Belize City Infrastructure

Period: June 1996 - May 1998
Contract: Belize City Infrastructure Main Street Works Contract 9A
Country: Belize
Employer: Government of Belize
Employer's Address: Ministry of Works, Power Lane, Belmopan
Nature of Works:

A.Construct Concrete Side drains/Walks

Barrack Road, Freetown Road,
Mahogany and Belcan Junction
Roundabout.

B. Rehabilitate Streets

Barrack Road, Freetown Road,
Mahogany, Belcan Junction
Roundabout (4 lanes), Princess
Margaret Drive (4 lanes), Mapp St.
North Front St.(To Victoria), Victoria St., 
Hyde’s Lane (to New Road), Partridge St.
Western Hwy, Roundabout, Collet Canal (Dean to Vernon)


Salient Points of the project are:
Sidedrains/sidewalks constructed – 9,000 meters.
Sidewalks constructed – 3,000 meters
Canals constructed – 175 meters
– Approx. 250,000 concrete blocks were placed.
-5000 m3 of concrete was poured
Streets rehabilitated and surfaced -90,000 m2
-Approximately 225 persons were employed.

Role: Sole Contractor
Total Value of Contract: Billed BZ $8,290,000.00 US$4,145,000.00
Contract Awarded: June 1996
Period: 12 Months
Completion Date: November 1997
Funding Agency:

Description:

The original works was completed in February 1997. Most of the work was done under variation orders. All concrete aggregate, crushed sub-base and base material, surfacing chips and premix asphalt material was crushed by Cisco Construction Ltd’s crusher.
A concrete pre-casting operations was set up to do the side drains.