The Davao City-based construction firm Ulticon Builders Incorporated, a Quadruple A licensed Contractor company in the Philippines, spearheaded by its Founder and President, Mr. Carlos “Charlie” Gonzalez, whose projects are managed by UBI’s Authorized Management Officer (AMO) Carlos Miguel Gonzalez of Davao, has decades of reputable experience as a contractor and is multi-awarded for its management and quality standards.
2. The Davao City-based construction firm Ulticon Builders Incorporated,
a Quadruple A licensed Contractor company in the Philippines,
spearheaded by its Founder and President, Mr. Carlos “Charlie”
Gonzalez, whose projects are managed by UBI’s Authorized
Management Officer (AMO) Carlos Miguel Gonzalez of Davao, has
decades of reputable experience as a contractor and is multi-awarded
for its management and quality standards. Today, Ulticon projects are
yet to embark on a new undertaking from the Build-Build-Build
program of the Duterte Administration and working together with other
known foreign construction companies with this project here in our
country.
3. Under Duterte’s ambitious Build-Build-Build project, it was
officially signed on November 19, 2020, a joint venture
project led by Shimizu Corporation, an architectural, civil
engineering, and general contracting firm that has annual
sales of around US$15 billion. For years it has been globally
recognized as one of the top five contractors in Japan and
included in the top twenty in the world. The contract
agreement for the Davao City Bypass Construction with the
Department of Public Works and Highways after a meticulous
negotiation commenced in March 2020.
4. The launch for the construction of the Davao City Bypass
Construction Project (DCBCP) was attended by DPWH
Acting Secretary Roger Mercado, Japanese Ambassador
to the Philippines Kazuhiko Koshikawa, DPWH
Undersecretary for Upmo Operations, and Chief
Implementer of Flagship Projects under Build, Build,
Build (BBB) Program Emil K. Sadain, and Japan
International Cooperation Agency (Jica) Chief
Representative Eigo Azukizawa.
5. The joint venture project is composed of three companies, which
are Shimizu Corporation, Takenaka Civil Engineering &
Construction Co, Ltd., and our very own Davao local Ulticon
Builders Incorporated. As the lead contractor awarded to Shimizu
Corporation, they will be accountable for the 10.7 km section,
which is aligned to the midway portion of the Davao City bypass.
This length of the bypass includes 2.3 km-long tunnels with a
height of 8 meters, a width of 10 meters, and an excavation
section about 80 square meters deep. On top of that, the bypass
project also consists of five bridges in different locations, totaling
900m in length; and a 7.9km long 2×2 lane road with 6.7m wide
each constructed by cutting and filling.
6. The construction period is roughly estimated to be about 37 months,
Ulticon will be responsible for the earthworks and bridge constructions,
while Shimizu and Takenaka will be in charge of the tunnel construction.
The Davao City Bypass Construction Project was designed to have a free
flow speed for vehicles; to enhance the management of transportation of
information from one place to another here in Mindanao which hugely
contributes to the country’s economic development; and to diminish
traffic congestion. As soon as the 30km long bypass connecting Sirawan
in southern Davao City through Indangan in central Davao City is
completed, the calculated travel time between the two regions will be
halved from one hour 45 minutes to 50 minutes.
7. DPWH Undersecretary for Upmo Operations and Chief
Implementer of Flagship Projects under Build, Build, Build
(BBB) Program Emil K. Sadain, said that “the tunnel project
will soon be the first-ever long-distance mountain tunnel in
the Philippines and was designed by Japanese experts to
have better seismic resilience.” Furthermore, according to
the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), the
contract package costing P13.23 billion has an estimated
completion date of January 2024.
