Construction

The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) has activated its shelter cluster teams to attend to the housing needs of families and individuals displaced by the recent Magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Surigao del Sur DHSUD Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar said he ordered the agency’s shelter clusters teams in Caraga and Davao region to assist quake-hit communities in the …

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. recently signed both the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Code of the Philippines and the Internet Transactions Act of 2023. Republic Act No. 11966 or the PPP law would “establish a stable and predictable environment for collaboration between the public and private sectors to address the gaps in the infrastructure systems and also free up much-needed resources to …

A typhoon-resilient structure symbolizing progress and will serve as shelter for personnel and equipment on the Kalayan Island Group (KIG) was inaugurated by the Philippine Navy recently. The formal opening of a new administrative and research facility was done during the visit of PN Chief Vice Admiral Toribio Adaci Jr in a remote island detachment. Adaci also visited the far-north …

Antique Governor Rhodora Cadiao urged the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to build a new road and close the accident-prone road stretch at Barangay Igbucagay in Hamtic town. The said road stretch is tagged by locals as a “killer curve” due to a series of fatal crashes in the area, the latest of which killed at least 18 …

The Philippine Subcon and Manufacturers Exhibition (PSMEX) 2023 back-to-back with The International Machinery Tools & Accessories Philippines (I-MTAP) 2023 exhibition was launched at the World Trade Center Metro Manila last April 26th. The opening ceremonies were attended by keynote speakers from the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) – Director General Mr. Tereso O. Panga represented by PEZA Group Manager Ms. …

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) to promote greater financial inclusion in the Asia and Pacific region. The MOU will enable the two institutions to work more closely to enhance peer learning and knowledge sharing in advancing financial inclusion policies in the region.

The Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines (CIAP) through its human resource development arm, the Construction Manpower Development Foundation (CMDF) in collaboration with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of the Government of Japan is organizing the 1st Philippines – Japan Conference on Construction on 23 November 2017 at Hotel Jen Manila, Pasay City from 1 p.m. …

In a bid to boost tourism facilities to accommodate the growing influx of foreign and domestic tourists in Visayas, the Board of Investments (BOI) recently approved the P392.7 million hotel project of Gothong Southern Properties Inc. in Cebu City and the P35 million hotel project of Legazpi Mei Li Inc. in Legazpi City.

International experts identify inadequate physical facilities, cumbersome procedures, and varying international business standards as major stumbling blocks in sustaining the free flow of goods in Asean countries.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) undergraduate students have found that, by exposing plastic flakes to small, harmless doses of gamma radiation, then pulverizing the flakes into a fine powder, they can mix the plastic with cement paste to produce concrete that is up to 20 percent stronger than conventional concrete.