The Association of Civil Engineers of Andalusia, Ceuta and Melilla has awarded the first Prize for the Best Andalusian Public Engineering Project 2021 to the Málaga Metro, with the award going to the Regional Government of Andalusia, the Malaga Metro Concessionaire, the construction and consulting companies that have participated in these 17 years of execution, and a total of 52 civil engineers, recognised for their role in the project.
The awards ceremony was held in Malaga and was attended by the Regional Minister of Development of the Regional Government of Andalusia, Marifrán Carazo.
Gabriel Peñafiel, Azvi’s Director of Construction for Spain and Portugal, collected the award given to the Azvi Group and in his words of thanks he highlighted that ‘today this city and its metro are a firm commitment to modernity and development’, stating that it is to the credit of the administrations and companies that ‘our region is at the forefront of prestige’, and that ‘today is a day of celebration for Malaga’.
Carlos Arias, one of Azvi’s site managers during the construction of Lines 1 and 2, also received an award as an outstanding engineer.
At Grupo Azvi, we are very honoured to have been involved in this unique project from the outset, as we were awarded, through our concessions company Cointer, the concession contract for the construction and operation of Lines 1 and 2 of the Malaga Metro for the Regional Government of Andalusia, together with the Public Works Agency, Comsa, Construcciones Vera, FCC, Sando and Cajamar. Azvi participated in the construction with the aforementioned partners.
Azvi has also been awarded several other contracts, such as track maintenance and civil works with Comsa, Matinsa and Sando; energy and electromechanical installations maintenance with EMTE and FCC Industrial; and, finally, track assembly in the superstructure works on the Renfe-Guadalmedina-Atarazanas section, which we are currently completing together with Guamar.
On behalf of Cointer, Alfonso Budiño, Managing Director of the concessionaire, was in charge of the Concession Contract for the construction and operation of Lines 1 and 2.
As for Azvi, over the course of these 17 years, more than 35 colleagues have been part of the various teams working on the Malaga Metro project. Noteworthy contributions include those of Pietro Tucci, Tomás Jodra, Manuel de la Cruz, Bonifacio Sanz, José A. Navarro, Juan Cabrerizo, Juan J. Jiménez, Pilar Rodríguez and Juan M. Gómez in the infrastructure of Lines 1 and 2.
Enrique Macho in Facility Maintenance.
Pedro Tejeda in Infrastructure Maintenance.
Angel Martínez, Francisco López, Iván Hernandez, Mario Barcala, Ginés Gómez, Alberto Vallés, Juan José Jiménez, Leonardo Córcoles, Valeriano Garrido and Emilio Algaba in the Renfe-Guadalmedina-Atarazanas Track Assembly.
