Work starts on the new UNWTO headquarters in Madrid (Spain)

30-08-23

The Spanish company Ferrovial has been awarded the contract to remodel and expand building B of the Madrid Convention and Exhibition Centre to house the new headquarters of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), for a total of 21.4 million euros, according to the State Contracting Platform.

In this way, the construction company has been awarded a project for which 10 other candidatures had been presented, among which it was chosen "for having obtained the highest score". The execution period has been set at 18 months.

In April, the Council of Ministers authorised the works, which will include "a complete interior reconfiguration of the existing volume to adapt it to the new uses, with interior demolition of partitions and installations". In addition, "an additional third floor will be built with new structural elements to support the existing ones".