Pagkumpleto sa gusali, aabot na sa P33B; konstruksyon, posibleng abutin ng 2027

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Umakyat pa sa P33B ang tinatayang halaga ng ipinapatayong bagong senate building na posibleng abutin pa ng taong 2027. 'Di 'yan katanggap-tanggap para sa isang senador na bubuo ng bagong komite para tutukan ang proyekto.

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00:00The estimated value of the newly built Senate building, which is possible to reach by 2027, has increased to P33 billion pesos.

00:12It is not acceptable for a senator to form a new committee to focus on the project.

00:19And Mav Gonzalez was right.

00:22The estimated value of the newly built Senate building, which is possible to reach by 2027, has increased to P27 billion pesos.

00:35Now, in the new account of the Department of Public Works and Highways, the estimated value has increased to P31 billion pesos.

00:42That is half of what the DPWH, to Senate Accounts Committee Chairman Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, is reviewing the project.

00:50The changes in the plans, and then the inflation over the last few years.

00:57The system that they did in the designs, if they consulted everyone before they came first with the first DAED, you would not need a revised DAED.

01:06And you don't have to pay, even for the...

01:09So like right now, every time we tell them stop because there's new plans, the contractor is allowed to charge.

01:15You're not allowed to charge the contractor if the DAED is not yet approved.

01:21The DAED he is referring to is the Detailed Architectural and Engineering Design, which was changed because the senators did not consult beforehand.

01:29And if you include the cost of the land and furniture, as well as commissioning and testing fees, the total project cost is already over P33 billion pesos.

01:37That is why Senator Cayetano sometimes called it the most expensive building in the country today.

01:43Based on the valuation of GMA Integrated News Research, P33 billion pesos can build more than 13,000 classrooms, or 8% of the country's 160,000 classroom shortage.

01:56It's only now that we have a timeline and overall project cost.

02:01But the timeline of three to four years is not acceptable, and the P31.6B building cost or P33 billion project cost is also not acceptable to the Senate President and me.

02:17In the original plan, the new Senate building should be completed by January 2021.

02:22But now, the DPWH is looking at the first quarter of 2027.

02:29Cayetano said that this is not acceptable to the Senate President, Chief Escudero, because it is too long.

02:35We're going to put up a new Senate Coordinating Committee because there are too many red tapes, too many people, too many levels.

02:45But we're asking the DPWH to mirror what we're going to do.

02:50Because it's going to go around them.

02:56Cayetano said that the cost of the new Senate building will not increase and the construction will continue.

03:01Whatever was procured before, it will continue.

03:04And the pending change orders, all of that will continue.

03:10So there are day-to-day small decisions, we also have a team.

03:15If there are major decisions, they bring it up to me, I bring it up to the Senate President.

03:20Cayetano did not comment on the question if there was an anomaly in the past transactions of the Senate because their focus now is to lower costs.

03:29There is also a presumption of regularity.

03:31We are still trying to get the DPWH's statement.

03:35For JMA Integrated News, Mav Gonzales for 24 Hours.

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Pagkumpleto sa gusali, aabot na sa P33B; konstruksyon, posibleng abutin ng 2027 | 24 Oras

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