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Actividades de Construcción y Servicios

Construction

The construction activity carried out by the ACS Group can, on occasions, have a significant impact on the environment. Although this effect is usually temporary, the ACS Group’s construction companies attempt to identify this in the initial project phase in order to minimise or completely avoid their impact on the environment.

The main environmental impacts of construction projects are related to water consumption, waste generation, movement of surplus soils from excavation and the visual effect. The ACS Group has active management systems to reduce these impacts during execution of the works.

In order to save water, all employees of Dragados, the reference company in the ACS Group’s construction division, have access to good environmental practices documents for production processes and for services activities, among which are those related to efficient use of water. In addition, in order to involve collaborating companies, Dragados instructs its operators with delivery of a manual of good environmental practices to be implemented in the work, which also includes recommendations for rational water use.

Furthermore, there are other companies in ACS’s construction area with their own plans for the minimisation of environmental impact or efficient use of resources. GEOCISA has a system for reusing water from soil cleaning and VIAS has developed an automatic irrigation system by means of which large quantities of water can be saved.