CACISA

What CACISA does

CACISA (Compañía Asesora de Construcción e Ingeniería CACISA S.A.) is a 100% Costa Rican-capital engineering consulting firm founded in 1992 and headquartered in Santo Domingo, Heredia. The firm operates across four integrated service areas: Design (roads, bridges, intersections, drainage, geotechnical and environmental solutions), Supervision (field inspection, topography verification, quantity and billing control), Quality Control (accredited laboratory testing of soils, aggregates, asphalt, and concrete), and Geotechnical Services (soil studies, slope stability, groundwater analysis, and advanced integrity testing including Cross-Hole Sonic Logging with 3D tomography). Its technical capabilities rest on a fleet of specialized equipment (double laser profilometers for IRI, nuclear density meters, humidity chambers, piezometers, inclinometers) and a strong compliance backbone of INTE/ISO 9001, 14001, 17025, and 17020 accreditations, including 75 accredited laboratory tests and 28+ inspection procedures.

CACISA generates revenue primarily through project-based professional services fees from public infrastructure tenders and direct private-sector contracts. The firm operates a B2B enterprise field-sales motion, bidding competitively on government tenders (CONAVI, MOPT, Nicaragua MTI) and engaging directly with private developers for road, bridge, airport, port, and civil works projects. Its distribution is fully direct, with no intermediaries or resellers. The customer base is concentrated in government infrastructure agencies, supplemented by private developers in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Panama, served through local offices and accredited laboratories in each country.

The firm employs approximately 200 people, including 65+ qualified engineers and specialists, and has delivered more than 250 engineering projects since inception. Strategic evolution has been steady and organic: market expansion into Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Panama beginning in 2005; a Panama materials laboratory opened in 2018; ISO 9001 certification (2016) as the first in Central America; and ISO 14001 (2020) extending its compliance credentials. Recent activity includes the OBIS Ruta 1 consortium for the San José–San Ramón toll road corridor, the CA02E highway expansion in El Salvador, and expanded zones in Costa Rica's National Road Network Quality Verification program.

Name

CACISA

Legal name

Compañía Asesora de Construcción e Ingeniería CACISA S.A.

Website

https://www.cacisa.cr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CACISA is a Costa Rica-based engineering consulting firm founded in 1992 that provides infrastructure design, supervision, quality control, and geotechnical services to government agencies and private developers across Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Panama.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Santo Domingo

HQ country

Costa Rica

HQ region

Latin America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for infrastructure projects including design, supervision, quality control, and geotechnical studies. Revenue is generated through project-based fees, typically from public tenders and private contracts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

CACISA is an international engineering consulting firm providing design, construction supervision, quality control/verification, and geotechnical studies for infrastructure projects (roads, bridges, airports, ports, and civil works). Services are delivered through accredited laboratories in Costa Rica and Panama and executed across four Central American countries via public tenders and direct private contracts.

Product overview

CACISA is an international consulting firm offering four integrated engineering service areas: Quality Control, Design, Supervision, and Geotechnical Services. The Quality Control area provides laboratory testing and materials verification for roads, bridges, airports, and infrastructure projects. The Design area develops construction plans, budgets, and technical specifications for highways, intersections, bridges, overpasses, and environmental solutions. Supervision services ensure proper execution of construction works through field inspection and quality verification. Geotechnical services include soil studies, stability analysis, and specialized testing including Cross-Hole Sonic Logging and 3D tomography. The company operates across Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Panama) with central laboratories in Costa Rica and Panama.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Control de Calidad (Quality Control Services) Quality control and verification services for construction materials used in infrastructure projects, including accredited laboratory testing of soils, aggregates, asphalt mixtures, and concrete. Serves government agencies and private developers in Central America.
• Diseño (Design Services) Infrastructure design services including roads, intersections, bridges, overpasses, viaducts, pavement design, drainage solutions, geotechnical solutions, and environmental sanitation designs. Produces construction plans, budgets, and technical specifications for highways, bridges, and civil works.
• Supervisión (Supervision Services) Construction supervision services including field inspection, quality and topography verification, quantity control, work estimates, billing, and administrative control for infrastructure projects. Accredited under INTE-ISO/IEC 17020 inspection body standards.
• Geotecnia (Geotechnical Services) Geotechnical engineering services including soil studies, bearing capacity determination, groundwater analysis, slope stability analysis, and geotechnical monitoring with specialized equipment. Includes advanced testing such as Cross-Hole Sonic Logging (CSL) with 3D tomography per ASTM D6760.

Quantifiable outcome

• 75 accredited tests and procedures under ISO/IEC 17025 and 28+ supervision procedures under ISO/IEC 17020
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Consorcio OBIS Ruta 1 CPCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCACISA participates in the OBIS (Obras Impostergables) consortium for the Fideicomiso Corredor Vial San José – San Ramón project, working on Lot 1 with specific deliverables including Barreal Castella connector, Firestone underpass, and bridge expansions (Río Segundo, Río Ciruelas, Río Alajuela).
• Local Partner Firms (El Salvador)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlliances with local societies in El Salvador for public and private sector projects including roads, airports, bridges, and tourism, commercial, industrial and residential developments.
• Van Oord – BAM ConsortiumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupply and installation of piezometers for the Moín Container Terminal project as part of the Van Oord-BAM consortium.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• TYPSA: TYPSA is a Spanish engineering consulting firm specializing in transport infrastructure (roads, railways, airports, ports) with significant operations across Latin America. Highly comparable to CACISA's core offering of design, supervision, and quality control for road/bridge infrastructure on public-sector projects.
• IDOM: IDOM is a Spanish multinational engineering consultancy with deep infrastructure expertise across transportation, water, and energy, and a meaningful Latin American footprint. Comparable to CACISA in offering multi-disciplinary engineering consulting for public infrastructure clients across emerging markets.
• Ineco: Ineco is a Spanish state-owned engineering consultancy focused on transport infrastructure (roads, railways, airports). Directly comparable to CACISA in targeting public-sector infrastructure clients with accredited, multidisciplinary engineering services across multiple geographies.
• SENER Grupo de Ingeniería: SENER is a Spanish engineering and technology group with a significant transport infrastructure consulting presence in Latin America. Comparable to CACISA in serving public infrastructure agencies with design and supervision services for large road and civil works projects.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: AECOM is one of the world's largest engineering consulting firms with deep transportation, water, and environment infrastructure expertise. Comparable as a broad incumbent that competes for major Central American public infrastructure tenders where CACISA also bids.
• Jacobs Solutions: Jacobs is a global engineering and technical services firm with significant infrastructure capabilities (transportation, water, environment, advanced facilities). Comparable as a broad incumbent competing in the same public infrastructure consulting space as CACISA.
• WSP Global: WSP is one of the largest global engineering consultancies with strong transport infrastructure capability and active operations in Latin America. Comparable as a broad incumbent competing for Central American transport and infrastructure tenders.
• Stantec: Stantec is a global engineering and consulting firm with infrastructure capabilities across transportation, water, and environmental services. Comparable as a broad incumbent competing for the same government infrastructure tenders that CACISA targets in Central America.
• Arcadis: Arcadis is a global design and engineering consultancy with infrastructure, water, and environment offerings. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the engineering consulting space targeting public-sector infrastructure clients across the Americas.
• Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech is a global engineering and consulting firm with strong water, environment, and infrastructure capabilities, including Latin American operations. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the engineering services space bidding on similar public infrastructure work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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