The process of approval of the tender for the design and construction of Line 3 of the Panama Metro began with a meeting between the seven pre-qualified groups and a visit to the site.
Large construction companies in the Asian country are interested in the mega projects that are to be developed in the region, especially in Panama and Costa Rica.
At the last Capac Expo Hábitat fair in Panama, more than 20 companies from China showcased their progress and took the opportunity to establish contacts with local public and private investors.
Between $1.211 billion and $1.813 million is the range of proposals submitted by companies interested in designing and building the fourth bridge over the Panama Canal.
While the concessionaire in charge of the work announces that it plans to subcontract a Costa Rican construction company for part of the project, the Ministry of Public Works states that it has not been notified.
The remaining stretch of the 107 kilometers comprising the project in its entirety, between the junction of Rio Frio and Matina, will be built by the project concessionaire, China Harbor Engineering Company Ltd.
The consortium formed by the Belgian Jan De Nul and China Harbor Engineering Company already has the environmental backing to move forward with the construction of the port in the Amador Causeway, Panama.
The Environmental Impact Study was approved by the Ministry of Environment of Panama, and the consortium in charge of the work plans to complete construction of the terminal in two years.
In Costa Rica, the Solis administration is trying to give the order to begin the construction and extension of 107 kilometers of the route to Limón, eventhough studies, permits and 1,200 expropriations have not yet been carried out.
President Luis Guillermo Solis could give the order to start work on Monday to the construction firm China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC), but the project has so many tasks and procedures still pending that it is difficult to understand how the construction company will be able to start work under the current conditions.
The consortium made up of the Belgian company Jan de Nul and the Chinese company CHEC plans to finish construction of the cruise port on the Amador causeway in Panama in two years time.
The port terminal to be built on Perico Island will be able to simultaneously receive two mega vessels carrying a total of up to 10 thousand passengers. It will include different green areas, parking lots and facilities for boarding passengers and handling their luggage.
The final designs presented by the Chinese company include the construction of nine bridges and 27 kilometers of marginal roads, raising the total cost of the work from $465 million to $505 million.
Spokespeople for China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC), in charge of the project, explained that in the review of the 32 bridges on the 107 km stretch of road that will be rebuilt there are 9 that are in poor condition and must be demolished.In addition to the nine bridges, the designs presented by CHEC include "...27 kilometers of marginal roads; in the original contract the construction of 26 kilometers was established."
The Chinese company in charge of the project will start construction work in the second half of 2018, and not in September of this year, as originally planned.
The delay is due to the fact that the Costa Rican State has not yet completed all of the necessary procedures to begin the project.There are up to 1,000 expropriationspending settlement, an archaeological study is still pending and there is still no plan to relocate public services such as water, electricity and internet cables.
The Chinese construction company CHEC will finance the cost of the environmental impact study in order to unfreeze the project to expand 100 kilometers from San José to Limón.
<span dir="ltr">The goal of the construction company China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) is to avoid further delays to the start of the project to expand and renovate 107 kilometers of road in the province of Limón on Route 32. Lack of resources at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport prevented any progress being made in this process, which in turn is a prerequisite for the Chinese bank Eximbank to hand over the $395 million with which the work will be financed.
The Comptroller has finally endorsed the controversial contract with the Chinese company CHEC to expand 107 kilometers of Route 32 to the Caribbean, with a contribution of $395 million from the Asian government.
Three years after the Chinchilla administration started negotiating with the government of China to get the loan and after a lot of objections and questions throughout the process, finally the Comptroller General of the Republic has given the green light to the project, with the endorsement of the contract.
Seventeen Chinese companies who are operating in the region in sectors such as infrastructure, petrochemicals, telecommunications and high technology form part of the new association.
The purpose of the Association of Chinese Enterprises in Central America (Assecca), which will be based in Costa Rica, is to improve the promotion of their work in the region, create alliances and provide support in the different activities carried out in Central America.
The Panametro consortium made up of the Chinese company CHEC and the Spanish Corsán-Corviam, have filed a claim over the award of the work to Consorcio Linea 2, for a price of $1.857 billion.
Although no details were given regarding the reasons behind the claim, the consortium made up of China Harbour Engineering Company, China Railway First Group and the Spanish Corsán-Corviam submitted to the Directorate General of Public Procurement a claim, permitted in the tender conditions "... as a first resort, and secondly a challenge, which requires a deposit of 15% of the financial proposal of the unsatisified consortium."
Although the Minister of Public Works had demonstrated his confidence that there would not be increased costs in the road project to be built by the Chinese company CHEC, an announcement has now been made that there will be increases and they will be "substantial".
An article in Nacion.com reports that "...Confidence in "Chinese honor" and a personal guarantee that the Asians would not raise the cost of extending Route 32 (to Limon), only lasted two months for Transport Minister Carlos Segnini. "
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