Innovation

An element for the construction of mound breakwaters, developed by OHL in collaboration with the Polytechnic University of Valencia and patented internationally.

OHL’s capacity to develop innovative construction solutions and processes at its worksites is demonstrated by many examples in a wide range of areas.

OHL is constantly innovating in machinery and auxiliary equipment to optimize its construction processes around the world.

OHL has developed R&D&I projects and innovative actions aimed at designing and building more environmentally friendly, less polluting and more environmentally resilient infrastructures.

OHL undertook the ECONECT project during 2012-2015 to learn about the behavior of vegetation in relation to large road infrastructures.

The new WWTP de Lagares, integrated in the sanitation of the city of Vigo (Spain), was designed and built in joint venture by OHL and pioneers a thermal hydrolysis system for sludge.

OHL’s R&D and Innovation activities forms part of the Company’s strategic positioning in the area of Sustainability. Some of the actions in this sense include its participation in important international R&D consortiums aimed at construction and rehabilitation of Nearly Zero