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==Solon questions projects cost overruns== | |||
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/338710/solon-questions-projects-cost-overruns | |||
*October 23, 2011, 5:13pm | |||
:by BEN R. ROSARIO | |||
MANILA, Philippines -- A senior administration lawmaker Sunday urged the Aquino administration to go after project engineers blamed for changing original plans for the construction of bridges and other infrastructure projects that cost government hundreds of millions of pesos in additional expenses. | |||
Oriental Mindoro Rep. Rodolfo G. Valencia said the P112.5-million Abaton-Maidlang II Bridge in Calapan City is one classic example of how failure to follow the design and engineering plans bloated the cost of the project by over 100 percent of the original budget. | |||
Valencia revealed that the Abaton-Maidlang II Bridge collapsed barely five years after it was completed. | |||
Reconstruction or repairs have been rejected because of irreversible faulty engineering works. Instead the Department of Public Works and Highways opted to build a new bridge to guarantee safety of users of the infrastructure. | |||
Valencia lauded Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson for the decision that would cost government at least P163 million. | |||
An investigation conducted on the collapsed bridge showed that the original design plan was prepared by the consultant EH Sison Engineers Co. and CODES Consultant. | |||
A Pile Integrity Test conducted by the Bureau of Research and Standards indicated a “discrepancy on the length of abutment bored piles constructed at 16.50 linear meters.” | |||
The BRS said the length of the abutment bored piles was shorter than the required length of 24 meters in order to reach the hard strata which would have guaranteed the structural firmness and strength of the bridge. | |||
==NSO conducts Labor Force and two rider surveys== | ==NSO conducts Labor Force and two rider surveys== | ||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=mim&id=59712 | *Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=mim&id=59712 | ||
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‘Like all other surveys, the data that will be provided shall be confidential and shall only be used for statistical purposes and will be published in summary forms. The data will not, in any way, be used for investigation and law enforcement purposes,” Armonia said. | ‘Like all other surveys, the data that will be provided shall be confidential and shall only be used for statistical purposes and will be published in summary forms. The data will not, in any way, be used for investigation and law enforcement purposes,” Armonia said. | ||
In this undertaking, NSO would like to request for the full cooperation and support of the pubic so that accurate and relevant data will be obtained. (NSO-ECA/Louie T. Cueto) | In this undertaking, NSO would like to request for the full cooperation and support of the pubic so that accurate and relevant data will be obtained. (NSO-ECA/Louie T. Cueto) | ||
==NSO MIMAROPA to set 2011 PSQ regional championships== | ==NSO MIMAROPA to set 2011 PSQ regional championships== | ||