Arup in Spain

Local knowledge, global expertise

Pavilion Bridge, Zaragoza Expo 2008, Zaragoza

 The problems arising in engineering are not usually clear-cut, so many solutions
are possible: good, bad and indifferent. Finding a good one is a creative task that
calls for imagination, intuition and conscious decision-making.

Sir Ove Arup, The Key Speech

Contents

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4...

Arup around the world

Our markets

Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

Fundacin Caixa Galicia, La Corua

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5...

Arup in Spain

Sustainability

Bodegas Portia, Burgos

Palmas Altas, Seville

3...
Our services
Picasso Museum, Malaga

Marina Bay Sands, Singapore Arup/Darren Soh

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1... Arup in the world

Arup is a global firm providing consultant, engineering and design services
across a broad range of areas to clients the world over.
It is the driving force, the inspiration behind many innovative and sustainable
buildings, civil engineering projects and urban planning and public transit
schemes.
Founded in 1946 by Sir Ove Arup, our company has since grown into an
international group with over 10,000 professionals operating out of 90 offices
in 35 countries on all six inhabited continents. We adopt an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to provide our clients with business counsel and efficient
solutions for the built environment. At any given time, we are involved in
around 11,000 projects in over 100 countries.
Our experience is the result of the input from each of Arups teams, whose
components form an international network of coordinated professionals able to
operate and participate in world-scale plans adapted to local needs.
Owned by its employees and therefore unbound by shareholder management or
the interests of outside agents, Arup can freely adopt the decisions best suited to
each project.
We aim to provide technical and business solutions for both building and urban
planning, implementing policies that prioritise energy efficiency and the use of
renewables.

Infanta Sofa Hospital, Madrid

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2... Arup in Spain

Arup located in Spain permanently in 1994. Since then it has grown to have a
staff of over 130 highly qualified engineers, consultants and technical personnel.
The firm is organised around three areas of business: building, infrastructure
and consultancy. Each of these areas has multi-disciplinary teams who adapt
their global vision to local needs with creative and sustainable solutions.
A comprehensive view of environmental factors and the efficient use of
resources constitute the leit motiv in all our designs, which are tailored to local
legislation and surroundings.
Arup has clients in both the private and public sectors, with projects in Spain
and abroad in building, urban planning, civil and industrial engineering,
technical consulting and comprehensive project management.
Due to the brisk pace of growth in projects outside Spain, we have close ties
with offices in other European countries, as well as in Middle Eastern, African
and Latin American markets. Our local professionals are fully available for
relocation as required by project demands.
We have proven experience in the urban, health, railway and maritime sectors,
but also in office building, cultural centre and retail construction, property
rehabilitation and specialised consultancy. In addition, we provide technical
consultancy services for financial institutions involved in PFI/PPP-type privately
financed public projects.

3... Our services

Structures
Our services cover building projects involving all manner
of uses, typologies and materials, as well as rehabilitation,
pathology, assessment of the condition of existing
structures and geotechnical and foundation consultancy.
We draft distinctive designs covering all stages from
conceptual considerations to on-site assembly, using threedimensional modelling and pursuing the implementation
of sustainable solutions. We have a team of over 35
multi-lingual professionals with local and international
experience who actively engage in ongoing training.
Our international office network ensures a wide variety
of resources and some of the industrys most renowned
experts.

Building services
Our long experience includes the design of new buildings
as well as retrofitting and remodelling, in which the
emphasis is on sustainability and energy efficiency.

Our services range from counsel for competitions

and conceptual design, project auditing and building
inspection, to preparation of licensing documents and
requests for quotations from contractors and installers.
We also provide site supervision and technical assistance,
along with post-construction maintenance consultant
services.

Sustainability
We have consolidated our experience in consultancy
and engineering services in assessment, certification to
standards and sustainable energy solutions. Building
design and planning, urban developments and policies that
integrate energy efficiency, renewables and the mitigation
of and adaptation to climate change are included in our
analyses of social implications and the business models
that make such approaches viable.
We have qualified professionals with broad experience
in the best known certification processes (LEED,
BREEAM, VERDE and SPeAR) and have spearheaded
their implementation in Spain.

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Our activities revolve around engineering.

