Claro, Piloto 151 join to back start-up tech community
May 27, 2016
Telecommunications provider Claro and Piloto 151 announced Thursday a partnership to provide Puerto Rico’s technological start-up community the infrastructure, mentoring and training needed for their growth, representatives for both companies confirmed.
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CBP to fund small-scale port infrastructure projects
May 19, 2016
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Wednesday the “Small-Scale Donation Proposal Process,” a more streamlined and simplified avenue for stakeholders interested in investing in and expediting small-scale, high impact border infrastructure, technology and other related improvements.
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Highways Authority to invest $254.6M in road projects
October 30, 2015
The Highways Authority will invest $254.6 million in federal funding on 53 road infrastructure projects that should be awarded in June 2016, agency Executive Director Carmen Villar announced Thursday during a meeting of the Associated General Contractors, Puerto Rico Chapter.
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Claro wraps up ’14 with $100M in capital upgrades
November 19, 2014
Telecommunications provider Claro de Puerto Rico will wrap up 2014 with a total of $100 million in capital investments in its fiber optic network, mobile infrastructure and application development — among other improvements — to be able to offer customers “the best cutting-edge technology” available, company President Enrique Ortiz de Montellano said Tuesday.
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PRASA to deploy fiber-optic network through its pipes
June 4, 2014
Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority Executive Director Alberto Lázaro announced today the start of “Zum,” a project through which the agency will use its infrastructure to deploy fiber-optic technology to make interconnecting the island to high-speed broadband a reality.
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Feds certify 30 local companies for highway contract bids
March 20, 2014
The Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority confirmed Wednesday that 30 local companies have been certified to participate in bids for federally funded highway and transportation projects, which will help “strengthen the economy and improve the quality of life.”
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InterAmerican Univ. Arecibo opens $4.5M student center
March 11, 2014
The Arecibo campus of the InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico recently opened its new, three-story, $4.5 million multi-purpose building to provide a place where students and faculty can gather to benefit from services and resources designed to help them further their academic and professional development, school officials said.
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Momentum builds at CIO & IT Leadership Conference
February 11, 2014
More than 700 leaders of industry, government and academia gathered for a direction-setting exchange that took place during the first CIO & IT Leadership Conference hosted by the Puerto Rico Information Technology Cluster (PRITC) last week.
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$292.6M in infrastructure projects in pipeline for ’14
January 29, 2014
The Infrastructure Financing Authority will begin construction this year of about 20 projects, representing an investment of $292.6 million and the creation of 3,504 jobs in Puerto Rico, agency Executive Director Grace Santana said Tuesday.
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Puerto Rican builders looking to LatAm for growth
November 1, 2013
Large scale exports of local building services to Latin America may soon be a reality for hundreds of Puerto Rican entrepreneurs, as countries such as Peru and Colombia are interested in developing infrastructure projects and public-private partnerships worth billions that could be served from the island.
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P3 Authority chief: ‘P3s are for new projects, not for privatizing’
May 6, 2013
Grace Santana, who is pulling double-duty for the Gov. García-Padilla administration as head of the Puerto Rico Infrastructure Financing Authority as well as the Public-Private Partnerships Authority, is a firm believer that the private sector should take over the task of developing new infrastructure projects when the government can’t — but not take over existing facilities through long-term contracts.
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Former P3 Authority chief Álvarez joins Parsons Brinckerhoff
March 25, 2013
David Álvarez, former executive director of the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnership Authority, has been named a principal consultant in the strategic consulting group of Parsons Brinckerhoff, a global infrastructure strategic consulting, engineering and program/construction management organization.
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$26.8M assigned for VA Hospital parking facility
October 4, 2012
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $26.8 million contract to design and construct a parking garage at the Veterans’ Hospital in San Juan.
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CIO lays out strategy to push island broadband adoption rate to 70% by ’15
May 15, 2012
The Puerto Rico Broadband Task Force, a 12-member public-private coalition organized a year ago, is laying the foundation to more than double current broadband adoption levels across the island to at least 70 percent by 2015, up from the current 31 percent, and expedite a significant increase in download speeds within the next five to eight years.
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