Dela Cruz, Kyla J. Capstone 1

DELA CRUZ, KYLA J.
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BSCE-1A CAPSTONE 1
History of Civil engineering in the Philippines
2013
Last August 23, 2013, Republic Act 10609 or the Protection of Students' Right to Enroll in
Review Centers Act of 2013 was signed into law.
2014
On November 5, 2014, Former President Benigno Aquino III issued a declaration by virtue of
Proclamation no. 904 signed by Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr. and has declared the month of
November of every year as Civil Engineering Month to bring to the attention and conscious ness of the
Filipino people the importance of the civil engineering in nation building.
2015
On June 2015, Department of Public Works and Highways implemented the Philippine Green
Building Code of 2016. The Code seeks to improve the efficiency of building performance through a
framework of standards that will enhance sound environmental and resource management to counter
harmful gases, throughout the building's life cycle
2016
On October 11, 2016, in Mariveles, Bataas the Pietrucha Group together with its local partner
Design Science, launched a production plant manufacturing vinyl sheet piling. Pietrucha Manufacturing
Philippines is the first Polish-Philippine investment and joint-venture in the civil engineering sector in the
Philippines and a unique transfer of technology. The official opening of the plant was attended by the
member of the Philippine and Polish government, representative of regional authorities, public institution
and non-government organizations.
2017
In accordance with pertinent of Republic Act (RA) No. 7722, otherwise known as the “Higher
Education Act of 1994” in pursuance of an outcomes-based quality assurance system as advocated under
CMO 46 s. 2012 (Policy-Standard to Enhance Quality Assurance (QA) in Philippine Higher Education
through an Outcomes-based and Typology-based Quality assurance) and as addendum to CMO 37, s.
2012 (Establishment of an Outcomes-Based Educational System in Higher Education Institution offering
Engineering programs) by virtue of Commission en banc Resolution No. 788-2017 dated October 24,
2017 the following policies, Standards, and Guidelines (PSG) are hereby adopted and promulgated by the
Commission.
2018
UNESCO Jakarta successfully signed a memorandum of understanding with the Philippine

Institute of Civil Engineers, Inc. (PICE) on 07 September 2018 at Marriott Hotel Manila, Pasay City,
Philippines. This partnership has been created for the design and construction of Girls Education Center
within the compound of the Department of Education Regional Office VIII-Eastern Visayas, Palo, Leyte,
Philippines. This infrastructure is under the project “Better Life for Out-of-School Girls to Fight Against
Poverty and Injustice in the Philippines” with the financial support from the Korea International
Cooperation Agency (KOICA) of the Republic of Korea.
2019
The Professional Regulation Commission recognized Dr. Ernesto de Castro, the strongest
advocate for the use of Building information modeling in the Philippines, as the 2019 Outstanding civil
engineer.
2020
As of year, 2020 PICE has more than 91,368 registered civil engineer-member in 105 chapters
and some 21,177 civil engineering student-member in 210 student chapters throughout the country.
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