If there is one thing that defines Ineco, it is the ability to adapt to changes and propose solutions to face future scenarios, a trait embedded in our teams. More than 4,000 professionals bring their solid experience, knowledge and innovative spirit to progress towards models in line with the times, where sustainability and digitalisation are the cornerstones on which our company’s strategy is built on.

As a result, digitalisation and the application of new technologies make it possible to improve the inspection and monitoring processes for infrastructure and bridges, making progress in models for which Ineco has more than three decades of experience. An example is the innovation project developed by the company which makes use of drones and has been successfully tested for the radio aid calibration system.

The extensive experience, as well as the avant-garde and entrepreneurial spirit of the company’s professionals, allow Ineco, together with other companies in our country, to integrate Spanish engineering talent into projects that are revolutionising mobility around the world

The extensive experience, as well as the avant-garde and entrepreneurial spirit of the company’s professionals, allow Ineco, together with other companies in our country, to integrate Spanish engineering talent into projects that are revolutionising mobility around the world. In this edition, we highlight our participation in the execution of the new tunnel under the river Thames in London, in the implementation of the ERTMS system in the Danish railway network, and in the administrative, environmental and legal management of roads upgrading program promoted by Costa Rica. All these actions are aimed at improving sustainability, safety and mobile connectivity, which translates into benefits for citizens. We noted improvements in the user experience, such as that provided by the Automatic Baggage Handling System (SATE), designed by Ineco at airports of Kastelli, in Greece and Schiphol, in Amsterdam.

The company’s Architecture with gender perspective team presents designs that are committed to inclusion. This is a pioneering project in the sector that seeks to integrate this aspect and guarantee full equality in the field of infrastructures and transport. An objective that is part of our 2030 Agenda Plan, that includes the use of engineering to support the most disadvantaged, across projects deployed in Africa, Asia and America which has allowed us to provide basic services and improve the quality of life of more than 44,000 people.

SpaceOpal, the Galileo system operator under contract with the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), has awarded Ineco the extension of its current contract as the company responsible for the operation and maintenance of the European Satellite Navigation Services Centre (GSC) of the Galileo Programme for the next five years. Based in Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid), the GSC provides satellite navigation services to users worldwide. 

This extension ensures the continuity of Ineco’s activities in the project until 2027, a period in which the GSC will incorporate new capabilities such as the provision of the Galileo High Accuracy Service (HAS), one of Galileo’s main differentiating elements with regard to its competitors.

In the image, the European Satellite Navigation Services Centre (GSC), where Ineco provides operation, security, cybersecurity, integrated logistics and support services for the development of user services and applications.

The company has obtained recognition from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the National Air Safety Agency (AESA) for the design of instrument flight procedures, which establish the trajectory of aircraft to prevent collisions.

Ineco has thus become the first Spanish company to obtain the ICAO certificate, which only 14 other companies worldwide have been awarded. The accreditation is valid for three years, for both conventional and performance-based navigation (PBN).

The National Air Safety Agency (AESA) has also certified Ineco as a provider of flight procedure design services, making it the second organisation in Spain, after Enaire, to have received this recognition, which is valid throughout the European Union.

MITMA Group companies, including Ineco, have joined the STEAM Alliance for female talent. On 9 February, the signing ceremony of the protocol took place with the Ministers of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda and Education and Vocational Training, Raquel Sánchez and Pilar Alegría, respectively, and the presidents of Adif, Renfe, ENAIRE, Aena, Puertos del Estado and Ineco, Sergio Vázquez (third from the left). 

Under the slogan ‘Girls in Science’, the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training is promoting this initiative in the public and private sectors to “encourage the interest of girls and young women in disciplines related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics” (STEAM).

Supporting the STEAM vocations of girls and women in education is a priority issue not only for the United Nations, which includes it in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, but also for the European Union and the government of Spain, which has included it in the Digital Spain 2025 Agenda. Meanwhile, Ineco has made equality one of the pillars of its strategic business plan.

