Website: www.pice.org.

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P PHILIPPINE I INSTITUTE OF C CIVIL E ENGINEERS, INC. .


2011 NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

FIDEL V. RAMOS
Honorary President

Officers:
BENITO M. PACHECO, Ph.D.
President

ROMEO S. MOMO
1
st
Vice President

RONALDO S. ISON
2
nd
Vice President

DANILO C. TERANTE, Ph.D.
Secretary

RUBEN A. SY
Treasurer

LEA N. DELFINADO
Business Manager

NERIO L. RONQUILLO, JR.
P.R.O.

MARIANO R. ALQUIZA
Auditor

Directors:
ADAM C. ABINALES
ANTONIO A. AVILA
ADOR G. CANLAS
MARIANO G. DANCEL
ERNESTO S. DE CASTRO, Ph.D.
PETER PAUL P. DY, JR.
MIKUNUG D. MACUD


COUNCIL OF ADVISERS (PAST PRESIDENTS)
JAIME A. PACANAN, Ph.D.
Immediate Past President

VENANCIO I. BESAVILLA, JR.
WILLY T. GO
JUANITO P. ABERGAS
PRIMITIVO C. CAL, Ph.D.
MOCAMAD M. RAKI-IN, SR.
PETER N. AVENTAJADO
MANUEL M. BONOAN
EFREN H. SISON
BASHIR D. RASUMAN
FELIPE F. CRUZ
NELSON Q. IRASGA
DAVID M. CONSUNJI
ANGEL L. LAZARO, III, Ph.D.
RAMON G. HECHANOVA
ANGEL R. LAZARO, JR.

OTHER OFFICIALS

ERNESTO S. DE CASTRO, Ph.D.
Chancellor, College of Fellows

LEO CLETO A. GAMOLO
Legal Counsel

NANNETTE C. VILLANUEVA
National Administrative Officer

AFFILIATE SOCIETY

ASEP Association of Structural Engineers
of the Philippines

FRATERNAL SOCIETIES

ACCEP Association of Consultant Civil
Engineers of the Philippines
ACEEP Association of Civil Engineering
Educators of the Philippines
CMEAP City and Municipal Engineers
Association of the Philippines
DELP District Engineers League of the
Philippines
PABO Philippine Association of Building
Officials
PEAP Provincial Engineers Association of
the Philippines
REAP Road Engineering Association of
the Philippines
AFCE UAE Association of Filipino Civil
Engineers United Arab Emirates
AFCE Brunei Association of Filipino Civil
Engineers Brunei
AFCE KSA Association of Filipino Civil
Engineers Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

THE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS

PICE Building, 4 Albany Street, Cubao,
Quezon City 1109 Philippines
Tel. Nos. (632) 709-3936 to 38 / 709-3505
(632) 709-3429 / 709-3940
Fax Nos. (632) 709-2933 / 709-3415
Cell Nos. 0917-6278734 / 0920-9287974
0922-3022296
Email: picenatl@pice.org.ph
picenatl@pldtdsl.net










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P.I.C.E. MaKa-R.P.: Members, Knowledge, Responsibility, Prestige
August 9, 2011



HONORABLE SENATOR ANTONIO SONNY TRILLANES IV
Chairperson
Senate Committee on Civil Service and Government Reorganization
Senate of the Philippines
Pasay City

Through: Dir. Felipe T. Yadao, Jr. CESE
Director II/ Legislative Committee Secretary
Committee on Civil Service and Government Reorganization

Subject: Legislative measures further amending RA 544, as
amended, or the Civil Engineering Law

Dear Senator Trillanes:

On behalf of more than 69,815 members of the Philippine Institute of Civil
Engineers in 97 chapters nationwide, both in private and public sectors, please
allow me to express our deep gratitude to your Committee and the Senators who
are generously sponsoring legislative measures to attune the civil engineering law
to national development needs, strengthen the profession, and continually
upgrade the level of competence of the civil engineers.

A huge number of our officers and members wished to come to the hearing
today; they mandated their National President to voice our collective message to
this august body.

Our 2
nd
Vice President accompanies me today; so do a number of former
Presidents and now Advisers, together with current and former Members of the
Professional Regulatory Board of Civil Engineering, all familiar with our many
years of initiatives to amend the Civil Engineering Law.

Civil Engineers Carry Huge Responsibility

In the previous hearing that yours truly was invited to this hall, after the great
East Japan Earthquake of the 11
th
of March of this year, it was to testify on the
structural and geotechnical vulnerability of our existing buildings in Metro Manila
and the Philippines.

Sinabi po natin noon, at muli nating sasabihin ngayon, na ang mga civil engineer
ay may napakalaking responsibilidad na tinutupad nang sa ganoon ang ating mga
bahay, gusali, tulay at iba pang pagawaing bayan ay maging ligtas sa lindol,
bagyo, baha at iba pang pwersa ng kalikasan. At hindi po lamang pwersa ng
kalikasan ang ating tinitimbang; binabalanse rin po natin ang mga isyung pang-
lipunan at pang-ekonomiya.

Civil engineers are constantly challenged to design, build and maintain physical
developments in a manner that is technically advanced, environmentally sound,
socially acceptable, and economically competitive.

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P PHILIPPINE I INSTITUTE OF C CIVIL E ENGINEERS, INC. .


