Grupo Copisa

Description:

Barcelona-based Grupo Copisa is a Spanish company with more than 50 years of experience in the construction sector. It has five areas of focus: Infrastructure, comprising civil works projects; Concessions, from construction to operation; Industrial, covering design, construction and assembly of plants and facilities; Industrial Maintenance of buildings and facilities; and Restoration involving the repair and rehabilitation of heritage buildings. The company is present in several European countries, such as Spain, Portugal, Romania and the Netherlands, and in Africa and Latin America. In Latin America, it has implemented a number of projects including: the rehabilitation of berthing facility No. 1 at the Chilean port of Iquique; the design and construction of the first phase of the new container terminal at the port of San José in Guatemala; the Panama City Bay View complex of apartments, offices and commercial premises in Panama; and the new hospital in the Ate-Vitarte district of Lima, Peru, which will benefit 565,215 people. In 2016, the company completed work on the Torito hydroelectric project in Costa Rica, including construction of the water intake, a water loading chamber with a capacity of 125,000 cubic meters, the assembly of large-diameter steel tanks and tubing and the construction of the 40-meter high engine room building.