ROAD WIDENING PROJECT Lack of warning signs at the site of a road-widening project by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) were blamed for a string of road crashes in Barangay Pitalo, San Fernando town.…
THE contractor that built the catwalk for the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) will take over the construction of 19 additional cells for the inmates. Construction of the new cells were suspended after the…
Following a recent construction mishap, the Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE-7) found at least 16 labor standards not met by the contractor of the Lite Shipping building being constructed along MJ Cuenco. The…
A player in the construction industry sees high demand for construction equipment amid the government’s thrust to ramp up infrastructure spending in the next six years. Seth Oliver Tio, chief executive officer and chairman of Cebu-based…
Mercado Builders, Inc., the general contractor of IL Corso Festival Mall at the South Road Properties (SRP) in Cebu City is working towards full compliance with labor standards in two weeks. In a statement on Thursday, Filinvest,…
The deaths of three workers due to accidents in the northern Cebu town of Liloan and at a mall in Cebu City are just the latest in a long list of work-related deaths in Cebu that, while…
OUT OF THE RACE The start of Phase 1 for a new Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) hit a snag. The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the city government disqualified WTG Construction and its Manila partner…
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has joined the call for the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) to resolve the delay in the awarding of the Mactan Cebu Airport expansion project. He asked Vice Mayor Edgar Labella…
Is it allowed or disallowed? Cebu Provincial Board (PB) Member Grecilda “Gigi” Sanchez posed this question to the Commission on Audit (COA) as she sought to clarify its vague stance on the payment of contracts entered into…
A CONTRACTOR sought payment anew from the province for a P34.6-million infrastructure project it completed during the administration of former governor Gwendolyn Garcia. Edgar Sarmiento, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Sarmiento Construction Inc. said it…
