The company has been awarded the contract for an amount of 2,311,687.48 euros (VAT not included) and a period of 14 months from obtaining the construction license.
The Free Trade Zone of Cádiz has awarded the work of the Zona Base blue economy incubator, Incubazul, to the company Díaz Cubero, which will carry out the construction work of the emblematic marine container building with a budget of 2,311,687.48 euros (VAT not included) and an execution period of 14 months from obtaining the corresponding license.
The Executive Committee of the Cádiz institution approved in its last meeting held this week the awarding of the works, which will be carried out in the UE-ZF-08-A of the outer polygon of the Free Trade Zone, on the old plot of Iberian Aga.
Four companies have submitted to the call for the construction of the headquarters of the high-tech incubator in the blue economy, Incubazul, an innovative space for entrepreneurship and technological expansion that will be built on the plot of the former Ibérica Aga in the outer industrial estate. of the Free Zone. It is an emblematic building made up of recycled maritime containers with a ground-breaking aesthetic that wants to break the dynamics of industrial construction in Cádiz. Both the building and the Incubazul business incubation and acceleration program are financed by European funds within the Framework of the FEDER Operational Program of Andalusia 2014-2020, “A way of making Europe” through the Incyde Foundation of the Chambers of Trade.
The building whose works have been awarded has been designed by the Cadiz architect Carlos Peinado, from the Carquero Arquitectura studio, who has thought of it as a reference center that will be a catalyst for the entire industrial area of the Cadiz capital and a model to follow in sustainable industry.
The innovative property will have a total constructed area of 1,951.33 m2 and 1,415.73 m2 of terraces and open spaces and is made up of three floors in height, in addition to the ground floor. All floors will have terraces and free spaces and the ground floor includes coworking, training rooms, a cafeteria and bicycle parking, as well as surface parking on the same plot. Seven offices have been planned on the first floor and thirteen on the second. The third floor is planned with spaces for management, meeting rooms, staff and a technological laboratory.
The Cádiz Base Zone project and its blue economy incubator were born to attract industry 4.0. and generate a space of opportunity for Cádiz talent, promoting entrepreneurship and labor diversification in the city, the Bay and the province. Thus, the Consortium is committed to a sustainable economic model and respect for the environment that connects all the marine potential of our province with new business strategies that generate wealth and employment.
Incubation model
While what will be the final headquarters of Incubazul arrives, the incubator has started its program to support technology-based companies in a provisional headquarters in the Melkart Building and will soon move to larger ones in the Europa Building, both units of the Free Zone. Thus, the incubator is now at full capacity, offering a complete and personalized business acceleration program for which Zona Franca has the experience and methodology of Telefónica, as the company in charge of revitalizing the incubator, thanks to its experience at Telefónica. Open Future.
In fact, the call for applications for the incorporation of ideas and companies to the incubation program was recently opened, so that there are already eight projects that are currently incubated, after the incorporation of five: Futuralga, Home+, Welogsea, Your destiny sustainable and Smart Shipping. All of them represent technology-based concepts and services that can be applied in the multiple subsectors covered by the Blue Economy: from the manufacture of biodegradable and compostable disposable packaging made from seaweed; the treatment of urban and industrial waste without emissions; blue tourism; fuel savings in navigation; engineering and architectural design; or the application of social networks to nautical services, among other subsectors.
These five new projects join the ecosystem of the technological incubator of the Zona Base Cádiz project and in which projects such as Trahspeak are already working, a startup that manufactures surfboards from recycled plastics collected on the coast; Productos La Salá, which treats and markets fresh salicornia, also known as sea asparagus, and various products through the production processes of this plant; and Zero Risk, which provides technological solutions connected to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to blue tourism.
