DRAGADOS S.A.
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LCH -CERN
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Arroyo Culebro Green Hydrogen Plant
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Trillo nuclear power plant
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Marqués Valdecilla Protontherapy
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Pic legend 1: LCH -CERN
Pic legend 2: Arroyo Culebro Green Hydrogen Plant
Pic legend 3: Trillo nuclear power plant
Pic legend 4: Marqués Valdecilla Protontherapy

General information

  • Company name
    DRAGADOS S.A.
  • Adress
    Avenida del Camino de Santiago, 50, Madrid, Spain
  • Turnover
    6.04 million EUR in year 2023
  • Employees
    11141 in year 2023
  • SME
    NO
  • Contact Info:
    • Phone
      +34917038379
    • Email
      estudiosnotificaciones@dragados.com

Activity and Skills

Dragados and its group of companies belong to the Engineering and Construction Division of ACS Group.

With an annual turnover of 35,738 million euros and a workforce of 133,890 people worldwide in 2023, ACS Group has been the number one international contractor since 2018 according the trade magazine Engineering News-Record (ENR).
Dragados, created in the first half of the 20th century, has become stronger as a global leading actor in the construction sector, executing more than 8,300 kilometres of highways, 3,750 kilometres of roads, 2,000 bridges, 1,500 kilometres of tunnels, 600 marine works, 260 dams and hydroelectric power stations, 2,750 kilometres of railways, rail transport and railway facilities, 40 airports and 94.5 million square metres of several kinds of buildings such as airports, hospitals, museums, high-rise buildings and residential complexes. Additionally, it is one of the largest public-private partnership (PPP) contractors, having designed and built more than 100 worldwide concession projects.

Dragados, besides its strength and own ability, has its Spanish specialised subsidiaries Vías, Tecsa, Electren and Drace-Geocisa. Outside the national market, it has developed major infrastructure projects in other European countries like United Kingdom, Ireland, Poland (through its subsidiary Polaqua in the latter case) and Norway. In the last few years United States and Canada have become the main markets for Dragados due to the strong growth of its subsidiaries Schiavone, Pulice, John P. Picone, Prince and J.F.White, in addition to Dragados USA and Dragados Canada subsidiaries. It is also located in Latin America, with a track record of more than fifty years performing construction projects, especially in Chile and Argentina (through its subsidiary Dycasa in the latter country).

Its corporate philosophy starting up business in countries with a highly-stable presence enables it to face the immediate future with confidence. Its excellent position in the North American market allows Dragados to be placed in an extraordinary situation regarding the important investments in infrastructure announced by the Federal Government. Strong construction contracts are also expected in Europe with the collaboration of the European RTRP Funds. Dragados continues believing Spain as a key market in which it is the construction leader, having successfully adapted to the changing scenario over the last decade.

Dragados global future strategy is focused on strengthening its presence in traditional markets trying to reduce contract risks by means of modern procurement procedures with a balanced risk distribution. In addition it also aims to expand into new high-growth markets in the technology, innovation and sustainability fields, willing to invest in markets such as gigafactory batteries, data centres, high-tech laboratories, green hydrogen plants, etc.
Therefore, in summary, Dragados feels proud of its successful history, enjoys an unrivalled health and looks ahead with optimism to future expectations

Regarding contracts for big science facilities, DRAGADOS recent experience is shown below. However in the last forty years, the Company has built some other important nuclear facilities such as the following:

- Ascó Nuclear Power Plant Units I and II / Refrigeration and Water Discharge Enlargement in Ascó, Tarragona (Spain) / Ascó Nuclear Association
- Nuclear Power Plant in Trillo, Guadalajara (Spain) Unión Fenosa
- Vandellós Nuclear Power Plant Group II Civil Works in Vandellós, Tarragona (Spain). / Ascó-Vandellós II Nuclear Association
- Refrigeration Towers (Natural flow) for Trillo Nuclear Power Plant Group I in Trillo, Guadalajara (Spain). / Unión Fenosa
- Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant Civil Works in Almaraz, Cáceres (Spain). / Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant

