No temporary licenses will be issued after the June 30 deadline for PCAB license renewal according to PCAB Chair, Engr. Ramon Allado. He also advised that there will be no extension of the June 30 deadline for the renewal of licenses this year. These announcements were made by Engr. Allado during the PCA Metropolitan General Membership Meeting held on Monday 6 May 2013 at the Camp Aguinaldo Golf Club. He lauded PCA Metropolitan for its strong licensing policy and reporting of unlicensed contract...

Fake PCAB licenses: “Verify the PCAB license of your contractor against the official PCAB listing” is an appeal made to both Government and Private Sectors by PCA Metropolitan President Olan Dimaano. This appeal is made amid rumors of an ever increasing number of fake PCAB licenses in circulation and the apparent success of the use of these fake licenses in public biddings by unlicensed contractors. The Government and Private Sectors should verify all submitted PCAB licenses against the official...

The DOLE-NCR Construction Safety Orientation which was set for 14 May 2012 was postponed. The reason for the postponement is a conflicting schedule. The Safety Orientation will now be held in June on a date to be announced by DOLE-NCR and will be published in the PCA Metro website – in both the News Desk and DOLE-NCR News section. The Free 40 hour COSH (Construction Occupational Safety and Health) course offered by DOLE-NCR on May 20 to 24 at the Occupational Safety and Health Center on Agham Ro...

Free construction safety training will be provided by DOLE-NCR in cooperation with the Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC) to small contractors in the national Capital Region who cannot afford to undergo the Construction Occupational Safety and Health Course for Site Safety Officers (COSH). As a precursor to the free COSH course, DOLE-NCR is holding a free Safety Orientation at the OHSC in Quezon City on 21 May 2013. This event will be used to prescreen qualified applicants for the free...

The 4th PCA Metropolitan Presidents Cup Golf Tournament will be held on Thursday 16 May 2013 at Camp Aguinaldo Golf Club in Quezon City. Tee off times are from 11am to 1pm and the award ceremony will start at 6pm during the Fellowship Evening. The tournament will again feature both individual and team competitions with the Presidents Cup being contended for in the team competition. Construction Associations, individual corporations in or servicing the construction industry as well as constructio...

Construction safety; what is that? What is a Construction Safety and Health Program (CSHP)? What is DOLE Department Order 13? What is DPWH NBCDO MC No. 02 of 2011? What is Joint Administrative Order No. 01 series of 2011? Before Holy Week PCA Metro reported that unlicensed contractor Hyper-Aire Industrial & Development Corporation is engaged in a construction project in San Mateo, Rizal (see article at http://pcametro.ph/blog/unlicensed-hyper-aire-complaint/). As previously reported, DOLE-NC...

DOLE-NCR will be offering free construction safety training for small contractors in the National Capital Region (NCR). The tentative date for the first safety training orientation is 14 May 2013. PCA Metro, as DOLE-NCR partner, will be supporting this event. In the aftermath of the recent deaths of 6 construction workers (see http://pcametro.ph/blog/scaffolding-safety-unlicensed/), Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz ordered the DOLE Regions to provide safety training for small contractors for fre...

A complaint was filed against unlicensed contractor Hyper-Aire Industrial and Development Corporation with the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB). PCA Metro took this action after receiving a report via its “Report an Unlicensed Contractor Campaign”. As accredited PCAB Public Assistance Help Desk, PCA Metro is required to report unlicensed contractors to PCAB. According to the report, Hyper-Aire Industrial and Development Corporation is involved in the construction of a building a...

The second NCR Building Official (OBO) Conference was another success. The meeting was attended by Building Officials of many NCR cities as well as Officials from the Regional Offices of DTI, DILG, DPWH and DOLE. The conference was again hosted by PCA Metro and DOLE-NCR and chaired by DOLE-NCR Deputy Director, Atty. Benjo Benavidez. Four OBO conferences are scheduled for 2013. Feedback was given in respect of the previous OBO conference held on 17 October 2012 to the attendees. The importance of...

Unlicensed contractors - Complaints were filed with PCAB against 7 unlicensed contractors by PCA Metropolitan. The contractors are: AB Garcia Construction, Inc., Concept Home Builders, Silverbuild Construction, Blue Circle Builders, Loza Builders Design and Construction, Kreative Konsult Engineering Services and JAO Builders and Development Corporation. PCA Metro is mandated by the provisions of PCAB BR No. 218 series of 2011 to report unlicensed contractors to PCAB as part of its duties as PCAB...