Clinic and medical facility construction in Chetumal

Design, construction and services with the health file resolved before opening.

Chetumal is the medical centre of southern Quintana Roo: state hospitals, specialists, and patients who cross from Belize for consultations, diagnostics and surgery. Private clinics here serve a regional and cross-border market.

A regional and cross-border market

Patients come from the city, from the towns of the south — Chetumal, Felipe Carrillo Puerto, the Costa Maya — and from northern Belize. That supports specialist practices, diagnostic imaging, day surgery and dental clinics. We size waiting areas, parking and reception for that flow, including bilingual signage.

Imaging and day surgery raise the specification

X-ray and CT rooms need radiation shielding designed by a qualified physicist and approved before construction; day-surgery suites need controlled air changes, medical gases and clean-dirty separation. We coordinate those designs early, because they drive the structure, the ceiling voids and the programme.

Hurricane resilience for a health facility

A clinic should keep working after a storm. We design a reinforced structure, protected openings, a generator with fuel for several days, water storage and roof equipment anchored for hurricane wind, so the building is part of the city’s recovery rather than a casualty.

Budget and programme for a clinic in Chetumal

Clinic fit-out: MXN 16,000 to 30,000 per m², lower than on the coast thanks to local materials and crews; imaging, shielding and surgical suites push a project to the top. Specialist installers for medical gases and HVAC usually come from Mérida.

A 150–400 m² clinic takes six to ten months. The municipal file runs six to eight weeks; radiation-protection approvals run in parallel, and the COFEPRIS sanitary licence closes at the end on finished works.

Scope: from concept to the sanitary licence

We cover concept and executive design with full engineering, municipal filing with the responsible engineer, civil works, electrical with back-up, plumbing, air conditioning and extraction, medical gases where applicable, sanitary finishes, fixed furniture and signage. We accompany the health file through to inspection, coordinating the facility’s health officer.

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, datasheets and equipment manuals.

Why the order of filings decides the opening date

The municipal licence authorises building; the sanitary licence or notice authorises operating, and it is resolved on completed works with equipment installed and running. So the opening date is set when the health file closes, not when the construction contract is signed. We plan both in parallel so the second does not begin when the first ends.

Weekly reports with dated photographs and a fortnightly video call from site, in Spanish, English, German, French, Russian or Chinese. Many of our clients are doctors or investors who do not live in the area and need to follow the works remotely.

The ground in Chetumal: what it imposes on the project

• Municipality: Othón P. Blanco
• Environmental regime: municipal + environmental review on the bay front (manatee sanctuary)
• Ground: limestone with sascab and pockets of clay
• Water table: moderate, higher near the bay
• Salt exposure: moderate (brackish bay)

A state capital on a protected bay: city procedures, local supply and hurricane wind as the governing load.

• Pockets of clay appear inland: a soil study before design avoids oversizing or, worse, undersizing the foundation.
• On the bay front, include the environmental review in the programme from day one.

See the 42 mapped zones of the corridor in the zone checker.

Frequently asked questions

Is there demand for a private clinic in Chetumal?

Yes: it is the regional medical centre for southern Quintana Roo and receives patients from northern Belize. Specialist, diagnostic and day-surgery services have the strongest demand.

What does an X-ray room require?

Shielding designed by a qualified physicist, a licence from the radiation-safety authority and construction to that design. We coordinate the calculation before the walls are built.

Do you accompany the COFEPRIS process?

We handle the technical file: drawings, calculation records, specifications for finishes and services, medical gases and biological waste handling, and we respond to inspection observations. The facility’s health officer remains the signatory, and we work coordinated with that role from concept stage.

Can a clinic be fitted out in a unit that is already leased?

Yes, and it is the most common case. What has to be verified before signing the lease is clear height, electrical capacity, the possibility of extraction, the position of drainage stacks and space for the waste store. A two-hour review before signing avoids months of trouble afterwards.

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