Ulticon Builders Incorporated, a Quadruple A licensed Contractor company with the firm leadership of its President and Founder Mr. Carlos “Charlie” Gonzalez of Davao City, Philippines, whose projects are managed by UBI’s Authorized Management Officer (AMO) Carlos Miguel Gonzalez of Davao, is part of a new significant milestone construction project happening here in Mindanao. The great exciting news is that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has finally granted the civil works contract agreement for the first execution of the Japan-funded Davao City Bypass Construction Project (DCBCP) to a Japanese construction institution.
The initial contract agreement between DPWH and the contractor was approved by Secretary Villar and signed on Thursday, October 29, 2020, with Mr. Gil P. Manuel of Ulticon, DPWH Undersecretary for Unified Project Management Office (UPMO) Operations Technical Services Emil K. Sadain, Project Director Virgilio C. Castillo of DPWH UPMO Roads Management Cluster 1, Mr. Makoto Fuji of Shimizu-Takenaka joint venture.
Furthermore, in the official signing of the contract, it was virtually attended by the Embassy of Japan to the Philippines Second Secretary Tomohiro Matsubara, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Philippines Chief Representative Eigo Azukizawa, JICA Philippines Senior Representative Kiyo Kawabuchi, and Japan embassy officials. According to Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain, “The entire bypass road with a total length of 45.5 kilometers is divided into six (6) packages: package I-1 (10.7 km), package I-2 (12.8 km), package I-3 (6.1 km), package II-1 (2.7 km), package II-2 (3.5 km), and package II-3 (9.7 km).”
And he added, “considered the most significant component of the project included in the awarded contract package is the 2.3-kilometer mountain tunnel that will run through the mountainous barangay to shorten the drive from the Davao-Digos Intersection of the Pan-Philippine Highway in Toril, Davao City towards the intersection of the Davao-Agusan National Highway in Panabo City.
It is expected that Japanese technology such as excavation techniques for tunnel construction will be applied and our Filipino engineers and skilled workers may take advantage of acquiring technical knowledge and expertise in the building of the tunnel that will be the longest in the country once completed, Davao City Bypass Construction Project will be funded by the Japanese Official Development Assistance signed last June providing the Government of the Philippines with a Special Terms for Economic Partnership (STEP) Loan from JICA under Loan Agreement Nos. PH-P261 and PH-P273. Under the STEP loan that will promote the transfer of outstanding Japanese technology and expertise, the main contract is Japan tied but allows a joint venture in addition to the Japanese company.
By constructing a bypass road, this will be a driving force for economic growth in the entire Mindanao by connecting the port area to the southern end of the Davao City while avoiding the city center.” As for Ulticon, it is a great privilege and honor to be part of this huge-huge-huge joint venture project happening here in Mindanao, and our whole nation benefits from the build-build-build program of the Duterte administration. Not to mention, it will be a tangible leap of faith to help our economy and a big step to better the lives of our Filipino people.
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