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Real Estate and Construction
CONCESIONARIAVIALDELNORTE–CONORTES.A.
Aurelio Hidalgo
Executive President
Av. Constitución y Juan Tanca M.
Edif.. Executive Center, 4º piso,
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Tlf: +593 4 2158282
Fax: +593 4 2158 519
vanchundia@conortesa.com
www.conortesa.com
Activity: Road Maintenance and Development
Date of creation: 1998
Employees: 300
Turnover: US$ 35 M
In October 1998, the North Highway Concessionaire
CONORTE S.A. signed a contract for a public works
concession with the Honorable Provincial Council
of Guayas, for the design, rehabilitation, adminis-
tration, operation, maintenance and services of the
main road of the province of Guayas: No. 1 North
sector with a current length of 331.1 km of track, for a
period that was increased from 20 to 25 years.
The State Modernization Act in its Article # 43, sec-
tion C established and approved the type of contract
that allows private sector participation in public infra-
structure projects. This type of a public-private part-
nership allows financing public works that the gov-
ernment cannot afford due to the lack of economic
resources. The investment made by the private sec-
tor is subsequently recovered by tolls paid during the
term of the contract.
The charge has remained at an average of USD$
1 for light vehicles and CONORTE receives annual
compensation from the Guayas Provincial Council.
The last 12 years in the country went through some
critical situations caused by external factors, such as
the phenomenon “El Niño”, the country’s economic
crisis of 1998, as well as changes in the investment
structure cause by the dollarization of the country.
One goal of this project is to expand the north sector
to four lines at the end of the concession period. One
of the latest enlargements that have been made is
the Durán-Jujan road stretch from 9.4 to 17.4, which
also implied the construction of the North Alternate
Bridge (PAN) of 600 meters.
Another important objective of CONORTE is road
safety. It is developing projects to increase safety
of high-speed roots, establishing preventive traffic
signs, providing road and security services, me-
chanical assistance, health care, telephony, as well
as emergency road patrols and SOS posts, among
others.
From the overview of the situation of the road net-
work in Guayas it has been reported that the prov-
ince moves more than 73% of the country’s external
trade. The Province has an area of 20,566 sq km,
8.02% of the country and 3,309,034 inhabitants, rep-
resenting 26.0% of the country, which indicated its
strategic importance for the country.
URIBE & SCHWARZKOPF
Arch. Tommy Schwarzkopf
President
Moreno Bellido 200 and Amazonas
Quito, Ecuador
Tel: +593 2 255 4314
www.viviendaexpress.com
Activity: Construction
Date of creation: 1973
Employees: 2500 (direct and indirect)
In 1973, a group of entrepreneurs decided to cre-
ate a construction company Davivienda aimed at
offering high quality construction solutions with
the use of innovative materials and architectural
structures. Nowadays, Uribe & Schwarzkopf is a
construction company with over 36 years of his-
tory that is proud of its achievements in the fields
of promotion, planning, construction and sale of
homes, apartments, commercial offices and build-
ings for social purposes in Quito.
Uribe & Schwarzkopf is the only Ecuadorian com-
pany that developed more than 200 projects in a
little more than 30 years. It is the first company
that started using the concept of an “intelligent”
building in its projects. Uribe & Schwarzkopf is
also the first company that offered its clients a
possibility of direct investment, without interests.
This tool allowed its customers to take advantage
of a flexible payment schemes, in accordance
with their economic capacity.
The combination of its social knowledge, increas-
ing technological capabilities and an effective
business model enabled Uribe & Schwarzkopf to
become a highly dynamic company.
The company is focused on innovation, develop-
ment and implementation of high-quality construc-
tion solutions, using “smart” technologies with a
strong technological support.