We found 107 results for Basic design & Engineering in Chilebrowse through our full index

• News Privatization Chile

  Spotlight: The status of Chile's private infra concession projects

  2/5/19

  The US$2.4bn high-speed rail project that would link Chilean capital Santiago with Valparaíso port is the latest proposal to be submitted to the country's concessions system as a private initiative to be carried out as a concession. ...

  
  
• News Infrastructure Chile

  Chile preparing another cable car for Santiago

  2/13/19

  Chile's housing ministry (MINVU) will kick off the designs for a new cable car line for capital Santiago this year. The cable car is part of a wider effort to renovate the infrastructure of the city's Metropolitano park. In...

  
  
• News Privatization Chile

  Chile aims to tender US$100mn Biobío road in 2022

  2/5/19

  Chile's public works ministry (MOP) may tender a US$101mn road concession project presented by Spanish firm Sacyr in 2022, which would connect the Copiulemu, Hualqui and Coronel municipalities of the Biobío region. The project,...

  
  
• News Infrastructure Chile

  Chile mulls tunnel under Valdivia river

  1/17/19

  Chile's public works ministry (MOP) is working in the designs of a road tunnel under the Valdivia river in southern Los Ríos region, connecting two neighborhoods of the city of Valdivia. In a video statement released via Twitter,...

  
  
• News Infrastructure Chile

  Chile opens new metro line

  1/22/19

  Chilean President Sebastián Piñera opened line No. 3 of Santiago's metro system on Tuesday, following over six years of construction and US$1.7bn in investment. The new 22km line, which had been planned since the 1980s, connects...

  
  
• News Infrastructure Chile

  US$300mn Chile light rail link garners support

  12/10/18

  Chilean firm CKC Consultores, which will carry out studies for a planned light rail link between Rancagua and Machalí in central O'Higgins region, said support for the US$300mn project among local authorities has increased, while...

  
  
• News Infrastructure Chile

  San Antonio advances US$3.3bn port

  12/7/18

  The US$3.3bn project to build a large scale port in the Chilean city of San Antonio is moving forward with detailed engineering studies, which are expected to be finished next year alongside the environmental impact study. During...

  
  
• Feature Infrastructure Chile

  Project Spotlight: Pressure mounts in Valparaíso cruise crisis

  11/22/18

  On Monday, a cruise ship heading for Chile's main port city Valparaíso had to change course and dock at the nearby port of San Antonio, because striking seasonal workers blocked the port access. This action also forced nine ...

  
  
• News Infrastructure Chile

  Chile mulling extensions of US$400mn light railway

  11/16/18

  Chilean engineering firm CKC Consultores has begun new studies for a proposed light rail line connecting the adjacent northern cities of La Serena and Coquimbo (Coquimbo region) to consider extending the line to two new locations. ...

  
  
• News Infrastructure Chile

  Chile unveils Cau Cau bridge repairs plan

  10/19/18

  Chile's public works minister Juan Andrés Fontaine unveiled the plan to repair the Cau Cau bascule bridge in the southern Los Ríos region, following its partial reopening in August after three years of closure due to technical...

  
  
• News Infrastructure Chile

  Chilean concessionaire plans US$180mn highway link

  10/11/18

  Chilean highway concessionaire Américo Vespucio Norte Express is developing a US$180mn project to link the Américo Vespucio Norte highway with Routes 68 and 78, which connect capital Santiago with the country's main port cities...

  
  
• News Water & Waste Chile

  Govt mulling concession for Chile's Zapallar reservoir

  9/24/18

  The authorities of south-central Chile's Ñuble region are studying whether the Zapallar water reservoir should be tendered as a concession due to its high estimated cost – US$350mn according to the latest studies – ...

  
  
• News Infrastructure Chile

  Chile's Iquique port planning dock expansion

  9/14/18

  Iquique Terminal Internacional (ITI) is planning to expand the dock of one of its berthing areas at the port it operates in the northern Chilean port city of Iquique in order to handle ships of up to 366m in length. ITI's CEO...

  
  
• News Privatization Chile

  Chile's Iquique port planning dock expansion

  9/14/18

  Iquique Terminal Internacional (ITI) is planning to expand the dock of one of its berthing areas at the port it operates in the northern Chilean port city of Iquique in order to handle ships of up to 366m in length. ITI's CEO...

  
  
• Feature Infrastructure Chile

  The old infrastructure problems of Chile's newest region

  10/2/18

  In early September, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera inaugurated the new regional government of southern-central Ñuble region, officially created by last year but which only started operating last month when the ...

  
  
• News Infrastructure Chile

  Chile to tender hospital PPP 'packages' as part of US$10bn plan

  9/24/18

  Chile's US$10bn hospital infrastructure plan will feature "package" tenders in the case of the 18 hospitals that will be executed under the public-private partnership model, meaning that each contract will entail the construction of...

  
  
• News Privatization Chile

  Govt mulling concession for Chile's Zapallar reservoir

  9/24/18

  The authorities of south-central Chile's Ñuble region are studying whether the Zapallar water reservoir should be tendered as a concession due to its high estimated cost – US$350mn according to the latest studies – ...

  
  
• News Infrastructure Argentina,Chile

  Las Leñas tunnel studies set to start

  9/21/18

  The first studies for the construction of the US$1.6bn Las Leñas tunnel on the Chile-Argentina border will start in the coming months in order to have the results available by 2020, the latter's Mendoza province said in a statement. ...

  
  
• News Infrastructure Chile

  Sacyr advances design of US$460mn Chilean highway

  8/6/18

  Spanish construction firm Sacyr is working on the designs for the widening of a 469km section of Chile's main highway, route 5. The project demands an investment of US$460mn and is expected to be tendered in 2020, daily El Mercurio de ...

  
  
• News Infrastructure Chile

  Chile outlines northern municipality projects

  8/24/18

  During a meeting with locals, Chile's public works (MOP) and housing (MINVU) ministries outlined their infrastructure plans for the municipality of Tocopilla, in northern Antofagasta region, which include road improvements, new...