Look for
Close this search box.

Leading the transformation with responsibility and ethical commitment

By Eduardo San Miguel
CEO of Técnicas Reunidas

Artificial intelligence and the use of data is an opportunity, but we must use it responsibly, with integrity and impartiality.

With the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, business has become a key player in transforming the future and achieving a just and inclusive society.

At Técnicas Reunidas we integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into our strategy and day-to-day operations, aligning our business model with sustainable values through initiatives that generate value for society.

Our leadership is the result of more than 60 years of international experience combined with the ability to apply complex technical solutions and offer the latest technologies available in the market. Therefore, investment in R&D and digital transformation play a key role in differentiating us.

In this regard, we have highlighted the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence and data-driven decision making to optimize the planning, execution and life cycle of our projects through innovative solutions that we make available to our clients, such as the digital twin or the smart construction approach.

As a company specialized in high value-added engineering services and project management, planning is essential for the proper execution of projects. The use of artificial intelligence technologies offers us a wide range of opportunities and solutions that allow us to supervise our projects in detail, establishing performance indicators to be more efficient and obtain additional advantages such as improving the already excellent performance in occupational risk prevention.

Among the artificial intelligence and digitalization technologies used by the company are the use of real-time sensors on construction sites, process automation, building information modeling (BIM), TRIA, TRSite Vision, TR Laserscan, Digital Twin, TR Live SITE and the creation of neural networks for document classification and entity detection. The use of generative artificial intelligence has also been securely enabled as an internal assistant for employees as a helper (Copilot).

In this context, we have created a specific corporate area for data and artificial intelligence that works hand in hand with the business areas to strategically manage all the company's data and make the most of these new tools offered by artificial intelligence.

In addition to our internal developments, at Técnicas Reunidas we believe in strategic alliances to promote the exchange of knowledge, skills and technologies, a particularly relevant aspect to exhaust the possibilities offered by artificial intelligence in all its aspects. Thus, we are partners and promoters of the IndesIA association, a Spanish organization that promotes the data economy and artificial intelligence as an opportunity for business growth, with the participation of particularly relevant third parties such as Inditex, Repsol, Microsoft and Telefónica. Likewise, our employees, in collaboration with the Polytechnic University of Madrid and the IE Business School, promote the development of specific cases of the use of artificial intelligence in engineering.

Artificial intelligence and the use of data are an opportunity, but we must use them responsibly, with integrity and impartiality. At Técnicas Reunidas we evaluate the possible impacts and have a robust and transparent data governance system. In order to implement artificial intelligence in our activities in an ethical and responsible manner, in July 2023 Técnicas Reunidas developed and approved its Ethical Principles of Artificial Intelligence. Through these principles, we are committed to using artificial intelligence in our operations with human supervision and in a fair, inclusive, transparent and responsible manner, minimizing the environmental impact of its application and with strict data governance criteria.

For all these reasons, Técnicas Reunidas is firmly committed to artificial intelligence as a key and differential element to provide value to our clients and to society. We are proud to be part of a company in which R&D&I and technology are part of its DNA and which has generalized the use of tools based on artificial intelligence as a strategic and differentiating element in its day-to-day operations.

Eduardo San Miguel, CEO of Técnicas Reunidas

Eduardo San Miguel has a double degree in Law and Business Studies from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (Icade) and has an extensive background in the consulting and financial sector with more than 25 years of experience. CFO of the Técnicas Reunidas Group since 2013, he led the Group's Initial Public Offering in 2006 and created a financial support structure to expand the company's business, which grew tenfold in size during these years. In February 2022, he was appointed CEO and leads the Group's transition towards more sustainable solutions.