{"id":23762,"date":"2009-07-31T11:32:21","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T11:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pancanal.com\/en\/?p=23762"},"modified":"2021-09-10T11:32:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T11:32:36","slug":"panama-canal-seeks-bid-for-second-largest-expansion-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pancanal.com\/en\/panama-canal-seeks-bid-for-second-largest-expansion-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama Canal Seeks Bid for Second Largest Expansion Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\"><em>FOURTH DRY EXCAVATION MOST COMPLEX PROJECT<\/em><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\"><em>AFTER LOCKS CONTRACT<\/em><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>PANAMA CITY, Panama, July 31, 2009<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) released its Request for Proposals (RFP) for the fourth dry excavation contract today, the second largest and most complex project after the locks contract.<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the last of four dry excavation projects, the fourth dry excavation project represents a key portion of expansion&#8217;s new access channel linking the new Pacific locks with the waterway&#8217;s existing Gaillard Cut (the narrowest stretch of the Panama Canal).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Releasing the fourth dry excavation RFP today signals a critical real step forward. As expansion&#8217;s second largest contract, this project will create the final portions of expansion&#8217;s new lane. It will require keen expertise due to its scope and quantity of work,&#8221; said ACP Executive Vice President of Engineering and Program Management Jorge L. Quijano. &#8220;We are confident in the top-caliber bids that we will receive and look forward to awarding the contract. We are pleased that, so far, expansion works remain on-track and on-budget.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fourth Dry Excavation &#8211; Scope of Work<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The scope of work will include 27 million cubic meters of unclassified excavation, the installation of a backfilled cellular cofferdam water barrier and the construction of an earth-rock filled dam that will conform part of the eastern bank of the access channel.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pancanal.com\/eng\/pr\/press-releases\/images\/347-03-sm.jpg\" width=\"553\" height=\"195\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pancanal.com\/eng\/pr\/press-releases\/images\/347-01-sm.jpg\" width=\"318\" height=\"209\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pancanal.com\/eng\/pr\/press-releases\/images\/347-02-lge.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pancanal.com\/eng\/pr\/press-releases\/images\/347-02-sm.jpg\" alt=\"x\" align=\"center\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOURTH DRY EXCAVATION MOST COMPLEX PROJECT AFTER LOCKS CONTRACT PANAMA CITY, Panama, July 31, 2009\u00a0&#8211; The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) released its Request for Proposals (RFP) for the fourth dry excavation contract today, the second largest and most complex project after the locks contract. 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