Construction

A safety monitoring method called On-Site Visualization has been implemented in metro system construction sites in Jakarta, Indonesia as part of a Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) project.

Government planning, programming, budgeting, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is seen to improve with the Public Investment Program Online (PIPOL) system, a new online database for government projects submitted for inclusion in the Core Investment Programs and Projects (CIP) of the Public Investment Program (PIP) and the Three-Year Rolling Infrastructure Program (TRIP), according to the National Economic and Development Authority …

By Daryl Rose Virtudazo In an effort to improve government investments in infrastructure, the Investment Coordination Committee-Cabinet Committee (ICC-CabCom) in its first meeting under President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s administration, recommended 10 projects for National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board approval. 

The country’s metal production dropped 12 percent to P22 billion in the first quarter of 2016 due to persistent soft metal prices in the world market, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) reported. 

By Weng C. Ocfemia Overseas Filipino workers (OFW) employed by nine construction companies in Saudi Arabia will get emergency assistance from the government after Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III approved the allocation of P500-million emergency assistance. 

The Clark Development Corp. (CDC) is pursuing various road projects meant to improve traffic surrounding the Freeport Zone. 

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) recently conducted a dialogue with the local government of Dupax del Norte for the construction of a farm-to-market road (FMR) traversing Malasin (JPR) – Lamo – Ineangan Road. 

Lawmakers belonging to the Makabayan bloc have asked the House of Representatives to investigate the P122.8-billion Laguna Lake Expressway Dike Project (LLEDP), which is allegedly being implemented without public consultation. 

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is set to award the North Luzon Expressway-South Luzon Expressway (NLEx-SLEx) connector road project to its original proponent after no other company submitted a comparative proposal on July 25. 

Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano ordered the filing of criminal charges against the officials of the Aurora Pacific Economic Zones (Apeco) for the illegal conversion of some 2.5 hectares of agricultural land in Sitio Landing, Bgy. Esteves, Casiguran, Aurora.