6 Consortiums Bidding for Panamanian Metro

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These are URS Holdings Inc. (U.S.A.), Parsons-Brinkerhoff (U.S.A.), Metro de Madrid (Spain) , Metro de Barcelona (Spain) , COTEBA (France) y POYRY/Cal y Mayor y Asociados (Switzerland and Mexico), informed Roberto Roy, executive secretary of the Panamanian Metro.

Roy told Prensalibre.com that "we will provide the bidding terms for the six selected consortiums this week, and in four weeks we will announce the winner".

Source: prensalibre.com

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