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Carlos M. Jarque
visits Barcelona to see
latest FCC innovations developed for waste
and sewage handling
During his latest visit to Barcelona, Carlos
M. Jarque, Chief Executive Officer of FCC,
made time to get a first-hand view of the
latest technological developments imple-
mented on waste collection and sewer
cleaning vehicles by the Environment Area
of our Citizen Services Group.
The Group CEO travelled to the Catalonian
capital to monitor the evolution of business
in Construction, Water and Environment
The CEO of FCC met in
Barcelona with executives
and members of the staff
of the branch offices of
all the Group’s business
areas in Catalonia.
The Citizen Services
Group has the first
electric suction and
delivery hoses for
cleaning sewers
and to explain the broad lines of the budget
for next year, in addition to examining pro-
gress this year.
During this visit, Jarque visited the main
Barcelona Sewerage Station, where he had
the opportunity to see the first 100% elec-
tric suction and pumping vehicle for clea-
ning sewers on the market. This vehicle is
the main novelty in the contract awarded to
FCC by the City of Barcelona for the upkeep
of its sewerage network. Later on, the CEO
of the Citizen Services Group toured the
Free Zone Park facility, which is the base
station for the Barcelona City Centre street
cleaning and waste collection service.
The heads of Environment in Catalonia, led
by the National Environment Director, Jordi
Payet, and Zone 1 Environment Director,
Xavier Martí, explained the current situation
of the utility services market in the region
and FCC’s position of leadership in all its
lines of business. At the Free Zone Park
central facility, the CEO of FCC was infor-
med of the features and characteristics of
the 7 cubic metres’ capacity hybrid, rear-
loading waste collection vehicle, as well as
of the hybrid, side-loading trucks with a ca-
pacity to collect 23 cubic metres of waste
and fitted with what is known as ‘suction
sweepers’.
In the same way as with Environment,
Jarque also held meetings with members
of the management team and employees
from the Water and Construction divisions,
who thus had the opportunity to explain
how ongoing projects are evolving and the
strategy behind their businesses in the Re-
gion of Catalonia.