1. Construction personnel at the construction site of the new Spotify Camp Nou.

The Building Regulation Act 38/1999, of 5 November, governs construction personnel, who are all natural or legal persons involved in the construction process. In this case, the following is an explanation of who holds each of these roles within the works comprising the Espai Barça Project, as well as their responsibilities.

 

  • Promoter

FC Barcelona is the promoter of the works, as it is the driving force behind the project.

 

  • Project Management

The project management is the group of professionals designated by the promoter who are responsible for managing the works. Specifically, it is made up of the following figures:

  • Site Management (SM): FC Barcelona has engaged the companies TORRELLA CONSULTING S.L. and JG INGENIEROS, S.A. as Site Management. This figure oversees the execution of the work in technical, aesthetic, urbanistic and environmental aspects, in accordance with the defining project, the building licence and other mandatory authorisations and the terms and conditions of the contract, in order to ensure it is in line with the project.

 

  • Executive Site Management (ESM): FC Barcelona has engaged TÈCNICS G3, S.L.P. as Site Execution Manager. This figure assumes the technical function of directing the material execution of the work and controlling the construction and quality of the buildings from a qualitative and quantitative point of view.

 

  • Health and safety coordinator (HSC): Principio del formularioFC Barcelona has engaged the company SGS Tecnicos S.A. to carry out this function. This is the figure in charge of carrying out the functions established in current legislation in relation to the minimum safety and health provisions on construction sites. Its main task is to ensure the execution and fulfilment of the preventive principles regarding the coordination of business activities for the duration of the activity for which it has been appointed engaged.

The engagement by FC Barcelona of all these agents has been carried out through bidding processes in accordance with the provisions of the FC Barcelona Goods and Services Procurement Policy.

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Espai Barça Team

Espai Barça is a strategic and transformational project for the future of the Club. The FC Barcelona professionals dedicated to Espai Barça are a cross-cutting team from all areas of the Club: construction, operations, procurement, finance, corporate, commercial, marketing, sustainability, technology, social, compliance, internal audit and others.

All of them are led by the Club’s Board of Directors

 

Licences 

With regard to obtaining licences and permits, the Club currently has the necessary licences to start the works. The current phase corresponds to the demolition and below ground level works for which the corresponding building permit has been obtained.

With regard to the licences and permits required for the more advanced construction phases, work is already underway to obtain them and there is a commitment from Barcelona City Council to grant them by the summer of 2023.

 

Start of works and planned schedule of works

Work began on 1 June 2023 as planned.

The planned schedule is as follows:

  • Demolition of the 3rd tier: February 2024
  • Partial return to the Spotify Camp Nou December 2024
  • Completion of 3rd tier works: July 2025
  • Completion of the works: July 2026

 

Lluís Companys Stadium

As for the Lluís Companys Stadium, the contract signed with B:SM provides for the cession of the use of the facilities for the celebration of matches from 1 August 2023 until 30 November 2024. Although FC Barcelona’s commitment is to meet the planned construction deadlines for the Spotify Camp Nou, in the event that due to extraordinary circumstances the work is not completed within the initially planned period, the contract provides for the possibility of extensions.

 

Information and Transparency

FC Barcelona has already presented the Espai Barça Project to the political parties that govern Barcelona City Council, as well as to all the parties that are currently represented in the City Council. It is also planned to do the same with the appropriate bodies of the Government of Catalonia.

In addition, meetings will be held with the affected residents’ associations during the construction process and the Club will regularly organise sessions with FC Barcelona members to explain and raise awareness of the progress of the project and clarify any doubts they may have.  

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