In Panama, the consortium made up of Constructora Urbana S.A. and Toronto Global Holdings Corp. was awarded the contract to design, build and finance the interconnection of the Cinta Costera 3 with the Calzada de Amador.
Two bids were submitted for this tender; whose initial reference value was $49.9 million. The first proposal, which amounted to $54.8 million, was made by the consortium AMADOR, formed by the companies Meco, S.A.
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.
In Panama, Bagatrac, S.A. was awarded the contract for the rehabilitation and widening of the La Concepción - Cuesta Piedra - Volcán highway, in the province of Chiriquí.
For the contracting process the companies that participated were Puentes y Calzadas Infraestructura S.L.U. with a proposal that reached $91.6 million, that of Mota-Engil S.A. to $89.9 million, that of Asfaltos Panameños S.A.
Constructora Rodsa, Constructora Peñaranda and Constructora Codico are three of the companies that in the first quarter of 2019 were awarded contracts by governments to build all types of public infrastructure in Central America.
An analysis of CentralAmericaData's Trade Intelligence unit provides data on the companies that from January to March 2019 were awarded government contracts to build all types of public infrastructure in Central American countries.
Puentes y Calzadas Infraestructuras S.L.U. was awarded the contract to design and build a vehicular passage and road interchange on the Cabuya roundabout in the Panama province.
On February 5, the resolution of the contracting process for the "Design and Construction of the Paso Vehicular and Intercambiador Vial José Agustín Arango (Cabuya) -CPA- December 24" was published in the portal PanamaCompra."
Constructora Meco, V&T S.A., Ingeniería REC and Constructora Rodsa are some of the companies that in 2018 were awarded contracts to build public infrastructure works in Central America.
An analysis compiled by the Trade Intelligence unit at CentralAmericaData provides data on the companies that during the last year were awarded by the governments of the region, with contracts to execute construction works in Central American countries.
After PowerChina in Costa Rica won the contract to expand a section of highway in Guanacaste, one of the participating consortia appealed the results, arguing that the requirements had been modified in the tender.
The road work awarded to PowerChina in 2018 consists of a total of 50 kilometers, distributed in two tenders, one for the San Gerardo-Limonal section and the other for the Barranca-San Gerardo section.
Conalvias Construcciones was awarded the contract to restore the streets of the townships of Caimitillo, Ernesto Córdoba, Las Cumbres, Alcalde Díaz and Chilibre, in the district of Panama.
On November 16th, the resolution of the contracting process for the works of rehabilitation of streets in several townships of the capital of the country was published in the portal PanamaCompra.
Centralmix was awarded the contract to rehabilitate streets in the townships of Bethania, Curundu, Don Bosco, Juan Díaz, Parque Lefevre, Pueblo Nuevo and Río Abajo, in the province of Panama.
On October 18th, the resolution of the contracting process for the works of the rehabilitation of streets of several townships of the province of Panama was published.
In Panama, FCC Construcción and Operadora Cicsa will be in charge of the expansion works to six lanes of the Las Playas Corridor, on the Santa Cruz - San Carlos section.
The companies that took part in the tender for the extension of the road sections were the Consortium FCC-Corredor de Las Playas II, composed of FCC Construcción S.A.
In 45 days the construction of the new bridge over the River Virilla, in Costa Rica, is scheduled to start, after having been awarded to the consortium consisting of MECO and Puentes y Calzadas.
Authorities at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport explained to Nacion.com that "... They received a notification from the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR) in which they were informed that the appeals lodged by several companies interested in the work were declared without merit."
In Panama, a contract has been awarded to Constructora MECO for the design and construction of 80 kilometers of streets and roads in the district of David, province of Chiriqui.
The companies that took part in the tender for the renovation of road sections were Constructora MECO, Sacyr Construction, China Railway International Group, Bagatrac S.A., Ininco, S.A., Conalvias Construcciones S.A.S., Constructora Urbana and Construcciones Civiles y Concretos de Panamá S.A., with offers of $48 million, $49 million, $24 million, $25 million, $54 million, $53 million and $26 million respectively.
A contract has been awarded to Constructora MECO for the design, construction and maintenance of works for the renovation of the Transístmica highway, section Plaza Agora - San Isidro Station.
The companies that took part in the tender for therenovation of a stretch of approximately 10 kilometerswere Constructora MECO, Sacyr Construcción, Constructora Urbana and Conalvias Construcciones, with offers of $88 million, $86 million, $87 million and $90 million, respectively.
The Costa Rican company MECO has obtained a contract to renovate the surface of several taxiways inside Tocumen International Airport, in Panama.
From a statement issued by Tocumen International Airport:
Tocumen International Airport, the main one in Panama, has awarded through a public tender, the renovation of surfaces of the taxiways Echo, Alpha and Taxi Lane Cargo Apron, with which it seeks to provide better flow of the aircraft and reduce of operating times.
Constructora Meco won the contract to build a taxiway connecting the two terminals at Tocumen International Airport in Panama.
The work involves the design and construction of the street S4 and the extension of Street L1 in the International Airport in Panama City. The Costa Rican construction firm Meco won the contract with an economic proposal of $12.8 million, lower than all of the bids submitted by the other four participants in the tender.