Our commitment to urban mobility in Brazil involves building one of the most transited subway systems in the world. Sacyr Engineering and Infrastructures is currently in charge of the extension works of Line 2 of the Sao Paulo Metro, consisting of an 8.3-kilometer and eight stops expansion. This service directly connects to lines 3-Red, 11-Coral (CPTM), and 15-Silver.

This line, also known as the green line (Linha 2-Verde), goes from Vila Prudente to Dutra, and is 7.3 kilometers long. We built it as an assignment for the Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo (Sao Paulo Metro Company) within a 69-month time frame for 443 million euros.

The Ferrocarril Central de Uruguay recently began the dynamic traffic testing phase and is very close to reaching its conclusion.

We take a closer look at this infrastructure through the perspective of David Allende, head of the Technical Office of the consortium Grupo Vía Central (GVC), who details in the video some of the most notable aspects of the Central Railroad. 

The Ferrocarril Central de Uruguay renovates the route that connects the country's interior with the port of Montevideo along a total of 273 km of railway (including branches). The new infrastructure will have a positive impact on the growth of agricultural, forestry, and industrial production in Uruguay.

The Ferrocarril Central railroad will define a new era in Uruguay’s rail transport. This project, promoted by the Ministry of Transport and Civil Engineering, will repair and renew 273 km of railroad that links the city of Paso de los Toros with Montevideo port. 

The project represents an evolution in freight and passenger transport in Uruguay, which will be faster, safer, and more economical. 

The Grupo Via Central (GVC) consortium, led by Sacyr, also involving Uruguayan firms Saceem and Berkes, and the French firm NGE, is responsible for financing, designing, building over the course of 3 years, repairing and maintaining the railroad for a period of 18 years.

The railroad engineering works are creating around 3.100 jobs (direct and indirect) and impacts more than 2,800 people linked to commerce and services. Furthermore, the new infrastructure will have a positive impact on the growth of farming, forestry, and industrial production.

In a joint venture with Farrans, we are to develop the main construction works of the new Belfast Grand Central Station Interchange in Belfast (Northern Ireland) within 4 years.

The new transport hub will replace the current Europa bus center and Great Victoria Street train station in an eight-hectare site in Weavers Cross, a new neighborhood in the center of the city that will contribute to the regeneration of that area.

This facility will be a multimodal transport hub with 26 bus stops, 8 train platforms, as well as bike lanes that will foster sustainable mobility in the city and enhance connectivity in the region. It will also have design and construction elements to promote efficient mobility, respect for the environment and energy conservation.

This project, awarded by Translink, the public transport services operator in Northern Ireland will bring numerous social and collaborative initiatives with the community to regenerate the area and it will create 500 jobs during construction.

For Duane McCreadie, Project director of Farrans-Sacyr JV on the project "Belfast Transport Hub will be crucial in shaping the future of the city and promoting sustainable transport. Social value will play a significant role during construction, and we will be engaging closely with community groups, charities and schools to create local employment, training, and apprenticeship opportunities to deliver a positive and lasting impact".

More information about Belfast Grand Central at: https://www.translink.co.uk/corporate/media/improvementsandprojects/thehub

This new contract, Sacyr’s third in Canada, includes the design, build, and financing of Grandview Children’s Centre (the New Grandview Kids) in Ajax (Ontario, Canada).

The New Grandview Kids, awarded by Infrastructure Ontario and managed by Grandview Kids, will be a paediatric facility that will integrate rehabilitation, medical and clinical services, as well as education and research activities for children and youth with physical, communication, and developmental needs, and their relatives in the Durham Region.

This is our third airport project in Peru. The first one was Chiclayo Airport, and the second is the landing strip in Jorge Chávez International Airport.

Vial Unión del Sur is the company responsible for the P3 project 4G Rumichaca-Pasto, in the department of Nariño, in southern Colombia. This mega road infrastructure offers a modern and effective solution to border mobility between Ecuador and Colombia.

This project, which includes the operation and maintenance of the road corridor, improves the competitiveness of the country as a whole. It also improves the connectivity of the region and promote the economic and social development of communities living in the seven municipalities in this area: El Contadero, Iles, Imués, Tangua, Yacuanquer and Pasto.  

Renovation of the Oncology Institute will entail remodeling the entire building to facilitate reorganization of the functional areas and services. Plans include the implementation of circulation hubs to streamline the movement of patients and professionals, more spaces with natural light, and individual rooms. Accessibility ramps have been repaired. In addition, Sacyr promotes energy efficiency measures throughout the building.

The project encompasses more than 15,000 m2 intended for cancer treatment facilities, nearly 2,000 m2 of which correspond to expansion works.

