The maintenance of the Centennial Bridge is of interest to two consortia

Two companies submitted economic proposals for maintenance and evaluation of the Centennial Bridgeat a ceremony held on the morning of this Thursday, March 16.

He CAA Centennial Bridge Rehabilitation Consortiumconsisting of the companies CentroEquipos, SA, ARD Engineering Inc and ATP Electronics, SA, presented an offer of 6 million 204 thousand 759 dollars and 43 cents ($6,204,759.43).

CentroEquipos, the company at the head of this consortium, has several contracts with the Governmentincluding the rehabilitation of multipurpose and synthetic fields in the municipalities of Betania, Calidonia, Curundú and Santa Ana.

The second consortium that submitted a proposal was Doloopo Panama, Corp.a company developing works, mainly in the central provinces, which offered 5 million 100 thousand dollars ($5,100,000.00).

He reference price estimated for the maintenance of the second bridge over the Panama Canal, is 5 million 641 thousand 716 dollars and 16 cents ($5,641,716.16).

In the case of Centenario, located at the entrance to the Culebra section of the Panama Canal, Cracks and fissures in slabs, faults in the electrical system, wear and tear of construction joints, separation of concrete in walls, slabs, beams, among other detected faults will be repaired.

Also Deposits will be cleaned from roadways and sidewalks, vegetation in the area of ​​the bridge and its approaches, fences and paint anti-vandal pipes of all supports.

By this Friday, the opening of economic proposals for the reconstruction of the Bridge of America must take placethe building that will also be intervened because it is the most dilapidated.

Projectit has a reference price of 5.2 million dollars, and includes routine inspections that record new damage to the roadway; preventive and corrective maintenance of the surfaces specified in the report on the periodic inspection of the entire road surface.

Except, Horizontal and vertical signaling on the bridge will be retained or replaced and deposits will be cleaned and vegetation will be removed from driveways, pavements and sidewalks.