The Nicaraguan government is planning the construction of roads and bridges nationwide.
CentralAmericaData's "Commercial Feasibility Studies" provides an up-to-date list of public and private construction projects that have submitted Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) to the respective institutions in each country.
Van der Laat & Jiménez, H3 Guatemala, Constructora Codico, Bagatrac S.A. and Constructora Meco are some of the main companies that last year won contracts to design and build public works in Central American countries.
An analysis by CentralAmericaData's Trade Intelligence Unit provides interesting data on the companies that in 2019 were favored with contracts to design and build government buildings, roads, bridges, streets, overpasses and other public infrastructure works in Central American countries.
Water and sanitation works in Panama, improvements to a seaport and improvements to a bridge are part of the investments planned for the coming months in the region.
The interactive system "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, includes an up to date list of public and private construction projects that are planned to be built in the coming months.
Expansion of highways in Panama and El Salvador, construction of a border bridge in Guatemala and a cultural complex in Honduras are part of the public works to be developed in the region.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Trade Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, includes an up to date list of public and private construction projects to be built in the coming months.
During the first semester of 2018, 36 environmental impact studies were presented for projects of street renovation and construction of highways and bridges in the countries of the region.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", from the Trade Intelligence Area of CentralAmericaData, includes the updated list of public and private construction projects that present the environmental impact studies (EIA) to the respective institutions of each country.
Large construction companies in the Asian country are interested in the mega projects that are to be developed in the region, especially in Panama and Costa Rica.
At the last Capac Expo Hábitat fair in Panama, more than 20 companies from China showcased their progress and took the opportunity to establish contacts with local public and private investors.
The Congress approved two loans for a total of $53 million for rural electrification works and the construction of four bridges in Río Blanco and Siuna, Caribbean region.
From a statement issued by from the National Assembly:
December 6, 2017.- Three decrees of loans, two of which are aimed at energy improvement and one for the construction of 4 bridges that will unite the Caribbean Coast with the Pacific, were approved, today, December 6, unanimously by the National Assembly.
Four consortiums made up of companies from China, Spain, Italy and South Korea have presented their proposals to design and build a fourth bridge over the Panama Canal.
The timeframe for building the work has been estimated at 42 months, and the estimated investment is over $1 billion.This project aims to connect the areas of Arraiján and La Chorrera, to the west, with Panama City, near the Canal Pacific sector.
"After two years the results are not the expected and, in fact, delays in the projects correspond to the typical obstructions and slow management that we are used to with public entities."
EDITORIAL
The actions of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) never cease to amaze. Its representatives in the country not only set out an impossible series of obstacles when the Comptroller General of the Republic requested to review the file on the contract for the new bridge over the Virilla River, on route 32, but now, a week after the request was made, UNOPS is ignoring the Comptroller's order.The entity had established a period of 24 hours for the delivery of the information.
With funding from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency, four bridges will be built on the road linking the municipalities of Rio Blanco and Siuna in the North Caribbean.
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport explained that the bridges to be built are Mulukukú, Lisawe, Labú and Prinzapolka, each with a length of 174 meters, 80, 90 and 92 meters, respectively. The bridges will be built on the road that connects the municipalities of Río Blanco and Siuna, in the North Caribbean.
The government has announced that with funding from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency four bridges will be built on the Caribbean coast, with a completion date of 2022.
The Ortega administration explained that $49 million relates to a loan signed with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and another $10 million will be provided by the state.The bridges will be built on the Caribbean coast, in the areas of Prinzapolka, Labu, Lisawe and Mulukukú.
The Office for Project Services at the UN is putting out to tender the design and construction of a binational bridge over the Sixaola River.
The tender for the "Design and Construction of Binational Bridge over the River Sixaola under Sustainability Standards between Costa Rica and Panama," is only open, via contract or subcontract, to the following Private sector contracting companies:
Plans have been drawn up to build, over the next 6 years, 10 overpass bridges for vehicles, 8 roundabouts, and 27 vehicular bridges to improve traffic circulation in the capital.
The road infrastructure expansion announced by the mayor of Managua will bring value to areas with the most dense traffic in the capital. The details can be found in the Plan for Modernization and Road Expansion in Managua 2016-2022, which involves an investment of $200 million in the construction of ten overpass bridges for vehicles, eight roundabouts, 27 vehicular bridges, among other works, reported Elnuevodiario.com.ni.
The bridge building project which has been on paper since 2005 has been resurrected, with the announcement that the documents needed to tender the construction will be ready in March and the works will start in June.
Eleven years and half a dozen Panamanian and Costa Rican presidents have tried to put out to tender the construction of the bridge over the Sixaola river on the border between Costa Rica and Panama. Extreme bureaucracy, unenforceability and unfulfilled political promises surrounded the project which now has a new contract announcement.
The Santa Fe Bridge, built in Nicaragua over the San Juan River, 5 kilometers from the border with Costa Rica, will not be opened as long as the confrontation between the two governments continues.
362 meters long and 40 meters high, the Santa Fe Bridge required a $30 million investment donated by the Government of Japan.
At the same time as constructing the bridge, Nicaragua also built a road along the south coast of the river ending up on the border with Costa Rica, which will facilitate exports from the central region travelling to Puerto Limon in Costa Rica and also help the flow of Nicaraguans entering and exiting the border with their southern neighbor.