Contracts for Big Science facilities

[OTHER] Proton therapy Building at Pere Virgili Health Complex. (Barcelona, Spain) (2024 - 2027)
The building has a rectangular floor plan and two very distinct volumes: a bunker area housing two proton therapy treatment rooms, with very thick walls and an upper and lower basement, and the other a conventional building with a basement, ground floor and four floors (used for reception, offices and medical consultations above ground level, and in the basement a CT area and waiting rooms to access the treatment).
[OTHER] Proton Therapy Unit at the University Hospital of Fuenlabrada (Madrid, Spain) (2024 - 2025)
A new Proton Therapy Treatment building attached to the north of the current oncology pavilion. Its program is divided into five different areas. Diagnosis, Treatments, Technical Area and offices, Maintenance and Logistics, Facilities. The Consultation area is located to the East, connected to the main entrance of the Hospital and the Oncology Building, while the Staff Area is located to the West joined to the hospital by extending the first-floor walkway. The proton treatment area is situated between them, in the center of the new construction and parallel to the accelerators. It is designed as a building with three different sections from East to West, that form a new wing, the seventh one, located to the North of the Hospital Complex. The program is distributed in two floors that connect the ground and the first floors of the Oncology Building.
[OTHER] Construction of a Proton Therapy Unit at the University Hospital of Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander (Cantabria, Spain) (2024)
A 2-story underground bunker will be built annexed to the Hospital, the works include interior conditioning, basements -2 and -4 of the hospital Bunker constructed area: 2,313 m3 Hospital interior constructed area: 5,369 m2 Exterior landscaping surface: 2,029 m2. Wall foundation using hydro mill and piles, haft of the footprint will be carried out by underground excavation. Walls and slabs of great thickness (100-400cm). In basement -4 of the existent Hospital, it will be carried out conditioning works of its surface and interior patios. In basement -3, a brachytherapy operation room will be built using barite concrete
[OTHER] Green Hydrogen Plant at Arroyo Culebro, Pinto (Madrid), Spain (2023 - 2027)
Project implementation, construction, operation and management and selling of the production for 2 years of green hydrogen generated by PEM-type electrolysis, whose electrical supply comes from a photovoltaic solar plant and the water from an advanced WWTP The plant can store hydrogen at different pressures depending on the final destination, and it can even be used in processes of the WWTP itself, such as biomethanization with CO2 capture in the anaerobic digesters of the existing WWTP. Oxygen is used in the biological reactor processes for water purification. (IN THE EXECUTION DATES ARE INCLUDED THE OPERATION & MAINTENACE FOR TWO YEARS)
[OTHER] Biological Containment Level 4 (NCB4) Laboratory destined for the National Animal Health Research Center of the INIA-CISA in Valdeolmos- Alalpardo (Madrid,Spain) (2023 - 2025)
Biological Containment Level 4 (NCB4) Laboratory destined for the National Animal Health Research Center of the INIA-CISA.
[OTHER] Level 4 Biological Containment Laboratory, P4, on the campus of ISCIII in Majadahonda (Madrid,Spain) (2023)
Level 4 Biological Containment Laboratory, P4, on the campus of ISCIII. New independent building connected to the laboratory building (biological containment level 2 and 3) of the National Microbiology Centre by a walkway on the first floor (Level 1). Total built area: 4,144.9 m2
[CERN] CERN - LHC - civil Engineering Construction, Package 2 - Contract T053/ST/LHC at Point 5 (CMS), Cessy (France) (2000 - 2005)
The project is located at the east of France, in the Ain department at about 15 km from Geneva and was has divided into several lots. Lot number 2 awarded to Dragados consisted in the construction of two underground caverns, in one of them there is a C.M.S. (Compact Munon Solenoid) that is a super detector of the particles produced in the collisions, the equipment has 14.500 tons of weight and was furnished with the necessary computer equipments. The caverns was excavated in a molasses soil, and the caverns dimensions are29x28x55 and 19x17x85 m respectively. There is a separation pile between both caverns from 7 to 9 m wide replacing the existent soil with concrete. The excavations were carried out with mechanical means.

Relevant R&D projects

[FP VII ] -Portable, Exhaustive, Reliable, Flexible and Optimized appRoach to Monitoring and Evaluation of building eneRgy performance (PERFORMER ) (2013 - 2017)
[FP VII ] -Novel Indicators for identifying critical INFRAstructure at RISK from natural hazards (INFRARISK ) (2013 - 2016)
[CENIT ] -Clean, efficient and environmentally friendly construction (CLEAM ) (2007 - 2010)
[PROFIT ] -Development of environmental intelligence services and energy management services (DOMOTICA ) (2007 - 2008)
[FP VI ] -Robots in Collaborative Working Environments (ROBOT@CWE ) (2006 - 2009)
[PSE ] -Bioclimatic architecture and solar cooling (ARFRISOL ) (2005 - 2011)
[PSE ] -Development of new technologies in materials and manufacturing processes for components aimed at their integration into buildings (HABITAT 2030 ) (2005 - 2008)