Moderators Moderator_02 Posted December 10, 2017 Moderators Share Posted December 10, 2017 Quote Historic Institute will become museum Posted on December 9, 2017 in Panama Post Views: 94 SCIENTISTS at Panama’s renowned Gorgas Memorial Institute (ICEGS) have been pressing for new facilities since the start of the century but will have to wait at least five more years before their new $189 million headquarters is ready The first step was taken on November 17, when a contract was awarded for the design, and development of plans and the analysis of costs for the first building. The project was awarded to the Samudio Page CM Consortium, at a cost of $3 million. The company will have nine months to develop this stage reports La Prensa. Néstor Sosa, director of Icges, said that it includes the building of research and diagnosis laboratories and of biosecurity, a security checkpoint, and parking areas, reports La Prensa. In the first building it is planned to relocate about 30% of the Icges staff, from the departments of Virology, Genomics and Parasitology He said that the order to proceed with the preparation of the study, design and development of plans must be delivered this month, so they are ready by 2018 and start construction at the latest at the beginning of 2019. The financing of this first phase of the new headquarters of the Gorgas Institute will be through a $70 million loan from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, which was recently endorsed by the Government. The original structure of Icges, located since 1928 on Avenida Justo Arosemena, and declared a national historic site in September, is too small to provide adequate space for its 500 staff, including scientists and administrators Gorgas senior researcher José Calzada said that, although it is a property with great historical value the facilities “are no longer appropriate for research,” and researchers are spread over three buildings of the Santo Tomás Hospital. Juan Miguel Pascale, deputy director of the institute, said that this year $200,000 has been budgeted for the adaptation and conservation of the original building, where it is planned to create a museum which will include The Icges zoological collection and a museum of tropical medicine Tthe new headquarters will be on a 6.5-hectare plot, in Chivo Chivo, close to the City of Health, in Ancón. “ Campus Gorgas”, will have six buildings, and a value of around $189 million. http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/historic-institute-will-become-museum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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