DPWH accreditation exam for materials engineers set for March 14

This is an official press release from DPWH.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will conduct accreditation examination of Contractors’ and Consultants’ Materials Engineers on March 14, 2015.

DPWH Secretary Rogelio L. Singson said that accreditation examination is to strengthen Quality Assurance Program of the Department and to ensure that only qualified and accredited Materials Engineers can be assigned by Contractors and Consultants to DPWH projects.

All registered and licensed civil engineers, including foreigners, may apply for accreditation.

Applicants have to file their applications in any DPWH Regional Offices for initial processing. The evaluated applications received, stamped and sealed by authorized DPWH Quality Assurance and Hydrology Division personnel in any Region have to be submitted to Bureau of Research and Standards (BRS) Director Judy F. Sese not later than February 13, 2015 or one month before the scheduled examination.

In 2014, 1,897 engineers took the two batches of accreditation examination conducted on March and September.  Only 191 were accredited as Materials Engineer I while 9 were accredited as Materials Engineer II.

An accredited Materials Engineers I may be assigned to one DPWH projects not more than P100 Million or 3 projects located within the same province with an aggregate cost of not more than P20 Million.  Materials Engineers II can handle one project with no cost limit or two projects located within the same province with an aggregate cost of not more than P100 Million. – Rappler.com

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