Ferrovial

In 1952 Our Journey Began

During this time we started to pursue our goal of being what we are today, a leading company in the development of transport infrastructure, mobility solutions, engineering and constructor of civil works and buildings.

Business Model

Develop and operate innovative, efficient and sustainable infrastructure while creating value for our stakeholders.

We Have Been Fully Involved With Our People Since Day One

This is why ferrovial & you is our way of saying that the employee has the same level of importance as the company, since the value of each of our employees is also ours. We offer each of them a place to grow and build their professional careers.

SUSTAINABILITY

Our vision is to create safe, harm free workplaces and operations for everyone, every day, and make sure that everyone is heard and that they always stay safe.

Guaranteeing the health, safety and wellbeing of all individuals is simply the right thing to do. To achieve this, we must always question our approach to work. Are we doing it the best we can? Are we prepared for any potential failure? Can we do it better?

Looking out for each other, caring for your team as you would your own family, stopping an unsafe action as soon as we see a potential risk and speaking up if we have a better way of doing a task is how we will achieve our vision.

Enabling individuals and teams to make informed choices, empowering them to take control and establishing a positive delivery through truly competent colleagues, like you, who have access to adequate systems and innovations is the way we do business.

• We comply with applicable legislation and standards in effect, with a focus on best practices when reasonably practicable.
• We implement a reliable process of hazard and risk assessment of our activities in all of our work sites, thereby driving robust planning, as well as organization and control measures that helps us move towards a harm free environment.
• We facilitate channels of communication to encourage everyone to contribute positively to our health and safety performance, promoting a safety culture across the entire Group.
• We provide suitable resources and tools for improving the competence of our employees so that they are aware of risks related to their roles and functions.
• We establish and maintain effective health and safety management systems, including appropriate human and material resources to provide safe working conditions.
• We pay appropriate attention to the supply chain, by implementing health and safety conditions as selection criteria for suppliers and business partners.
• We monitor, measure and report health and safety performance on a regular and consistent basis. We investigate incidents in order to prevent recurrences.
• We continually improve our performance by setting objectives and measuring the outcomes of these on a regular basis. We explore improvements through innovation to mitigate workplace as well as operational hazards and risks.

We are proud to be part of Ferrovial because our contribution to society goes far beyond what meets the eye: Since 1952, we have been designing, building, and operating infrastructure, but ultimately our ambition is to create spaces that connect people and meet the needs of an interconnected world in constant movement.

Our determination has made us a solid industry benchmark today, but we always have an eye on what is yet to come. We know there are many ways of doing things, but we also know that being true to ourselves and our beliefs is what has brought us this far.

Our Purpose

To develop and operate sustainable, innovative, and efficient infrastructures creating value for our stakeholders.

We want to contribute to making the world more open, connected, and sustainable. We want to develop infrastructures for a world in motion. This is our purpose.

We are Ferrovial!

Our Values

Five values are engraved in the DNA of our corporate culture. We maintain the essence of our values, projecting them into the future:

• Respect: We are committed to leadership based on self-demand, respect, and recognition of a job well-done. We ensure that our impact is respectful of the environment and the communities in which we operate.
• Excellence: We are analytical, rigorous, and precise. We dream big with every challenge, without forgetting to be responsible with our resources. The pursuit of efficiency has made us a winning company.
• Integrity: We deliver what we say, driven by our commitment to our employees, customers, suppliers, partners, and shareholders, giving the best version of ourselves every day. We are thorough, reliable, and responsible.
• Collaboration: We believe that Ferrovial is only possible thanks to our talented people. We encourage the responsibility and autonomy of our staff, but we multiply our contribution through collaboration. We are the result of the sum of many individuals and businesses; our diversity makes us unique.
• Innovation: We are entrepreneurial by nature. We pursue new business opportunities, explore new geographies and turn every problem into an opportunity. We learn something new every day, taking advantage of our mistakes to improve.

1950
Rail and Waterworks

On December 18th 1952, Rafael del Pino y Moreno founded Ferrovial in an attic in central Madrid. Our name derives from the Spanish word for railway, and our company originally focused on railway projects–created to execute a contract to mortise wooden rail ties for Renfe, the Spanish railway company. In 1958, Renfe awarded us the project to build the railway link between Las Rozas and Chamartín, in Madrid. We laid 18 miles of track in 30 days.

1960 Road Construction

At the beginning of the decade, we had over 500 employees. Our company expanded into constructing waterworks, roads and buildings, and also moved into the toll road concession business. We diversified into a wide range of projects, all of which were highly complex in both engineering and financial terms.

1970 First Phase of International Expansion

Towards the end of the 1970s, during the recession caused by the oil crisis, we decided to explore opportunities in other countries. Our first international projects were concentrated in four countries: Libya, Mexico, Brazil and Paraguay.

1980 Construction Revived in Spain

We played a very important role in modernizing Spain and making it more European after it joined what was then called the European Economic Community. Our company was one of the key players in building the network of highways and accesses to the big cities, and in expanding and modernizing the ports, airports and railways, as well as building new schools and hospitals. During this time, we acquired Cadagua, a company specialized in designing, building and operating drinking water and sewage treatment plants.

1990 Diversification, Further Internationalization and Initial Public Offering

In 1992, Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo was appointed CEO of our company. With the acquisition of Agroman, now Ferrovial Construction, we positioned ourselves as one of Spain's largest construction companies. We also entered the North American market by obtaining the 407 ETR, a Canadian toll road, under a 99-year concession. Our company was floated on the stock exchange in 1999.

2000 Consolidation of the Services Business and Purchase of Important Adquisitions

In 2000, Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo was appointed Chairman of our company. We made important acquisitions during this decade including the Polish construction company Budimex, the services companies of Amey in the UK and Cespa in Spain, and the airport operator BAA, currently known as Heathrow Airport Holdings.

2010 – 2014

The 2nd decade of the 21st century has seen us grow with highway awards in North America, such as the NTE and the LBJ in Texas, I-77 in North Carolina, and extensions of the 407 EDG in Canada. In the United Kingdom, we acquired the airports of Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton, and took on the T2 projects of Heathrow, Crossrail, Northern Line and M8. In addition, we were awarded the Pacific Highway in Australia, ITER in France, the Turow plant in Poland, the Condor plant in Chile, the Al Ghubrah desalination plant in Oman, and the rail connection with Barcelona’s airport.

    2015 – 2018

Since 2015, we have won the award for the I-66 in Virginia, Grand Parkway and new segments of the NTE (3A and 3B) in Texas, and a section of the California AVE in the U.S. In Australia, we won the Toowoomba beltway, the Northern Beaches’ hospital connection, the Clarence River crossing and the maintenance of several roads in Melbourne. In Chile, we built section 2 of the L6 of Santiago’s metro system, the Routes of the Loa and an electric transmission line. We also undertook the works of Thames Tideway Tunnel in London and the Bratislava beltway.

2019

In the last year of the decade, we began the works for the IH35 highway in Texas, the Cocoa Route in Colombia and the AVE line between the municipalities of Pulpi and Vera in Spain. In addition, we were awarded major projects such as the Silvertown Tunnel in London, the expansion of the NTE (segment 3C) and the reconstruction of I-35 in Waco, Texas.

Today Ready for the Future

We launched a new strategy that marked a turning moment in the company's strategic direction, a change of course to transform Ferrovial into a more agile, more profitable and better positioned organization to face global challenges, such as climate change and urban congestion, and a pioneer of smarter and sustainable mobility that can offer solutions to society.