FCC to upgrade
San José airport in Costa
Rica for 25 million euro
FCC reinforces its presence in Latin Ameri-
ca with a new contract. The Citizen Services
Group has been chosen to upgrade Costa
Rica’s Juan Santamaría International Airport
in Alajuela, 18 kilometres from San José
(Costa Rica). The project contemplates the
construction of a hangar at the country’s
main airport, worth 25 million euros and an
execution period of 1.5 years.
Alajuela airport serves airlines that provide
service throughout the Americas (North,
Central and South) as well as Europe. The
Costa Rican airport is among the fastest-
growing in the region, in terms of numbers of
passengers (almost five million per year) and
airlines, as well as cargo volume.
The project, which will span a total area of
21,894 square metres, includes a main
hangar and several ancillary workshops, a
general-purpose building, and a store for
flammable liquids and materials, as well as a
150-space car park.
The hangar will be built 150 metres from the
runway and will have six bays capable of
accommodating Boeing 757-300-class air-
craft. The hangar design focuses on opera- bility and adaptability, with the goal of a small
footprint.
The exterior and roof will be similar in ap-
pearance, and ancillary buildings will have
the same aesthetic as the hanger. Special
attention was paid to rainwater collection
and removal.
This project is part of National Transport
Plan, implemented by the Costa Rican Mi-
nistry of Public Works, which allocates 36.5
billion euro for road, railway, airport and ae-
ronautical infrastructure over the next 25
years, most of which have yet to be tende-
red.
