Gas station construction and refurbishment in Chan Chemuyil

Double-wall tanks, forecourt, canopy and the CRE-ASEA file with a single contractor.

Chan Chemuyil sits on highway 307 next to Xel-Há, between Akumal and Tulum, with a resident community that drives to work every day and park and resort traffic passing in both directions. A station here serves both.

Community and highway demand

Residents need fuel close to home; park visitors, tour buses and suppliers need it on the highway. A frontage site at the community junction covers both, if the access is designed for the turning traffic and approved by the highway authority.

SEMA comes first

In the Tulum municipality, the state SEMA authorisation precedes the municipal licence and starts from the vegetation on the lot; for a station, it sits alongside the federal ASEA authorisation and the CRE permit. We run the state and federal files in parallel so that neither waits for the other.

Tanks in karst

Karst can hide voids exactly where tanks go. A geophysical survey and soil study come before the tank excavation, and containment and drainage are designed so that a spill never reaches the aquifer, which here is the only water source.

Budget and programme for a station in Chan Chemuyil

2026 reference: a new two-island station with double-wall tanks, dispensers, canopy, store and forecourt works, between MXN 11 and 22 million in construction and installation, excluding land and brand rights. Moderate salt keeps the specification below the coast; void treatment, if needed, is priced separately.

A realistic total programme is ten to fifteen months. SEMA, the CRE permit, the ASEA authorisation and the highway access file set the pace; works and installation take four to six months.

Scope: from the permit to a station dispensing fuel

We cover concept and executive design with services engineering, calculation records and specifications for the ASEA file, integration of the CRE retail permit, land use and the municipal licence, Protección Civil sign-off, management of the highway junction, civil works, tanks and lines, dispensers, canopy, convenience store, forecourt works and commissioning tests.

The budget comes out as line items with quantities and unit rates; every change is priced and signed before execution and payments go against verified progress. We hand over as-built drawings, calculation records, tightness certificates and equipment manuals.

Why the calendar is built from the filings

The civil works of a station are predictable: four to eight months depending on size. What is not predictable are the CRE permit, the ASEA authorisation and the highway junction, which run in months and do not depend on the contractor. So we start the file before the final executive design and run the three fronts in parallel rather than chaining them.

Weekly reports with dated photographs and a fortnightly video call from site, in Spanish, English, German, French, Russian or Chinese. We work with investors and operators who do not live in the area and need to follow both works and filings remotely.

The ground in Chan Chemuyil: what it imposes on the project

• Municipality: Tulum
• Environmental regime: SEMA (Quintana Roo state environmental authority)
• Ground: karst with native vegetation
• Water table: mid depth
• Salt exposure: moderate

Large lots with mature trees: the vegetation inventory drives where the house can sit.

• State SEMA authorisation comes before the municipal licence: without it the town hall will not open a file.
• Moderate salt exposure: 316 stainless outdoors, 304 acceptable indoors.

See the 47 mapped zones of the corridor in the zone checker.

Frequently asked questions

Why a geophysical survey for a station in Chan Chemuyil?

Because the ground is karst and can hide voids where the tanks go. Finding them before excavation avoids redesign and protects the aquifer.

Which authorities approve a station here?

The CRE and ASEA at federal level, the state SEMA for the environmental authorisation, the highway authority for the access, and the municipality of Tulum for land use and construction.

Do you only do the works, or the permit file too?

Both, and in practice they are inseparable: the drawings, calculation records and specifications the ASEA file requires are the same ones that govern the works. We assemble the file, respond to observations and coordinate the CRE retail permit with its holder.

What tests are handed over at the end?

Tightness certificates for tanks and lines, verification of the interstitial monitoring system, dispenser tests, as-built drawings, calculation records and manuals. Without that package the station cannot demonstrate compliance, and it is the first thing asked for in any later review.

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