The Tourism Authority informed CCA-Cocige, responsible for building the Convention Center in Amador, the intention to cancel the contract because of critical flaws in the design and infrastructure.
The work was originally awarded to HPC Contratas P&V, but in 2016, after work was halted for 24 months because of a liquidity problem, the project was assigned to the CCA-Cocige consortium.
Proyecto, Ejecución y Control de Obras S.A. was awarded the contract to design and build the Boquete district convention center in the province of Chiriquí, Panama.
On January 14th, the resolution of the contracting process for the study, design, construction, equipment and commissioning of the Convention Center in the Western Region, located in the village of Alto Boquete, was published in the PanamaCompra portal.
Construction Management Group and the Consortia Desarrollo Boquete, Proyecto-ECI and Centro de Convenciones del Occidente, presented their offers to build the convention center in the province of Chiriqui, Panama.
"The Project consists in the design and construction of a Convention Center measuring approximately 6000 square meters and improvements to the site, including parking, landscaping, public spaces, signage and access roads described in these documents, for a global amount reflected in the reference price of the General Conditions.
The Tourism Authority of Panama is putting out to tender the study, design, construction and equipment of a convention center in the province of Chiriqui.
Panama Government Purchase 2018-1-45-0-04-LV-013192:
"The Project consists in the design and construction of a Convention Center measuring approximately 6000 square meters and improvements to the site, including parking, landscaping, public spaces, signage and access roads described in these documents, for a global amount reflected in the reference price of the General Conditions.
In order to encourage business tourism and congresses in the area, plans are being made to tender the design and construction of a convention center in Boquete, in the province of Chiriquí.
The Tourism Authority of Panama (ATP) has announced that they have already done the legal transfer of the lands where a "green" convention center will be built, with capacity for 2,000 people.The objective of the ATP is to boost the business of tourism and congresses in the province of Chiriquí.
With the endorsement of the contract by the Comptroller, the Costa Rican Tourism Institute will give the order to start construction in early January 2017.
The contract for the building of the National Congress and Convention Centre wasawarded in May to the construction company Edicafor $32 million. From the order to start, the construction will take a term of one year to complete.
A convention center and hotel are part of the expansion works scheduled for the Galerías Santo Domingo shopping center, as part of an investment of $20 million.
One thousand additional parking spaces, a new area for restaurants and shops, a convention center and hotel are some of the works that Inmobiliaria Santo Domingo announced will be carried out in GaleríasSanto Domingo from 2017.
For the fourth time the Comptroller has returned without having approved the contract for the construction of the new convention center, which in May was awarded to the construction company Edica for $32 million.
This time the Office of the Comptroller General of Colombia requested the Costa Rican Tourism Institute give a better justification for why they will use nearly $8 million from the $15 tax charged to tourists entering the country.
President Varela announced that preparations are being made for the tender to build and equip a cultural and educational convention center in Chitre, with an investment of $37 million.
From a statement issued by the Presidency of Panama:
The President of the Republic, Juan Carlos Varela has announced the construction and equipping of a Integral Educational and Cultural Convention Center in the city of Chitre, at a cost of 37.1 million dollars.
Tender documents are being prepared for the construction of the new center in the province of Chiriqui, which will have an area of 4,000 square meters and capacity for 2,000 people.
From a statement issued by the Tourism Authority of Panama:
The first green convention center in Central America will be built in Boquete, Chiriqui province, in an area of 4000 m2 and will have capacity for 2,000 people.
In order for the building to have better conditions to accommodate large scale events, the original design has been modified to expand the leasable space to 30,000 square meters and include more parking spaces.
Authorities from the Tourism Authority of Panama (ATP) and representatives of the consortium CCA-Cocige, in charge of resuming the work which had been on hold since December 2014, have unveiled details of the new design for the convention center, which will be three times bigger than Atlapa.
The ATP said that the redesign does not change the cost of the work, which remains at $193.7 million and still leaves a construction area at 58 thousand square meters, of which 30,000 square meters are "salable areas for different types of events.The total capacity of the building is 25,000 people. "
In the statement issued by the ATP, the hierarch, Gustavo Him, notes that".... the main reasons for the redesign are to improve the functionality of the project, implement advanced technologies and, occasionally, to focus the project towards the growing and thriving industry of conferences and conventions, which brings into the country annual revenues of $700 million. 'More exhibition areas have been gained, taking into account the current need for the country to have a more competitive convention center with larger areas for conventions with around 1,700 parking spaces.' "
"...The work is currently 33% complete, corresponding to the construction of foundations and the building structure, which in the new design makes full use of the money invested in the project so far.The new design includes expanding the areas for exhibitions and having a main hall for fairs and exhibitions measuring 15,000 m2. "
See more details of the redesign in a statementissued by the ATP. (In Spanish)
A contract has been awarded in Costa Rica to Edica Limitada for the construction and equipping of the National Congress and Convention Center.
The company Edica Limitada was the winner of the tender held by the Costa Rican Tourism Institute, for the construction and equipping of the National Congress and Convention Center, with a surface area of 15,600 square meters.
The consortium Ayesa Panama has won the contract to project manage the construction of the new convention center in Amador.
The Tourism Authority of Panama (ATP) has awarded a $4.5 million contract for services administration, inspection, supervision and quality control for the design, construction and equipment of the new center for conventions, exhibitions and events in Amador, reported Prensa.com.
The construction companies Van Der Laat y Jimenez, Estructuras, S.A., and Edica, submitted bids to build and equip a new convention center in Costa Rica.
Cemosa, Consorcio Amador, Consorcio Proyecto SEG and Ayesa have presented their proposals to oversee the construction of the new convention center.
Of the ten companies that were interested in the tender to project manage construction of the Convention Center of Amador, four have formalized their offers in the public tender, according to Prensa.com.