Five innovative ideas have reached the final phase of the roota project, the FCC Group's intrapreneurship programme, which will be decided next November. A total of 68 proposals from Spain, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Canada and Chile, covering all of the FCC Group's business areas and Corporate Services, were submitted. 

At the end of phase 2, 17 ideas were selected, refining the concept, drawing up a value proposal and proposing the necessary components to carry out the idea and validate the problem detected with the user. All of them were presented to an evaluation committee made up of the top management of the FCC Group and its business areas. 

After the teams presented each of the innovative ideas, the evaluation committee selected the five proposals that will advance to the final phase, which will focus on the development of prototypes with a minimum viable product approach to validate the solutions identified. 

The five proposals that will advance to the next phase are: Digital Twins: Our Window to the Future; Sustainable Modular Design of Electromechanical Installations; Migration and Benefits for the FCC Group (PTFMIGRAFCC); EfFiCienCy - Empowering Our people to grow; Digitise Production, Increase Productivity.

During the day, it was demonstrated that there is a lot of talent in the FCC Group, teams that are eager to carry out innovative projects, to share experiences and to learn, and above all, the effort, creativity and conviction to participate in this type of programme stood out. Projects linked to digitalisation to implement tools to improve certain processes in the company, with a special focus on data management, had a strong presence.

The evaluation committee highlighted the quality of the proposals submitted and expressed its willingness to continue developing those proposals which, although they have not reached the final phase of the competition, represent opportunities for improvement for the FCC Group. The Digital Innovation Lab will also accompany the development of these proposals. 

Last pase

The last phase will begin on 9 July and will last until November, when the "Demo Day" will take place, where a winning proposal and a finalist will be selected. 

The members of the winning team will receive advanced training in innovation methodologies and will enjoy a trip to visit an innovative project of the FCC Group in a location to be determined by the Evaluation Committee.

roota project

The roota initiative was created as an international intra-entrepreneurship programme open to all employees of the entities that make up the FCC Group and which aims to enhance the value of their internal talent in order to promote the generation of ideas and the creation of solutions in their work and professional environment.

This programme is designed to respond to challenges through collaboration in teams that can be multidisciplinary, made up of professionals who, following a process inspired by innovation methodologies and with expert accompaniment, make it possible to develop tangible and innovative solutions that benefit the FCC Group within the framework of its activities, either by promoting proposals that are aligned with the challenges faced by the FCC Group entities in their activity, or by evaluating the visibility, sustainability and viability of the proposed solutions, so that they can be carried out in a challenging and changing environment.