Steel framing and modular construction in Panamá
Our own office in Panama City, next to the group's CNC plant (EMMA · Zona Franca de Panamá). SmartBrix designs, fabricates, and installs steel framing buildings and prefab modules turnkey — making Panamá its export hub for Central America and the Caribbean.
- Office: Centro Industrial PEB, Las Mañanitas, Panama City — +507 6608 8555
- Group plant: EMMA · Zona Franca de Panamá — CNC fabrication, ZAM 180 g/m², ±0.5 mm tolerance
- Evidence: 2,430 m² Hospital Modular delivered in 30 days in Panama City
- Compliance: REP-21 structural code · IBC reference · AISI S100
- Direct export to Central America and the Caribbean — flatpack modules in containers
SmartBrix in Panamá
The only SmartBrix office that operates right next to the group's production line.
SmartBrix Construction serves Panamá from Centro Industrial PEB, Las Mañanitas, in Panama City — steps away from the group's CNC plant, which operates under the EMMA regime in Zona Franca de Panamá. That proximity defines the operation: the technical and sales team works beside the line where cold-formed steel (LGS/CFS) profiles are fabricated with ZAM 180 g/m² coating and ±0.5 mm tolerance, shortening the loop between design, fabrication, and dispatch.
For anyone building in Panamá, the logistics advantage is direct: your steel framing structure or prefabricated modules are not imported from another continent — they are fabricated in-country and leave Zona Franca for the job site or the port. Flatpack modules travel container-optimized, and the same direct export channel covers Central America and the Caribbean.
The local evidence is already built. In the city, SmartBrix delivered the 2,430 m² Hospital Modular in 30 days — healthcare infrastructure operating within a month — and the 1,100 m² Colegio Bilingüe, executed in 8 phases over 3 months for the education sector, keeping the campus running through phased delivery.
As the turnkey unit of Grupo PEB Corp, SmartBrix contracts the complete project: BIM design and engineering, fabrication, logistics, civil works, and installation under one contract and one responsible party. The group's backing — 350+ delivered projects, 15+ years of experience, and Grupo PEB Corp's ISO 9001 · 14001 · 45001 · 37001 certifications — is detailed on our corporate page.
Compliance and the logistics advantage
Designed to the Panamanian code, fabricated in Zona Franca, and dispatched directly to the region.
- Structural code
- Panamanian structural code REP-21 — the basis for structural design and building permits in Panamá.
- International reference
- International Building Code (IBC), applied according to each export project's jurisdiction.
- Steel profiles
- Sized per AISI S100, with ZAM 180 g/m² coating and ±0.5 mm CNC fabrication tolerance.
- Fabrication plant
- Group CNC plant under the EMMA regime in Zona Franca de Panamá.
- Export
- Direct dispatch from Zona Franca to Central America and the Caribbean.
- Shipping
- Flatpack modules optimized for containers; structures ready for dry assembly.
For the Caribbean, the critical factor is wind: steel framing structures fabricated in Panamá carry a hurricane-rated design verified up to 250 km/h — Category 4 hurricanes — and ZAM 180 g/m² steel is formulated to resist tropical and coastal corrosion. It is the same specification used to engineer projects for the Dominican Republic, Curaçao, Aruba, Trinidad, and Jamaica.
Projects delivered in Panamá
Verifiable area, timeline, and location — evidence, not promises.
Regional coverage from Panamá
The group plant in Zona Franca makes Panamá the dispatch point for the entire region.
Central America
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala. Fabrication in Zona Franca and container shipping, with installation at destination.
EMMA export CAR · Hurricane-ratedCaribbean
Dominican Republic, Curaçao, Aruba, Trinidad, and Jamaica. Hurricane-rated design verified up to 250 km/h (Cat. 4).
CAT. 4 · 250 km/h CO · Bogotá officeSouth America
Colombia is served from our local office in Bogotá, with NSR-10 and RETIE compliance.
NSR-10 · RETIEWhat buyers ask before building in Panamá
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