The bid for the construction of the new tower is to initiate at the beginning of 2010, and they foresee that the building will be finished within five years. The bid will also include the construction of an additional building of 5,000 square meters for nutrition services and a cloakroom.

Krissia Morris Gray writes for La Prensa Libre: "Information supplied by the Project Unit of CCSS indicates that the construction of the complex will be carried out in phases, beginning with the building of nutrition and the cloakroom and then continuing with the modern medical building, with which it is intended to replace the infrastructure that was lost by the fire of July 12, 2005."

Source: prensalibre.co.cr

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