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01 Oct 2008

Panama Canal Accepts Bids for Third Dry Excavation Project

Moving forward with the next phase of its Expansion Program, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) released a request for proposals (RFP) soliciting bids for the third of four dry excavation projects. This dry excavation project will help to create expansion’s critical access channel that will link the new Pacific locks with the Canal’s existing Gaillard Cut (the narrowest stretch of the Panama Canal). Details of the RFP are available on the ACP’s Online Bidding System. The scope of work will include the excavation, removal and disposal of eight million cubic meters of material. Moreover, the RFP calls for demolishing the Cocoli Bridge and clearing 190 hectares of unexploded ordnances (UXOs), remnants from former United States training facilities in the Canal Zone.

28 Sep 2007

Panama Canal Issues RFP for Excavation Projects

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) released its request for proposal (RFP) Tuesday, September 18, for the second dry excavation project under expansion. This contract is for the second of five excavation projects to create the new Pacific locks access channel. This channel will link the new Pacific locks with the existing Gaillard Cut (the narrowest stretch in the Panama Canal). The excavation involves the removal of 7.5 million cubic meters in a stretch of approximately 2.4 kilometers, which will serve as the entrance of the new Pacific access channel. "Three weeks ago, the world watched as we broke ground on expansion with the beginning of the first dry excavation.

14 May 2007

Panama Canal: First Tender for $5b Expansion

access channel on the Pacific end of the Canal. substantially larger vessels. approximately 16 percent of the total excavation for the new Pacific Locks Access Channel. and ditches. “We are making history with the release of the first construction project tender. Jorge L. Quijano. Information about this tender (No. www.pancanal.com. submissions. The ACP expects to award the contract in July or August 2007.