Building expo supports Baguio professionals
A building and construction exhibit kicked off last week to link suppliers to its consumers and at the same time provide free education units for Professionals here. Baguio City Councilor Leandro Yangot, Benguet District Engineer Romelda Bangasan and Architect May Rose Carreon on Thursday, cut theribbon to formally open the fifth edition of the Northern Building Exposition or the NorthBuildEx 5 at the Baguio Convention Center.
Carreon, organizer of the event, said this is the only buildingand construction expo north of Manila which links suppliers reach awider market for their goods and services and give a good deal toconsumers for building materials.
She said that in the previous expositions, they selected beneficiaries to be given support . This year the expo focuses on helping their fellow engineers and architects get the necessary units for their renewal of licenses.
The Professional Regulatory Commission mandates that professionals continue to enhance their knowledge of their profession thru Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Program under Republic Act 10912.
Carreon explained that with this new requirement by the PRC, architects and engineers are required to earn 15 CDP credits units per year as condition for the renewal of their license.
NorthBuildEx, she reported, has already processed its accreditation with the PRC as CPD provider north of Manila.
Carreon said that the 3-day expo would give at least 16 CPD units and at least four units are provided for free.
Speakers and topics include Eco-Business Singapore Correspondent Ma. Felina Manongdo on Green is Gold – The Next Big Opportunities in Southeast Asia’s Green Building industry, Stephanie Christiansen of the NEDA-CAR on Fulfilling the Need for Location Decisions, Frank Lloyd Gonzaga
on Making Home Ownership Affordable,
Kit Buenaventura on Harnessing Ocean Power, Daniel Peckley Jr. on
Sustainable Energy from Hydro Electric Power, Anthony Gragasin on
Construction Project Management, Aris Go on Digital Fabrication, Edgar
Guevara on Climate Change Solution and May Rose Carreon on Logbook Filing Seminar. Bangasan, in her message, supported the activity spearheaded by the private sector.
“We, at the DPWH, not only aim to provideinfrastructures and buildings to the public but we want to make sureto take care of the well-being and professional development of our professionals through this expo,” she said. Yangot also commended the organizers of the expo for continuouslybringing the exhibitors from Manila to the city of Baguio giving opportunity for the local industries including households to look into innovations in the construction industry.
He also thanked the organizers for helping the professionals in the city earn their CPD units which is a very big support for local engineers, architects and urban planners. (PIA-CAR)