ICA Bags Convention Center, Tarmac Projects

Mexican construction conglomerate ICA has won a bid for the construction of the San Luis Potosi convention center and revamping of tarmac at the Mexico City airport, for a total of MXP642.6m. The convention center will cost MXP428.6m and is expected to be executed in a year, while the tarmac project will cost MXP214.0m and will be ready in four months, ICA says. In July, a consortium composed of ICA, French company Alstom and local CICSA signed a contract with the transit authority of Mexico City to supply and install the electromechanical equipment for line 12 of the city’s metro system, at a cost of EUR330m.