Sacyr commemorates this Tuesday the 40th anniversary of its founding, a stage in which it has consolidated a portfolio of concession assets valued at more than 4,300 million euros and has carried out the construction of more than 7,000 kilometers of roads and 1,100 kilometers of railway lines.
The company faces this milestone with the same "ambition" to position itself as a benchmark in the development of transport, social and water infrastructures, as emphasized by its chairman, Manuel Manrique.
Originating in 1986 under the name Sociedad Anónima de Caminos y Regadíos, Sacyr has transformed over these four decades into a global concessionaire specialized in transport, social and water infrastructures.
During this period, the company has driven thousands of projects in more than 20 countries and has put into operation more than 100 assets developed through public-private partnership schemes, as detailed in a statement.
Currently, it is the third-largest infrastructure developer worldwide, with a portfolio of concession assets that exceeds 4,300 million euros.
In detail, it has built more than 7,000 kilometers of roads, 1,100 kilometers of railway track (340 kilometers of them high-speed), 200 kilometers of metro and tramway, more than 400 kilometers of tunnels, more than 10,000 hospital beds, more than one million square meters of airport terminals, 27 kilometers of landing and takeoff runways, and more than 100 water treatment plants.
At present, Sacyr Concesiones manages more than 4,400 kilometers of motorways at an international level, serves about 54 million passengers per year through the interchanges and airports it manages and operates hospitals with capacity for 4,500 beds, according to its figures.
For its part, Sacyr Agua produces each year more than 570 million cubic meters of desalinated water and more than 129 million cubic meters of treated water, and supplies more than 12 million people in five countries.
"This milestone invites us to look back, but, above all, it encourages us to move forward in our ambition: to be leaders in the development of transport, social and water infrastructures," says Manrique, who describes these 40 years of its journey as "an extraordinary business journey".
At the same time, Sacyr also celebrates three decades of activity in Chile, where it operates 13 concessioned routes, five airports, five hospitals (two of them concessioned) in different stages of development, a water reuse plant, a desalination plant, and five concessions of the integral water cycle.
The company is present in 11 of the country’s 16 regions and generates more than 5,000 direct jobs, as highlighted by the company itself.