Commissions and Committees
Commissions and Committees
Commissions
President of the commission: Jose Manuel Vacas Muñoz
Technical Secretariat: Araceli García Nombela
Contact: 
Goals
Among the main objectives of the Commission are:
Carry out lobbying actions and meetings with the heads of contracting agencies and entities, contract supervision and parliamentary groups to convey the concerns and problems of the sector and try to recover the contracting volumes of previous years.
Carry out actions aimed at improving contracting conditions in public tenders. That in the Tender Documents it is reflected in the award criteria that the criteria related to quality must represent at least 51 percent of the assignable score in the evaluation of the offers, reducing the influence of the economic criteria.
Ensure that electronic auctions are not used in public contracts whose benefits are of an intellectual nature, such as engineering, consultancy and architecture services. Or promote speeding up the certification, billing and collection processes.
Ensure that the interests of associated companies are not harmed, claiming or challenging all administrative acts contrary to law.
Promote the elimination of situations of unjustifiable competition that are generated from any means through its Collaboration Agreements with Public Administrations. Increase the visibility of TECNIBERIA and its companies in the general, technical and professional information media of the civil sector, through the organization and participation in conferences of interest to the civil sector, articles in the written and online press,…
Promote contracting with the private sector.
Action plan
- Analysis of the conditions of the sheets. Consult the relevant body on whether the economic formula used in EU tenders is applicable to Spanish public procurement.
- ADIF project claims. Identify the scope and status of project claims to associates that are being carried out by ADIF’s Construction Department. Request a meeting.
- Contract requirements. Analyze whether the scope of the provision of the service in public civil engineering contracts is concrete and measurable and the transfer of risks from the concessionaires to the engineering consultants in the last 5 years. Hold an information day. (Art. 250 m). LCSP).
- Budget quantification. Analyze whether the budgetary quantification of personnel includes not only the minimum amounts of the sector agreement but also the rest of the cost; social, business,…
- European funds. Analysis of the distribution of European funds and application to engineering contracts.
Transversal actions:
- Promote communications in the general and sector press, on Twitter and LinkedIn.
- Preparation of position notes on the most relevant topics. Prepare articles related to infrastructure trends that give visibility to the Commission and the Association.
Relationship with CEOE
The Civil Commission maintains an active participation within the Infrastructure and Urban Planning Commission, and the public procurement working group, addressing and defending issues that are of maximum interest to the sector.
Conference organization
The Conferences will be proposed by the members of the Committee, and at least one per quarter will be organized.
Commission Chairman: Guillem Baraut Bover
Technical Secretariat: Elizabeth Molina Ixta
Contact:
Goals
Among the main objectives of the Commission are:
Represent the associated companies before public or private, national and international organizations, entities and institutions in matters of interest to them.
Promote the image of the Spanish engineering sector at a national and international level, publicizing the relevance and significance of its activity and professional excellence.
Establishment of collaboration agreements with institutions to achieve their actions.
Promote the use of hiring criteria where quality prevails, with special vigilance for the correct application of the LCSP.
Action plan
Promotion and image of engineering through meetings with heads of contracting agencies and entities.
Search for market niches with the ability to purchase services from our associated companies.
Defense of the common interests of the members of Tecniberia and improvement of contracting conditions.
Promotion of the best professional and business development.
Adaptation to the digitization processes of engineering services and products through the use of IoT, Bigdata and new technologies and work platforms.
Promotion of clean energy in design and construction engineering activities.
Transversal actions:
Promote communications in the general and sector press, on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Preparation of position notes on the most relevant topics.
Prepare articles related to trends in building and urbanism that give visibility to the Commission and the Association.
Relationship with CEOE
The Building and Urban Agenda Commission maintains an active participation within the Infrastructure and Urban Planning Commission, addressing and defending issues that are of maximum interest to the sector.
Conference organization
The Conferences will be proposed by the members of the Committee, and at least one per quarter will be organized.
