ANGELES CITY -- Applications for Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB) licenses processed by the regional office of the Department of Trade and Industry have increased in 2015.
The Department of Trade and Industry Region (DTI) in Central Luzon has processed a total of 331 applications for PCAB license in 2015. The figure is a marked increase from the total of 303 applications processed in 2014. From the total number of licenses processed in 2015, 230 are regular license applications, 94 are application for registration and classification for government projects, six are special licenses and one applied for change of business name.
For 2015, majority or 251 of the 331 PCAB license applications processed by the DTI-3 PCAB window were renewal of licenses.
The PCAB license processing window at the DTI-3 Regional Office was opened for contractors only in November 2013, to facilitate the application for PCAB registration and related transactions but in two years’ time it has provided wider reach to contractors in the region. Many of the contractors no longer need to go to Metro Manila to renew their licenses, which adds to their convenience and lesser cost of doing business.
PCAB licenses are issued by the Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines (CIAP), an agency attached to the DTI. CIAP was created by Presidential Decree 1746 in 1980 and aims to accelerate and regulate the growth of the construction industry in conformity with national goals. (Warren Serrano/DTI-3)