$20 million Road Works ResumeThursday, February 1, 2018 After having canceled the contract with the company RPL-CSI Panama last year, the Tourism Authority announced that another company will complete construction of the 18-kilometer stretch of highway in Colón. The 18-kilometer highway between Cuango and Santa Isabel, whose construction had been awarded to the Venezuelan owned company RPL - CSI Panama, will now be finished by another company, according to Nacional de Seguros, who provided security at the time of almost $10 million. A Digital System for Environmental Impact StudiesThursday, May 18, 2017 The new digital platform for the processing and evaluation of environmental impact studies in Panama will be ready in June 2018. The process to modernize the management system for environmental impact studies (EIA) in Panama is being developed by the Ministry of Environment. The department head, Emilio Sempris, explained to Prensa.com that "... Panama: $25 million for InfrastructureMonday, August 31, 2015 The Mayor of Panama has announced that it has earmarked $25 million for renovation of roads and infrastructure in different areas of the capital. The funds will be used to fund various renovation works in the districts of San Felipe and Santa Ana. Awards: Cathedral Restoration for $12 millionFriday, October 23, 2015 Consorcio La Antigua has been awarded a contract for the restoration of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Panama City. The consortium will be responsible for the work from November, when the order to proceed is given by the National Institute of Culture, which is made up of the companies Condisa, Construcciones Zubillaga SA and Ortiz Construcciones. Panama Delays Tender for Cathedral WorksTuesday, August 4, 2015 Receipt of bids for the $11 million restoration project of the metropolitan cathedral Santa Maria,was scheduled for July 31, but will now take place on August 15. The change was made after the companies participating in the approval meeting requested more time to prepare their proposals. Panama: Tender for Construction of Parking TowerTuesday, June 9, 2015 The Mayoral office of Panama has announced that before the end of the year it will publish a tender to build a tower of 10 floors of parking with capacity for 450 cars. According to the mayor of the district capital, Jose Isabel Blandon, the respective tender aims to reuse the EDEM building that was the former headquarters of the Municipality of Panama, located on Avenue B in that city. Seminar on Architecture Textiles and MembranesMonday, February 15, 2016 From 17th to 19th of February Panama City will be hosting an event which will address issues related to design technology and manufacture of canvas structures and stretched materials. The event will be held at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Technological University of Panama, and is being organized by the Institute for Membrane and Shell Technologies (IMS-Institute), the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Dessau, Germany. Panama: Preparations for Silo ConstructionFriday, July 7, 2017 The agricultural authorities plan to tender the construction of four silos with capacity to store 200 thousand hundredweight of grain, with an estimated investment of $3.6 million each. Prensa.com reports that "in the silos of La Honda, in Los Santos, plans are to renovate 12 of the existing precincts and build four new ones ... while in Chepo and Tonosí, construction has been scheduled of four enclosures with capacity to store 200 thousand hundredweight." No US Construction Firms Prequalified for Metro TenderFriday, February 20, 2015 While suspicions grow in the media about the companies in the tender for Line 2 of the Panama Metro, the absence of US companies is surprising. EDITORIAL Canal Expansion: Lack of Liquidity Again ?Friday, May 8, 2015 "... We only have about $45 million in our bank account, while debts to suppliers and subcontractors have increased from $160 million to $200 million" - Pietro Salini, director of Impregilo. The lack of liquidity in the consortium Grupo Unidos por el Canal could once again affect the project and delay the start date of operations of the expanded canal. Design Must Be Integral Part of ProjectTuesday, February 23, 2016 The Panama Canal Authority will be making changes to the composition of consortia in tenders for construction works in order to prevent millions in losses because of claims made by subcontractors. Conflicts between contracted parties who design and those who carrying out the works, and the lack of clarity in the responsibilities of each of the companies during the Panama Canal expansion motivated the adjustments to be made to future tender specifications. A Fourth Set of Locks for the Panama CanalFriday, June 16, 2017 The Canal Authority has started a process of measuring and analyzing the current and projected demand for the inter-oceanic route in order to determine when to start the expansion. The Panama Canal Authority has already formed a group of experts to carry out analysis and technical studies for the future expansion of the Canal, which will depend directly on the behaviour of demand over the next few years. In the first year of operation, vessels larger than those initially planned have passed through the third set of locks. At the moment, according to Jorge Luis Quijano, the third set of locks generates 32% of revenues. Plan to Build New Educational CentersTuesday, April 17, 2018 In Panama, the Specialized University of the Americas is considering building next year a new site in Colón and another one in Azuero, and making improvements to the Coclé facilities. The rector of Udelas, Juan Bosco Bernal, explained to Prensa.com that "... they are already working on the preparation of the 2019 budget, which they estimate at $32 million, which would allow them to have the minimum resources necessary for the Udelas to function fully in terms of teaching, research, extension and administrative aspects." The Works that China Could Develop in PanamaMonday, September 18, 2017 Building a train to the border with Costa Rica and participating in the hydroelectric project Chan II are two of the works that the Asian country could develop in Panama. This was explained by President Varela himself at the ceremony to open a Chinese embassy in the country. In addition to opening the embassy, Chinese government officials signed a mutual cooperation agreement with the Varela administration. New Deadline for Chan II Hydro Station ProjectFriday, August 11, 2017 The Public Services Authority of Panama has established a deadline of January 15, 2020 to begin the construction of the Bocas del Toro hydroelectric dam. Empresa de Generación Eléctrica (Egesa) is expected to accelerate the process to find a concessionaire to take over the construction of the hydroelectric project, which was previously in the hands of the Brazilian company Odebrecht. |
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