FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549



Report of Foreign Private Issuer



Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934



For the month of July, 2006

Commission File Number 1-11080



THE ICA CORPORATION(Translation of registrant's name into English)

Minería No. #14511800 México D.F.(Address of principal executive offices)



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For more information contact:



|Ing. Alonso Quintana        |                      
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|(5255) 5272-9991 x3468      | in the United States:
|alonso.quintana@ica.com.mx  |                      
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|Lic. Paloma Grediaga        |                      
|(5255) 5272-9991 x3664      |                      
|paloma.grediaga @ica.com.mx |                      
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ICA ANNOUNCES THE SIGNING OF THREE CIVIL CONSTRUCTION AND ONE INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS

TOTALING Ps. 665.2 MILLION

Mexico City, July 5, 2006  Empresas ICA, S.A. de C.V.,the largest engineering, procurement, and construction company in Mexico, announced today that it had been awarded and signed four contracts with a total value of Ps. 665.2 million.  Three civil construction contracts were signed with public sector institutions for Ps. 389.2 million. Additionally, ICA Fluor signed an industrial construction contract with PEMEX for US$ 24 million.

The civil construction contracts made through direct assignment by the Ministry of the Navy to Ingenieros Civiles Asociados, S.A. de C.V., are:

| | The construction of installations in the naval station at Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo. The fixed price contract for Ps. 118.8 million will be executed over 167 days, with scheduled delivery on November 30, 2006. The project includes a building renovation and the provisional provision of services during the construction stage of the building.
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| | The construction of installations in the naval station at Cozumel, Quintana Roo. The mixed price contract for Ps. 56.3 million will be executed over a period of 167 days, with scheduled delivery on November 30, 2006. The project includes the construction of buildings and installations in the command and control center, the administrative and services installations, and a clinic.
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In addition, the National University of Mexico (UNAM) awarded, through an international public bidding process, the contract to ICA for the construction of the Visual Arts Gallery Museum, parking, and a plaza in the cultural zone of the University City in Mexico City. The fixed price contract for Ps. 214.2 million will be executed over a term of 366 days, to be delivered in June 2007.

Finally, ICA Fluor, the industrial engineering company jointly owned by Fluor Corporation and ICA, signed a contract for the fabrication of two super lightweight offshore platforms for PEMEX. The contract is a 198-day unit price project that includes engineering, procurement, construction, load out, and seabed fastening. Scheduled completion is November 2006. These sleek and lightweight platforms, with a total weight of approximately 1,600 tons, will be fabricated at Industria del Hierros Mata Redonda yards in Veracruz State,



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Mexico. These two structures will help increase oil production in PEMEXs Southwest Region fields in the Gulf of Mexico.



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Empresas ICA was founded in 1947. ICAs principal lines of business are construction and engineering; housing; and infrastructure operations, including airports, toll roads, and municipal services. For more information please visit www.ica.com.mx.

ICA Fluor is the leading industrial engineering company in Mexico, dedicated to the engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance of industrial facilities in the oil and gas, chemical, petrochemical, automotive, electricity, mining and telecommunication industries.







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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: July 5, 2006

| | Empresas ICA, S.A. de C.V.     | 
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| | /s/ JOSE LUIS GUERRERO        
| | Name: Dr. José Luis Guerrero  
| | Title: Vice President, Finance
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