MANILA, Philippines - The Bases
Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has awarded the contract to come up
with a master plan for the development of 36,000 hectares of the Clark Special
Economic Zone (CSEZ) to PROS Architects and Engineers Co. and Woodfields
Consultants Inc (PROS and Woodfields).
Arnel Paciano Casanova, president and
chief executive officer of the BCDA, said in a statement yesterday the Notice
of Award was given to PROS and Woodfields last Friday (Aug. 10).
“This is the first stage in creating
the country’s most modern city,” he said.
The consulting services for the
creation of a master plan for the CSEZ has an approved budget contract of P26
million.
The services of a consultant is needed
by the BCDA to prepare a new master development plan that is marketable,
effective, viable and in harmony with current and planned developments for the
CSEZ.
Casanova said earlier the new master
plan for the CSEZ is seen to promote development in Central Luzon.
The master plan is likewise seen to
help promote Clark as the investment destination in Southeast Asia.
BCDA chairman Felicito C. Payumo said
the new city to be built in Clark would support the economy by attracting more
investments and creating new jobs.
Apart from the promotion of Clark as
an investment destination, the master plan would also develop a plan for the
adoption of a green building system that would encourage certain practices and
techniques from architectural design to the construction of the buildings as
well as the use of renewable energy in all buildings and facilities.
The master plan would likewise involve
the development plan for a clean and affordable transportation system;
production of organic food; provision of a state-of-the-art information
infrastructure for communication network system; provision of a district to
accommodate facilities for the development of cutting-edge technology which
should house laboratories for computer innovations; and protection of natural
habitats.
The BCDA said the master plan is seen
to be completed over a six-month period.
“Clark will be a beautiful, highly
integrated, high-tech, green community where Bonifacio Global City meets
Silicon Valley amidst a lush greenery,” Casanova said.
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