The invitation for bids for the first segment of the $214.44-million road construction project in Samar was published in a broadsheet yesterday to signal the commencement of the Secondary National Roads Development Project (SNRDP) in the province.

The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center recently published the list of pre-qualified bidders for the PPP School for Infrastructure Project (PSIP) of the government.

The Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines (CIAP) issued the consolidated list of blacklisted contractors as of April 30, 2012.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Region V, Rawis, Legazpi City, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the P107-M Reconstruction /Rehabilitation of Damaged Paved National (Intermittent Sections) Daang Maharlika Road in Baao, Camarines Sur. 

The unincorporated joint venture of DM Consunji, Inc. (DMCI) and Marubeni Corp. inked with Universal Light Railway Transit (LRT) the P1.2-billion engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) contract for the Metro Rail Transit System (MRTS) and Intermodal Transportation Terminal of the MRT-7 project last week.

The Metro Cebu Development Coordinating Board (MCDCB) has sanctioned the construction of various infrastructure projects for 2013 proposed by the Partnership for Better Infrastructure (PBI)-Cebu Coalition, a major initiative designed to broaden the participation of the private sector in the allocation and implementation of infrastructure investment in the local level.

Industry giants Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) and Ayala Corp. created an alliance to bid for the P60-B Light Railway Transit (LRT) 1 extension project.

The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center has submitted its 2013 budget proposal to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to ensure the straight implementation of development project activities next year.

Philippine Constructors Association, Inc. (PCA) President Augusto Manalo and PCA 1st Vice President Gerardo Pancho flew to South Korea yesterday to take part in the 36th International Federation of Asian and Western Pacific Contractors Association (IFAWPCA) Executive Board Meeting.

The Cebu Contractors Association (CCA), a chapter of the Philippine Constructors Association, Inc. (PCA), sponsored last May 2-5, 2012 its 2nd Free Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Seminar for Local Government Units (LGUs), Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations (GOCC), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Engineers, Overseas Building Operations (OBO) personnel, provincial, city and municipal engineers and the academe.

Up against the cream golfers of the Architectural Center Club, Inc. (ACCI) and the Electrical Engineering Golf Club (EEGC), plus the peculiarly scorching weather in the country's summer capital, the Philippine Constructors Association, Inc. (PCA) has successfully secured its win during the PCA-ACCI-EEGC Tripartite Golf Tournament held last April 26 and 27 at Baguio Country Club in Baguio City.

The Philippine Constructors Association, Inc. (PCA) successfully hosted the first-ever Authorized Managing Officers (AMO) Seminar in the Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR) last April 14 & 15 at the Grand Zion Garden Resort Hotel in Tabuk City, Kalinga.

Marco Polo yesterday signed partnership with Mr. Samuel L. Po of property developer Xin Tian Ti Development Corp. (XTT) for the construction of a five-star, 32-storey hotel along Meralco Avenue in Ortigas.

President Benigno S. Aquino III appointed University of the Philippines School of Economics (UPSE) dean as the new director general of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) endeavors to raise its construction standards and methodology for seismic design of bridges as it plans to come up with a study on the upgrading of the country's national bridges.

The Millennium Challenge Corporation is set to grant Bohol P128 million worth of funds for some development projects, a statement from Commission on Audit (COA) and Millennium Challenge Account-Philippines (MCA-P) Commissioner Silvestre Sarmiento revealed.