POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

College of Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering

CIEN 400312
On-The-Job Training

Faculty Mark Assignment

No. 9

Members
ALBUNA, VINCENT M.
MORENO, CARLOS JAMES P.
PANER, YVON ANDREA R.

NAME OF FACULTY
ENGR. ARLHETH DELOS ANGELES

DATE SUBMITTED
SEPTEMBER 6, 2021
1. Name an organization which has recently been in the news. Study their website and the news
articles in the various media. Answer the following questions:

EEI Corporation (EEI) was founded by Rey Parker on April 17, 1931 as machinery and
mills supply house for the mining industry. The Company eventually expanded into
construction services, supply of manpower in the Philippines and overseas, and
distribution of a range of industrial machinery and systems. EEI Company owned by
Roberto Jose L. Castillo is a member of the Yuchengco Group of Companies, a
conglomerate with interests in banking, education, financial services, property
development and renewable energy.

EEI Corporation is recognized as one of the leading construction companies in the

Philippines, known for the quality of its work and the excellence of its workforce. It has
the broadest range of construction and engineering services, with expertise in the
construction of large-scale heavy and light industrial projects, infrastructure, and property
development projects all over the world.
Over the years, EEI has built several power plants, refineries, petrochemical plants,
cement plants, mining facilities, industrial plants, buildings, schools, hospitals, roads,
bridges, seaports, airports, railways, water distribution stations, flood control systems,
steel structures and modular assemblies.

EEI is quadruple-A rated as a General Engineering Contractor. This is the highest rating
for contractors issued by the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB) under
the Department of Trade and Industry. The Company also holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001,
and OHSAS 18001 certifications for quality, environment management, and occupational
health and safety standards. As such, it is a preferred contractor of global Engineering,
Procurement and Construction Companies.

a.) What challenges is this organization facing?

The main challenge that EEI Corporation faced is about the issue of the Metro
Manila Skyway Stage 3 project. The incident led to 1 dead and 4 injured people.
Therefore, the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) National Capital
Region (NCR) office issued a work stoppage order against EEI Corporation and
ordered them together with the subcontractors of the Skyway extension project to
pay the administrative fines ranging from PHP80,000 up to PHP170,000 for each
day of non-compliance with occupational safety and health standards.

b.) Which projects could you define for these?

 EEI Corporation is one of the contractors of the Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3
project. On November 20, 2021, a steel girder fell on 6 vehicles along the East
Service Road in Barangay Cupang, Muntinlupa. Project contractor EEI
Corporation said that a crane was being positioned when it tilted and fell on the
steel girder that spanned the two posts of the northbound Skyway extension
project.

c.) What results should they produce, and what are the related benefits?

San Miguel Corporation, the concession holder of the Skyway Extension project,
has issued an apology to the victims of the accident at the project site. Alongside
the apology, is the company’s assurance to the victims that their needs and
essentials will be taken care of. In a statement released to the media, SMC
president and chief operating officer Ramon S. Ang said that although EEI
Corporation was the one handling the construction of the project, the SMC, as
project proponent, is taking the responsibility to take care of the victims. The
SMC chief also vowed that the incident will be investigated thoroughly, and that
company and its contractor EEI will make sure even stricter measures are in place
at the project site. Therefore, the two firms should be more careful and lay out the
safety protocols that will be implemented to prevent similar accidents from
happening during the construction of the Skyway extension project.

2. Your team is planning to start a Construction and A/E Consulting Company in the Philippines
after graduation. Align with IPMA ICB 4.0 Perspective Competence Element No.2, your team is
tasked to list down and briefly describe the government regulations to be complied and industry
standards to be used for successful Construction and A/E Consulting Service Company.

