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FCC
lands
in Colombia
Wins contract to expand El Dorado Airport (Bogota)
FCC, the Citizen Services Group, has further
expanded its international operations in and
landed its first major contract in Colombia.
The company will build a new control tower
and management centre for Colombia’s lar-
gest airport, El Dorado, located 15 kilome-
tres west of central Bogotá. The contract,
which is worth 45 million euro, has an exe-
cution period of 40 months.
The new control tower will be 80 metres tall
and allow for future expansion of the airport
while also serving as an important landmark
for the city. The new building and the ma-
nagement centre, which will span 16,300
square meters, will accommodate the in-
crease in air traffic and airport operations.
El Dorado ranks first in Latin America in
terms of cargo volume and third in passen-
ger traffic (20 million per year). This project,
one of the most important airport infras-
tructure works awarded by Colombia’s civil
Presence in
Latin America
aviation authority (Aerocivil), will provide the
country with a modern airport which meets
the needs and future challenges of provi-
ding air travel and traffic control services in
Latin America.
This contract strengthens FCC’s lea-
ding position in Latin America, a stra-
tegic area in the company’s globalisa-
tion process. Other important projects
currently under way in the region inclu-
de the construction of Line 1 of Pana-
ma Metro, the first in Central America;
a hospital complex in Panama City; a
new access channel from the Pacific
to the Panama Canal; and the Mina de
Cobre road. In Costa Rica, the com-
pany is expanding the Cañas-Liberia
national highway in Guanacaste and
holds the concession, through Global-
vía, to operate the San José-Caldera
toll road.