Of the 1.5 million square meters built in 2017, 56% corresponded to residential works, 22% to commercial projects, and 18% to buildings such as hospitals, hotels and restaurants.
Construction of residential projects grew by 10% with respect to 2016, while construction of projects destined for commercial use grew by 18% in the same period.
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The builders' association expects to close the year with better results than in 2016, when nearly $640 million was invested in private and public construction projects.
Representatives from the Honduran Chamber of the Construction Industry (Chico) explained that the results at the end of the first half of the year have been encouraging, they attributed it to the increase in construction of residential buildings, "...
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An increase in the cost of construction permits, new rates for services from public entities and a more expensive labor force explain a large part of the increase in real estate sales prices.
The guild of construction companies in Panama states that prices for homes, shops and apartments are so high that in many cases buyers can not afford them.The increase, they say, is not due to increases in the cost of construction materials, but to an increase in the cost of paperwork, such as building permits, higher interest rates for loans and the elimination of some subsidies.
Apartment towers in Costa Rica and Panama, and oil well drilling and related works in Guatemala, are some of the construction projects planned for the coming months in the region.
CentralAmericaData's information system "Construction Projects in Central America", compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit, provides an up to date list of public and private construction projects for which environmental impact assessments (EIAs) were submitted to the respective institutions in each country in March 2017.
The construction guild plans to close 2017 with $650 million in public and private construction projects, and achieve a growth of almost 6% compared to 2016.
Figures from the Central Bank of Honduras indicate that in the first two months of this year private construction registered a 2% increase compared to the same period last year.Revistaconstruir.com reports that"... the recovery comes as a result of the development of residential, commercial and industrial works in the municipalities of the Central District, San Pedro Sula and Choloma, among others in the northern zone."
A contract has been signed for the start of works on the International Airport in Palmerola, Comayagua, so that operations can start in 2018.
Following the signing of the official contract, construction of the new International Airport in Palmerola, in the department of Comayagua, will begin in May, for operations to start in 2018. This was announced by the Spanish concessionaire EMCO Corporation.
Residential developments, waterworks, a pier and shopping centers are some of the projects for which environmental impact studies were submitted in June in Panama.
The report "Construction Projects in Panama - June 2015", prepared by the Business Intelligence unit at CentralAmericaData.COM, contains a detailed list of major construction projects for which environmental impact studies (EIS) were presented to the National Environmental Authority (ANAM) in June.
Construction companies are negotiating with the banking system for access to preferential interest rates in order to finance housing projects for lower-income sectors.
In order to alleviate the poor performance that construction sector has seen in recent months, construction companies plan to focusing on developing high rise housing projects, which, in the view of the entrepreneur Ernesto Lazarus, "...