Ferreteria Surcolombiana in Mocoa

Hardware stores in Colombia are interesting since they display all the most important brands of their products painted on the facade. They give an insight into what construction materials are most common locally and how they influence the building culture. Eternit, Sika and Holcim are often displayed as prominent brands to lure customers into the stores. The fact that theese brands reached far into the south of colombia goes to show how global our construction culture of today really is.
We were told by an engineer working on the local parc in Piamonte that most of the construction materials are transported to the south all the way from Bogota. One could assume that the prices of these construction materials also rise the further one gets from Bogota.