC’s water management sub-
sidiary. In 2000, he became General Mana-
ger of Aqualia, the end-to-end water mana-
gement company resulting from the merger
between Seragua and Veolia’s water mana-
gement companies in Spain.
Since March 2013 Fernando Moreno has
been the chairman of FCC Construcción.
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