Holcim Philippines continues to support Davao Construction Sector by recently sealing agreements to support government program for skills training as part of its commitment to support the city’s progress and supply the cement requirements of a leading construction group.
400,000 metric tons of cement will be provided by the company to the Davao Constructors Association Center, Inc. (DCACI), one of the lead building groups in southern Mindanao with 179 members. Holcim Philippines Inc. and DCACI signed the partnership on April 24. Their previous supply engagement in 2018 was 320,000 tons of cement.
“The continued partnership of Holcim and DCACI is like Solido, which gets stronger over time. SolidoItis a great innovation because of its environmental and cost advantage over portland cement which helpsus take care of nature while having savings” – Antonio Y. Uy DCACI President
Mr. Uy thanked Holcim Philippines for the partnership and lauded the company for introducing its new high-performance blended cement Solido as a better alternative to ordinary portland cement for infrastructure projects.
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Technical Education and Skill Development Authority (TESDA) also signed a partnership with Holcim Philippines, last April 23, for training on forklift operations, masonry, carpentry, welding and plumbing for the community members of its Davao plant.
“The recent partnerships are timely and relevantespecially as the city’s construction industry is expected to sustain its healthy rise over the medium term” – Xavier Kennedy Holcim Davao Plant Manager
“The partnership is truly helpful to people. This was made possible in order to enhance and upgrade theskills and living standards of beneficiaries from the identified neighboring barangays. This will alsoincrease their employability while strongly supporting the government’s ‘Build, Build, Build’ program” – Ernesto Nadera acting chief of the Korea-Philippines Vocational Training Center of TESDA