The Spanish-Dutch consortium KL AIR, formed by the architects Kaan and Lamela, and the engineering firms ABT and Ineco, are carrying out a new study of the sizing and location of spaces for the new South Terminal of Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport. The study, following the impact of COVID-19 on the airport’s traffic, is limited to the same plot of land where the previous design was planned, and must consider a phased development of the new terminal, adapted to its future needs.

Ineco’s consultancy work will focus on the sizing of the different areas of the building, the establishment of a concept of operations and the analysis of the requirements that will form the basis of the future design.

The National Rail Transport Directorate of the Ministry of Public Works of Uruguay has appointed Ineco as an expert consultant for the organisational structuring of the new Centralised Traffic Control (CTC) centre. Ineco will provide support for the CTC of the Central Railway for one year, advising on regulations and providing training for railway operation, safety, planning and freight transport. This is the company’s fifth contract for this project, and is the most significant in the Uruguayan network in recent years.

Ineco has expanded the services it currently provides for Network Rail Consulting in Australia as a systems integrator. The contract is part of the Digital Systems Program (DSP), which aims to upgrade signalling to European Train Control Systems (ETCS) Level  2, that is part of the European ERTMS system, for the rail operator and manager, Sydney Trains. 

The new scope focuses on providing assistance in the definition of the ETCS Trackside/On board and TMS/Trackside integration test cases for the project. The main activities to be carried out by Ineco are: definition of the generic test cases list, detailed development of each test case, including traceabilitity to the DSP Requirements.

In addition, Ineco, that has been present in the country for three years, continues working as part of the System Integrator supporting the Program: systems design supervision (trackside and on-board ETCS, traffic management system, cybersecurity and fixed and mobile communications); definition of Signalling Principles and technical consultancy services.

The company has added two new contracts, now numbering eight in total to date, to the work it has been carrying out since 2019 together with other Spanish companies (Ardanuy and IDOM) for the Rail Baltica high-performance corridor, which will link Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with Europe over 870 kilometres. 

On the one hand, it will provide consultancy services for the storage of supplies, including both the development of the strategy and the technical and design requirements for the materials storage bases. On the other hand, it will carry out a study of the potential synergies of the corridor to improve the design of the infrastructure, analyse future development and business opportunities, and advise national governments on EU policies and strategies.

These works are in addition to those already being carried out, such as the design of the railway accesses to Riga, the design and supervision of a 94-kilometre section in Northern Latvia, the implementation of the energy strategy and the analysis and design of the maintenance facilities along the entire line.

Ineco is collaborating with Renfe on the Commuter Stations Plan 2019 to 2024, which includes various works to increase the capacity and performance of the network and increase comfort and accessibility to trains and stations. Among other works, the company has carried out projects and works management for the Cerdanyola-Universidad and Santa Perpetua de Mogoda stations in Barcelona. At Cerdanyola-Universidad station, which has five tracks and three platforms, access for people with reduced mobility has been improved thanks to the installation of three lifts serving the subway. At the new Santa Perpetua de Mogoda station, the main works have consisted of the construction of a main building, a subway to connect the platforms, the installation of lifts, new shelters and the development of the accesses.

Adif has also commissioned Ineco to draw up the construction project for the new Parets del Vallès railway station, which forms part of the conventional gauge line linking Barcelona, Vic and Puigcerdà. The project includes a new passenger building with lifts, a car park and an urban pedestrian connection footbridge.

Ineco has been entrusted with the management of the refurbishment works for the new headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation. Located in the centre of Madrid, it is an energy-efficient building with more than 50,000 m² of floor space, where more than 1,200 public employees will work. The building is highly flexible in its use of space and complies with EU energy efficiency directives and is BREEAM-certified for sustainability. All site information has been integrated into a Building Information Modelling (BIM), which has improved the quality of the project and optimised costs during construction and maintenance.