Transport infrastructure is expected as the key driver for the Philippine construction sector growth, Fitch Solutions said Thursday. In a commentary, the research unit of the Fitch Group said the Philippine construction industry is expected to grow by 24.2 percent year-on-year this year, and by 16.1 percent in 2022. “We expect transport infrastructu...
A new iconic bridge in Manila is set to open to motorists in the first quarter of 2022. Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar said that installation of fabricated precast concrete slab panels that will serve as main bridge carriageway of the P3.39 Billion Binondo-Intramuros Bridge Project are now nearing completion. As...
San Miguel Corporation’s (SMC) airport and aerocity project in Bulakan, Bulacan will be a pacesetter for green cities that are both sustainable and equitable, one that aims to address social and environmental concerns that affect even the country’s major financial districts today. This, according to the country’s top urban planner and green architect F...
San Miguel Corporation has announced that the first batch of trains for its Metro Rail Transit (MRT)-7 project is set to arrive in the country from South Korea next week, even as work continues for the completion of the much-awaited mass rail project. The trains, which consist of six cars or two trainsets procured from South Korea’s Hyundai ROTEM, hav...
3 Key Trends Transforming the Industry in 2021 Changing the way we work: Measures across Asia-Pacific economies to slow the spread of the pandemic meant a rapid reduction in staff working on building sites and in contractor and consultant offices, resulting in an acceleration in the rate of digital transformation. Smart sensors are being used i...
Photo Credit: Department of Public Works and Highways Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar on Tuesday led the ceremonial opening of the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAx) Sub-section 5 from Silang East Interchange to Sta Rosa-Tagaytay Interchange in Cavite. “While this pandemic may have slowed down and disrupted the implementation of projec...
Photo Credit: Victor Roman The rehabilitation of the San Juanico Bridge has further delayed its much-awaited lighting project, a Department of Tourism (DOT) official said on Friday. In an interview, DOT Eastern Visayas regional director Karina Rosa Tiopes said the completion of the lighting project will be pushed to early 2022 to give way to the rep...
Photo Credit: The Department of Public Works and Highways The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is on track to deliver the Lawton Avenue to Global City viaduct section of the Bonifacio Global City (BGC)-Ortigas Center Road Link Project by end of 3rd Quarter this year. Secretary Mark Villar said that construction of viaduct and approach ...
The Cavite Extension project of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) is 58.03 percent complete after the girder has been installed along the Manila – Cavite Expressway (Cavitex). Once completed, the project is seen to reduce travel time between Baclaran and Bacoor, Cavite from 1 hour and 10 minutes to just 25 minutes and increase passenger capacity fr...
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar announced that the on-going works for the Panguil Bay Bridge Project stays on track within the target completion of December 2023. Secretary Villar said that progress of works for the Northern Mindanao’s mega inter-island connection is now at 22 percent as major equipment intensifies preparation of the br...
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte inaugurated on Thursday, July 29, 2021 the Estrella - Pantaleon Bridge, a modern bridge that will connect the cities of Mandaluyong and Makati within five (5) minutes. The President was joined by Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar, Senato...
The Department of Public Works and Highways aims to complete and open the other half of the work for the BGC-Ortigas Center Link Road Project toward the end of this third quarter. Secretary Mark Villar said that since the bridge component of new Sta Monica-Lawton Bridge now known as Kalayaan Bridge was opened on June 12 connecting the cities of Makati,...
Japanese Ambassador KOSHIKAWA Kazuhiko and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. signed today the second tranche of the 253.307 billion yen (253,307,000,000) financing for the Metro Manila Subway Project (phase 1). The Metro Manila Subway will be the Philippines' first completely underground railway system, began the construction in February 201...
The government expects to complete 24 infrastructure flagship projects (IFPs) worth PHP194.78 billion before the end of President Rodrigo Duterte’s term in June 2022. “The 24 projects are estimated to generate more than 300,000 jobs between 2017 to 2022,” the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said in a reply to questions from the Phili...
The Philippine National Railways (PNR) Calamba project has received a “record number” of 34 bids from six local and 17 international companies to participate in the construction of the 40.5-kilometer rail project. In a Facebook post, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade said the record turnout is proof that the Duterte administr...
By Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos
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