In 1994 a group of Mexican investors and the International Hospital Corporation of Dallas, Texas, joined forces to build the Centro Internacional de Medicina (CIMA) in Chihuahua. After a competitive bidding process, Crocsa was selected as general contractor for the project´s first phase that consisted of a 95-bed hospital and an 85-unit medical office tower. All of the work was to be done under the construction management of The Beck Group, a highly experienced U.S. company.

Subsequently, Mexico suffered one of the worst economic crisis of its history which resulted in a deep devaluation of the peso that shook the economy and put the project at serious risk. The Crocsa/Beck/HKS team was challenged to find cost-savings alternatives through the "Tropicalization" of a 100% U.S.-project. Fortunately, adequate solutions were found in national materials and suppliers, which achieved important cost reduction and pushed the project forward.

In the design, installation and startup of such complex systems for a hospital like CIMA, Crocsa had the most qualified personnel, and this was one of the main reasons it won the owners' trust. This trust has grown over time, and after 16 years, seven different projects, 305,200 sq ft (28,354 m2) built and more than 30 million U.S. dollars invested, it is evident that we are talking about a very important repeat customer of ours.

One of the most recent and without doubt complicated jobs that CIMA has entrusted Crocsa with, was the addition of two floors on top of the existing hospital, built without any interruption to its operations and minimum impact (vibrations, dust and noise control) possible on the patients within. Other, similarly challenging projects were the Ambulatory Surgery Unit (UCA), that was connected to existing surgery rooms and white areas, the MRI unit, and the Oncology Center that was a co-investment between CIMA (Mexican investors / International Hospital Corporation) and Southwest Oncology Centers, which is one of the most advanced and modern centers of its type in Mexico and which had a bunker area that required a special anti-radiation concrete mix.