DMCI Homes reaffirmed its commitment to help promote research-driven solutions in the construction industry by recently donating a 2000 kN Universal Testing Machine to the Construction Materials and Structures Laboratory (CoMSLab) of the University of the Philippines-Institute of Civil Engineering (UP ICE).
The turnover of the equipment, along with laptop computers and laboratory furniture, was attended by Engr. Alfonso Aliga Jr., Executive Director of UP Engineering Research and Development Foundation, Inc (UPERDFI); Dr. Nathaniel Diola, UP-ICE Deputy Director for Planning Development and Finance; Dr. Jose Regin Regidor, UP ICE director; and Dr. Maria Antonia Tanchuling, Dean and former UP-ICE director, who represented the UP-Diliman College of Engineering. “Research is very important for innovations, and in companies like DMCI Homes, we always do a lot of innovations for us to be of service to the community around us and to be able to create value for our customers,” said DMCI Homes President Alfredo Austria.
He added that stressed that the donated equipment represents DMCI Homes’ concern for quality. “As our Chairman Sid Consunji said, ‘what is not measured is not managed.’ We should have the right tools and equipment to enable us to deliver good quality,” he explained.