FCC's Austrian subsidiary ALPINE took second prize at the 2010 International German Training Prize for its Site Manager Development Programme.

The International German Training Prize is given out yearly by the BDVT, the Association of German Sales Promoters, Trainers, Consultants and Coaches. The jury was made up of nine trainers plus marketing and human resources managers from large companies.

Projects were submitted by seventy companies, including BMW, SAP, HP, Bosch, Opel, Vodafone and Kia Motors, and only the twenty best were selected.

The winning human resources development initiatives are marked by being clearly goal-oriented, respecting the interests of trainees, being innovative and fostering motivation.

The prizes were given at Europe's largest human resources trade fair, the Zukunft Personal in Cologne.

The Site Manager Development Programme (SMDP) was designed and implemented jointly by ALPINE and the Kaibliner & Partner personnel training institute.

More than 28,000 people work in FCC's construction unit. During 2009 upward of 146,000 hours of training were given and more than 4.3 million euro were invested in training