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The Minister of Foreign Affairs visits the Riyadh Metro (Saudi Arabia) The president of Chile officially kicks off the Mapocho Río Park project The A465 project in Wales (UK) wins the European PPP Deal of the Year Award The runway Project at Bacau Airport (Rumania) is completed Castrovido reservoir works completed (Burgos) Excellent rating for the North Runway Dublin Airport project (Ireland) The minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Coopera- tion, Arancha González Laya, together with the Spanish am- bassador to Saudi Arabia, Ál- varo Iranzo, and various Saudi Arabian authorities, as well as the Middle East mana- ger of FCC Construcción, visited Riyadh metro lines 4-5-6, built by FCC. During the visit, the final status of the project, which is close to being commissioned, was checked. This infrastructure is the largest contract in the history of Spanish construction abroad. The president of Chile has officially started the Mapocho Río Park project, in a ceremony attended by neighbors, authorities and FCC Construcción. Mapocho Río is a project that seeks to recover and revitalize the south bank of this river in the western sector of Santiago, in the districts of Quinta Normal and Cerro Navia. The pro- ject will have an extension of 52 hectares in a length of 9 kilometers. It is the largest urban project with green areas contemplated in the current program of the Mi- nistry of Housing and Urbanism, and the second lar- gest urban project of its kind in the country. FCC Construcción has won the European PPP Deal of the Year award for the A465 project in Wa- les (United Kingdom), thanks to the assessment of the PFI organiza- tion, which has highlighted its mag- nitude and importance. Developed under a PPP model, it consists of widening sections 5 and 6 of the hi- ghway along 17.3 kilometers to improve public mobili - ty and connectivity, due to its current state and heavy daily traffic. The widening of the A465 represents a significant investment that will make it possible to ge - nerate a series of benefits for the local companies involved in the development of the project. Its scope included the demolition of the existing runway, which has a length of 2,500 meters and a width of 45 meters, as well as the restoration of a new runway. The new take-off runway has at its end a pla - tform for the return maneuver of the aircraft. The total landing area, including the return platform, is more than 115,000 square meters. The project also inclu- ded the rehabilitation of the traffic lanes, the expan - sion of the embarkation and disembarkation platform as well as the construction of the airport’s perimeter security road, the installation of beacons on the new runway and the security platform. FCC Construcción has completed the Castrovido reservoir in Burgos, whose purpose is to regulate the Arlanza River, thus protecting the riverside populations from flooding, in addition to damming the volumes needed for urban supply, ecolo- gical purposes and irrigation. The project consisted of the construction of a main gravity dam, with a straight ground plan, built with vibrated mass con- crete. The crest elevation is 1,048 meters above sea level and it has a maximum height above foun- dations of 95 meters and a length of 534 meters. North Runway, FCC Construcción’s project for the cons- truction of the new runway at Dublin Airport (Ireland), has been awarded an excellent rating by “Considerate Cons- tructors”, the UK and Ireland Constructors Association. The jury evaluated aspects such as appearance, respect for the community, environmental protection and safety, all of which were rated 9 out of 9. The new 3,110-meter runway will be located in the northern part of the airport, parallel to the existing 10R/28L main runway. B R I E F - C O N S T R U C T I O N 71 CONSTRUCTION B R I E F