On 14 May the new Sants Market, a historical building inBarcelona, was inaugurated, a comprehensive remodelling process having begun in 2009, and the last stage having been executed by COMSA. The new market retains its modernist style and, following the refurbishment, has an area of 3,000 square metres, some fifty retail premises and a...
The Ministry of Development, through Adif, has granted COMSA the installation of the international standard width for the railway section from Vinarós (Castellón) to Vandellós (Tarragona), 70 kilometres in length and forming part of the Mediterranean Corridor. COMSA will carry out track and electrification work and will adapt the facilities for the operation of...
The director of COMSA EMTE’s Technical and Innovation department, Valenti Fontserè, participated in the Rail Technology Conferences, rail innovation day events in Düsseldorf (Germany) from the 18th to the 20th of March which brought together various industry experts over the three days. During the event, Fontserè presented the Neoballast project, an initiative led by...
On the 15th of March, the Gran Canaria Arena, a multipurpose hall with a maximum capacity for 10,000 spectators, built through a temporary joint venture lead by COMSA, opened in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The project cost 70 million Euros and took place over 23 months. The Gran Canaria Arena has first class...
Europe In the countries of the European Union, special mention should be made of the conclusion of the Ankara Metro (Turkey), construction of the Lugoj-Deva (Romania) motorway, the Rail Baltica project in Lithuania and the renovation of the railway line between Fosowskie and Opole (Poland). In France, the ITER urban development work continues, the...
Between 6 and 8 March, in Istanbul, COMSA participated in the fourth edition of Eurasia Rail, the world’s third largest rail conference. The company showcased its more than 120 years of experience in the industry and its high degree of technical specialisation, in an event that brought together more than 300 exhibitors from 25...
The Spanish company COMSA has completed construction of the Batikent-Sinçan line (M3) of the Ankara Metro, with a total length of31.3 kilometresand 11 stations (two underground and the rest above ground). COMSA has been responsible for the civil engineering works, the architecture, the infrastructure and superstructure, and the electrical and mechanical work necessary for...
On 28 January the Minister for Development, Ana Pastor, visited the works involving the refurbishment of the L’Hospitalet de Llobregat station (Barcelona), a project implemented by COMSA over the last 12 months and with a value exceeding 11 million euros. Also present at the event were various representatives of COMSE EMTE, including the president,...
COMSA has successfully completed the topography work and engineering tasks performed over the last two years for the Canadian company Barrick Gold Corporation at the Veladero mine, located in the province of San Juan in the Argentinian Andes. The work has been carried out at an altitude of 4000 to 4850 metres above sea...
COMSA continues to collaborate with the Construction Work Foundation to design a series of projects related to Occupational Risk Prevention. As regards ergonomics in the construction sector, expansions to the ‘Ergonomics in Construction Manual’ and the text ‘Ergonomics in the Construction Sector. Resources for Trainers’ have recently been released. Both texts were written by...