Compliance, standards and regulations

Definition
The compliance, standard and regulations competence element describes how the individual
interprets and balances the external and internal restrictions in a given area such as country,
company, or industry. Compliance is the process of ensuring adequate adherence to a given set of
norms. Compliance requirements operate on a spectrum from voluntary and informal to
mandatory and formal. Standards and regulations influence and define the way projects should
be organized and managed to be feasible and successful. Standards and regulations address
compliance with requirements that include legislation and regulations, contracts and agreements,
intellectual property and patents, health, safety, security and environmental protection and
professional standards.
Purpose
The purpose of this competence element is to enable the individual to influence and manage the
alignment of the relevant standards and regulations within the permanent organization; the
relevant sources of legislation and the standards and norms of both the organization and the
wider society and to improve the organization's approach to these areas.

Description
Projects face different restrictions and requirements for developing a product or service
alongside the effect of the productions and project management processes. These restrictions
correspond to the geographical, social and professional specifics of the project and its external
environment in the form of laws, standards and regulations. Before starting a project, the
individual needs to analyze the scope and configuration of the project and seek out the relevant
standards and regulations that will have a direct or indirect influence on it. The relevant
standards and regulations should be considered as potential risks and opportunities that need
management attention. Compliance with relevant standards and regulations may affect the
organizational structures, processes and culture. In the domain of project management, the
individual may be called upon to understand and integrate relevant standards and regulations
within their project.This competence element includes benchmarking and improving the
organizational project management competences. Developing project management competence is
a constant process, a part of an organization's continuous improvement strategy and the duty of
every individual. It involves learning and improving strategies for influencing the project
management culture in organizations. The individual should use this competence to demonstrate
how all parts and layers of the management system might be improved. By increasing the
project, program or portfolio management competence, the organization increases its ability to
choose and perform successful project, program, and portfolios and thus achieve the
sustainability of the organization.

Knowledge
● Law regulation systems involved
● Autonomous professional regulation
● Professional standards and norms, e.g., IPMA standards
● ISO standards (e.g., ISO21500 guidance on project management or other standards of
ISO/TC258)
● Sustainability principles
● Benchmarking theory
● Benchmarking tools and methods
● Knowledge management
● Codes of ethics
 ● Codes of business conduct
● Differences between law theories

Skills and abilities

● Critical thinking
● Benchmarking
● Adopting standards to specific organizations
● Communicating standards and regulations
● Leading by examples

Related competence elements

● All other perspective CEs
● People 5: Leadership
● People 9: Negotiation
● Practice 1: Design
● Practice 2: Requirements and objectives
● Practice 5: Organization and information
● Practice 6: Quality
● Practice 11: Risk and opportunity

Key Competence Indicators

Identify and ensure that the project complies with all relevant legislation
Description
The individual knows the legal policies of an organisation and is able to implement them in a
project. Furthermore, the individual knows which parts of law regulations (e.g. civil, criminal,
labour, intellectual property, etc.) and common good practices are relevant to the project. The
individual has to ensure that the project operates within the law and should be able to recognize
or find out which activities have special legal requirements and what law principles apply to it.
The individual is able to recognize the unknown legal issues that need to be considered and
therefore knows the formal procedure for obtaining specialist advice and how to identify and
provide the relevant project information. The individual also knows which requirements of the
regulatory agencies concerned with the project scope are relevant to the project, how these
requirements can be satisfied and which inspection procedure should be applied.
● Acknowledges the legal context and its application
● Filters out and uses the relevant regulation
● Identifies risks in the regulations in relation to the project and consults the experts
● Acknowledges and manages the regulatory agencies as stakeholders
● Aligns procurement routes with the regulations
Identify and ensure that the project complies with all relevant health, safety, security and
environmental regulations (HSSE)
Description
The individual knows which of the health, safety, security and environmental (HSSE) regulations
are relevant to the project. Further, the individual is able to recognise any potential HSSE issue
that needs special attention. The individual is able to determine how project activities or project
products can affect the project team members and those who will use the product and the
environment and then applies HSSE protective measures when necessary. The individual
balances economic, social and environmental aspects of the project to meet the requirements for
sustainable development to make the project results sustainable.
● Identifies the relevant HSSE regulations for the project
● Defines the HSSE context for the project
● Identifies risks arising from implementing HSSE measures to the project
● Provides a safe, secure and healthy environment for the project team members
● Applies HSSE for project sustainability

