This There are large Spanish construction and infrastructure companies in Israel. In recent years, some of these Spanish stock market giants have worked on rail and water infrastructures in this Middle Eastern country.
Sacyr It started its activities in the Middle East country in 2009 with the award. €300 million contract to design and build a desalination plant. This project was the second project developed by a foreign company in the country’s history. This contract was shared with local company Minrav, which owns 33% of the concession. Construction took 30 months and was prepared to produce 100 million cubic meters of desalinated water per year.
The FCC (Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas) was prequalified in 2006 with General Electric and Israeli IDE to build a desalination plant, but the project was not finally put out to tender.
hot water It also developed infrastructure in Israel. The company, headed by Florentino Pérez in 2015, Won electrification of 420 kilometer railway linein a contract worth 480 million euros. In the tender, 46 million euros were paid for the construction of 385.8 million euros and the maintenance of these lines for 10 years. In addition, regarding railway infrastructures, tipsa It is currently involved in the construction of light rail in the country.
One of the subsidiaries of ACS was accused by the Do Not Occupy coalition. Carrying out work in Israeli-occupied settlements in PalestineAs he reported Tide in 2021. It’s a situation similar to what is currently taking place at the Basque CAF and Madrid GMV. Both are accused of constructing light rail stops on territory legally recognized as Palestinian by Spain and the rest of the United Nations.
On this occasion, it all begins with a complaint by the Committee of Solidarity with the Arab Cause, which prompted the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism to seek clarification from companies.
What are companies looking for?
large Spanish companies go to countries with foreign financingusually affiliated with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), of which Israel has been a member since 2010. infrastructure is higher even than in developing countries.
“Often there is no need to go to a smaller and less ideal country,” adds one source in this industry.
Another source is that normally such competitions done temporary for international companiesThose who go to the country to perform a specific task and do not need to have particularly high legal security: “They go there, they build, they get paid and they go.”