Events that could have an impact on the completion of works and development projects on time/cost and on the quality, efficiency and availability of the railway infrastructure and lead to potential negative effects on the company’s results include possible changes in the legal and regulatory framework, difficulties in maintaining suppliers and potential extreme natural events. Faced with such events, we implement management and control procedures that allow us to constantly monitor the physical, economic and financial performance of infrastructure interventions and to trigger mechanisms aimed at defining improvement or corrective actions.

Procurement is managed in a centralised manner. We also avail of special qualification systems for economic operators and lists of professionals of proven suitability for the specialised services and competences specific to the railway system. With regard to changes in the supply prices of goods due to market fluctuations, we aval of specialised structures to monitor developments in the cost of key commodities for business operations, as well as any regulations governing them.

In this context, we are constantly engaged in involving and informing our stakeholders on the activities carried out and the objectives achieved, monitoring and reporting on the results as part of a continuous performance improvement process.