President of the commission: Joaquín de Hita Alonso
Technical Secretary: Elizabeth Molina Ixta
Contact:
Goals
Among the main objectives of the Commission are:
Generate collective spirit;
Develop lobbying actions before the different stakeholders of the Industry and Energy sectors;
Presence and promotion of Spanish engineering in the definition and implementation of Spanish industrial and energy policies;
Monitoring of opportunities within the framework of the Aid Plans for economic recovery;
Early detection of unique business opportunities with the possibility of addressing them jointly between companies in the association.
Participation in commercial promotion actions and collaboration with other institutions;
Media positioning on issues of special interest to the sector.
Action plan
Generate collective spirit:
Publication of the Commission Newsletter (monthly).
Generate the participation of companies with the contribution of content.
Develop lobbying actions before the different stakeholders of the Industry and Energy sectors:
Meetings with the Administration at central and regional level.
Meetings with private promoters.
Promotion of engineering in the definition and implementation of industrial and energy policies:
Industry 4.0
Monitoring of opportunities within the framework of the Economic Recovery Aid Plans:
Royal Decrees and PERTE projects.
Trade promotion actions and collaboration with other institutions:
Promote activities within the framework of signed collaboration agreements.
Approach to other sectoral associations.
Active participation in the CEOE Industry Commission and the Energy Transition Working Group.
Organization of Webinars with the collaboration of institutions and experts from the sector.
Media positioning on topics of particular interest.
Relationship with CEOE
The Industry and Energy Commission maintains participation within the CEOE Industry and Energy Commission, addressing and defending issues that are of maximum interest to the sector.
Monthly newsletter
Companies are sent a monthly newsletter with the most relevant activity of the Commission, outstanding news from the industry and energy sectors, documents of interest and an events calendar.
President of the commission: Luis Manuel Rodríguez del Castillo
Technical Secretary: Alberto Martínez Álvarez
Contact:
Goals
Among the main objectives of the Commission are:
Identification of opportunities and services for partners mainly in relation to the ecological transition model.
Search for support so that engineering companies can mobilize and take advantage of green funds and Spanish cooperation.
Promote the debate around the challenges and opportunities of the environmental sector in: Renewable Energies; Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and Agenda 2030; Ecological Transition; Water; APP; Circular Economy; Business continuity plans.
Influence the development of environmental regulations to benefit the engineering sector and generate a market.
Promote the application of objectifiable criteria in the weighting of contracting documents.
Action plan
Analyze the new business models and the possibilities for engineering in the following topics:
Climate Change Bill
Draft National Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change
National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan and Strategic Environmental Study of the National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan 2021-2030
Just Transition Strategy
Spanish Circular Economy Strategy
European Green Deal
Investment Funds / Sustainable Finance
SDGs and 2030 agenda
Sustainable Mobility Strategy / Law
Draft Law on waste and contaminated soils
Green infrastructures
Organization of seminars to promote debate around the challenges and opportunities of the environmental sector in the topics identified in the previous point
Generation of Working Groups to influence the development of environmental regulations to benefit the engineering sector, providing expert positioning that allows the assessment of the intellectual capacity of engineering and the appropriate weighting of objective innovation and quality criteria in the contract documents.
Publication of opinion articles, interviews and technical notes in specialized and general media.
Relationship with CEOE
The Environment Commission maintains an active participation within the Sustainable Development and Environment Commission, addressing and defending issues that are of maximum interest to the sector and actively participating in the working groups on Water, Climate Change and Sustainable Mobility.
Conference organization
The Conferences will be proposed by the members of the Commission, and at least one will be organized every quarter.
President of the commission: Rosalío Alonso Peces
Technical Secretary: Alberto Martínez Álvarez
Contact:
Goals
Among the main objectives of the Commission are:
Carry out actions and activities to sensitize the sector of the digital transformation processes that are taking place.
Create forums where:
it is possible to analyze what changes we are experiencing in the needs of our clients.
we can analyze how other countries more mature in new technologies are facing these processes.
Let’s analyze what new technologies are appearing that may have an impact on our activity.
