MAASIN CITY,
Southern Leyte, Sept. 26 (PNA) – The Department of Public Works and Highways
Southern Leyte District Engineering Office (DPWH-SLDEO) has asked its engineers
to aim for global competitiveness and observe responsible practices in the bid
to deliver quality projects.
Recently,
the district office required all its 41 engineers to attend the 8th technical
conference of the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE) as part of the
department’s upgrading initiative.
The field
office has the most number of participants among the 13 district offices in
Eastern Visayas during the PICE conference held on Sept. 22 at the DPWH
regional office conference hall.
“Topics were
very helpful in our engineering practice especially now that we are pushing for
global competitiveness and build more resilient structures. This will really
add points to their continuing education,” said District Engineer Ma. Margarita
C. Junia.
The
gathering has tackled topics on Association of Southeast Asian Nation engineers
register, foundation and design considerations for buildings in urban areas,
soil stabilization and ground improvement, safety and risk management, project
quality assurance, and storm surges and waves.
The
discussion was very timely, according to Junia especially that the office of
Southern Leyte Rep. Roger Mercado has been closely coordinating with DPWH to
assess infrastructure needs of communities.
“With more
competitive engineers that we have, we want to design projects in such a way it
will be more sustainable and more beneficial to everyone,” Junia said.
Last year,
SLDEO has hired additional 11 young engineers to carry out project quality
assurance and monitoring, bringing the total to 41 engineers serving in the
district.
The
DPWH-SLDEO is tasked to maintain 299 kilometers of national roads and 155
bridges, built in 18 towns and one city.
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