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FCC Medio Ambiente
secures contracts in the first
half of the year worth more
than 690 million euros
During the first half of this year, FCC Medio
Ambiente has won or renewed contracts to
a value of 670 million Euros relating to its
environmental services. This achievement
coincided with changeovers in local go-
vernments and demonstrates the strength
and quality of the service provided by the
Citizen Service Group’s main business line.
One of the most significant contracts invol-
ves cleaning and maintenance of the Bar-
celona sewer network until 2022, with an
allocation of almost 100 million Euros.
This is a service FCC has provided since
1911, after winning several public tenders.
That contract in 1911 was in fact the first
the company signed in the realm of urban
public services and marked the path of di-
versification that FCC has followed so suc-
cessfully throughout its entire life and which
continues today with renewed zeal.
A highlight of the new contract are the in-
novative solutions proposed by FCC, within
the concept of smart services, based on
efficiency, technology, highly skilled person-
nel and expertise accumulated over more
than 100 years of operations in this field.
This tender was the first to be opened by
a town corporation that actually demands
competing businesses provide smart servi-
ces in its implementation.
Another outstanding award is for the ma-
nagement of street cleaning and rubbish
collection and removal in Vitoria-Gasteiz for
a period of eight years, worth about 111
million Euros.
Vitoria-Gasteiz has a population of 245, 000
inhabitants that each year, produce about
58, 000 tons of rubbish that are collected
and transferred to the treatment plant on a
daily basis.
Over the coming months, the successful
bidder will implement specific control mea-
sures, such as installing GPS systems on
rubbish lorries and dust-carts to monitor
their routes, or the installation of a vehicle
entry/exit control system in the yard using
an electromagnetic arc.
In San Sebastian, the city council has also
awarded FCC a new contract for the provi-
sion of street cleaning services in the city for
a period of four years and a total value of 34
million Euros.
As part of its service to the more than 190,
000 residents of San Sebastian, the com-
pany will provide a fleet of 300 street clea-
ning vehicles. By way of innovation, it will
employ advanced cleaning systems, such
as tricycles and electric carts.
The City Council of Valencia has also re-
newed the gardens and parks cleaning and
maintenance contract for four years, with a
total value of 25.5 million Euros.
FCC has won numerous environmental ser-
vice contracts in the first half year, highlights
of which include Girona, Alicante, Jaen,
Arcos de la Frontera (Cadiz), Las Palmas,
Ribadesella (Asturias), Sant Josep (Ibiza) or
Llucmajor in Palma de Mallorca.
In the United Kingdom
The Citizen Services Group through FCC
Waste Services (UK) Ltd., a 100% subsi-
diary of FCC Environment (UK), has been
awarded the waste collection contract for
South Ribble, Lanarkshire (England), valued
at 13.9 million Euros. This agreement is va-
lid until 2022, with the possibility of a further
seven year extension.
In addition, FCC Environment has won the
tender to operate and maintain the new
household waste recycling centre in the
county of Torfaen for a period of seven
years and a contract value of 6.8 million
Euros.
The Environmental Services divi-
sion accounts for 55.2% of the FCC
Group’s EBITDA in the first half of this
year. Of its total business, 95% focu-
ses on the provision of urban waste
collection, treatment and disposal
services, together with other urban
services such as street cleaning or
maintaining parks and greenery. The
remaining 5% corresponds to its in-
dustrial waste collection and handling
business.
FCC’s business in Spain centres on
urban waste management and street
cleaning; in the UK, the main busi-
ness line is urban waste treatment
and disposal, whereas in Central
and Eastern Europe – mainly Austria
and the Czech Republic, FCC has a
balanced presence along the entire
municipal waste management chain
(collection, treatment and disposal).
FCC’s presence in Portugal focuses
on industrial waste management.
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