Yearly Archives: 2015

CENTRAL AMERICA NEWS - The ineffectiveness of the law streamlining procedures for construction, approved in late 2013, is delaying investment of at least $700 million in projects planned for this year. Bureaucratic obstacles to construction continue and as long as the law streamlining procedures for construction is not operational, around...

TODAY PANAMA - The National Assembly approved on its third reading the creation of the Ministry of Environment, which will be responsible for the environmental monitoring of development projects running in the country. From a statement issued by the National Assembly of Panama: After several days of discussion and amendments of...

QCOSTARICA - If in 2005 to build a home in Costa Rica cost about US$400 per square meter for 2014 it was around US$700. Elfinancierocr.com reports that the single most cost increase is labor,  80% over the same period, according to analysis "7 realities of construction in Costa Rica can...