With our holistic approach to a variety
of sectors and markets, we offer a multidisciplinary vision able to generate innovative,
reliable and economic solutions.
Our disciplines, which draw from avant-garde
techniques and professionals with expertise in
new demands, are fully prepared to seize every
new opportunity to build a better world.

Fire safety
All the fire safety engineers in our international network
are fully versed in the unique know-how required
to undertake large-scale projects such as stadiums,
community centres, retail parks and residential and
industrial buildings.
We offer avenues for developing Spanish technical
building code (CTE)-compliant designs that meet both
regulatory and client requirements, while reducing initial
cost and construction. We identify the ultimate objectives
and offer customised safety solutions for each building or
infrastructure.

Faades
From material selection to definition of details, we
establish a comprehensive vision of the building envelope,
ensuring soundness and full reliability.
Our services include the design of distinctive faades
and assessment of their structural, thermal, acoustic and
lighting features; the design of cable or glazed systems;

material consultancy; solutions for pathologies and on-site

technical assistance. We coordinate our work with other
disciplines to ensure optimal energy use, acoustics and
lighting in building envelopes.

Project management
Our work focuses on comprehensive project management,
providing support for our clients in every stage to ensure
the satisfactory definition of needs and the control required
to meet cost, quality, timing, risk management and
sustainability objectives.
We conduct high added value risk and management
analysis, monitoring and consultancy based on our broad
international experience. Our multi-disciplinary team
of professionals is characterised by its decision-making
agility and flexibility, and adaptability to the conditions
prevailing in each project.

Urban planning
We are committed to optimal city planning from a vision focusing
on the social dimension of the urban and building fabric that also
integrates economic and environmental factors.
Our design approach combines land use, infrastructure management,
economic, environmental, sociological, ecological, hydrological
and energy use criteria. Our projects cover everything from urban
regeneration and strategic planning to the development of eco-cities
and avant-garde sustainability standards.

Transport
Suitable transport and logistics planning is essential to the efficiency
and sustainability of the social and economic fabric. Our discipline
encompasses concept, planning, design and use of a wide variety
of transport and logistics projects: from the study of their market
potential and operational design to the drafting of business, feasibility
and operating plans.
Over the last 40 years, our multi-disciplinary professionals have
advised a wide variety of public and private transport and logistics
actors the world over.

Infrastructure
We have the skills needed to maintain and develop basic
infrastructure for social progress.
We act in all phases of a project life cycle, from the feasibility
study and design to the preparation of tender documents and site
supervision with systems that ensure construction quality.
Our specialists manage complex projects that involve civil
engineering, large-scale infrastructure, geotechnical studies,
maritime structure, bridges, tunnels and networking. We participate
in global proposals, sharing information and applying design
techniques adapted to local needs.

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La Cala Resort, Mlaga

Palmas Altas Campus, Seville

4... Our markets

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Property
Social infrastructure
Transport infrastructure
Energy, resources and industry

RCD Espanyol Stadium, Barcelona

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Our markets | Property

Offices
The creation of comfortable space adaptable to rental market fluctuations is
a basic feature of the office buildings designed by Arup. Our projects meet
established cost, timing, quality and market adaptability requirements.
Our services range from structural engineering, M&E services and civil works
to fire safety assessments, lighting engineering, traffic and access planning,
environmental, acoustic and faade analysis and comprehensive project and
asset management.

Retail
We provide retail park consultancy and design services for both de novo
construction and remodelling. We understand the developers and other actors
needs in a market that has evolved from a rather simple to a more complex and
demanding model.
Our specialists constantly seek innovative approaches satisfactory to both clients
and tenants.
We explore the design of the entire product life cycle and furnish technical
solutions for Europes major investors. We also make multi-disciplinary
recommendations respecting market variations and risks as well as project
sustainability.

Sports and leisure

Our experience in this area has been acquired during our participation in some
of the most distinctive sports complexes inside and outside Spain. Our cutting
edge technical expertise is instrumental in solving the structural complexities
of stadiums, limiting spectator-generated vibrations by dynamic analysis and
building lightweight, large span roofing systems.
In addition, we have experts with international experience in public
address, lighting and building envelope systems, mobility, access control,
communications, safety, evacuation and fire safety.

