Baldomero Falcones, chairman and CEO of FCC, accompanied Mariano Rajoy, Spain's prime minister, on his visit in London to the Crossrail underground railway project, a section of which is being built by FCC.

FCC is participating in this project via its subsidiary ALPINE. The contract, worth 250 million pounds (300 million euro), includes construction of the Whitechapel and Liverpool Street accesses and stations.

Crossrail is the largest infrastructure project currently under way in Europe. The commuter railway will span 119 kilometres and connect 37 stations, from Maidenhead and Heathrow Airport in the west, to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east.

Crossrail will be able to carry 1.5 million people into London's central business districts in at most 45 minutes and will increase the capacity of the city's railway system by 10%.

Other projects in the UK

FCC Construction has other projects under way in the UK. Olympic Broadcasting Services (the host broadcasting organisation for the London 2012 Olympic Games) awarded the company the contract to design, build and maintain (including interior design and finishings) the International Broadcasting Centre (IBC) during the Games.

FCC Construction is also building the New Acute Hospital, in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. The more than 60,000 m2hospital will have 315 rooms and 5 operating theatres