Plans changed without permission
BAGUIO CITY – A city councilor summoned representatives of concerned
government agencies, local government offices and the contractor of the ongoing
rehabilitation of the city-owned Baguio Convention Center to appear during the
council’s regular session on Sept. 24 to shed light on slow implementation of
the project and revision of plans and specifications that did not pass through
consultations with the local government.
Councilor Maria Mylen Victoria G. Yaranon, chairperson of the City
Council Committee on Public Works, said there is a need for the local
government to be clarified on the revisions that were done in the earlier plans
and specifications for the rehabilitation of the city’s premier convention
facility, aside from reports that the project is allegedly behind schedule.
Among the personalities requested to appear during the
local legislative body’s regular session include Rep. Mark Go, regional
director Engr. Tiborcio Canlas of the Cordillera office of the Department of
Public Works and Highways (DPWH-CAR), DPWH-CAR planning division chief Engr.
Angelita Mabitasan, DPWH-CAR architect Caesar Romel P. Quindara, City Building
Official Engr. Nazita F. Bañez, City Buildings and Architecture Office (CBAO)
architect Homer M. Soriano, Engr. David Sanchez as the authorized managing
officer of the EGB Construction Spiderone Construction Company Limited, Arch.
Donna R. Tabanging of St. Louis University, Engr. Joselito Buhangin, Arch.
Joseph Alabanza, Arch. Joy Pascua of the United Architects of the Philippines,
Arch. Eugene Lomogdan and Engr. Bonifacio dela Peña.
Yaranon alleged that the plan being implemented for
the rehabilitation of the BCC is not in line with project plans prepared
earlier by the local government, which was funded in the amount of P180 million
sourced from the regular infrastructure fund of the DPWH.
Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan said he is currently
awaiting the report of the inspection and monitoring committee relative to the
status of the project to be able to take the appropriate steps and consult with
the implementing agency on how the project is being undertaken.
The local chief executive argued that if the revisions
will result to the betterment of the facility then it is worthy to proceed with
the project, but if it significantly deviated from the plans earlier approved
by both the DPWH and the local government then it is important to raise the
matter to the implementing agency for clarification.
Domogan claimed the BCC is the premier convention
facility of the people, and there is a need for the implementing agency to
listen to the plight of the concerned stakeholders considering the importance
of being consultative on the matter.
The DPWH included in its annual budget for this year
the amount of P180 million for the long overdue rehabilitation of the BCC. It
was acquired by the local government from the State-owned Government Service
Insurance System (GSIS) through a tripartite agreement with the State-owned
Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) in 2004 but was only
consummated in 2012. -- Dexter A. See
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