Sacyr Engineering and Infrastructure undertakes the expansion of one of Madrid’s landmark hospitals under a contract valued at EUR 227 million with an execution period of 38 months.

One novel feature of the new building is its flexibility: rooms can be outfitted for single or double occupancy depending on care needs, and some are specially equipped to facilitate isolation, administer radiation treatment, or monitor patients, among other advantages.

The facility will also include 40 operating theaters and areas dedicated to major outpatient surgery, resuscitation, and intensive care, with 150 beds for adults, children, and newborns, among other critical facilities.

This project by Sacyr Concesiones will double the capacity of the old roads, Ruta 2 and Ruta 7, and will provide a solution to one of the most important road corridors in Paraguay. 

Ruta PY 02 covers 170 km of roads, which will be widened and improved. The concessions company will also operate and maintain the infrastructure. The contract includes the construction of five alternative routes between the cities of Asunción and Caaguazú. 

Approximately 65% of the country's population, more than 4 million people, live in the area crossed by the PY 02.

Sacyr Concesiones, through the company Rota de Santa María, oversees the operation and improvement of a 204 km section of the RSC-287 highway since 2021. This roadway connects the southern regions of Tabaí and Santa María.

These tasks are intended to ensure the comfort, traffic fluidity and safety levels for the road users. The influence area of this infrastructure comprises 13 municipalities. Approximately 1.1 million people in the region will be positively impacted by the road.

The RSC-287 connects the center of the state of Rio Grande do Sul with the metropolitan region of its capital, Porto Alegre, which makes it one of the most relevant and used roadways.

The Pamplona-Cúcuta project, developed by Concesionaria Unión Vial Río Pamplonita, from Sacyr Concesiones, is one of the critical road infrastructures for the development of Norte de Santander.

This project includes the new construction of a 50.2 km (divided and simple highway) and the rehabilitation of 72.2 km of pre-existing road between Pamplona and Betania, Los Patios.

These improvements will optimize mobility and reduce travel times as well as operating costs for users, ensuring a faster, safer, and more comfortable road corridor.

The Acorn consortium, comprising Sacyr, Kajima Partnerships and Aberdeen, will be responsible for the design, construction, financing and maintenance of the new Velindre Cancer Centre, a new leading cancer hospital that will meet the highest quality standards in terms of sustainability and innovation. 

This new center, which will have a surface area of more than 30,000 m2, is the result of the need to expand and improve the quality of care in the southeast of Wales, where it will serve 1.5 million people.  

Velindre Cancer Centre is a leading reference hospital in education, development, innovation and research into cancer, especially the less common types of cancer. 

Sustainable design 

The design of the new center will have a strong environmental and ecological character and will feature highly efficient energy systems. The infrastructure will respect the environment in which it is located, its landscape value and the protection and respect for the surrounding biodiversity as it is a protected area. 

To this end, several measures have been implemented to guarantee the preservation of existing species, such as the location and relocation of animals and plants for their conservation, and the development of research and action programs in accordance with the hibernation periods of protected species 

We are carrying out six road infrastructure projects, five in Florida and one in Texas, alleviating traffic in some of their most congested zones. 
In Florida, we are widening the SR82 highway and remodeling a section of the I75 highway in the west of the State. We are rebuilding, remodeling and widening more than 12 km of road at the intersection of the I75 and SR70. 

We are designing and building three new roads in Miami-Dade county, south of Miami. We are also widening and improving two existing roads, including a new boulevard on Franjo Road.

In Jacksonville, we are building the First Coast Expressway, a new section of the SR-23, which includes 26 bridges. The longest, 300 meters long, will reach over the Black Creek river. 

In Diboll, Texas, we are building a 13.2 km branch of the US59 highway, for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)

Sacyr Engineering and Infrastructures, Sacyr’s construction division, has won a contract to build an 11-km road in Florida (USA). The project, awarded by Collier County, has a 36-month deadline.

The road, Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension, is a roadway in southern Florida. Out of the total 11 km, 1.6 expand the existing road and the remaining 9.4 km are new construction. This project includes the reconstruction and reconditioning of Massey St and the excavation of a 3.2 km trench section to relocate the current one.

This new contract in Florida consolidates Sacyr’s growth in the US. Sacyr started its activities in 2018 with several road construction projects in Florida. Since then, Sacyr has won 14 projects in Florida and Texas, and it currently has a construction portfolio worth more than €1,000 million.

As part of a consortium with Farrans, we have designed, built and commissioned the section of the Edinburgh light rail or tram network that will link York Place and Newhaven. 

This new section has eight stops and continues further north the tram line that currently connects the airport to Haymarket station and Princes Street in the center of Edinburgh.  The budget for the project was €240 million and, once completed, an estimated 16 million people will use this tram each year. 

