wednesday, july 15, 2009
Panama Canal Third Lane Expansion
An international construction team led by Spanish contractor Sacyr Vallehermoso SA netted the design-build job to construct a pair of new set of locks for the Panama Canal. The work is the heart of a $5.2 billion effort to expand the historic waterway.The $3.12 billion bid by Grupo Unidos for el Canal was significantly within the Panama Canal Authority's estimated $3.48 billion for the lock-building effort. The technical evaluation of the consortium's proposal was also the highest of the three proposals for the work.
In addition to Sacyr Vallehermoso, the winning consortium Impregilo SpA of Italy, Belgium's Jan De Nul NV, Constructora Urbana SA (CUSA) of Panama and Heerema Fabrication Group of The Netherlands. The design team is made up of MWH from Broomfield, Colo., Tetra Tech of Pasadena, Calif and Holland's IV Group.
The ACP is now preparing an order to proceed for the work to commence and the consortium is expected to start work no later than 42 days from that date.
My story on the awarding of the locks job, Spain-Led Team Wins Plum Job In Panama Canal Expansion, is in this week's edition of Engineering News-Record.
more: Engineering News & Record | Panama | The Panama Canal
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