Philippines Alternate Govt Tender

A three-storey multi-purpose building designed to be an alternate Government Command and Control Center GCCC of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council NDRRMC is soon to rise in Northern Mindanao.The GCCC will have a state-of-the-art operational center communication virtual room conference room breakout rooms and office facilities and equipment.The project is funded by the Department of Public Works and Highways DPWH under its FY 2019 General Appropriations Act with an allocation of P77 million. Director Rosauro Arnel Gonzalez Jr. of the Office of Civil Defense OCD-10 said the project signals a new era in disaster risk and management.The GCCC will become a major link between the official response cluster incident management team and all those involved in the disaster response during disaster management operations. Gonzalez said the Regional DRRMC is happy that the national government has decided to establish a facility of such capability in the city saying that it will beef up the efforts of the RDRRMC.Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana and OCD Administrator Ricardo Jalad led the groundbreaking rites and laying of time capsule of the GCCC project on July 4 at Lumbia Airport compound.