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“ 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
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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.
2... Arup in Spain
Infanta Sofía Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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3... Our services
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.
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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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.
Resort La Cala, Málaga, Spain
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4... Our markets
Property
Social infrastructure
Transport infrastructure
Energy, resources and industry
Palmas Altas Campus, Abengoa, Seville, Spain
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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
RCD Espanyol Stadium, Barcelona, Spain
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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.
Our markets | Property
Cibeles Palace, Madrid, Spain Coca Cola headquarters, Madrid, Spain
La Alhóndiga Cultural Centre, Bilbao, Spain
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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
Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville, Spain
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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.
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
Heathrow Airport, London
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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
Adriatic LNG terminal, Algeciras, Spain
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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
Master Plan, Knowledge City, Madrid, Spain
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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, Spain
