Workers at UGL, an Australian subsidiary of ACS.
Cimic, belonging to the Spanish group ACS, has been awarded through its subsidiary UGL a six-year contract worth around 500 million Australian dollars (300 million euros) to support the fuel network of the Ministry of Defense of Australia. Starting this month, UGL will provide strategic advisory, planning, supply management, operations and maintenance services for the Australian Defense Force’s fuel network nationwide, according to a statement released Tuesday by the company. The six-year contract has performance-based extension options through 2035.
The Australian subsidiary of ACS announced last Wednesday that its UGL brand has been awarded five contracts for the provision of construction services with energy and mining companies in Australia for around 600 million Australian dollars (370 million euros). One of the contracts awarded to UGL by Albermarle, a leading US company in the lithium and derivatives industry, includes the construction of two additional processing trains at the Kemerton lithium hydroxide plant.
This contract, which will help the Kemerton plant to increase its annual lithium production to around 100,000 metric tons, will bring in UGL’s coffers of 300 million Australian dollars (196.7 million US dollars or 179.3 million euros), according to a CIMIC statement collected by Efe.
UGL also announced that it has won four other contracts in the Western Australia region for a combined value of 300 million Australian dollars (180 million euros). With companies like Alcoa —leader in the production of bauxite and alumina— or the energy company Chevron, they range from the planning and provision of electrical services, instrumentation, access, insulation, among others, to the maintenance and conservation of resources and infrastructures, he added. UGL.
CIMIC companies “have delivered major projects and services at major Army, Air Force and Navy bases across Australia, including some of the most complex infrastructure in the country and warship refit and repair services,” it said. its executive president, Juan Santamaría. In addition to UGL, the CIMIC group, specialized in construction and development of engineering, mining, and infrastructure services, includes the companies CPB Contractors, Leighton Asia and Thiess (in which it has a 50% stake), among others.
Contracts in the United States
In addition to the awards in Australia, the group chaired by Florentino Pérez has won several contracts in the United States in the last week. The authorities of the State of New York have awarded the ACS subsidiary in the United States, Turner Construction Company, the project to expand and improve the Albany International Airport valued at 60 million dollars (close to 55 million euros). The main objective of the works is to alleviate congestion and will facilitate the flow of passengers at this airport in the state of New York.
In August, the ACS subsidiary was also awarded a US Army contract for an amount of 389 million dollars (353 million euros) to improve the Offut air base, in the state of Nebraska, opposite the flood threat.
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