We are an engineering firm specialising in complex installations that is committed to sustainability and innovation.We are aware of our responsibility to contribute to a better world and of the needs of our clients to accomplish their objectives.

“We are a company with values adding value”

We are increasingly immersed in a VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) environment in which technological development has seen exponential growth.

As a result, the market demands agile companies capable of adapting to emerging needs and prepared to function in an ongoing state of learning, in order to provide their clients with the best knowledge and possible solutions.

We are a part of the WATTEGA business union, whose main objective is to accelerate the ecological transition through innovation and techno-scientific knowledge, together with the energy and sustainability consultancy ERF, because we recognize the need to provide sustainable solutions for the preservation of the environment.

WE WANT

To be a reference in the sustainable transformation of organizations, built spaces and territories.

WHY?

To accelerate the ecological transition through innovation and techno-scientific knowledge. From Barcelona to the world.

HOW?

With... Knowledge, Sustainability, Innovation, Commitment, Quality, Proximity, Multidisciplinary team

Our team

The asset: a wealth of technical and project management experience. With a team of experts with specific training and years of experience in engineering, architecture, energy, and environmental consulting, WATTEGA is able to offer our clients the best possible service and projects of the highest standard.

The team comprises different academic profiles, most of them extended with postgraduate degrees and technical masters, in project management and business management, from renowned universities and business schools.

Our Story

The two companies, Armengol Enginyers and RC & Crespo Enginyers merged in 2012 to form ARCbcn. It has become a reference point in the innovation ecosystem and one of the leading facilities engineering companies in the Catalan region, particularly in Barcelona, in just ten years. At the moment, ARCbcn is in charge of managing two significant EU-funded initiatives across Europe.

ARCbcn has a desire to take its knowledge and company values from Barcelona to the world. In view of this ARCbcn works with a network of partners across the planet to facilitate knowledge sharing and added value.

In 2023, ARCbcn has taken its most ambitious step and joined forces with the ERF – Energy & Sustainability consultancy to create a solid business project; WATTEGA.

  • 2012

     

    Creation of ARCbcn

    A benchmark engineering company was born in the field of complex installations, energy and innovation through the union of two engineering firms; Armengol Enginers and Ros & Crespo Enginers.

  • 2013

     

    Energy, our engine of knowledge

    We carry out energy production projects such as connecting different buildings of urban cold and heat networks to the Districlima 22@ or constructing the Biomass plant and heat network to supply the entire Montserrat Abbey complex.

  • 2014

     

    LEED GOLD certifications

    With the commitment to make cities more sustainable, we got the first LEED GOLD certificate in the central pavilion of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. A few years later, we got the LEED GOLD for BetàniaPatmos School and for an office building connected to 22@.

  • 2015

     

    We participate in European innovation projects

    We arrived at the world of European innovation projects with SPEA on energy efficiency measures in libraries in Barcelona. Shortly after GEOTECH appears whose objective is to promote the use of renewable energies through shallow geothermal pumps, taking advantage of the foundations of buildings by exchange with the ground.

  • 2016

     

    Installations more and more complex

    We specialize in BIM methodology to offer project implementation and consulting services. An example of implemented work is the Territory and Sustainability Department of the Government of Catalonia, with a total area of 20,000 m² and more than 37,125 molded elements.

  • 2017

     

    Our know-how: the healthcare sector

    ARCbcn is committed to transforming critical areas into health and scientific centers. Projects in operating rooms and laboratories are beginning to grow, such as the Institute of Applied Radiopharmacy in Barcelona, the Pere Virgili Health Park or the Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital. The stable collaboration with the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park also begins.

  • 2018

     

    We take care of our heritage

    We are the trusted partners of emblematic infrastructures such as the Abbey of Montserrat and the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. In 2018, the Sagrada Família team trusts us to be their advisers in the legal and technical field of the facilities.

  • 2019

     

    We are committed to the sector

    We accept leadership positions in our ecosystem associations. In 2019 Esther Izquierdo became president of the Efficient Energy Cluster of Catalonia and, a few years later, Narcís Armengol is dean of the College of Industrial Engineers of Catalonia, after having been part of the governing board for a few years before.

  • 2020

     

    iCOVID Hospital, a great challenge from the pandemic

    We positively face the challenges derived from COVID-19. In just 20 weeks, we participated in the design and construction phase of the multi-purpose hospital to deal with the pandemic and designed for its future integration into the normal operation of the Pere Virgili Health Park.

  • 2021

     

    We are coordinators of European innovation projects

    We are coordinators of the European project HYPERGRYD, which aims to deploy the next generation of smart energy networks and districts using pioneering technology and, one year later, we also lead the HYSTORE project to develop concepts and services based on thermal storage strategies and technologies.

  • 2022

     

    Growth and more specialitzation

    We are constantly growing and specializing. We created the Construction Management Department and the Technical Consultancy Department. We also introduced the Operations Manager in the Engineering area.

  • 2023

     

    We are WATTEGA

    We've strategically allied with the ERF-Energía y Sostenibilidad consultancy to add knowledge and offer integrated services with greater added value. The union, under the name WATTEGA, has allowed us to consolidate a robust project that promotes innovation in a transversal way in all its areas of knowledge.

Les xifres de WATTEGA

4

Partners

50

Workers

+35%

Women

+500

Clients

+1.000

Projects

Corporate social responsibility

We are committed to the needs of our social, environmental and economic environment.

We responsibly contribute to the development of our environment.

We consciously work to fulfil sustainable development goals. The focus of our work is based on energy and sustainability goals such as: 13. Climate action, 7. Affordable and clean energy, 6. Clean water and sanitation and 11. Sustainable cities and communities.

In terms of personnel, we are working towards equality and understand the value of diversity. Currently our engineering consulting company team is roughly 35% female. This contributes towards achieving goals: 5. Gender equality and 10. Reduced inequalities.

Our passions include education and awareness on the importance of good energy use and sustainability, in order to achieve goal 4. Quality education. 

It is clear to us that knowledge and development are key factors in the evolution of society, and we therefore choose to contribute to the achievement of goals: 9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure and 8. Decent work and economic growth.

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