28 October 2016 - Business View Caribbean
The company was originally founded in 1983 as Ar-
quicentro, offering engineering services. In 1985,
Estrella, Grullón & Peralta was formed, which worked
mainly on housing project and hotel buildings at the
height of tourism development in Puerto Plata and the
North Coast. In the early ‘90s the company began to
offer earth moving and private construction services.
In 1995, it introduced the metal deck system to the
Dominican market, which revolutionized the construc-
tion of multi-story buildings.
In 2001, the group expanded its diversification by
investing in the Cibao International Airport, and sev-
eral years later in the communications media, paint
manufacturing business, health sector, and hardware
store environment. In 2004, Acero Estrella became
the first and only company in the Dominican Repub-
lic to be certified to international quality standards by
the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC). In
2006, Ingeniería Estrella began highway construction
projects in the Northern Region of the country, and es-
tablished its asphalt plant in Villa González. In 2011,
Estrella began the construction of the Cemento Pa-
nam plant in Villa Gautier.
In 2013, the company expanded its presence in Haiti
with camps in Port-au-Prince, Gonaïves, Caracol, Las-
cahobas, and Les Cayes for the execution of a range of
infrastructural projects. In 2014, the Dominican-Costa
Rican consortium, Estrella-H. Solis, signed a contract
with the government of Costa Rica for the design and
construction of the northern stretch of the Route 39