Like other companies traditionally in other sectors or unknown, they begin to work for our traditional clients.
Let’s visualize what can happen in the future to develop a new range of solutions for our clients.
Depending on the result of these forums, a list of institutional activities may be proposed to bring our vision closer to our clients.
Create training workshops for companies that want to better understand the process of new technologies.
Promoting innovation within our organizations, probably increasingly key to be prepared for the demands of the short and medium term.
Understand that new clients may need our services as a result of new needs that may arise.
Getting companies to feel that TECNIBERIA is up-to-date and is a benchmark of knowledge regarding new technologies.
Action plan
Constitution of the new Technological Services Commission (CST) increasing the number of participants and the dissemination database
Initial survey on CST activity
CST launch day as a reflection on the opportunities and threats that Technological Services imply for the traditional engineering market
Identification of potential associates, partners, startups, suppliers and associations to advance the services that engineering can provide in the technological revolution and digital transformation
Programming of forums to deal with all the critical issues of the commission.
Relationship with CEOE
The Technological Services Commission participates in the Digital Society Commission, addressing and defending issues that are of maximum interest to the sector.
Conference organization
The Conferences will be proposed by the members of the Commission, and at least one will be organized every quarter.
Committees
President: José Romo Martín
Technical secretary: Alberto Martínez Álvarez
Contact:
Goals
Organization of professional and business training activities of a technical nature, highly specialized for the Engineering sector: BIM, LCSP, PPP, Compliance, Financing, Taxation.
Official FIDIC courses. Since 2010 we have taught three annual editions of the only FIDIC-accredited diploma courses, training more than 100 professionals per year; Associates have special conditions for taking courses.
Free training information channel and active search service for current courses on topics of interest with special agreements and discounts for members.
Co-presidency of the Sectoral Joint Commission of Engineering Companies and Technical Studies Offices of the Foundation for Employment Training (FUNDAE), developing functions of mediation, analysis, information and proposal of the sectoral training offer.
Technical advisory service for the management of training scheduled by companies (subsidized) at no cost for members.
Business representation in the General Council of the State Public Employment Service (SEPE) developing functions of information, approval, monitoring and proposal of SEPE’s participation in the Annual Work Program of the National Employment System.
Action plan
Carrying out a survey to gather information from professionals in the sector on training needs that will allow proposals for courses for members as well as studies and future training plans to be made.
Review of the demands of the associates to generate webinars with an informative approach in addition to the courses listed in the previous section.
Strengthening the use of technical advice with specific workshops and technical documents to support programmed (subsidized) training for companies.
Generation of agreements with accredited training entities
Promotion of Dual Vocational Training in the sector.
Relationship with CEOE
Active participation in the CEOE Training Commission.
Conference organization
The Conferences will be proposed by the members of the Committee, and at least one per quarter will be organized.
Committee Chairman: Jesús Planchuelo de Haro
Technical Secretariat: Elizabeth Molina Ixta
Contact:
Goals
Among the main objectives of the Committee stands out:
Support for international activity: Provide support in matters related to the development of the international activity of companies, such as financial aid, taxation, mobility or integrity management.
Lobby to promote particular interests of the sector in the international arena: develop actions around access to international funds for development through the Secretary of State for Trade, CEOE and accredited Spanish institutions.
Monitoring of international trends: disseminate news and participate in Committees of the International Federations, inform and contribute to trends in sustainability and innovation that improve the value proposition of the sector.
Action plan
Development of Conferences – Monographs on markets of interest for the international business of Engineering (Colombia, Canada, the United States, the Nordic countries, the United Kingdom exit agreement and its implications for the sector, etc.).
Approach to Multilateral Institutions: Multilateral Financial Institutions, European Commission and European Banks.
Results of the 2020 Associate Survey.
New IDB environmental and social policy: Open a direct line of communication to analyze concrete implications for companies.
The new PRAG 2020 and the changes in the selection criteria for service contracts.
