In 2019, 426 environmental impact studies were submitted to develop condominiums, apartment buildings and other housing projects in Central American countries.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", of the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData, includes an up-to-date list of public and private construction projects that present environmental impact studies (EIS) to the respective institutions in each country.
The Guatemalan government expects that in the first two months of 2019, all procedures related to the issuance of construction permits can be carried out online.
Representatives of the Ministry of Economy (Mineco), reported that the plan is that through the Ventanilla Única de la Construcción, construction companies can process licenses digitally.
Because licensing is proceeding faster, private projects are rebounding in Guatemala and the sector in general expects to close 2018 with a 3% increase.
Representatives of the Guatemalan Chamber of Construction (CGC), explained that the positive behavior of the sector this year is because of the liberalization of licenses for the construction of projects that were pending to be authorized and new investments made.
A bureaucracy that keeps delaying delivery of construction licenses, is now joined by a possible cement tax proposed by the government.
Entrepreneurs in the sector anticipate a relatively poor performance for the sector in the remainder of the year, although no significant increases are expected in the prices of materials in general.The possibility that the proposal to levy $0.65 per sack of cement actually materializes comes on top of problems faced in obtaining building permits, which has forced some projects to grind to a halt.
Hospitals, roads and educational works make up the list of construction projects awarded by state institutions in Panama in May.
The report 'Construction Project Contracts', prepared by the Business Intelligence unit at CentralAmericaData.COM, includes construction projects awarded by the institutions of the Central American states in May 2015.
While in the US the number of man hours needed to build a house is 9.4 hours per square meter, in Costa Rica it takes between 40 and 60.
Low labor productivity, on top of the cost of building materials, social charges and high costs of other materials such as energy, are preventing firms from being more competitive in an industry where both end house prices for completed works and gray works, exceed those in neighboring countries.
Contribution to GDP by country: Panama - 17.4%, Honduras - 6.4%, Nicaragua - 5.3%, Costa Rica - 5.1%, El Salvador- 3.0%, Guatemala - 2.8%.
A report by the Regional Organization of Chambers of the Construction Industry in Central America and the Caribbean (Ordecccac) provides figures for the construction sector in 2012 for the countries in the region, as well as projections for 2013 and 2014.
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