Participation the
Spanish-Korean Forum
held in Madrid
The 1
st
Spanish-Korean Forum on Infrastructures, organized by the
governments of Spain and the Republic of Korea, met for the first
time in Madrid last September. Representing FCC was Plácido Álva-
rez, manager of FCC Construcción International Development, who
spoke about the projects that the company is currently carrying out
with Korea’s Samsung: the Mersey Bridge in the United Kingdom,
and Lines, 4, 5, and 6 of the Riyadh Metro in Saudi Arabia.
The Korean delegation was headed by Seung-hwan Suh, Minister of
Territory, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of Korea, ac-
companied by the vice-chairman of ICAK, Paek Youngsun. The Spa-
nish government was represented by Rafael Catalá Polo, Secretary
of State for the Infrastructures, Transport and Housing Department
of the Ministry of Civil Works.
The Spanish construction sector stood out thanks to its high level of
international competitiveness and its ability to identify major projects.
Korean construction companies are seeking synergies that enable
Korean companies to work jointly with Spanish companies in Euro-
pe, Latin America and North America while Spanish companies aim
to expand their operations in Asia and in the Middle East.
Lima metro
system
The project awarded involves the construc-
tion of 35 underground stations along the 35
kilometres of tunnels. Over 3,000 professio-
nals will work on the project. The choice of
an underground transit system will reduce
the impact on city life as well as transforming
neighbourhoods since many of the locations
above the new Metro line will become green
areas.
Line 2, measuring almost 27 kilometres in
length, will run east-west through Lima, from
Ate to Callao, where FCC is also working to
upgrade the port. Once the metro system
starts operations, its 7 passenger stations will
provide services every day to 600,000 people
who will save up to 90 minutes on their com-
mute. Travelling this distance by car currently
takes two hours and twenty minutes.
The spur from line 4 to connect the city to
the airport will run along 8 kilometres of tun-
nel, from Avenida Faucett to Avenida Néstor
Gambetta. Eight stations will be built along
this line.
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