The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) through the Unified Project Management Office-Bridge Management Cluster inspected two ongoing drilling of boreholes for the geotechnical investigation in Davao City onshore for the civil works construction of long-awaited Samal Island–Davao City Connector (SIDC) Project.
The drilling activities were under the supervision of Project Manager Joweto V. Tulaylay and Project Engineer John Christian T. Gaden.
The geotechnical investigation plan prepared by design and build contractor China Road and Bridge Corporation will have a total of 97 boreholes- 63 for Davao City onshore, 18 offshore, and 16 for Samal onshore.
According to the statement, the DPWH is undertaking the conduct of land survey and geotechnical investigation using boring machine with the government finally proceeding with the detailed engineering design activities.
“Ang concern nato is sa Samal. So far diri sa Davao very minimal lang man ang problems sa Right of Way ang dako na challenge is the Samal side. In fact, makita man sa area sa Lanang nagsugod na ang soil exploration or kaning ginatawag na geotechnical investigation. Ang results ato will be the basis for the design of the structure. Sa karon pipila pa lang ka bore holes ang atoang nabuhat. We have identified sites kung asa ta magkuha ug samples sa yuta,” said Dean Ortiz, spokesperson of DPWH 11.
Last month, a geotechnical team from China started conducting a geotechnical investigation (soil sampling) for the project along Daang Maharlika Highway (Lanang), Davao City.
This is in preparation for the actual construction of the bridge project.
A notice to proceed was also issued last month to China Road and Bridge Corp. (CRBC), which was selected as the contractor for the project.
