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We have recently commenced the renovation of the late XIX^th century building located at 1, Imprenta Street, in Palma.

This project will comprise12 apartments, distributed over four floors with an approximate built-up surface of 2,067 s.q.m many of which will have terraces and private garden areas.

Of particular note are the high quality materials to be used. Common areas will have Binissalem marble flooring and mosaics created with a combination of three types of stone: Binissalem marble, white limestone and Zimbabwe black granite, while the private areas inside the apartments will offer oak wood and Binissalem marble floorings, hexagonal ceramic mosaics for bathroom tiling as well as the preservation of some of the original materials of the building, such as the wooden joists and theload-bearing walls within the building’s structure, as well as some of the hydraulic pavement tiles on the kitchen floors.

Home automation will be achieved through a KNX system that will control each apartment’s lighting ,access control and HVAC systems.

A highlight will be the communal swimming pool, with an India green natural stone finish and located at the central patio of the building, as well as its veranda and shared entertainment areas.

Please click on the following like for more information: https://www.impremtagarden.com/

To mark the occasion of the Award granted by the CAEB for Good Business Practices in Occupational Health and Safety 2018, our colleague Manuel Pérez, Advanced Technician in Occupational Risk Prevention, has written an article entitled ” Management’s importance in fostering a risk prevention culture in companies" that has been published in the October edition of the Digital magazine “Seguridad Laboral” (Work place Safety).

You may access the full document by clicking on the following link: Managements´s importance in fostering a risk prevention culture in companiespdf.pdf

Baltyc Obras y Servicios, a Ferrá Group company, has started the project of Renovation and Extension of a residential property located in the Portixol area.

The built-up area measures approximately 236 sqm distributed on two floors, a ground floor with one bedroom with a bathroom and a gym, and a first floor with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, one of them ensuite, a living room and an open-plan kitchen.

Outdoor carpentry is made of aluminium by Technal and indoor carpentry is made of wood with a white lacquer finish.

Indoor flooring and bathroom tiling are made of large porcelain stone are tiles. Indoor flooring is made of parquet.

Regarding the technical systems, the HVAC system consists of air conditioning distributed by air ducts and radiant floor heating.

The lighting systems, access control and HVAC systemare connected to a KNX home automation system.

Of special note are the swimming pool located on the roof top and its ample terraces.

On 6 November we attended the III CAEB Conference on Social Responsibility and Competitiveness where we were one of the companies granted the award "Committed Company, Company with values" in recognition of our participation the CSR actions promoted by CAEB.

Mrs Irene Villa was a keynote speaker at the conference, with an address entitled "Know that you can". She was also a moderator at several colloquia, with the participation of various social entities such as Asprom, Ikea, Red Cross, Projecte Home and Es Refugi, to name a few.

We were granted the opportunity to take part in the colloquium "Pass on, Converge, Achieve" with the Vicente Ferrer Foundation and some of the members of the group of business people who travelled to Anantapur on February of this year. 

Grupo Ferrá wishes to congratulate CAEB on this excellent initiative and to thank them for the award.

In an interview for the Nivell magazine, of the Balearic Builders’ Association, our Marketing Manager talks about her experience in India.

What have you cooperated on?

As Grupo Ferrá’s designated manager in charge of the implementation of its Corporate Social Responsibility policies, I had been looking for a while for a trustworthy and transparent organisation that we felt we could trust. I had been given excellent feedback about the Vicente Ferrer Foundation (FVF – Fundación Vicente Ferrer), so I arranged a visit with them. After meeting the representative of the Vicente Ferrer Foundation for the Balearic Islands, Isabel Pizá, and starting to work together, I realised that I had finally found an organisation from which we could learn, and with which we could share experiences and grow in terms of corporate responsibility. Our company shares a common philosophy and core values with the Vicente Ferrer Foundation, which is essential when choosing your allies.

In July 2016 we started to support the Habitat project of the Vicente Ferrer Foundation, thus enabling the construction of homes for families belonging to the most disadvantaged sections of the Indian society and facilitating their access to dignified living conditions in a tiny village called Kogira, in the area of Penukonda, Madakasira region, in the country’s southeast. Getting involved in this home building project was a way of empowering women in India, given that the houses were registered in their names so that if they are abandoned by their husbands or widowed, no one can evict them from their homes, which unfortunately is a quite common occurrence in rural India.

After receiving the first report and the pictures showing the project’s implementation, we decided to renew our cooperation. However, we received a very unusual response from the Foundation, because Isabel Pizá told us: “Wait, before continuing your cooperation with us you need to travel to Anantapur to see the results of your solidarity first hand”. A few months later, a delegation from Grupo Ferrá flew to India in order to inaugurate the houses that we had built.

Getting to know and see the Foundation´s project with our own eyes, as well as the management transparency and everything else that we saw while on the ground was such a positive experience that it encouraged us to continue supporting the Vicente Ferrer Foundation and to remain at their side in the fight against the extreme poverty.

In July 2017 began new building work for the construction of houses in the village of Kanumpalli, in the Padini area, in northern Anantapur.

As an experience, what has it given you on a personal level?

The experience has been very enriching from all points of view, as well as an excellent opportunity for learning and transforming our company. Of course, it has also had quite a significant impact on a personal level, because getting in touch with other realities that are radically different from ours suddenly opens your eyes to new perspectives. It is not possible to see life again in the way that you did before.

Who has travelled to India on behalf of the Group?

Three members of the Grupo Ferrá team made the journey: Raquel Carrasco Barrio, Financial Director, Antoni Gurrera, Managing Director and me.

Will you continue this cooperation?

We have decided to renew our commitment with the Vicente Ferrer Foundation and, as I have mentioned earlier, we are participating in the construction of more houses that will restore dignity to the inhabitants of Kanumpalli. We are extremely proud to be able to make a contribution, however small, to give families in one of the poorest areas of southern India access to a better life, because what would be considered to be a fundamental right in our society for them is a real opportunity to escape extreme poverty.

Is this the first time that you have executed Corporate Social Responsibility project abroad? What is your Corporate Social Responsibility policy in the Balearic Islands?

We do not distinguish between global and local action. Our commitment as a company is to implement any guidelines and practices necessary that may lead to the achievement of economic, environmental and social balance. In this context, such a distinction would make no sense.

We have recently started cooperating with the company 3 Glops from Mallorca, dedicated to the occupational integration of persons with mental illness through a special employment centre. We have also cooperated with AEA Solidaria, an NGO created and managed by the staff of the airline Air Europa, by sending clothes to children at risk of social exclusion in the municipal district of Boca Chica, in the Dominican Republic.