spanish company dedicated to civil and mastermind construction

ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A. ( spanish pronunciation : [ aθeˈese ] ) is a spanish company dedicated to civil and engineering construction, all types services and telecommunications. It is one of the leading construction companies in the global, with projects in many countries around the world. The company was founded in 1997 through the fusion of OCP Construcciones, S.A. and Ginés Navarro Construcciones, S.A. The group has a presence in Germany, India, Brazil, Chile, Morocco and Australia. The headquarters are in Madrid and the chair is Florentino Pérez. Listed on the Bolsa de Madrid, the party ‘s shares form part of the IBEX 35 standard marketplace index .

history [edit ]

The ship’s company was formed when a team of engineers acquired Construcciones Padrós S.A., a structure occupation which had been in fiscal difficulty, in 1983. The company acquired a majority holding in Cobra, a support services business, and merged with OCISA S.A. to create OCP Construcciones, S.A. in 1993 ; it went on to merge with Ginés Navarro Construcciones, S.A. to create Grupo ACS in 1997. [ 3 ] It subsequently bought Onyx SCL, an environmental contractor, in 1999 and stakes in Xfera and Broadnet, telecommunication businesses, in 2000 before going on to acquire Dragados S.A., a large contractor established during World War II to dredge the Port of Tarifa and which had subsequently gained extensive experience in hydro-electric and civil engineering exploit, in 2003. [ 4 ]

In 2006 the company acquired 22.0 % of Unión Fenosa ( raised late to 45 % ), a leading utilities business, before divesting it to Gas Natural in 2008, [ 5 ] and in 2011, Grupo ACS raised its stake in Hochtief to 50.16 %, efficaciously acquiring the company. [ 6 ]

Divisions [edit ]

construction [edit ]

  • Dragados
    • Pulice
    • John Picone
    • Schiavone
    • Prince Contracting
    • J.F. White
  • VYCSA
  • Roura & Cevasa
  • Electren
  • Constru-Rail
  • TECSA
  • Drace
  • Dravosa
  • GEOCISA
  • COGESA
  • Dycvensa
  • Dycasa
  • Pol-Aqua
  • Hochtief (66.5%)
    • Turner
      • Clark Builders
    • Flatiron
      • E.E. Cruz and Company
    • CIMIC Group
      • CPB Contractors
      • Leighton
      • Thiess
      • Ventia
      • UGL Limited

infrastructure [edit ]

  • Iridium

Industrial companies [edit ]

  • Grupo Cobra
  • Grupo Etra
  • SEMI S.A.
  • IMESAPI
  • EYRA
  • CYMI
  • Dragados OFFSHORE
  • GRUPO MAESSA
  • Maetel
  • Grupo MAESSA Arabia Saudi Ltd
  • Intecsa Industrial
  • Initec Energía
  • SICE

Services [edit ]

  • Clece
  • Dragados SPL
  • Continental-Rail

Minority Investments [edit ]

  • Abertis (25%)
  • Urbis

Dragados ( Head offices of Madrid ), a construction company acquired by ACS in 2003

significant projects [edit ]

major projects involving the company have included the Alqueva Dam completed in 2002, [ 7 ] the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia completed in 2005, [ 8 ] the Torre Agbar completed in 2005, [ 9 ] the Torre de Cristal completed in 2008, [ 10 ] the Torre Caja Madrid completed in 2008, [ 11 ] the LGV Perpignan–Figueres High Speed railroad track completed in 2009, [ 12 ] the Portugués Dam in Ponce, Puerto Rico completed in 2014 [ 13 ] and the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project completed in 2016. [ 14 ]

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