The awards, now in their 11th year, are intended to recognise the collaboration and commitment of the company's employees to management excellence.

ACCIONA Infraestructuras delivered its annual Project Management Awards which recognise excellence in different areas of project management such as quality, the environment, occupational risk prevention, technology, etc. The awards include Best Prevention Management, Best Quality and Environmental Management, Best R&D Technology Implementation, Best Innovative Action and Best Project Management, the latter of which is the main award that draws from all of the other categories.

Some of aspects that were considered in this eleventh edition included quality in construction processes and proposed improvements to environmental and quality management. The Best Prevention Management award is based on the prevention indicator for the last year and the degree to which this facet is integrated in overall project management. For the Best Project Management award, general aspects such as meeting deadlines, organisation, budget control and resource management are taken into account.

The Vice President of ACCIONA, Juan Ignacio Entrecanales; the Director of ACCIONA Infraestructuras in Latin America, Jesús Alcázar; the Director General of the Construction Area of ACCIONA Infraestructuras, Justo Vicente Pelegrini; the Director of the Construction and Materials Institute (INTEMAC), Enrique González Valle; the Vice President of the Spanish Environmental Impact Evaluation Association, (EIA) and the professor of the EOI School of Business, Manuel Díaz Martín, participated in the awards ceremony.

These awards are one of the ways in which ACCIONA acknowledges employees' collaboration and commitment to management excellence. They demonstrate to what extent ACCIONA Infraestructuras has been a pioneer in its commitment to quality and sustainability and also act as a motivating factor for employees, in addition to reinforcing the sense of teamwork.

The winning projects are:

• Best Quality and Environmental Management in the Construction category: UTE CENTRO DE DISEÑO DE BARCELONA.
• Best Quality and Environmental Management in the Civil Engineering category: UTE MUELLE NORTE. PUERTO DE SAGUNTO. VALENCIA.
• Best Prevention Management in the Construction category: ENLARGEMENT TERMINAL T2. VALENCIA AIRPORT.
• Best Prevention Management in the Civil Engineering category: UTE FASE IV. LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA BY-PASS.
• Best Prevention Management in the International Category: RODOVÍA BR.393/RJ. RIO DE JANEIRO. BRAZIL.
• Best R&D Technology Implementation: UTE PASARELA ALMUÑÉCAR. MADRID.
• Best Innovative Action: UTE CENTRO DE DISEÑO DE BARCELONA.
• Best Project Management: UTE NUEVA PISTA DEL AEROPUERTO DE MÁLAGA.

As in the previous editions the prize was a unique and innovative creation designed by ACCIONA's R&D Technology Centre in Madrid using End-of-Life Tyres (ELTs), in keeping with ACCIONA's firm commitment to sustainability, innovation and environmental protection.

• Gold Award y North America Deal of the Year

  ACCIONA won two of the most important prizes in the Canadian concessions sector thanks to its project involving the design, construction, operations and maintenance of the A-30 Motorway Châteauguay-Vaudreil-Dorion.

  The Gold Award is granted yearly by The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships, the benchmark organisation for the National Prizes for Innovation and Excellence in the sector in Canada.

• Considerate Contractor Site Award (CCSA) and Outstanding Environmental Management & Performance Grand Award (OEMPGA)

  The Government of Hong Kong Department of the Environment, Transport and Works awarded the project for the installation of sound barriers at Tung Cheng, the Considerate Contractor Site Award (CCSA) and Outstanding Environmental Management & Performance Grand Award (OEMPGA).

• Gold Award in the Hong Kong Construction Industry Safety Award Scheme

  The Government of Hong Kong Labour Department awarded the Lai Chi Kok Viaduct (LCKV) the ‘Gold Award’ in the ‘Hong Kong Construction Industry Safety Award Scheme’, the most prestigious award in the area of safety in the construction industry in Hong Kong, which identifies and awards construction companies for significant health, hygiene and safety measures.

• Health and safety Award from the Public Ports Authority of Galicia

  The Public Ports Authority of Galicia awarded ACCIONA Infrastructure with a Health and Safety Award. It received the first award in 2007 for work on user Apartments in Rianxo Harbour.

  The objective of this award is to recognize the efforts of the companies that take part in harbour works carried out in Galicia’s Harbours, as well as their attitude and behaviour towards occupational risk prevention.

• SAMOTER International Award in Verona

  ACCIONA was bestowed with the SAMOTER award in the Foreign Company category, for its contribution to the development and management of infrastructures, real estate projects, urban and transport services, and the development of new sources of renewable energies.

  This award is assigned to "distinguished figures whose work on behalf of development and success in building and site activity has helped consolidate major entrepreneurial systems on an economic and social scale". SAMOTER is the triennial International Earth-Moving and Building Machinery Exhibition held in Verona, Italy.

• III Presentation of the honourable mentions awarded by the Official Association of Industrial Engineers of Madrid

  The honourable mentions are the most significant awards that the COIIM gives to the most distinguished colleagues, companies and institutions in the awards fields. In 2008 ACCIONA, S.A. was bestowed with the Honourable Mention for the most Innovative entity.

• MDI 2008 Award for the Best Construction and Real Estate Promotion Businessman

  José Manuel Entrecanales, president of ACCIONA, was awarded with the MDI 2008 Award for the Best Construction and Real Estate Promotion Businessman, an annual award given by the Master in Management of Construction and Real Estate Companies in the Polytechnic University of Madrid.

• The Foundation of Civil Engineering of Galicia Prize

  The Foundation of Civil Engineering of Galicia awarded the South Bypass M-30 work: It was presented in La Coruña last December 12th, 2008.

• National Award of Occupational Prevention (PREVER) for the work Adriatic LNG Algeciras Terminal

  This award recognized ACCIONA's commitment to occupational, safety and risk prevention in the work carried out in the North of Algeciras Bay, where a concrete platform was built for the LNG facility.

  This award assessed ACCIONA’s efforts to incorporate preventive management into all its procedures and develop excellent occupational risk prevention practices.

• Barajas Airport Terminal 4, winner of the X International Bridge of Alcantara Award

  Organized by the San Benito de Alcántara Foundation, these prizes award the best public works in Spain, Portugal and Latin America. In 2007 Barajas Airport T4 won the X International Bridge of Alcantara Award.