The Association is a private law entity, with the powers granted to it by current legislation. The Association was constituted in 1903 to bring together the professionals of civil engineering and to defend the interests of the guild. Later, in 1954, the College was created, conceived to promote the organization and defense of the profession as a public law institution.
The Association enjoys an independence and freedom of opinion that is due solely to its associates, and therefore no Administration can impose its opinion on it.
The Association has a strong international projection, as it has counterparts in other countries interested in strengthening the association’s relations with other countries through private entities. This puts the Association in a privileged position to foster bilateral relations and agreements at the international level with its counterparts and thus promote the international projection of its Associates. The Association is also a member of some supranational institutions through the Spanish Engineering Institute.
The Association is a Founding Member of the Engineering Institute of Spain (IIE), which is made up of 8 other engineering associations that share its headquarters in General Arrando 38. This particularity confers to the Association a multidisciplinary field of action that includes not only Civil Engineering, but also other branches of engineering. Therefore, the activities carried out will potentially have a cross-cutting nature that encompasses other areas of engineering, always with a focus on those issues that concern our profession.
Asociación Caminos carries out a report every four years on the state of Spanish public works and the services they provide. This report also compares Spain to countries from our economic environment.
The report covers six sectors: Roads, Railways, Airports, Complete Water Cycle, Ports, and Urban Public Transport. It is developed using both a quantitative evaluation (through objective indicators) and a qualitative evaluation (through surveys of recognized experts in each sector).
The purpose of this report is to raise awareness among Public Administrations about the needs of our infrastructure and to reach the general public in an intuitive language.
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Asociación Caminos is constituted by the Assembly and the Board of Directors. Learn about its composition and statutes
Asociación Caminos has an international projection, historically from the Spanish Institute of Engineering and in recent years developing its own program
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The Association of Civil Engineers has a national scope. Its headquarters are located in Madrid at the Instituto de Ingeniería de España building, Calle General Arrando 38, 28010 Madrid (Spain).