The project, awarded by Northern Ireland's Department of Infrastructures, included the design and construction of the road, which is 25 km long. 
This section is part of the North West Transport Corridor, which links the metropolitan area of Belfast and the North West of the country.

For the execution of this project, the consortium, made up of Sacyr and Wills Bros completed 22 structures, including four new interchanges and three roundabouts. The main figures for this project give a clear idea of its huge scope: 4 million cubic meters of earth moved, 500,000 tons in the execution of semi-flexible surfaces and 50 km of drainage systems.

These improvements guarantee the comfort, traffic, and safety of the more than 15,000 users that travel the road each day. Additionally, the infrastructure represents a significant reduction on journey times, cutting commutes by more than 10 minutes. Over 600 professionals have collaborated to the make this project a success since the beginning of the contract

Sacyr Concesiones started managing the Ruta 79 in March 2022, running from San Antonio to Santiago.

Sacyr will invest US$ 900 billion in the upcoming years with the goal of expanding and modernizing it. This project will benefit a 1.7 million people living in the surrounding areas and use this important route every year.

These investments will help improve several highway sections, expand roundabouts, build new branch roads to the ports, replace the Manuel Rodríguez bridge and develop new connections.

Sacyr Concesiones will manage this infrastructure for the next three decades.

The Pumarejo Bridge (Barranquilla, Colombia) is one of the longest cable-stayed bridges in Colombia, a major reference in terms of its innovation, design, and safety. At 2,173 meters in length with a 38.1 meter deck, the widest in Latin America, this bridge is a real challenge in terms of engineering. 

Which is why we used the most advanced building techniques to tackle this challenge. It was the first time that some of these technologies, such as the self-launching formwork used to build the deck, had been used in Colombia. 

This project, launched by Colombia’s national road institute, Invias, executed by Sacyr Ingeniería e Infraestructuras, and completed in 2019, has improved the navigability of the Magdalena River, allowing larger ships to pass beneath it. Thanks to this project, vessels up to 45 meters high can now pass beneath the bridge, and the length of the main cable-stayed span is 380 meters.

Pumarejo is one of the longest bridges of its kind in Colombia. It is a two-way bridge, with three lanes in each direction, 1 km of viaducts and access points, 3.2 km of pedestrian walkways, and a further 3.2 km of cycle lanes. A titanic feat of engineering that looks ahead to the future. 

The Autopista al Mar 1 project and the second Túnel de Occidente, executed by Desarrollo Vial al Mar Devimar, improves connections between the city of Medellín and the West and South West of Antioquia. It also bridges the distance between the department’s administrative capital and the ports of Urabá in Antioquia.

This road is 181 km long. The project involves building 33 km of dual carriageway, building the second Túnel de Occidente, 4.6 km long, running parallel to the existing one; repairing 76 km of road; and building 45 vehicular bridges.  This project fulfills one of our most important objectives: to improve quality of life for people through infrastructures. 

El Tepual is located in the Región de Los Lagos, in the south of Chile, and is the third airport in Chile, with 2 million passengers every year. 

The concession company (Sacyr Concesiones and Agunsa) has invested €34 million to renovate the facilities and expand them by nearly 6,000 square meters.

Among other actions, the expansion includes a new boarding bridge, the enlargement of the aircraft parking apron, and a new control tower

To enhance comfort for airport users, diverse assistance services for people with reduced mobility have been added, as well as podotactile accessible routes and a major number of seats in the boarding lounge.

This expansion will increase the airport capacity to 3 million passengers every year, which will improve the national and international position of the El Tepual airport as an entryway to the south of Chile and its island, Patagonian and Antarctic regions.

Sacyr Engineering and Infrastructures has successfully completed the state-of-the-art Ulster University Belfast campus project. The project consisted on the development of two new blocks located in York Street, opposite the current campus building.

With more than 75,000 sq. m.building area, one is 4 storeys and the other is 11 storeys high the facilities include more than 300 learning spaces, 2 lecture theatres with 350 and 250 seats respectively, 18 elevators, a two-story library and private study sections which can accommodate up to 500 students, a biometric laboratory, nine catering outlets including a rooftop café.

We used BIM technology and digital processes in the design to guarantee an effective and collaborative approach: all the stages in the development of the design, construction and delivery were optimized and monitored on a large scale by all the members of this project.

Commitment to sustainability

This state-of-the-art building is a modern construction that combines Victorian inspiration from local architecture and modern, using long-lasting materials, resulting in a sustainable building which can accommodate more than 15,000 university students and staff.

One of the most singular spaces in campus is the rooftop garden, which even has trees which were included as part of Belfast City's urban reforestation plan and its commitment to sustainability.