Ulticon and the Davao City Bypass Construction Project

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Ulticon and the Davao City Bypass Construction
Project
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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 UBIs 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.
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Under Dutertes 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 US15 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.
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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.
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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 22 lane road with 6.7m wide each
constructed by cutting and filling.
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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 countrys 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.
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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.