My first several weeks as president of Ineco have given me a first-hand look at the excellent work of a team that stands above the rest. A team with a long history –this year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the company– but above all, with enormous talent to continue designing the future.

Our condition as a public engineering firm drives us to continue contributing actively to the development of Spain’s infrastructure, and area where we will continue to focus a large part of our technical potential through the professionals who form part of Ineco, exporting the broad knowledge acquired in Spain to other parts of the world.

In this sense, within Spain, we continue to work with our shareholders on a very wide variety of projects throughout our country. This issue of ITRANSPORTE covers several examples, including the complex project to resolve the Bergara Junction in the ‘Basque Y’ and the comprehensive modernization of the railway line between Palencia and Santander.

The team of professionals who form part of the Ineco has enormous talent to continue designing the future

In parallel, Ineco’s participation in large-scale engineering projects around the world, such as the Makkah-Madinah high-speed line, which at the close of this issue is already a reality that is underway, or the recommendations for the design of a new model of railway management in Malaysia, continue to highlight Ineco’s position as a leader outside of our borders.

It is also important to emphasize our contribution in the development of new projects aimed at implementing efficiency, safety and digitization in transport systems. The designing of equipment that recovers and returns the surplus energy generated by train braking to the grid, wildlife control plans at airports, and the implementation of the Digital Transformation Plan 2018-2020, are clear examples of this.

In late November, the president of Ineco, Jesús Silva, and the managing director of Infrastructures and Transport, José Manuel Tejera, travelled to Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore to meet and speak with several transport authorities about the Spanish company’s experience.

These three countries are currently developing ambitious projects regarding urban transport, high- speed rail lines –such as the future Kuala Lumpur-Singapore link– and airports, such as the expansion of Changi Airport, all of which Ineco is working on (see IT52).

The president of Ineco additionally took part in a meeting with Infrastructure and Transport ministers from both the SICA (Central American Integration System) and Spain. The meeting was held in October in Madrid and was chaired by Ana Pastor, the Spanish minister of Public Works.