Completion of Ifugao Gen Hospital pushed
>> Monday, March 16, 2020
LAGAWE, Ifugao -- The regional project
monitoring committee (RPMC) and Ifugao provincial government are
pushing completion of the only hospital in this capital town within the
year.
Allegations of irregularity had been
reported about the construction of the Ifugao General Hospital which is already
10 years in the making.
This time,
RPMC team led by National Economic Development Authority Cordillera regional
director Milagros Rimando with Ifugao officials led by Gov. Jerry Dalipog and
Vice Gov. Glenn Prudenciano and regional representatives from the Departments
of Health and Public Works and Highways Ifugao First District Engineering
Office inspected construction of the IGH buildings here on March 2.
The RPMC
initiated the inspection to look at the structural retrofitting being done at
the main building of the IGH and ensure the structure will be fit for occupancy
following recommendation of a third party assessment by a structural engineer
that additional strengthening measures were needed to ensure stability of
buildings.
Dalipog thanked the RPMC for
including the IGH in the monitoring of projects and vowed to work closely with
the DOH, DPWH and other agencies to complete the hospital.
The DOH has
implemented more than P60 million for completion of the upper and lower ground
floors while the provincial government is targeting another P50 million budget
for completion of the second floor in the next quarter.
More than P20
million is also being added by the provincial government for the recommended
works to ensure the structural capability of buildings.
The
RPMC has been conducting project inspection and validation of the hospital
building since it started in 2009 following issues on the implementation of
Phase 1 of the project by the provincial government of Ifugao and Phase 2 and 3
implemented by the DOH through the DPWH.
In December
last year, the DOH conducted a third party assessment by structural engineer
Joselito Buhangin on recommendation of the RPMC in an earlier inspection.
The
assessment indicated the need to implement additional retrofitting and
strengthening measures to ensure that the structure will be more resilient
against lateral loads especially from seismic activities.
“The
proposed additional strengthening measures using shear walls have been designed
so as not to interfere with carbon fiber retrofitting installed on columns and
beams and has been designed around it.
It is
important that carbon fiber is not punctured during the strengthening process.
In the
absence of a soil test report, the design of the shear wall footings was based
on an assumed soil pressure which can be verified from actual construction and
modified accordingly,” in the report.
Rimando
thanked the provincial governor for personally joining the inspection and for
allocating funds and other support and commitment to ensure that the hospital
will be realized and will serve the people of Ifugao.
The
construction of the IGH has been proposed as early as 2008 under the hospital
facilities enhancement program of DOH.
The estimated budget for the
completion of the new IGH is P328 million to be released in tranches. (JDP/RMC-
PIA CAR)
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