ICA To Carry out Works on Extension of Highway in PanamaTuesday, September 13, 2011 The $114.8 million contract includes the study, design, procurement and construction of Phase II of the Northern Corridor. The works to complete the extension of the road to four lanes must be carried out in 24 months. Call for Tender for Extension of South CorridorFriday, November 22, 2013 The Panamanian Association of Business Executives has joined other unions in criticizing the direct extension of the contract with Mexico's ICA. Fernando Aramburu, president of the Panamanian Association of Business Executives (APEDA) regrets that the contract signed by the Government with the company Ingenieros Civiles y Asociados Asociados (ICA) does not give more options to the National Highway Company (ENA). ICA to Widen Road in Panama CityTuesday, April 12, 2011 The project includes the design and construction needed to improve 12.3km of the "Avenida Domingo Díaz" road as part of the city's highway upgrades program. A consortium headed by ICA's civil construction division has signed a fixed price construct worth approximately $238 million with Panama's ministry of public works to rebuild and widen the main highway running through the center of Panama City, called Avenida Domingo Díaz. Panama: Extension to South Corridor to Cost $509 millionTuesday, December 3, 2013 The company in charge of the environmental impact study has provided the estimated costs of the work, which could be completed in four years. The company Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA) has submitted to the National Environmental Authority (ANAM by its initials in Spanish) the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the work, which according to the document will consist of four components. Panama: 23 Interested in $38 million RoadworksMonday, August 17, 2015 Twenty three companies have expressed interest in participating in the tender to build the El Guabal - Luis Rio - Calovébora highway in the province of Veraguas. Companies that attended the approval meeting: Tenders for Road Works Submitted in PanamaMonday, February 14, 2011 Seven companies submitted bids for road realignment works in Panama City. Participating companies are: Asociación Accidental Constructora Pirenarcia, S.A.-Transcaribe (Spain - Panama); Consorcio Ingenieros Civiles Asociados, S.A. from CV-Constructora MECO, S.A. (Mexico-Costa Rica), Constructora Norberto Odebrecht (Brasil), SACYR, S.A., Fomento de Construcción and Contratas, S.A.; CBPO Engenharía LTDA (Brasil) and CONALVÍAS, S.A. (Colombia). $42 Million for Honduran InfrastructureMonday, June 28, 2010 Over 20 approved road infrastructure projects will go out to tender starting on July. Napoleón Bográn, from the Honduran Civil Engineers Association, recommended the government to use better quality materials when building roads and highways, noting that the current poor state of the country’s road network is a result of low-quality supplies. Costa Rica: Resistance From Entrepreneurs to Highway ProjectMonday, February 24, 2014 Complaints have been made that the bill awarding construction of the Caribbean route to a Chinese company was approved without preliminary drawings, calculation of materials and study of costs. Grupo Consenso believes that it is "unacceptable" that the Committee on Financial Affairs agreed to accept as reasonable the cost presented by China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), in the amount of $465 million. Panama: $40 million for Traffic ManagementWednesday, June 26, 2013 The contract was awarded to the Spanish construction company FCC, as an extension of the work carried out on the Brazil highway. The Ministry of Public Works in Panama awarded a $40 million subcontract to the company of Spanish origin, Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas S.A. (FCC), for the implementation of a "traffic management plan for the city's road realignment." Costa Rica: Businesses in Favor of the Concession SystemThursday, April 25, 2013 Concessions are still -if properly implemented- the ideal method for the implementation of large public works projects. From a press release issued by the Costa Rican Union of Chambers and Associations of Private Enterprises (UCCAEP): Construction Companies Complain about Road InfrastructureMonday, December 5, 2011 The Costa Rican construction sector has requested the government clarify and prioritise public infrastructure projects. The Costa Rican Chamber of Construction has issued a press release representing the following groups: El Salvador Public Works Tender for $113 millionFriday, October 14, 2011 The Ministry of Public Works has announced a program of intensive public works tenders which will run up until December 2011. A press release from the Ministry of Public Works reads To the Rescue of Road Infrastructure in Costa RicaTuesday, November 6, 2012 Costa Rican professional and business organizations determine priority road projects The National Laboratory of Materials and Structural Models (LANAMME), the Association of Engineers and Architects (CFIA), the Costa Rican Union of Chambers and Associations of Private Enterprise (UCCAEP), the Costa Rican Chamber of Construction, the Chamber of Architecture and Engineering Advisors and the Association of highways and roads of Costa Rica, have formed a working group called Consensus for the Rescue of the National road Network, which seeks to reverse the sharp deterioration of Costa Rican road infrastructure, caused by decades of poor maintenance and lack of new investments. Panama Awards Road Construction ProjectsThursday, March 31, 2011 Authorities awarded five maintenance contracts, which correspond to the second phase of the “road reorganization” program (“Reordenamiento Vial”). Odebrecht, FCC and ICA-Meco obtained the highest scores and landed the contracts. Roadworks Awarded in HondurasThursday, August 7, 2014 Construction of of the El Prado - Humaya overpass in Tegucigalpa, estimated at $7 million, has been awarded to the construction company Ingenieros Calona of Honduras. Authorities of the Municipality of the Central District estimate that the $7 million work will be completed within 12-15 months. |
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