BYPASS BRIDGE. The proposed bypass bridge in Maasin City, Southern Leyte. It is four major infrastructure projects in Eastern Visayas that will be implemented by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the next two to five years. (Photo courtesy of DPWH) The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has identified four major infrastr...
Photo credit: Department of Public Works and Highways One year into the 37-month schedule, the on-going 10.7 kilometer Contract Package (CP) 1-1 of the Davao City Bypass Road Construction Project is heating up making significant progress. In his report to Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Roger "Oging" Mercado, Undersecretary ...
The construction industry is today the second least digitised industry in the world. This lack of digitisation costs the industry as much as US$500 billion a year, in rework alone. Companies in the ASEAN region are starting to realise the benefits of going digital and those who are succeeding understand how imperative it is. In an increasingly competit...
Construction of the 19 stations of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Calamba is set to begin in 2022. During a site visit at the PNR Balagtas Station, Department of Transportation Undersecretary for Railways Timothy John "TJ" Batan said construction works are set to begin as bidding for all nine contracts of the project is "almost complete." "T...
Photo credit: Department of Public Works and Highways The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has received from the JICA - Japan International Cooperation Agency latest masterplan for the development of High Standard Highway (HSH) in the Philippines. This is in support of the country’s effort to invest in high-quality infrastructure for i...
Last 28 October 2021, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) released a list of candidates for the National and Local Elections on 9 May 2022. A total of 97 individuals formally notified the commission and filed for candidacy to run for president. The list includes Senator Panfilo Lacson, Former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr., Manila May...
The infrastructure program anchored on the Build Build Build (BBB) initiative still remain among the top economic priorities of the government. With the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) as one of lead implementing agencies of the BBB Program, Acting Secretary Roger "Oging" Mercado highlighted at the 2021 Philippine Economic Briefing with ...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced the start this December 2021 of the detailed engineering design (D.E.D.) for the proposed Laguna Lakeshore Road Network Project (LLRN). This after DPWH Acting Secretary Roger "Oging" Mercado with Undersecretary for Unified Project Management Office (UPMO) Operations Emil K. Sadain; UPMO Road...
Photo credit: Department of Public Works and Highways The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is working with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on a goal of achieving sustainable infrastructure development in the Philippines. DPWH Acting Secretary Roger "Oging" Mercado said that talks with ADB Country Director for the Philippines Mr. Kell...
Photo credit: Department of Public Works and Highways The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is ramping up efforts to improve the transport logistics and mitigate vehicular traffic congestion in Davao City with the construction of a 2.3 kilometer two (2)-tube mountain tunnel. A symbolic blast on Friday, November 19, 2021 officially start...
The pre-construction works for the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP) at Camp Aguinaldo have officially begun on Thursday through a groundbreaking ceremony. During the event, Department of Transportation Assistant Secretary Fidel Igmedio Cruz Jr. said the ceremony marked the beginning of the construction of 192 housing units, repair and rehabilitation ...
Photo credit: Department of Public Works and Highways Construction of the 3.169 kilometer Panguil Bay Bridge Project in Northern Mindanao is moving ahead, with bored piles for the piers and abutments halfway done. In his report to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Acting Secretary Roger "Oging" Mercado, Undersecretary for Unified Pr...
Photo credit: Cebu Cordova Link Expressway Corp The Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) is the island’s new pride as it changes the landscape of the country’s main economic powerhouse in the south, Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said on Friday. “Thank you for believing in Cebu and continuing to believe despite the challenges of the pandemic,” Garcia tol...
The government of Republic of Korea is ready to extend financial support in the conduct of engineering services for the much-awaited inter-island bridges project of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Western Visayas. DPWH Acting Secretary Roger G. Mercado said that moving forward soon following the completion of supplemental feasibil...
Photo credit: Blazinfiremax Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade on Thursday said improvements in Cebu’s premier airport will play a big role in boosting the tourism economy in the province. Tugade, who led the inauguration of the six-story Mactan-Cebu International Airport’s (MCIA) new corporate building, said the completion ...
Photo credit: Department of Public Works and Highways Officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Embassy of Japan in the Philippines, and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Philippine Office held talks on Tuesday, October 26, 2021, where both parties tackled efforts to strengthen bilateral relations on building quality...
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