Obrascón Huarte Lain, S.A. ; branded as OHLA Progress Enablers since July 2021,[2] is a Spanish multinational construction and civil engineering company. The company is involved in infrastructure and commercial property construction, homebuilding and the operation of toll road and other transport concessions. In the latter, the group is particularly active in Mexico. OHLA also has a majority-owned American subsidiary called OHL USA which is based in College Point, New York.
OHLA was established through the $900 million merger of the firms Obrascón-Huarte and Construcciones Lain in 1999.[3]
History
The company's roots stretch back to May 1911 with the foundation of Sociedad General de Obras y Construcciones Obrascón, S.A. in Bilbao, whose first project was the construction of two wharfs in the Port of Lisbon.[4] The company grew over the decades, being acquired first by the Banco de Bilbao