MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, chairman of the Senate Committee on Accounts, said that the rising cost of the new Senate building (NSB) could have been avoided had the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) consulted the Senate, a key stakeholder in the project.
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano , chairman of the Senate Committee on Accounts, said that the rising cost of the new Senate building could have been avoided had the Department of Public Works and Highways consulted the Senate, a key stakeholder in the project. Cayetano said they were not consulted before the Detailed Architectural and Engineering Design of the project was finalized.
'He argued that the ballooning cost of the construction was 'avoidable' had the DPWH, as the project manager of NSB, followed the 'standard procedure' of consulting the Senate before approving the DAED of the building.'How can you make a DAED if you do not talk to the people who will be using the building?' he said in Filipino.'If you made all the revisions before DAED, is there a corresponding payment? But you did not talk to the Senate before DAED.
Chides DPWH For Rising Cost Of NSB
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