Construction

The approval of the $600 million loan by the Asian Development Bank to the Philippines will boost its effort to tap more private participation for urgently needed infrastructure investment.

Current flood models do not account for cities’ impact on local rainfall patterns, an oversight that could lead to significantly underestimating the severity and frequency of floods in urban areas, a study conducted at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana showed.

Additional new units of high performance construction machinery can now be utilized by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 8 to supplement its existing heavy equipment for clearing operations.

The year-on-year growth of the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) continued to drop as it shrunk 0.8 percent in October of this year.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) concluded recently the Roadmap Study for Sustainable Urban Development in Metro Cebu while also citing solid growth of 5.8 percent in gross domestic product (GDP) and one million new jobs to be created by 2050 once the roadmap is fully implemented. 

Investment promotion officials from the 21 Apec members have introduced a groundbreaking tool to help meet the Asia-Pacific’s increasing need for infrastructure funding and build greater capacity for growth among the region’s economies. 

Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) glazing can help buildings generate their own electricity, by turning the whole building envelope into a solar panel. 

By Angel L. Lazaro III /National Academy of Science and Technology In more than 40 years as a consultant, it has been my experience that whenever a foreign-funded project of the government (no matter how simple) is announced, the first question by an interested Filipino consultant is: “Which foreign consultant will I associate with?” Going for the project as a Filipino …

Filipino civil engineers have faced the challenge of providing solutions to the demands for better, safer and more comfortable environment and they must prepare for the future challenges of the profession, engineer Ernesto S. De Castro said in addressing those who attended the recent Civil Engineering Summit 2015 and 12th NCR Technical Conference of the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers …

Building materials will not be as solid as we see it without the addition of concrete.