Our markets | Property

Hotels
Arup develops hotel facilities that guarantee a high standard of user comfort
while controlling operating costs to ensure a reasonable return on investment.
Our total design approach entails participation from the earliest stages of a
hotel project, including the choice of the best location from the standpoints of
demography, geotechnical features, access, acoustics and environmental impact.
We adapt our international experience and each chains characteristics to local
legislation. We also offer services geared to optimising a facilitys functional and
financial operation once the hotel is open for business.

Land use
Most of the planets population lives in urban environments, and the percentage
of urbanites is expected to continue to rise.
Arup develops new urban models based on social, economic and environmental
viability, deploying sustainability tools from the outset and pioneering proposals
that are new to both the national and the international marketplace. To that end,
it participates in multi-disciplinary teams to address the complexity of these
processes and their impact. Our transport, urban engineering, sustainability and
comprehensive project management teams develop feasible models for our public
and private clients that are compatible with the surrounding natural, economic
and social environment.

Rehabilitation
When reforming existing buildings, Arup seeks to meet user needs, reduce
energy consumption and improve environmental performance.
To reach those goals, we offer strategies that identify, analyse, and satisfactorily
assess the potential risks inherent in property purchases or sales.
We offer financial counsel with tools such as Asset Map, conduct the
engineering throughout the process, help clients obtain environmental
certification and offer advice on legislation and available subsidies.

1 La Alhndiga Cultural Centre, Bilbao

2 Cibeles Palace, Madrid

3 Coca Cola headquarters, Madrid

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Plaza de la Encarnacin, Seville

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Our markets | Social infrastructure

Art and culture

For over 50 years, we have designed and built museums and art galleries while
learning from the expertise provided by our clients in projects of this nature.
We offer a wide variety of consultant services, furnishing the technical advice
required for successful cultural projects. Our scope encompasses restoration
of national and international institutions as well as the design of new spaces
compliant with high quality standards.

Health
Arups professionals engage in each and every one of the basic engineering
disciplines needed for the design of all manner of health facilities, from largescale hospitals to laboratories, specialised clinics and out-patient wards.
Our hospital engineering consultancy draws from an in-depth understanding of
the needs of all the actors involved in a health project, from patients to public
and private investors, including managers, health care professionals, contractors,
medical planners and architects.

Education
Arup adopts a global view of academic facility planning and design. Our
projects include libraries, laboratories, dormitories, classrooms and other
educational buildings.
We work with public and private clients in all stages of a project, from needs
assessment, planning, design and construction, up to and including fitting out,
post-occupational support and M&E management during building use.
Transportation and public service network design, along with sustainability
strategies, also form part of Arups offering for educational buildings.

St Pancras Station, London Troika/LCR

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Our markets | Social infrastructure

Logistics and intermodality

Our multi-disciplinary teams of engineers, geographers, economists and new
technology experts enable us to offer a broad range of logistics, intermodal and
infrastructure services: demand studies, process analysis, functional design
and layout, economic-financial viability analysis, management model design,
engineering projects and so on.

Railways
We provide engineering design, planning and project management services for
the construction, civil transportation and manufacturing associated with railway
building.
We also offer PFI/PPP-type project services such as strategic consultancy,
feasibility studies, design details, construction, implementation, commissioning
and project management.

Ports
We furnish specialised hydraulic, geotechnical, structural engineering, railway,
planning, M&E service and logistics know-how. We share our clients needs
and priorities and consistently deliver more than expected. Our teams bring
together investors, port authorities, shipping companies, equipment suppliers
and contractors.
Arups policy of incorporating an operational approach from the outset ensures
that the finished terminal performs reliably once in use.

Airports
Our multi-disciplinary vision translates into total engineering services applied
to master planning, passenger terminals, runway area facilities, hangars and
freight terminals.
At Arup, the best airport architects, planners and designers work in conjunction
with experts in other disciplines such as fire safety, vibrations and acoustics,
energy, geotechnical surveying, tunnels, environmental engineering, economic
planning, contracting and project management.

