The JV led by SELI Spa and including the Spanish firm OSSA (Obras Subterraneas SA) and the Swiss engineering company, Lombardi Engineering, has signed a EUR39 million design-build contract for urgent repair of the Esti headrace water tunnel located in the Chiriqui region of Panama, 25 km from the city of David between Boquete and Gaulaca. The contract involves major repairs and relining of the 4.7 km-long, 9 m-diameter pressure tunnel, which has collapsed in several places. Expected date of completion is 01.05.2012. For more click here. Visit www.selitunnel.com, www.ossaint.com and www.lombardi.ch. 37/11.

  Electron Investment SA (EISA), the Panamanian electric company, has selected the main contractors for the Pando and Monte Lirio hydroelectric power projects located in the upstream section of the Chiriqui Viejo River basin, on the western side of Panama.The Italian company, SELI SpA, secured the EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contract, value EUR77 million (USD105 million), for the design and construction of the 5,161 m and 7,878 m-long hydraulic tunnels, the two surge tanks of 62 m and 73 m in height, and the tunnel lining of 25 cm-thick precast concrete segments. The Spanish company, Cobra Infraestructuras-hidraulicas S.A, secured the EPC contract, value EUR107 million (USD147.5 million), for the design and construction of the remaining civil works, inclusive of the access roads, dams, powerhouses, penstock structures and for the powerhouse substations. Visit www.selitunnel.com and www.grupocobra.com. 11/10.

The consortium of Pöyry, Cal y Mayor and Geoconsult were selected in October, 2009 to provide consultancy services and conceptual design for the first line metro in Panama City. Click here.Prequalification notice (n. SMP 01-2010), deadline 08.02.2010, for seeking interest in a turnkey contract to build metro line 1 in Panama City. The turnkey contract includes civil works and rolling stock, plus the maintenance depot and operations control centre. Estimated cost USD1-1.5 billion. The 14 km-long Line 1 alignment starts at Los Andes in the north of the city, and terminates at the main transport hub in Albrook, and includes 7 km of tunnel. There are 16 stations, of which 11 will be underground. Successful consortia will be invited to submit offers by 24.05.2010 for the design, construction and fitting out of Line 1. A preferred bidder is due to be named on 25.06.2010, with the contract signing set for 23.07.2010 for construction completion by 31.12.2013. Requests for prequalification to be sent to Secretaria Metro de Panama, Salí³n de Reuniones, Barrio de San Felipe, Casco Antiguo de La Ciudad, Ministerio de la Presidencia, Edificio de la antigua Marina. Visit www.panamacompra.gob.pa/documentosconvertidos/2273-01.pdf. 04/10.

Invitation to tender, deadline 30.08.2010, for design, construction, equipping and commissioning of Line 1 of Metro Panama. For more information, contact Mike Lawson in the Ministry of the President, tel +507 5279-860, fax -080, e-mail mlawson@presidencia.gob.pa. For Line 1 details visit tunnelbuilder archive pa/13. For bid details click here. 34/10.Line 1 Consortium, composed by Odebrecht S.A. (Brazil) and FCC Construccion S.A. (Spain) secured the EUR1 billion contract for the construction of the first line of the Panama Metro. Contract duration 38 months, completion 31.12.2013. The north-south axis Line 1 will be 14 km-long, with 7 km underground. Visit www.odebrecht.com and FCC Construccion www.fccco.es. 45/10.

Poyry has been awarded a EUR2.1 million contract to provide specialized technical assistance to the project management consortium designing and constructing Line 1 of Panama metro, the first to be built in Central America. Poyry earlier advised on basic design, bidding and support during the award process. The completed metro line will be 13.7 km-long, with 7 km underground and 5 km elevated, and will have 11 stations. The project began in July, 2011 for completion June, 2014. Visit www.poyry.com. 35/11.

At the end of May 2021 Metro de Panama opened the offers received  from four groups for the design and basic details  for the tunnel of Metro line 3 to be built below the Panama Canal. The tunnel will be 5.3km long, with a 13 m diameter and at a 65 m maximum depth. The Consortium Tunel de Las Americas, composed of Tecnica y Proyectos  SA (Typsa) and Louis Berger LAC, obtained the best rating with a EUR11.02 million (USD9.86 million/PAB9.86 million) offer. But the consortiums Aecom-Sener Tunel Linea 3 and Ayesa-ILF  objected and sent their observations to the authority. On 05/07/21 Metro de Panama decided to void the previous analysis of bids and call for a new one to be carried out. For further on the tender, please click here. Ref.n. 2021-2-80-0-08-LV-003503. 29/21. 

