We are experts specialized in the engineering development, technical assistance, as well as advice and consulting, both in public and private companies, complying with the highest quality standards.
Our services are carried out based in the wide experience of our professional team in the multidisciplinary projects development in the conceptual, basic and detail engineering phases.
Leadership
Graduate in Civil Engineering
Master’s degree in Structural Engineering
Rogelio Octavio Dumanoir Jiménez
rdumanoir@pladessa.com
Mr. Dumanoir has more than 40 years of experience as structural engineer. He has participated in different highway construction projects, road structures and buildings design, as well as bridge design and construction.
In the Ministry of Public Works of Panama, he has held the positions of Minister of Public Works, Vice Minister and America’s Bridge Maintenance Chief Engineer. He has also been hired as Presidential Adviser in the Republic of Panama in the public works field.
- Design of the post-tensioned box girder access viaducts of the Third Bridge over the Panama Canal (530m main span).
- Design of the road interchange to Ciudad del Norte, Northern Corridor, Tinajitas Toll (52m span)
- Design of the bridge over the Tapia river, Northern Corridor (55m span)
- Design of the road interchange in Las Lajas (52m span) and of the bridge over the Naranjal stream, (50m span), both at the Northern Corridor, Phase II
- Design of bridge over the Changuinola river, Province of Bocas del Toro (8 spans of 59.625m)
- Bridge of the Americas maintenance works
- Construction of bridge over the Rabo de Puerco stream, in the city of Puerto Armuelles, the first AASHTO type V beams bridge ever built in Panama
- Designs of: Martín Sosa road interchange, streets Simón Bolívar and Martín Sosa intersection and vehicular bridge at Balboa Avenue and 53rd Street intersection, Panama City, among others
- General Coordinator in the construction of Arraiján-Panamá Highway (18 km) and of suspension bridge over the Panama Canal (608m span)
- Bridge over the Sixaola river rehabilitation study
- Vehicular bridges design, evaluation and determination of the works and administration systems for the Republic of Panama road network
Graduate in Civil Engineering
Postgraduate degree in Geographic Information Systems
Diploma in Environmental Management Update
Master’s degree in Business Administration
with a concentration in Business Management
Boris Alberto Gómez Espino
bgomez@pladessa.com
Boris Gómez, with more than 20 years of professional experience, has participated in different water and sanitation design, infrastructures design, road design, earthworks, rainwater management and public utilities relocation projects. He has also carried out several environmental impact assessments.
He has worked as director, project manager, consultant and planner in many projects in countries such as Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Guatemala, United States, British Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jordan, among others.
- Infrastructures designs for the Colón urban renewal, Republic of Panama
- Infrastructures designs for the utilities relocation of Panama metro line no. 2
- Project management, supervision and technical assessment services for the sanitation of Burunga area, Republic of Panama
- Technical assistance for IDAAN investment projects with multilateral banks, Republic of Panama
- Design and technical assistance for the widening and sustainable improvement of the aqueduct and sewage systems of Panama City
- Potable water and sanitation projects design in small and intermediate cities served by IDAAN and Expansion of the potable water piping and distribution system in the districts of La Chorrera and Arraiján
- Design of the new Bugaba water treatment plant in the Province of Chiriquí, Republic of Panama
- Consultancy services for the 54" and 30" diameter reinforcement line design from Tinajitas along the northern corridor up to the exit in Martín Sosa (western line)
- Water, sanitary and storm sewage, electricity and communication utilities relocation design for the Panama Metro Line 1 construction
- Feasibility study for the integral management of Bayano river basin, Majé river sub-basin and reservoir adjacent areas, Panama
- Vegetation map of Panama produced by ANAM
- Development scenario studies and analysis, and environmental land-use regulation indicative planning for the western region of the Panama Canal basin
- Social and environmental management plan of Gatún lake, Panama
- Toabré wind farm environmental and social assessment
- Feasibility study and environmental impact assessment of the Changuinola II hydroelectric plant project
- Environmental Impact Assessment Category II for the construction of the Tocumen International Airport expansion
- Environmental Impact Assessment of the works for the historical heritage preservation of Panama City
Civil Engineer, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. 1988.
Master in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Geotechnics, Department of Geotechnics, Faculty of Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. 1992.
Gabriel Berditchevsky
gberditchevsky@pladessa.com
Civil Engineer with a specialty in Geotechnics, he has more than 25 years of professional performance. He has directed important projects for the design, supervision and maintenance of roads and bridges, and has won international awards for his work in the field.
He has extensive experience in engineering works monitoring and control systems, which have been successfully applied in various countries in the region, such as Guatemala, Chile, Mexico and Panama.
Between 1994 and 2005 he has been a specialist in Soils and Pavements, Country Manager and Director of Roads for The Louis Berger Group Inc., USA, with professional activities in more than 20 countries.
In 2005 he founded Gisystems S.A., a company specialized in supervision of engineering projects and programs, using high-tech tools.
He is currently part of the executive board of the Firma Planning y Desarrollo S.A.
- COVIAL Program for the Maintenance of a 9,000km network for the Ministry of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing of Guatemala
- Technical Assistance to the General Directorate of Highways of El Salvador Rehabilitation of streets in Bogotá, for the Troncal NQS South sector of the Transmilenio, Colombia
- Technical Assistance to the Highway Panel in Toluca, Mexico
- Technical Assistance to Georgia Highway Maintenance Directorate
- Preparation of the Final Report of the project "Regional Strengthening of the Legal, Regulatory and Institutional Framework for Road Concessions in the Countries of the Puebla Panama Plan" Slope stability of the 2nd bridge over the Panama Canal
- Supervision of the rehabilitation and improvement works of the Imperial-Izcuchaca Highway, Peru Support Program for Regional Physical Integration Bi-Oceanic Road Corridor: Santa Cruz - Puerto Suárez, Bolivia