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United Arab Emirates, the U.S. and Venezuela.
They have built rail, road and airport infrastructures,
energy production plants and civil and industrial
constructions, as well as managed transport
infrastructures, car parks and hospitals in the form of
concession. Astaldi is ranked 20th at the global level
among “2008 ENR Top International Contractors” in
the transportation sector.
Activities in El Salvador commenced in the second
half of the 1990s with a series of road works,
such as the rehabilitation of the Zacatecoluca-San
Marcos-Usulután highway (55 Km), the San Miguel-
Goascoran highway (53 Km) and of 35 km-section
of the Pan-American Highway. The Group has
subsequently been involved in the performance
of healthcare construction works with projects to
modernize Ilopango and San Miguel hospitals that
are still in the process of being carried out.
The most recent project concerns the El Chaparral
dam in the River Torola valley. The contract involves
the design and construction, using the “turn-key”
formula, of a new 66MW hydroelectric plant and
2 bridges to the Millenium Challenge Corporation
program on the northern highway.
CÁMARA SALVADOREÑA DE LA INDUSTRIA
DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN (CASALCO)
Engineer Mario Rivera
President
Paseo General Escalón 4834, San Salvador
Tel: (+503) 2563 5344 / 2263 6517
Fax: (+503) 2263 6518
contactenos@casalco.org.sv
www.casalco.org.sv
The Cámara Salvadoreña de la Industria de
la Construcción (CASALCO) was founded on
November 3
rd
, 1964 by a visionary entrepreneurial
group with the objective of integrating, unifying
and coordinating efforts that would allow them to
improve and defend the industry they represent.
Since its creation, CASALCO has been a public use
institution, according to the guidelines established
under chapter thirty of the Civil Code.
CASALCO is a member of the International
Federation of Industrial Construction FIIC and of the
Regional Organization of Central America and the
Caribbean Construction Chambers ORDECCCAC.
It is located in the city of San Salvador, but when
circumstances require, it can have offices in the
interior of the country.
CASALCO’s main function is “to watch over the
Construction Interests in El Salvador according to
constitutional and legal precepts.” Due to the afore
mentioned, they cannot pursue political, religious
goals, nor guide its activities with profit intentions.
COMISIÓN EJECUTIVA PORTUARIA
AUTÓNOMA (CEPA) – AUTONOMOUS
EXECUTIVE PORT COMMISSION
Engineer Guillermo López Suárez
President
Blvd. de los Héroes, Edificio Torre Roble,
San Salvador
Tel: (+503) 2218 1231
Fax: (+503) 2218 1380
gls@cepa.gob.sv
www.cepa.gob.sv
Activity: infrastructure management
Date of creation: 1952
Turnover: 74 million US Dollars
Employees: 2100
Founded in 1952 as the “Harbor of Acajutla Executive
Commission”, the institution was responsible for
developing the harbor and promoting Salvadoran
export and foreign products´ importation. In 1965,
because of the increasing harbor activity, the
Government decided to give it more responsibility
including the management of the railroad company
(Fenedasal). With this new activity, the institution
became officially known as theAutonomous Executive
Port Commission (CEPA).
In 1976 the Government entrusted the CEPA with
the building, management and operation of El
Salvador International Airport and in 2004 it added
the construction of the biggest and most modern
harbor of the region, The Central America Union
Harbor, which was finished in 2008.
Basically, the CEPA is an autonomous and public
institution that depends on the Ministry of Public
Works, Treasury, Economy and National Defense.
The president of the board is appointed by the
President of the Republic, currently being Engineer
Guillermo López Suárez. The CEPA’s mission is to
develop harbor, airport and railroad infrastructure
through new management models, with private
sector participation, to provide safe, efficient and
competitive services to its clients, to make El
Salvador a high value logistic distribution center.