The South Korean HPH Joint Venture, composed of Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co, POSCO and Hyundai Engineering Co have granted to China Railway Tunnel Group (CRTG) the excavation by TBM of the 5.3 km underwater section between the Panama Pacífico and Albrook stations of the Metro Line 3 in Panama. The tunnel will be built under the Panama Canal, on the Pacific side. Work on Phase 1 - the 25km, 14 station section from Albrook to Ciudad del Futuro - commenced in February 2022 and it is expected to be opened in 2026. 

The Panama metro line 3 will be 34km-long and mostly elevated monorail line. It will establish a connection between Panama City and major urban centres in the province of Panama Oeste such as Arraijan and at Phase 2, La Chorrera. Visit https://www.elmetrodepanama.com. 35/23. 

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Call for expressions of interest, deadline 20th April, 2007 for engineering services for the construction, supervision and management of the second stage of the Panama City and Bay of Panama sewage project. The consultant will be needed to help analyze proposals from firms bidding to carry out works for this phase, which will include the construction of a 7 km wastewater interceptor tunnel, as well as a wastewater treatment plant and pumping station in the Juan Diaz municipality, immediately outside of capital Panama City. These works will be awarded in two separate contracts, one for the interceptor tunnel, and another for the treatment plant and pumping station, both slated for awarding by year-end. After these expressions of intent are received, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) will evaluate the proposals and come up with a short list of companies to be submitted to project backer, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) for approval. The JBIC recently signed an agreement with Minsa for a USD167 million loan to fund this phase of the project. The services will last for eight years from the second semester of the year, when construction of the tunnel and treatment plant is scheduled to commence. The tunnel will be a turnkey project so that the diameter, depth and tunnelling methodology details can still change. However, some details will be given in the prequalification notices scheduled within the next 60 days. Contact Ministerio de Salud, Oficina de la Unidad Coordinadora para el Proyecto de Saneamiento de la Ciudad de Panamí¡ y la Bahí­a de Panamí¡, Corregimiento de Ancí³n, antiguo Hospital Gorgas, Edificio 255 Planta baja, Oficina 114, Apartado 081, 606812 Panamí¡. Tel. +507 2129373 or 2129100, fax +507 2129520, e-mail Juan Antonio Ducruet jducruet@minsa.gob.pa or jducruet@sinfo.net 16/07.Prequalification for international public bidding number LPI/CO-JBIC-SCBP-02-2007, deadline 30th October, 2007 for final construction works for the Panama City and Bay of Panama sewage project. The project includes the construction of an approx. 7 km-long, 1,800 to 2,100 mm-diameter pipeline. The proposed construction method is with 3 to 4 m-diameter single or double EPB shield. Visit www.panamacompra.gob.pa/DETALLE.ASPX?ID=2007-0-12-0-08-LP-002611 or contact Eng. Juan Antonio Ducruet Níºí±ez, Coordinador general del proyecto, Ministerio de Salud, Antiguo Hospital Gorgas, Corregimiento de Ancí³n, Edificio 255 - Planta Baja, Oficina 114, City of Panama. Tel. +507 5129373, fax +507 5129520, e-mail jducruet@minsa.gob.pa or jducruet@sinfo.net 39/07.

Project manager Nippon Koei and contractor Odebrecht have taken delivery of Herrenknecht 3.6 m-diameter EPB to excavate 7 km-long wastewater interceptor for Panama City and Bay of Panama sewage project. Tunnel will be lined with plastic faced segments. More from www.panamacompra.gob.pa or contact project coordinator Eng Juan Antonio Ducruet at Government of Panama, tel +507 5129-373, fax -520, e-mail jducruet@minsa.gob.pa. 34/10.

Ministry of Public Works considering second crossing of the Panama Canal to complement the Bridge of the Americas by 2006. Proposal under consideration requires 600 m immersed tube in a rock trench on the canal floor at 15 m depth to roof with twin 900 m-long drill/blast rock tunnels to connect at western end and similar NATM tunnels at eastern end. March 2000.