Continental Holdings Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in civil construction, building construction, real estate development, and environmental project development businesses in Asia and the Americas. The company undertakes highway, tunnel, bridge, mass rapid transit, high-speed rail, factories, power plants, and other civil construction projects; and constructs and rehabilitates cable supported bridges, movable bridges, steel truss bridges, steel and concrete arch bridges, heavy marine works, military infrastructure, government and security infrastructure, and other structural or marine projects. It also engages in the construction of hospitals, hotels, university complexes, educational and research facilities, residential housing, commercial and office buildings, industrial warehouses, and high-profile skyscrapers; and development of real estate properties comprising residential housing, commercial buildings, and communities, as well as the leasing of commercial buildings. In addition, the company is involved in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of water purification facilities, wastewater treatment systems, sewage treatment systems, sea water desalination systems, and waste treatment projects, as well as environmental laboratory analysis and facilities operation and management. Continental Holdings Corporation was founded in 1941 and is based in Taipei, Taiwan.