The government has announced an international tender for the construction of an office center with capacity for 11,000 workers.
Plans are underway in Guatemala to build a center to house the administrative offices of the state. The complex will have capacity for 11 thousand workers and it is planned to be offered in an international tender this year in 2014.
The IDB is discussing providing $300 million in financing, of the total cost of $700 million required for the project.
The pipeline which Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) is considering building at a cost of $700 million, between Guatemala and Mexico, could be funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) which is analysing provision of a loan of $300 million, as confirmed by Guatemalan President Otto Pérez.
Jaguar Energy Guatemala has decided to terminate the contract with the Chinese construction company responsible for the work for the generation of 300 Mw.
José Sarmiento, manager of JEG told Prensalibre.com that "the decision was made based on the same terms of the contract, and is the failure of the Chinese company to deliver the plant in operation in May 2013 and other arrears which have led to Energuate and its distributors (Deocsa and Deorsa) paying out $36 million to date. In total, the guarantees are $73 million."
The Guatemalan government has announced that it will tender three works valued at $185 million in the first quarter of 2014.
This was stated by the Minister of Economy, Sergio de la Torre. The first project, which will require an investment of between $100 million to $120 million, will be the commuter train that will connect Centra Norte, zone 18, with Amatitlán.
Among the new projects is an alternative route to enter the department of Chimaltenango which will be awarded in December.
According to Alejandro Sinibaldi, Minister of Communications, the development of infrastructure projects in the department will reach $63 billion by the end of this administration.
Another of the projects being considered is a bridge across the river Motagua which will connect Chimaltenango and Quiche, plus the building of 200 homes and several stretches of road.
The Guatemalan government plans to raise $400 million to produce 181 megawatts of hydroelectric power in Alta Verapaz.
This was announced by the chief of Energy and Mines (MEM), Erick Archila. Initially, "the design of this project included generating up to 350 MW, however, in 2005 a study reduced its potential to 181 MW which is the same as the current proposal by the the country's energy authorities," noted an article in S21.com.gt.
Instead plans are underway for the acquisition and installation of high security modules in different parts of the country in order to ease current overcrowding.
It will be the next government who will make the decision to build, the Interior Ministry will leave in place the plans and designs for the prison infrastructure.
"We're giving up on big regional prisons which are dictated in the law (to be implemented), because it takes six months for a tender process for pre-investment and six months in tender processes for designs and plans, in this alone one year is wasted and construction takes two years with a further six months for equipping the building, altogether we are talking about three years. I will lay the cornerstone so that the next government can decide whether to continue with any construction," said Interior Minister, Mauricio López Bonilla.
In June a new bidding process will begin to award 200 megawatts of electricity in Guatemala.
This was announced by the chief of Energy and Mines, Erick Archer during his presentation at the investment forum Investment Summit 2013.
Archila said that in 2014 another 200 megawatts will be offered, which would amount to more than a thousand megawatts tendered during this administration.
Recommendations have been made to Guatemala to update and modify the legal framework for state contracts and disclosure on public works, something that is not done officially.
These recommendations were made in the third report on transparency in the Construction Sector by the World Bank (Cost). The study notes that there is opacity in the delivery of information about buildings, as there was a reduction from 65% to 54% in key information on 17 projects covered by the research conducted in 2011.
The Atlantic Highway will be expanded from mile 57 to 80, with partial funding from the Taiwanese government.
From a press release issued by the Government of Panama:
The Government of Guatemala in June signed an agreement with the Republic of China-Taiwan to complete the works for expanding and improving the Atlantic Highway from kilometer 57 to El Rancho, kilometer 80, during a working visit made by the president Otto Perez Molina to that nation.
In early April a tender will be launched for a bypass on the route from El Tejar to Chimaltenango, with an approximate cost of $26 million.
Alejandro Sinibaldi, Minister of Communications, said that about six months ago the engineering and technical studies were started in order to determine the best location for the construction of the work.
"The bypass is expected to be about 15 miles long, at a cost over $26 million," said Sinibaldi.
The executive is negotiating a loan approval for the renovation and equipping of the 45 hospitals in the National Health System in Guatemala.
From a statement published by the Government of Guatemala:
President Otto Perez Molina said on Wednesday during a working visit to the department of Petén, that they are negotiating a foreign loan for $280 million to improve the infrastructure of the health system.
Carnival canceled a $40 million project for building a cruise terminal in the Guatemalan port of Tomás de Castilla.
Lack of agreement between owners of the land to be used for the construction, and Carnival Corporation, is hinted as the main reason for this cancellation.
Roberto Robles is the head of the Guatemalan Tourism Institute, also known as Inguat.