españolMedical Devices: $13 Million in New PlantFriday, January 31, 2020 ICU Medical Inc. announced that it will build an industrial plant in Heredia, Costa Rica, dedicated to the manufacture of medical devices for infusion therapy and critical care applications. The investment made in the plant located in La Aurora de Heredia will include a new infusion pump manufacturing line and a state-of-the-art sterilization plant, reported CINDE. Tender for $6 Million in Road WorksThursday, January 30, 2020 In the Dominican Republic, a tender has been launched for the construction of a ring road and the rehabilitation of access roads to Lake Presa Rincón. Dominican Republic Government purchase MOPC-CCC-LPN-2020-0001: Home Sales: Optimism in PanamaMonday, February 3, 2020 After the Preferential Interest Act was modified and the maximum limit for applying preferential interest to the purchase of homes was raised to $180,000, an 11% decrease in the inventory of available homes was reported. Panama: Line 3 Close to Being AwardedFriday, January 31, 2020 After several complaints filed in the bidding process for the design and construction of Metro Line 3, the authorities decided to dismiss the allegations made by the ACPC Consortium and the company China Railway Group Limited. In December 2019, it was announced that the report of the evaluation board had been partially annulled and the committee was instructed to conduct a new analysis of the proposals of HPH Joint Venture and China Railway Group. New Multipurpose Building in San SalvadorTuesday, January 28, 2020 The Bamboo City Center building was inaugurated in the Salvadoran capital, with a total built area of 45 thousand square meters, with space for offices and commercial premises. The new building has four levels for a corporate center and three floors for the commercial area, is located on the boulevard of the Hippodrome and Las Magnolias Avenue. Construction: New Projects in the RegionTuesday, January 28, 2020 The renovation of a school in Panama, the construction of a training center in Guatemala and the building of a residential tower in El Salvador are part of the investments announced in Central America for the coming months. The interactive system "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Trade Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, includes an up to date list of public and private construction projects that are planned to be in the coming months. Million-dollar Road Project Nears CompletionTuesday, January 28, 2020 In Costa Rica, authorities announced that work to widen a 46-kilometer stretch connecting the bridge over the Virilla River to the Sucio River, valued at $643 million and to be paid for with tolls over 30 years, is close to being approved. Guatemala: 40 MW Hydroelectric Power Plant EndorsedThursday, January 30, 2020 The Ministry of Energy and Mines approved the Rocja Pontila Central hydroelectric project, which will be built on the Icbolay River in Alta Verapaz and will have an installed capacity of 40 megawatts. The authorization for the hydroelectric plant owned by Proyecto de Desarrollo Integral Pontila, S.A., was issued in Agreement 019-2020 of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) dated January 13, 2020. Building Material Prices at the End of 2019Thursday, January 23, 2020 In Guatemala, between January and December of last year the price of 16 gauge steel wire rose 16%, and that of structural galvanized steel sheet, die-cut, 26 gauge, was reduced by 5%. The Price Index of Construction Materials -IPMC-, prepared by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), measures the variations of the prices of the eighty-nine (89) materials and services that integrate the representative basket of inputs used in the construction activity, using as base month December 2018=100. Costa Rica: Closer to Expanding Route 27Wednesday, January 22, 2020 The government and the concessionaire Globalvia signed a letter of understanding for the negotiation process of the studies for the expansion of the road from San Jose to Caldera. It is estimated that the work will cost about $600 million, a cost that would imply an extension of the concession contract for another 15 years, starting from the expiration of the current concession. Dominican Republic: GDP Up 5% in 2019Wednesday, January 29, 2020 Construction and financial intermediation were the sectors contributing most to the growth of the Gross Domestic Product registered during 2019. Construction, with its significant expansion of 10.5%, remained the activity with the greatest impact on economic growth in 2019, driven by the development of public and private investment projects corresponding to low and medium cost housing, by the execution of works in the tourism, commercial and energy sectors, as well as the construction and remodeling of infrastructure for land transport and access roads in rural areas, reported the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD). $5 Million in Landfill RehabilitationWednesday, January 22, 2020 In Panama, the Municipality of Baru is tendering the design and rehabilitation of a landfill, including the procedures for the approval of the corresponding permits. Panama Government Purchase 2020-5-26-0-04-LV-001465: IT Services: $20 Million in New PlantMonday, January 20, 2020 Teradyne, Inc. announced that it will build an industrial plant in the Coyol Free Zone, Costa Rica, which will have an area of 11 thousand square meters, from where it will provide its customers with electronic services and IT support. The building will begin construction in January in the industrial park of the province of Alajuela, and is expected to be completed in July 2021, reported the Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives (Cinde). Costa Rica: Number of Microenterprises Up 10%Wednesday, January 29, 2020 It is estimated that by 2019 there were 396,796 microenterprises operating from homes in the country, 10% more than the 361,404 reported at the end of 2018. On average, each microenterprise has 13 years to develop its economic activity, but there are differences by sector: in the agricultural sector, the average is 20 years, in the industry sector is 14 years, in the trade sector is 12 years and in the service sector microenterprises have on average 11 years developing their economic activity, reported the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC). Cargo Terminal: New Deadline for PPP TenderingFriday, January 24, 2020 March 13 is the new date for the receipt of bids in the tender for the financing contract, design, construction and operation of the works of the Cargo Terminal at El Salvador's Oscar Romero Airport, under the format of Public-Private Partnership. The original call for bids set February 12 as the deadline for receipt of proposals, however, because several companies have expressed interest in participating, it was decided to postpone until March 13 the delivery of tenders. |
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