THE Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (Pice) Pampanga Chapter has finally laid the foundations for its most awaited office building that will formally usher in a new age of programs and developments led by its president Tiburcio Canlas and his strong band of civil engineers.

A laudable effort indeed as Pice-Pampanga has been able to but its own lot and is now gathering all resources to bring forth the realization of a two-storey building inside bucolic Saint Dominic Corinthian Subdivision in downtown San Fernando.

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Joining the sweltering event was City Mayor Oscar Rodriguez who had been impressed by the constant community, though silently accomplished, by Pice Pampanga.

“We encourage groups like Pice-Pampanga to help and join hands with the city government answering community concerns through united efforts,” Rodriguez said, adding that Pice-Pampanga has also the responsibility to preserve engineering integrity in both government and private practice.

Also attending the event was Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) assistant regional director Domingo Mariano, who have pledged his outmost support for Pice-Pampanga.

According to Pice-Pampanga president Tiburcio Canlas, the new building will be the center from which Pice-Pampanga would be accomplishing much of its advocacies.

Pice is actually the culmination and fulfillment of a vision to merge two separate organizations of civil engineers in the country, the Philippine Society of Civil Engineers (PSCE) and the Philippine Association of Civil Engineers (PACE). It maintains various chapters in the Philippines, one of the most active of which is Pice-Pampanga.

Pice-Pampanga concerns itself with the advancement of the knowledge and practice of civil engineering, the fostering and improvement of civil engineering education, the stimulation of research in civil engineering, the professional improvement of its members, the maintenance of high ethical standards in the practice of civil engineering, the promotion of good public and private clientele relationships, the development of fellowship among civil engineers, and the encouragement of professional relations with other allied technical and scientific organizations.

“We hope to become stronger and be visible in many activities of here for the community,” Pice-Pampanga president Canlas added.

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