A committee in the House of Representatives has approved the substitute bill to the proposal that seeks to establish a Philippine Building Act, which would ensure the safety of structures across the country. | GabrielLaluINQ
“The bill will provide for the minimum standards for the regulation of location, planning, design, construction, occupancy, maintenance, and demolition of buildings, the establishment of a permitting process based on their classifications, and the setting of reference standards,” committee chair and Surigao del Sur Rep. Romeo Momo Sr., author of HB No. 3442, said in the bill’s explanatory note.
Momo, who also presided over the hearing, said that the bills pushing for the PBA and the NIP are “landmark legislation”.Momo said that the bill should be deliberated now, saying that the current National Building Code is already old and enacted in the 1970s. Bulacan 6th District Rep. Salvador Pleyto also appealed that the bill be approved. The substitute bill aims to provide the much-needed roadmap for safe, efficient, and environment-friendly infrastructure planning.
“This bill has been aligned to the policies and programs of the new Philippine development plan for 2023 up to 2028 as approved by NEDA [National Economic and Development Authority] and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. himself,” he said. “It also provides the long-term framework that will seamlessly interconnect our medium and annual infrastructure programs and therefore provide for continuity in its infrastructure development across different administrations,” he added.This is not the first time that a review or a revision of the old building code was suggested: as early as 2013, renowned architect Felino Palafox Jr.
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