Thursday, August 25, 2011

DTI launches CIAP Window in Cebu


The Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines (CIAP), in collaboration with the Department of Trade and Industry Central Visayas Regional Office (DTI 7) and the Philippine Constructors Association Inc. (PCA), formally launches the CIAP Window in Central Visayas on September 1, 2011, 10:00 a.m., at the Cebu City Waterfront Hotel to enhance the access and delivery of its major services for the construction sector in the region.

DTI states, “The newly opened CIAP Window at the DTI 7 Regional Office in Cebu City accepts and processes the following services namely, a) contractors licensing and registration; b) registration of overseas contractors; c) contract dispute resolution; and d) contractors performance evaluation system.”

“The opening of a CIAP Window in the region is part of the decentralization of CIAP services.  With the CIAP Window, clients need not travel to Manila to secure a license or registration necessary in the construction business, thus, saving time and reducing the cost of doing business.” stresses DTI.

The CIAP Window makes available the major services of CIAP particularly the prescreening and evaluation of application for contractor’s license, and the new and renewal registration applications as well as Authority to Bid for overseas contractors.  It also accepts construction contract claims/ disputes for arbitration or mediation and provides coordination support during hearings, and orientation on mediation for small claims.  Moreover, it offers Contractors Performance Evaluation System to help ensure efficiency, quality and safety in government construction projects.

The CIAP window enables practitioners/ contractors of the construction industry in Central Visayas to easily avail of CIAP services.  This program eliminates fixers, reduces red tape and lets them save considerable expenses and trouble of traveling to Metro Manila.

CIAP is an attached agency of DTI that acts as the central policy-making and coordinative body for the over-all planning and development of the construction industry. It has four (4) implementing arms namely the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB), which issues contractor’s license; the Philippine Overseas Construction Board (POCB), which develops, promotes and regulates activities of the construction industry overseas; the Philippine Domestic Construction Board (PDCB), which formulates and implements policies and programs for efficient contract implementation of domestic infrastructure projects;  and the Construction Industry Arbitration Commission (CIAC), which is a quasi-judicial body tasked to ensure speedy and equitable resolution of construction disputes.




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