The Municipality of Limon in Costa Rica tenders the supply of 5,500 tons of asphalt mix and 50,000 liters of asphalt emulsion, including transportation and installation.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2020LA-000012-0023570101:
"The supply of 5500 tons of hot mix asphalt and 50,000 liters of asphalt emulsion is required, as well as its hauling and placement to perform resurfacing, mapping, or major patching, must include the following:
The municipality of Buenos Aires, in Puntarenas, will be allocating $7 million for the purchase of twelve machines and materials to carry out asphalting works in different sections of the canton.
From a statement issued by the IFAM:
Tuesday, September 26, 2017.The Municipal Development and Advisory Institute (IFAM) will finance the Municipality of Buenos Aires for the attention of the cantonal road network, as well as the purchase of machinery and the construction of a municipal campus, through a loan that is around ₡4.270 million.
The project to be undertaken by Grupo Orosi in Puntarenas includes, in addition to the 18-kilometer pavement, the construction of stabilization walls and slope protection.
The National Highway Council announced that the contract with the company, which does not require endorsement as a direct contract, consists of carrying out the process of asphaltingthe 18-kilometer stretch between Guacimal and Santa Elena in Puntarenas.
In Costa Rica a contract has been awarded to Consorcio Grupo Orosi for asphalting work in El Guarco, Cartago.
The company winning the tender will be in charge asphalting services in the municipality of El Guarco, for a total of $13.7 million, according to the Construction Project Service at Central CentralAmericaData.
The formulas that determine the prices of products sold by the monopoly which is the state run oil company contain factors that create subsidies for gas and asphalt consumers at the expense of gasoline and diesel consumers.
An article published in Nacion.com reports on the results of an investigation into the calculation of consumer prices of automotive fuel, which states that since August 2008 changes have been put into effect to the formulas determined by the Regulatory Authority for Public Services (ARESEP), harming "... consumers of diesel and gasoline, who pay more per liter than the asphalt companies and gas users who save millions from the lower prices."
In Costa Rica the type of asphalt available is the AC-30 type, which is the only kind imported by state run company Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo, which has a monopoly on the import of petroleum and its derivatives.
'... Regardless of whether the area is hot, cold, rains a lot or a little, or if there is high or low traffic levels, in Costa Rica there is only one type of asphalt used for road construction. "
The Ministry of Public Works has announced that it will launch in 2015 a direct tender for the paving of 18 kilometers of highway in the province of Puntarenas.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport of Costa Rica (MOPT):
MOPT / CONAVI is promoting a direct tender for asphalting 18 kilometers of the Guacimal - Santa Elena de Monteverde road.
From the 17th to 22nd of November IBWC 2013 will be held during which modern asphalt paving techniques will be revealed.
In addition there will also be promotions of research and surveys by road network administrators, research centers, universities, companies and other entities involved with the activity in the segment of asphalt mixtures, to strengthen the development of this technology in Ibero American countries.
The Ministry of Transport is inviting bids for the supply of a plant for the continuous production of asphalt.
The purchase is backed with $1.6 million, and the plant should have a minimum capacity of 90,000 kilograms per hour, under the following conditions:
- Altitude above sea level, 1.000 meters.
- Content of asphalt mix of 5%.
- # 2 diesel fuel with a minimum calorie 36874.3 kJ / liter.
The Municipality of San Jose, Costa Rica is looking at funding options to replace asphalt with concrete on all the avenues in the city center.
During the inauguration ceremony for the new works on Avenida 10 in the capital city, the mayor, Johnny Araya, said: "We will be analyzing the financial alternatives, to see if we can give continuity to the project in other parts of the city and, that in the heart of the city at least, all the streets will be done in concrete .
Armstrong Equipment, Inc. is an American based company that specializes in the distribution to Latin America of equipment and parts used in the mining sector, rock crushing and asphalt paving.
Organization that operates in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama
Phone: (305) 592 8361
Shell Bitumen, a division of the petroleum giant Shell, has inaugurated the region's first factory for modified asphalt in Puerto Cortés, Honduras, with an investment of 1.5 million dollars.
The material it produces is used in the construction and maintenance of inter-urban highways which carry heavy traffic loads.
Héctor Samayhora, general manager of Shell Bitumen, says the product is more durable and safer than other materials.
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