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The investment planned for this new building will be close to 300 million euros

Acciona infrastructure is awarded the first phase of the Madrid Convention Center

Drafting Interempresas05/05/2009

May 5, 2009

Acciona infrastructure will be in charge of the works of the first phase of the new international centre of conventions of Madrid (CICCM) for an amount of EUR 16 million, according to agreed the Council of administration of Madrid Espacios y Congresos. This contract also includes earthmoving for the foundation of a new building, 200,000 square meters of surface, in the place of the four towers.

With a period of 12 months to complete the works, this period is expected to convene the competitions for the management, control and direction of the implementation of the complete works of the CICCM, along with the construction of the building. The aim is that the process of recruitment as a very late at the end of the month of July.

The CICCM, located to the North of Madrid, next to the business Cuatro Torres Business Area complex, will be 119 m in height and the eighth tallest building in the capital.

The investment planned for this new building will be close to 300 million euros and will incorporate, among other facilities, three auditoriums and exhibition space.
In addition, the Board of Directors of the municipal company received certificates of quality and environmental management, from the Spanish Association for standardisation and certification, and whose qualifications recognized very satisfactory results in injury and sustainability. The Board of Directors agreed to also receive the works of magic box that, with their roads, foreign courts, gateway and parking for events, make up a set of investment next to 260 million euros.

The International Centre of conventions of the city of Madrid (CICCM) will be located in the North of the city, close to the business Cuatro Torres Business Area complex. It will be 119 meters in height and the eighth tallest building in the capital. The total built surface will be 290,000 square meters of which 70,000 square meters will be on the surface and 120,000 square metres under the ground, allowing host a main auditorium with a capacity for 3,500 people (with the possibility to expand in the future to greater auditorium with capacity for 5,000 people), over an area of 15,000 square meters exhibition.

Work began in September of 2008 and completion is scheduled for 2011

This project was the winner of the 'international competition of Ideas of the new center of conventions of the city of Madrid', which was held on April 26, 2007. With a total of 10 floors, and Sun form, the project of the building is oriented towards sustainability, with technologies that use both sunlight using panels in all of its upper surface, and the rain water and currents of air for the air conditioning in the building and irrigation of green areas.

With a total of 10 floors, and form of Sun, in the project of the building are priority issues such as sustainability, the use of sunlight, etc.

In 'Madrid does not the Sun'

'Madrid, where the Sun is not' is the title of the project carried out by the team of architects Madrid, formed by Emilio Tuñón, Luis Moreno Mansilla and Matilde Peralta Del Amo, "born to be a pole of attraction in the city"", as well as become a Centre for meetings of international prestige". In the words of the authors, this unique building is "a Sun of westeros, detained since the optimism of knowing that Madrid is a city that lives, works and has fun at all hours of the day, a city where the Sun is not". They claim that "the Centre is going to live together as equals, with four towers".

In the words of the Mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz Gallardon, "these architects proposed a solution in which form and function are complementary, and fully adapted to the space where it is located: the epicenter of the new financial centre and Madrid services." "Because the four towers and the International Convention Centre will be, by their communications with the rest of the city, the fairgrounds and the airport, an attractive core of economic activity that will continue to the axis of the Castilian".

With a total height of 120 meters, it will be the eighth tallest building in the capital and versatility will be one of its main features. The modular configurations they prevail to facilitate flexibility in distribution and organization of those States. It will feature Newsroom, catering area, room VIP, stores, and all kinds of equipment.

'Madrid, where the Sun is not' is the title of the project carried out by the team of Madrid architects Emilio Tuñón, Luis Moreno Mansilla and Matilde Peralta Del Amo.

Business tourism

The new Center is also the response to the growing importance of tourism in the city's economy. Madrid, which today gets two million more than tourists in 2003 to skim the 7 million visitors last year, this activity has become a source of progress that generates 10% of the GDP of the city and holds 9% of employment. In 2006 hosted more meetings 12.384 - 70% convened by private institutions--which amounted to about 1.2 million participants

The city of Madrid has two major Convention Centers: the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos de la Castellana, managed by Turespaña, and the Palacio Municipal de Congresos Campo de las Naciones; but its degree of occupation by both its size, there are still important events which do not reach to be held in Madrid.

"The future international's Convention Center, greater than the sum of the two, - said the Mayor - will be the solution to this situation." It will provide the city with a versatile and multi-purpose equipment that will complete the current offer. We are talking about equipment that will occupy a plot of more than 33,000 square meters and whose floor area will reach the 290,000 square meters, of which 70,000 are on ground level and the other 120,000 under ground level. These dimensions will make it possible that it has an auditorium with seating capacity of 3,500 seats may be extended up to 5,000 ".