2011 NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

FIDEL V. RAMOS
Honorary President

Officers:
BENITO M. PACHECO, Ph.D.
President

ROMEO S. MOMO
1
st
Vice President

RONALDO S. ISON
2
nd
Vice President

DANILO C. TERANTE, Ph.D.
Secretary

RUBEN A. SY
Treasurer

LEA N. DELFINADO
Business Manager

NERIO L. RONQUILLO, JR.
P.R.O.

MARIANO R. ALQUIZA
Auditor

Directors:
ADAM C. ABINALES
ANTONIO A. AVILA
ADOR G. CANLAS
MARIANO G. DANCEL
ERNESTO S. DE CASTRO, Ph.D.
PETER PAUL P. DY, JR.
MIKUNUG D. MACUD


COUNCIL OF ADVISERS (PAST PRESIDENTS)
JAIME A. PACANAN, Ph.D.
Immediate Past President

VENANCIO I. BESAVILLA, JR.
WILLY T. GO
JUANITO P. ABERGAS
PRIMITIVO C. CAL, Ph.D.
MOCAMAD M. RAKI-IN, SR.
PETER N. AVENTAJADO
MANUEL M. BONOAN
EFREN H. SISON
BASHIR D. RASUMAN
FELIPE F. CRUZ
NELSON Q. IRASGA
DAVID M. CONSUNJI
ANGEL L. LAZARO, III, Ph.D.
RAMON G. HECHANOVA
ANGEL R. LAZARO, JR.

OTHER OFFICIALS

ERNESTO S. DE CASTRO, Ph.D.
Chancellor, College of Fellows

LEO CLETO A. GAMOLO
Legal Counsel

NANNETTE C. VILLANUEVA
National Administrative Officer

AFFILIATE SOCIETY

ASEP Association of Structural Engineers
of the Philippines

FRATERNAL SOCIETIES

ACCEP Association of Consultant Civil
Engineers of the Philippines
ACEEP Association of Civil Engineering
Educators of the Philippines
CMEAP City and Municipal Engineers
Association of the Philippines
DELP District Engineers League of the
Philippines
PABO Philippine Association of Building
Officials
PEAP Provincial Engineers Association of
the Philippines
REAP Road Engineering Association of
the Philippines
AFCE UAE Association of Filipino Civil
Engineers United Arab Emirates
AFCE Brunei Association of Filipino Civil
Engineers Brunei
AFCE KSA Association of Filipino Civil
Engineers Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

THE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS

PICE Building, 4 Albany Street, Cubao,
Quezon City 1109 Philippines
Tel. Nos. (632) 709-3936 to 38 / 709-3505
(632) 709-3429 / 709-3940
Fax Nos. (632) 709-2933 / 709-3415
Cell Nos. 0917-6278734 / 0920-9287974
0922-3022296
Email: picenatl@pice.org.ph
picenatl@pldtdsl.net










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P.I.C.E. MaKa-R.P.: Members, Knowledge, Responsibility, Prestige
Ang sabi po ng iba, bakit meron pa ring nasisirang bahay, gusali, tulay o ibang
pagawaing bayan?

Ang sabi po natin naman, bakit meron pa ring nasisirang bahay, gusali, tulay o
ibang pagawain sa ating bayan at sa ibang bansa? Bakit maging Japan ay
nasisira ng lindol at tsunami; bakit maging Amerika ay nasisira ng mga Katrina?

Habang ginagawa po ng mga civil engineer ang isinasaad ng mga Building Code
at mga Construction Specification, patuloy nga ang paglago ng teknolohiya, ang
paglaki ng pangangailangan ng lipunan, ang paglawak ng pangdaigdigang
kompetisyon, at ang pagiging delikado ng kalikasan.

Now, more than ever, Mr. Chairman, our country needs to reinforce civil
engineering.

Civil Engineering Needs Urgent Reinforcement and Upgrade

After more than 55 years of well-established practice of the civil engineering
profession, numerous improvements can be realized by the present legislative
initiatives.

Bayaan po ninyong banggitin ko ang tatlong (3) unang mahahalagang
pagbabagong magagawa ng mga panukalang batas ngayon.

1. Pagsali ng lahat ng rehistradong Civil Engineer sa natatanging Accredited
Professional Organization of Civil Engineers, at aktibong pagtalima sa lahat ng
gawain at alituntunin nito;
2. Pagbuo at pagbago ng Manual of Professional Practice of Civil Engineers &
Civil Engineering Code, na siyang palagiang aangkop sa mga paglago ng
teknolohiya, paglawak ng pandaigdigang kompetisyon, at pagbabago ng
kalikasan;
3. Pagkilala sa mga espesyalisasyon sa ibat ibang gawain ng civil engineering.

The above three (3) are the most fundamental improvements; we, the Philippine
Institute of Civil Engineers, support these unanimously. Without a doubt, many
other refinements may be wished upon the practice of civil engineering. And we
thank the Honorable Senators for considering those.

The Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers, as resolved by its National Board of
Directors, earnestly requests the passage of line amendments by Senate Bill No.
2109.

Alas, as Senate Bill No. 2770 requires much more extensive studies and
discussions among civil engineers ourselves, and with our allied professionals, the
Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers respectfully requests the Committee and the
Sponsor to defer Senate Bill No. 2770.

Again, we express our gratitude to the Chairperson of the committee and the
Senators who are generously sponsoring these legislative measures to update the
profession of civil engineering.

Very truly yours,



BENITO M. PACHECO, Ph.D.
National President

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