Pampanga rivers flooded with funds; Top 10 contractors get P6.02-B

 

MAJOR RIVER channels in Pampanga are as much inundated with floodwaters at every downpour as with government funds in the never-ending engineering interventions for the protection of their slopes and embankments.

So, shows a cursory look at the list of flood control projects in the sumbongsapangulo.ph website. At that, focusing only on the Top 10 contractors who got most of the projects reported to have been completed from 2022 to 2024.  

      Upstream Abacan River 

Abacan River – P666.946-M

At the Angeles City side alone, three construction companies reportedly completed mainly slope protection projects, to wit:

1)     Three-In-One Construction with four projects amounting to P178.621 million;

2)     Tonka Construction with two projects at P91.992 million; and

3)     Radians Builders & Supply Corp., also with two projects at P29.643 million.

The three companies getting a total funding of P300.256 million. 

                            Damaged diking downstream Abacan River in 2024

Downstream Abacan River in Mexico was A. D. Gonzales Trading Co. Inc. with two diking and slope protection projects, one at P270.194 million and a “Phase 1” with P96.496 million. For a total amount of P366.690 million.

 

Pampanga 1st District Rep. Pogi Lazatin and Mabalacat Mayor Geld Aquino check damage to Sapang Balen slope protection last August.

Sapang Balen - P676.036-M

Slope protection works at the creek that meanders through the cities of Angeles and Mabalacat to Magalang town were also awarded to three companies, to wit:

1)     Three-In-One Construction with the sole project in Angeles City costing P48.992 million; two in Mabalacat City at P145.411 million; and four in Magalang at P325.177 million – for a total of P519.580 million;

2)     MCJ-Valenzuela Construction Enterprises with one project in Mabalacat City at P48.993 million and three projects in Magalang at P58.492 million – for a total of P107.485 million; and

3)     Tonka Construction with one project in Magalang at P48.971 million.

In terms of sites, Angeles City had the least funding at P48.992 million while Magalang had the biggest at P432.640 million. Mabalacat City got P194.404 million.

 Magalang Mayor Malu Lacson inspects damaged slope protection of Quitangil Creek on Sept. 1. 

Quitangil Creek - P492.852-M

Another waterway shared by Mabalacat City and Magalang with the engineering interventions undertaken by three by-now-familiar contractors, to wit:

1)     Three-In-One Construction with two projects in Magalang at P119.932 million and one in Mabalacat City at P96.464 million for a total of P216.396 million. 

2)     MCJ-Valenzuela Construction Enterprises with one project in Magalang at P19.762 million and five in Mabalacat City at P108.145 million for a total of P228.077 million; and

3)     Radians Builders & Supply Corp. with one project in Magalang at P48.379 million.

Prominently figured in all three major undertakings, Three-In-One Construction got the biggest share at P914.597 million.

                               Betis River 

Guagua River – P554.805-M

Along with its tributaries of Sapang Maragul, Betis River, and Upper Dalan Bapor, Guagua River rehabilitation works comprised of five projects uniformly costing P96.49 million and one at P72.358 million, all undertaken by Ferdstar Builders Contractors.      

Guagua-Pasak River – P338.331-M

The separate entry of Guagua-Pasak still showed Ferdstar Builders with a P96.489 million project it undertook with Cedar Construction.

Also undertaking one project each were 11-16 Construction at a cost of P48.842 million, and Northern Builders with P193 million.  

 

                         Gumain River 

Gumain River – P127.668-M

Tonka Construction undertook projects totaling to P127.668 million all sited in Cabangcalan, Floridablanca.

 

                        Caulaman River

Caulaman River – P94.032-M

Still in Floridablanca. In Barangay Sto. Rosario, Radians Builders & Supply Company reportedly completed a slope protection project in three phases at P28.704 million, P28.704 million, and P36.624 million.

                    Porac River 

Porac River – P290.094-M

Sto. Cristo Construction & Trading had here what could be its minutest project in terms of cost at P48.844 million.

Northern Builders got the single biggest block of P241.250 million.

                         Manuali section of Pasig-Potrero

Pasig-Potrero River – P241.243-M

Ferdstar Builders with one project costing P144.750 million.

A smaller P96.493 million awarded to 11-16 Construction. 

Maasim River - P341.679-M

Sto. Cristo Construction monopolized the projects at this river in Candaba, to wit:

1)     damaged dike rehab Vizal San Pablo Phase 1, P68.321 million;

2)     damaged dike rehab Vizal San Pablo Phase 2, P68.394 million;

3)     slope protection Phase 2 Pulong Gubat, P68.321 million;  

4)     slope protection Phase 1 Bahay Pare, P68.321 million; and

5)     slope protection Phase 2 Bahay Pare, P68.321 million.

Total cost: P341.679 million

                   San Miguel Corp. doing dredging works on Pampanga River

Pampanga River – P1.044-B

Focused on the recurrent saga of failure that is the Candating, Arayat flood control project by Eddmari Construction at a cost of P274.596 million in one year alone (Oct 2023-Nov. 2024), the other flood control interventions along the stretch of the Pampanga River and its tributaries make a staggering discovery as well. 

Other Pampanga River-related projects of Eddmari Construction included:

1)     slope protection in Cupang and Guemasan, Arayat costing P91.578 million;

2)     revetment wall in Capalangan, Apalit at P74.883 million;

3)     eroded riverbank in San Luis at P83.810 million; and

4)     slope protection of Dalaquitan Bridge in Sto, Tomas, at P91.674 million.

A grand total of P616.541 in projects went to Eddmari Construction.

Not totally left out is Sto. Cristo Construction with a riverbank revetment project in San Mateo, Arayat at a cost of P91.095 million; and slope protection along Sapang Are in Apalit at P74.883 million. For a total of P165.978 million.

Also, in the Pampanga River projects board was 11-16 Construction with a slope protection in San Luis at P93.604 million; road dike in Sucad, Apalit with similar P93.604 million costing; and rehab of eroded bank in Cansinala, Apalit at P74.883 million. Total: P262.091 million.

Malasik River - P1.157-B

Grand as the cost of flood control project befitting the Rio Grande de Pampanga, no other such engineering intervention in recent memory could, arguably, compare in scope to that at the Malasik River in Candaba town: four major sections at P144.750 million each (Total: P579 million); five other sections and six phases at P578 million.

All these, by a single contractor -- Sto. Cristo Construction & Trading, meriting Top 1 among flood control project constructors in Pampanga in the sumbongsapangulo list.