Global Courant 2023-05-12 12:02:39
On the stage of the Efraín Recinos Great Hall, of the Miguel Ángel Asturias Cultural Center, Cementos Progreso and the Guatemalan Chamber of Construction awarded the awards to the companies that presented the best urban projects in the call period, between August and November 2022. .
Excellence Award was established in 1999, as a recognition of excellence in construction, which includes, among other categories, those of building, housing, infrastructure and urban planning, in which the use of concrete and cement-derived products predominate. hydraulic.
Mario Orellana, general manager of Cementos Progreso. Free Press Photo: Courtesy Gabriela Santisteban
“For Cementos Progreso, urban development is one of the pillars on which we base ourselves to continue building together the country where we all want to live. We are very happy with the results of this ninth delivery of the Excellence Award that we do together with the Guatemalan Chamber of Construction, in which the participating works met the expected quality standards, contributing to the sustainable and responsible development of our country. ”, stated Mario Orellana, general manager of Cementos Progreso.
The winning works represent the highest quality in construction, as a result of the professional capacity, innovative designs and the technical and creative effort required to develop works with an outstanding, innovative and sustainable character.
UAXACTÚN Category (Vertical Housing, apartment buildings with an average value of less than 120 thousand dollars per unit): Entre Valles. Company: Rosul Group. Free Press Photo: Courtesy Gabriela Santisteban
The winning works of each of these categories are:
YAXHÁ Category (Commercial Building): Santa Lú Shopping Center. Company: AICSA Corporation. TIKAL Category (Mixed Use Building): Spazio. Company: Grupo DyC. CEIBAL Category (Industrial Building): Michatoya Pacífico Industrial Park. Company: Pacific Logistics Administrator. IXIMCHÉ Category (Institutional Building): Santa María Reina de la Familia Church. Company: PM502 / Qualicons. QUIRIGUÁ Category (Infrastructure): Chetumal Bridge. Company: Muratori Group. KAMINAL JUYÚ Category (Single Family Home): Casa Vida. Company: Group of Positive Projects. UAXACTÚN Category (Vertical Housing, apartment buildings with an average value of less than 120 thousand dollars per unit): Entre Valles. Company: Rosul Group. MIRADOR Category (Vertical Housing, apartment buildings with average value greater than 120 thousand dollars per unit): MIRA Building. Company: Urbop. ZACULEU Category (Condominium Housing with an average value of less than 120 thousand dollars per unit): Andana 1, Hacienda de las Flores. Company: Hacienda de las Flores. NAKUM Category (Condominium Housing with average value greater than 120 thousand dollars per unit): Forest View. Company: OECSA.
During the evening, the Lifetime Achievement Award was also presented to the architect Ernesto Ruiz, which is a recognition that constitutes a tribute to a character from the Guatemalan construction industry, for leaving a historical legacy for the new generations during his professional life.
Lifetime Achievement Award was given to the architect Ernesto Ruiz. Free Press Photo: Courtesy Gabriela Santisteban
“With the Excellence Award, we seek to encourage the construction sector to develop excellence in design with each project and build better cities, where urbanism promotes people’s quality of life through the efficient performance of their daily activities, so that we can have a dignified, healthy and respectful life for the environment,” said José Fernando Orellana, executive director of the Guatemalan Chamber of Construction.
Each of the 65 works that participated in the contest is characterized by being at the forefront of trends that include creativity and technology; uses new construction products seeking perfection, efficiency and sustained value, as well as encompassing a set of good practices that promote innovation and sustainability; and that have been built between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2021 and that have not participated in previous editions of the contest.
The qualifying jury was made up of 37 construction professionals, including engineers, architects and designers. The aspects that were taken into account to evaluate each project were: architectural, constructive, social, innovation and environmental; where each one of them had criteria that were being evaluated one by one by each jury assigned to each category.
