Arup in SpainLocal 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

1...Arup around the world‹‹ Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

2...Arup in Spain‹‹ Bodegas Portia, Burgos

3...Our services ‹‹ Picasso Museum, Malaga

4...Our markets

‹‹ Fundación Caixa Galicia, La Coruña

5...Sustainability

‹‹ Palmas Altas, Seville

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Marina Bay Sands, Singapore ©Arup/Darren Soh

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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, multi-disciplinary 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 Arup’s 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.

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Infanta Sofía Hospital, Madrid

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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.

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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 three-dimensional 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 industry’s 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 multi-disciplinary 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.

Façades

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 façades 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, Málaga

Palmas Altas Campus, Seville

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Property

Social infrastructure

Transport infrastructure

Energy, resources and industry

RCD Espanyol Stadium, Barcelona

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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 façade 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 developer’s 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 Europe’s 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

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 chain’s characteristics to local legislation. We also offer services geared to optimising a facility’s functional and financial operation once the hotel is open for business.

Land use

Most of the planet’s 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 Alhóndiga Cultural Centre, Bilbao

2 Cibeles Palace, Madrid

3 Coca Cola headquarters, Madrid

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Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville

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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

Arup’s professionals engage in each and every one of the basic engineering disciplines needed for the design of all manner of health facilities, from large-scale 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 Arup’s offering for educational buildings.

Our markets | Social infrastructure

St Pancras Station, London © Troika/LCR

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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.

Arup’s 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 | Social infrastructure

Tunnels

We offer comprehensive design and project management for tunnelling, large-scale 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.

Our markets | Transport infrastructure

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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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Energy

Arup’s 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-to-energy 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.

Our markets | Energy, resources and industry

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

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Master Plan, Knowledge City, Madrid

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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