ACS
Actividades de Construcción y Servicios

Activity 2007

New Projects

The ACS Group is also currently participating in short-listed consortia for the following projects abroad, among others:

• In Texas, ACS Infrastructure Development, Inc. is short-listed for the calls for bids for concessions for the IH-635 urban motorway in Dallas and the TTC 69. Both projects will be awarded in 2008 according to the Texas Transportation Department's latest schedule.
  • In November 2005, the company was short-listed to develop, design, construct, finance, operate and maintain part of the ring road for the city of Dallas (Texas), called IH635. The contract will be awarded in 2008. 
  • The TTC-69 project consists in developing the corridor which crosses Texas from north to south in a line with Houston. The project provides the possibility of implementing all types of transport infrastructure. The winning consortium will advise the State on the most appropriate transportation projects and will have the right to operate a portion thereof.
• In Pennsylvania, ACS Actividades de Construcción y Servicios S.A. is short-listed for the concession process for the Pennsylvania Turnpike, one of the country's main motorways in terms of traffic, historical development and importance. This call for tenders is one of the largest held both in the United States and worldwide. The contract is expected to be awarded in 2008.
• In Florida, ACS Infrastructure Development, Inc. has been short-listed for the call for bids for the I-595 motorway concession in Broward County in the south of the state, to be executed on an availability payment basis.
• In Quebec, Iridium is short-listed for the call for bids for the A-30 motorway in Montreal. This is the ring road for the city and includes two significant bridges.

It is also monitoring tenders for significant projects in Europe, the United States, Canada and South America.

In Spain, the ACS Group is awaiting the adjudication of 3 concessions for municipal car parks in Andalusia, Catalonia and Madrid. 
 

Relevant Facts  

Over the course of 2007, the following concessions were opened to traffic or were commissioned:

• The Brians-2 Penitentiary Centre was commissioned on April 30, being this the second penitentiary centre in Spain to be financed through the PPP formula.
• On May 8, the Principe Pío Transport Interchange was opened in Madrid (Spain) with the presence of the President of the Autonomous Community and the Mayor of Madrid.
• In the first four months of the year all the sections of Madrid Calle 30 were put into service. This is a project in which the ACS Group participates as a Private Partner of the Madrid City Council (Spain) and is responsible for infrastructure maintenance. 
• On December 10, the toll ring road for Alicante in Spain was opened with the presence of the Secretary of State for International Cooperation and the subdelegate of the Government in Alicante. 
• Operation and construction of the Jonica Motorway (Greece) started on December 14.
  

Other noteworthy events which took place during the year include the following: 

• On February 6, construction work started on the new Hospital in Son Dureta in Palma de Mallorca with a capacity of over 800 beds. 
• On April 2007 the Chilean Ministry of Public Works (MOP) authorized the Final Start-up of Autopista Central motorway (Santiago de Chile). The end of the first construction stage and the fulfillment of a series of financial requirements permitted to reach the “Completion” in May 2007 and then begin with the operation, both required by the financial insurer. 
• On August 2007 the Chilean Ministry of Public Works (MOP) authorized the Final Start-up of Vespucio Norte Express motorway (Santiago de Chile). The end of the first construction stage and the fulfillment of a series of financial requirements permitted to reach the “Completion” in December 2007 and then begin with the operation, both required by the financial insurer, MBIA Insurance Corporation. 
• On May 9 the sale of Dragados Dundalk (Ireland) and Dragados A1 (United Kingdom) to Secondary Market Infrastructure Fund Ltd. was formalized.