Spanish institutions:
AECID-TECNIBERIA Working Group
Direct line of work with the Global Spain Secretariat
Active participation in the CEOE International Relations Commission and Working Groups
Active presence in International Federations and participation in Work Committees.
Transversal actions:
Promote communications in the press and on LinkedIn.
Preparation of position notes on topics of greatest interest.
Relationship with CEOE
The International Committee maintains an active participation within the International Relations and European Affairs Commissions, addressing and defending issues that are of maximum interest to the sector.
Conference organization
The Conferences will be proposed by the members of the Committee, and at least one per quarter will be organized.
Committee Chairman: Javier Cid Giul
Technical secretary: Nieves Cristóbal Caño
Contact:
Goals
Analyze, debate, and make proposals on any issues and approaches that are of interest to the associated companies, nationally and internationally.
Action plan
Collective negotiation
Conform the business position, proposals and priorities, facing the negotiation of the XX National Agreement of Engineering Companies and Offices of Technical Studies of Engineering and Offices of Technical Studies.
Identification of the new labor categories.
Priority of company agreements over sectoral agreements.
Labor Relations
Monitoring of legislative changes in labor and employment matters.
Implementation in companies of the legislation in force in the following matters:
Royal Decree-Law 6/2019, of March 1, on urgent measures to guarantee equal treatment and opportunities between women and men in employment and occupation.
Modifications to the working day: a la carte day.
Hourly Registration (Royal Decree-Law 8/2019, of March 8, on urgent measures for social protection and the fight against job insecurity during the working day)
Repercussions of the rise in the SMI.
Labor consequences of BREXIT.
International mobility.
The GDPR in the field of RR.HH.
Application of remuneration in kind (insurance, food allowances, etc.)
New ways of working in the company of the future.
Covid-19 monitoring
Prevention of occupational hazards.
Opportunity to change the production model and labor relations after the end of the Covid crisis.
Effects of digitization.
Relationship with CEOE
Participation in the Commission for Social Dialogue and Employment.
Submit proposals to the CEOE Social Dialogue and Employment Commission, interlocutor in labor matters before the competent Administrations and before the social agents.
Conference organization
The Conferences will be proposed by the members of the Committee, and at least one per quarter will be organized.
Links
President: Luis Villarroya Alonso
Technical secretary: Alberto Martínez Álvarez
Contact:
Main axes
Corporate Sustainability:
Monitoring and training on impact measurement and reporting systems: Directives for the Disclosure of Corporate Information on Sustainability and Due Diligence on Sustainability and Human Rights.
TECNIBERIA Declaration on Climate Change and the Circular Economy.
Monitoring of certifications and corporate standards; bidding requirements.
Sustainability in infrastructure, industry and building projects:
Monitoring and training on standards in Spain, Europe and internationally (European taxonomy-DNSH, Envision, Ceequal, Breeam, Leed, Levels, environmental and social standards of Development Banks).
Analysis of requirements in international tenders.
Valuation of the contribution of engineering consultancy to the green and digital transformation:
Collaboration with academic engineering institutions to develop positions and proposals for decarbonisation, resilience and circular economy in infrastructure, industry and buildings, and for sustainable cities.
Objectives and Action Plan
Creation of working subgroups for the three axes
Establish communication and coordination channels with the TECNIBERIA Commissions and promote joint actions
Collaboration agreement with specialized consultancies for training and advice on corporate reporting systems
TECNIBERIA Letter of Commitment in the fight against climate change and for the circular economy
Training and dissemination of the practical application of the DNSH and other sustainability standards in the sector
Agreements with engineering institutions and with the University to project the vision of the sector and develop proposals
Disseminate and make visible good practices in sustainability and case studies of TECNIBERIA companies
Agreements with benchmark institutions in Sustainability to develop specific actions for the sector
Advise the Board and the Secretary of TECNIBERIA on the aspects of sustainability that most affect companies.
Relationship with CEOE
Active participation in the CEOE Sustainable Development Commission.
Conference organization
The Conferences will be proposed by the members of the Committee, and at least one per quarter will be organized.