The technical and human resources allocated for the contract of road maintenance in the North of Pontevedra, managed by a EXTRACO-MISTURAS temporary joint venture, have actively collaborated in sanitation works of streets and roads to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in Galicia. Since the pandemic started, the vehicles used for winter road maintenance operations have [...]

Last 18th June, the scientific TV show “La Aventura del Saber”, on channel 2 of TVE, dedicated its section “La Universidad responde” to the use of mussel shells as a construction material. The experiences resulting from the R&D project “BIOVALVO: The value of Galician bivalve shells in the construction field” —led by EXTRACO and with [...]

Following the recommendations of the health authorities and in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, EXTRACO has strengthened its safety protocols to prevent transmission between employees, providers, subcontractors and clients. One of the first actions taken by the company has been conducting studies on the risks associated to each construction project, adjusting the different [...]

Extraco is undertaking the refurbishment works in the old headquarters of A Coruña’s Health Department in order to turn the building into the new Espazo Público Amizar. The remodeling, promoted by the Xunta de Galicia through the Axencia Galega de Infraestruturas, was awarded to the temporary joint venture of Extraco and Servicios Gómez Crespo SL, [...]

Extraco is one of the companies that have participated in the 7th National Conference on Civil Engineering, held in Madrid on February 17th and 18th, 2020. The conference, organized by the Official Association of Civil Engineers using the theme “Civil engineers as leaders”, covered different topics related to the field of civil engineering and public [...]

In the last few weeks, Extraco has participated in public events at several Galician universities to share the preliminary results of three R&D&i projects led by the company: Alfiller, Topacio and Geo4Radón. These three research projects were selected in the competitive call Conectapeme 2018 to be co-funded, through ERDF funds, by the Galician Innovation Agency [...]

Extraco attended the 30th edition of the Semana de la Carretera (Week of the Road) held at the end of October in Santiago de Compostela, one of the most prestigious congresses in Spain on road infrastructures, promoted by the Regional Government of Galicia and organized by the Asociación Española de la Carretera (AEC, Spanish Road [...]

Extraco keeps strengthening its position in Portugal with new construction work. The construction company started its activity in Portugal a decade ago and during the first few years it focused in complete rehabilitation projects of water and transport infrastructures. It has opened up to new construction markets and taken on the task of rehabilitating and [...]

Last September, Extraco’s management participated in the meeting of the external scientific advisory committee of the Strategic Partnership of the Center for Technological Innovation in Construction and Civil Engineering (A-CITEEC) of the University of A Coruña (UDC). This committee is made up of renowned institutional and company representatives related to the scientific activities developed by [...]

The three R&D Extraco projects selected in the ConectaPeme 2018 edition, “Alfiller”, “Topacio” and “Geo4Radón”, are progressing according to plan and nearing the end of their second year Regarding the first project, “Alfiller: Recovery of filler material from asphalt plants for developing cement-based eco-products” (File no. IN852A 2018/39), the physical, mechanical and chemical characterization of [...]