Sacyr's Blog

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is inflicting $4.5 billion a week worth of damage to structures and buildings of all kinds. The country's heritage is under threat. We analyse how the bombardments, in addition to demolishing hundreds of pieces of infrastructures and destroying 2,500 kilometres of roads, are having an impact on churches, museums, historic buildings, monuments and libraries.

In the 2022 edition of South Summit, the largest innovation event in Spain, we bring ideas and projects focused on waste recovery and sustainable mobility.

Our April iFriday was full of surprises, and we had the chance to discuss a topic as fascinating and on trend as the Metaverse. Marta Gil, Chief Strategy, Innovation, and Sustainability Officer of Sacyr, gave an original introduction to this session, by simulating a connection from the metaverse.   

Rafael Pablo Guillen Carmona, Director of Engineering of Sacyr Construction, has developed the launching gantry RPGC-21 to solve this very same problem at the Pamplona-Cúcuta project in Colombia.

A team of Hong Kong researchers has created a viscous magnetic slime capable of moving through narrow channels, transporting harmful substances and self-repairing. We look at why, despite its enormous potential to travel through the human body and avoid the need for invasive operations, it still has limitations and raises some open questions.