FCC TO EXPAND COLOMBIA’S BIGGEST AIRPORT

• FCC’s first contract in Colombia
• Contract worth 45 million euro (105.7 billion Colombian pesos)
• El Dorado airport ranks amongst one of the world’s 50 busiest airports and largest in Colombia

London, 20 December 2012: FCC, the leading European multi-utility group, has further expanded its international operations and secured its first major contract in Colombia. FCC will build a new control tower and management centre for Colombia's largest airport, El Dorado, located 15 kilometres west of central Bogotá. The contract, worth 45 million euro, has an execution period of 40 months.

The new control tower will be 80 metres tall and will serve as an iconic landmark for the city. The new building and management centre will span 16,300 square meters to accommodate an increase in air traffic and airport operations.

El Dorado ranks first in Latin America in terms of cargo volume and third in passenger traffic (20 million per year). This project, one of the most important airport infrastructure works awarded by Colombia's civil aviation authority (Aerocivil), will provide the country with a modern airport that meets the needs and future challenges of providing air travel and traffic control services in Latin America.

FCC has extensive experience in highly complex airport construction projects worldwide. Most notably, it built the T1 passenger terminal at El Prat airport in Barcelona and Terminal 4 (T4) at Madrid-Barajas. The company also recently won a 96 million euro contract to refurbish Riga airport (Latvia).

Presence in Latin America and Americas

This contract strengthens FCC's leading position in Latin America, a strategic area in the company's global expansion process. Other important projects currently underway in the Americas region include: Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension (TYSSE); Gerald Desmond Bridge in Los Angeles (US); Central America’s first Metro system (Line 1 of Panama Metro); and a new access channel from the Pacific to the Panama Canal. In Costa Rica, the company is expanding the Cañas-Liberia national highway in Guanacaste and holds the concession (through Globalvía) to operate the San José-Caldera toll road.

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Notes to Editors:

FCC’s origins date back over a century. FCC is a diversified multinational with core business in infrastructure, environmental services (water/waste management) and renewable energy.

FCC is listed on the Spanish Stock Exchange and is among the 25biggest companies by market capitalization. In 2011, FCC’s global revenue was $17 billion.  The Company operates in over 50 countries worldwide. International business (outside Spain) accounts for 52.4%, up 14% from 2010 due to an increase in global expansion.

Its principal shareholder is Spanish businesswoman and philanthropist Esther Koplowitz.  Baldomero Falcones is FCC’s Chairman and CEO. The Company employs more than 90,000 people. 

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