Our markets | Transport infrastructure

Tunnels
We offer comprehensive design and project management for tunnelling, largescale excavations, deep foundations, mine digging and stabilisation.
We have multi-disciplinary experts including mechanical and electrical
engineers, and specialists in ventilation, roadway, traffic safety, aerodynamics,
risk management, geotechnical studies, structural engineering, fire safety and IT.
We use risk engineering techniques to assess actions and develop the most
suitable safety plans. We also have an excellent command of operator
requirements, including long-term maintenance, retrofitting, international
standards and local regulations.

1 HPH terminal, Barcelona

2 Santander Port, Santander Port Authority
3 Heathrow Airport, London

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Adriatic LNG terminal, Algeciras

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Our markets | Energy, resources and industry

Energy
Arups experience in the energy sector encompasses demand-side management,
generation and distribution. We offer strategic consultancy, engineering design
and site supervision services for clients the world over.
Our experience and expertise cover energy efficiency and renewables, as well
as electric power and heat generation, transmission and distribution. The areas
addressed include building design, urban and strategic planning for public
authorities and private companies seeking the most sustainable energy solutions.
Our low carbon management strategies also bear in mind social and financial
implications and the business models that render such strategies feasible.
Arup helps develop energy demand and CO2 emission reduction and
management strategies based on efficient energy use, furnishing sustainable
solutions applicable to both the global and local energy context.

Water
Arup understands the challenges and opportunities implicit in the management
of such a valuable resource as water. Urgent world-wide needs must be
addressed, including a suitable source of potable water, wastewater collection,
flood prevention and management, and the creation and conservation of natural
environments.
Our specialists tasks include establishing criteria for the detailed design of
municipal water supply and wastewater collection facilities, water resource
planning and flood risk management. We consider all aspects of the urban
water cycle to offer strategies for reaching sustainability objectives without
jeopardising the environment or human health.

Our markets | Energy, resources and industry

Waste management
Efficient waste management envisions producer responsibility from the design
stage and addresses aspects such as reuse, recycling, composting and waste-toenergy from a comprehensive approach geared to the remanufacture of discarded
products.
Arup offers a wide range of services for resource and waste management
that covers the entire life cycle of a project. Strategic consultancy on policies,
financing and public contracting, environmental permits and business models
gives way to the design and implementation of sustainable strategies for
waste planning and management, the selection of supplies and materials and
environmental impact assessment, as well as the civil engineering involved in
waste infrastructure and rubbish tip design.

BedZED (Beddington Zero Energy Development) Sutton, London Arup/Raf Makda

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Master Plan, Knowledge City, Madrid

5... Sustainability

At Arup we are increasingly aware of the efforts made by our

clients, the industry and the global and local markets to attain
more sustainable development that seeks to combine creativity and
financial achievement.
In Spain, Arup is committed to sustainable design, which constitutes
a substantial component of every level of all its projects and
services. Our emphasis on sustainability goes far beyond our own
corporate social and environmental responsibility (backed by
quality management and the award of ISO 14000 certification): it is
a component of everything we do, whether that be a mere proposal
for realistic design solutions or negotiation with architects and
contractors.
Sustainable design, which stands at the hub of our services, is the
philosophy that guides every step we take.

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Master Plan, Santander Port, Santander

LEED
LEED, a certification system developed by the U.S. Green Building
Council, delivers comprehensive building sustainability assessments
to improve the efficient use of water, energy and land while protecting
the quality of the indoor environment. Arup has over 200 certified
professionals qualified to aid in the interpretation and attainment of
this certification

BREEAM
BREEAM has a longer tradition and greater experience than any
other international certification system for sustainable building
methodology. Our BREEAM certification services draw from a
team of over 20 professionals with global and local expertise and
experience in over 50 projects.

SPeAR
SPeAR is a tool developed by Arup to test project feasibility,
providing an integrated approach to natural resource, environmental,
economic and social management. The tool is based on a combination
of sustainability indicators compiled from over 120 sub-indicators.
SPeAR identifies strengths and weaknesses from an assessment of
project features based on those indicators.

VERDE
VERDE is a method for the environmental assessment and
certification of buildings developed by GBC Spain, based on impact
measurement that uses internationally accepted criteria adapted to
Spanish national needs.

1 Sustainability strategy for Platja de Palma, Majorca, West8

2 Bodegas Portia (wine cellars) Niegel Young Foster + Partners

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