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Convensa, awarded the contract to build the platform for the Murcia - Almería High-Speed Mediterra- nean Corridor, Níjar-Río Andarax section. EuropeanUniversity students tour theconstructionproject of thenew campus of central offices of Airbus in Madrid FCC Construcción and the Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos Foundation have signed a collaboration agreement on activities of general interest FCC at the International Conference on Business and Human Rights Maintenance contract for the Madrid-Northeast high-speed line, lots 1 and 2. Video of the new Jorge Chávez Airport in Peru FCC Construcción participates in the European International Contractors (EIC) Conference We participated in the Forum “The Disability Dimension in United Nations Sustainable Development Goals” organized by Foro Inserta with the support of the Chamber of Commerce of Cantabria and Forética. The project is 25.5 kilometres long on a single track and runs between the towns of Níjar and Almería. It contem- plates the construction of 16 viaducts; an 880-metre-long tunnel to be built using the Belgian method; 56 drainage works; nine underpasses and four overpasses, with their corresponding railway installations; and the definitive en- closure of the section. The agreement includes the partici- pation, dissemination and positioning of FCC Construcción’s activities in the various activities carried out by the Ca- minos Foundation, where it will be able to showcase its main projects, its expe- rience and its capacity to carry out large civil infrastructures. FCC Construcción participated in the International Conference on Business and Human Rights, held on 3 April at the CEOE headquarters. During the conference, human rights initiatives and the monitoring of the effectiveness of the company’s responses were discus- sed. The event was attended by officials from organisa- tions such as the Secretary of State for Trade, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Ibero-Ame- rican General Secretariat (SEGIB). Convensa has also won, together with other companies in the sector, the contract for the maintenance of infrastruc- ture, track and track equipment for the Madrid-Northwest high-speed line, lot 1 and 2. The event brought together the main representatives of European construction companies, along with the main employers of European contractors, including SEOPAN. FCC Construcción was represented by Antonio Burgue- ño, director of CSR and Innovation, who was in charge of moderating one of the panels which dealt with innovation as a determining factor in the field of construction, as well as its impact and effects on the industry in our sector. B R I E F - C O N S T R U C T I O N 59 CONSTRUCTION B R I E F