Identify and ensure that the project complies with all relevant codes of conduct and
professional regulation
Description
The individual should be able to identify relevant professional regulations for the context in
which the project operates. Each context usually has specific codes of conduct (ethical norms
written down in formal documents) and trading customs which sometimes are prescribed by law.
Moreover, they are often directly tied with procurement procedures and if not understood could
be a high risk for a project.
● Knows the appropriate codes of business conduct
● Knows the appropriate professional regulation for the particular industry sector (public
administration, civil engineering, information technology, telecommunication, etc.)
● Identifies ethics principles
● Identifies and uses the tacit trading laws not set by the code
● Aligns procurement practices with the code by the project team members

Identify and ensure that the project complies with relevant sustainability principles and
objectives
Description
The individual is able to assess the impact of the project on the environment and society.
Realising his or her, the individual, recommends and applies measures to limit or compensate for
negative consequences. The individual follows (or even exceeds) guidelines and rules on
sustainable development coming from within the organisation and from the wider and is evil to
realise a workable balance between the demands of society, impacts to the eco environment and
economy. The individual understands that sustainability aspects, measures and attitudes often
vary in different countries and cultures.
● Identifies the social and environmental consequences of the project
● Defines and communicates the sustainability targets for the project and its outcomes
● Aligns objectives with organisational strategy for sustainability
● Balances the demands of society, the environment and the economy (people, planet,
profit) with project processes and products
● Encourages the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies

Assess, use and develop professional standards and tools for the project
Description
The individual is able to comply with and utilise top professional standards. Those good
practises in project management come from a combination of the world leading standards and
personally develop tools and methods. The individual takes them into account while selecting
appropriate tools, methods and concepts (e.g. project lifecycle, stakeholder management, risk
management, etc.). Therefore, an individual always tries to find the best recipe for managing the
project by utilising top professional standards and adding and developing further improvements.
● Identifies and uses the relevant professional standards
● Identifies the specifics of a standard and manages the risks arising from applying a
standard to a project
● Identifies and uses the best practices for managing a project
● Develops and implements custom made standards for managing project team members

Assess, benchmark and improve the organisational project management competence

Description
The benchmarking project management competence is a process of continuous improvement by
comparing the organisation's project management processes with those which are identified as
good practise. The individual strives to develop project management competence. The good
practises can often be identified as those that apply in world class organisations. Usually these
organisations are promoted as stop project management performers and have one internationally
recognised project management award. The purpose of the benchmarking processes is to gain
superiority in project management by acquiring the know-how of a superior organization.
Organisational benchmarks often follow a staged maturity or competence model of organisations
defining what structures, processes, methods and individual skills an organisation has to fulfil in
order to reach a certain maturity level or class of competence. Benchmarking can be conducted
on an internal basis (against different projects within the organisation), a competitive basis
(against an organisation which is a direct competitor often hard to tackle ) a functional or generic
basis ( against an organization not competing in the same market or within the same industry ).
Individuals always try to improve their project management in a way that contributes to the
organization's strategic goals. Furthermore, the individual is able to identify the governing
processes and structures (e.g. a project management office) relevant to the project management
processes and is able and willing to do or suggest improvements on an organisational. Finally,
improvements made are disseminated throughout the organisation.

Identifies and assesses the relevant deficient areas of organisational competence in project
management
● Identifies and sets relevant benchmarks for the deficient areas
● Identifies the benchmarking baseline and best practise
● Benchmarks current performance against the best practise
● Identifies measures for the needed improvements
● Implements the identified measures and assesses the benefits gained
● Disseminates acquired know-how throughout the project organisation