The competitive advantage of low costs of Central American companies and the possibility of making strategic alliances in Mexico and the U.S., are some of the opportunities that architectural services companies could take advantage of.
For the internationalization of this type of service, companies in the sector recognize some challenges and barriers such as the lack of information on internationalization of services, lack of knowledge on how to reach international clients, differences in design codes and applicable laws, and regulatory difficulties to internationalize plans, highlights an analysis prepared by the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promoter (Procomer).
The General Department of Revenue of Honduras is calling for expressions of interest for the "Design of the Works to Improve Infrastructure and Remodeling of the Regional DEI Building in San Pedro Sula."
The objective of this consultancy is to develop the final architecture and engineering design, including construction drawings, specifications and reports for infrastructure construction and improvement of physical distribution of functional office spaces which respond to processes and the dynamics of the new tax legislation in order to meet the growing demand of taxpayers.
Wakefield Beasley & Associates (WBA), founded in 1980 by Richard Lamar Wakefield and John B. Beasley, Jr., is a privately owned, United States based Architectural design firm. It offers its clients high-quality design across a diversity of corporate capabilities, anchored by an unwavering commitment to providing exceptional service.
Organization that operates in Costa Rica, Honduras and Panama
Phone: (507) 8388989 - (507) 69494373
Businesses and professionals will meet on May 20-21 in Costa Rica to discuss issues related to design, architecture and sustainable building.
From a statement issued by the Green Building Council of Costa Rica:
Promoting sustainable design and construction in the professional, business and institutional community is the primary objective of the Central II Regional Forum Sustainable Design and Construction of the Central American and Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Development (ACCADES) to be held in Costa Rica on the 20th and 21st of May at the Park Inn Hotel in San Jose.
Let's build a kind city for disabled people. Manual, A City for All, in now available in AUTOCAD and 3D google sketchup.
Disabled people and senior citizens who could nicely go around the city, its shopping malls, airports, hospitals, medical centers, restaurants, work places, rest rooms, homes, cultural and recreation sites, among others, do not have a pleasant experience.
Architectural design and Construction (Building Information Modelling)
Organization that operates in Honduras and Nicaragua
Phone: (505) 2268 4326 - (505) 8854 8789
Guatemalan design professionals work with salvadorean capital in an apartment development in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
Guatemalan design firm LAKP Diseño & Desarrollo (www.lakp.net) has been retained by Grupo Bolívar, from El Salvador, for the interior development of 325 Río Piedras apartment building in San Pedro Sula.
The building itself was designed by another Guatemala based design practice, Seis Arquitectos.
Central American professionals are invited to propose consultancies related to the accreditation of programs in architecture and engineering.
Project Description: This Technical Cooperation aims to create a regional strategy evaluation and accreditation programs in architecture and engineering (Regional Public Goods) to ensure the quality of these programs and facilitate work mobility in a context of increasing regional integration.