PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

The SM MOA BLOCK 4 (IKEA) project was one of the largest retail developments in the country, covering an extensive floor area and targeting an ambitious 25-month construction schedule. To achieve this, DMCI mobilized more than 1,200 workers and resources to maintain progress and meet project milestones.

Despite the unprecedented challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, the project team successfully adapted to changing health protocols, manpower restrictions, and supply chain disruptions. Through resilience, effective coordination, and strong commitment from all stakeholders, the project was successfully completed and eventually opened as the world's largest IKEA store in November 2021.

KEY FEATURES

1. Approximately 149,000 m² in total floor area to house the world's largest IKEA store with approximately 65,000 m² and 84,000 m² for offices and parking

2. Nine-story facility combining retail, warehousing, logistics operations, offices and parking

3. Long-span structural system using post-tension to create large open retail spaces

4. High-ceiling warehouse with heavy-duty floor loading capacity

5. Integrated retail, warehouse, and logistics facilities

6. Large loading bays and service areas for deliveries and operations

7. Energy-efficient building systems

8. Advanced fire and safety systems

WHY DID THE CLIENT WANT THIS PROJECT?

The project extends the expressway to connect fully with the NLEX-SCTEX backbone, relieving severe congestion on MacArthur Highway. It speeds up agricultural deliveries to reduce losses and cost, stimulates business and trade expansion, and opening up new opportunities for local livelihood and investment to Northern Luzon.

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

Constructed 23 viaducts, 12 bridges, 63 underpasses, and 950-meter Agno River Viaduct (the longest bridge on the route).

KEY FEATURES

1. Total length of 89.21 km expressway with 2 lanes per direction

2. Time savings: From Manila to Baguio reduced by 4 hours

3. Designed for speeds of up to 100 km/hour with fully controlled access

4. Durable asphalt concrete

5. Safety features: wide emergency shoulders and layby

Construction of Section 1 of NLEX-SLEX Connector Road which is a  5 km, all elevated 4-lane expressway extending the North Luzon  Expressway (NLEX) Southward from the end of Segment 10 at C3 Road Caloocan City Traversing the PNR rail track.

Skyway Stage 3 is an extension of the existing Skyway Stage 2 from Buendia in Makati City. This extends the elevated highway to the North Luzon Expressway. DMCI serves as contractor to Sections 1 and 2 of the project, which is owned by Citra Metro Manila Expressway, which spans from Buendia in Makati to Beata in Pandacan, Manila.

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

DMCI constructed the 18-kilometer, four-lane Laguna Segment with several interchanges, from the existing Mamplasan Interchange of SLEX to the Silang East Interchange before Aguinaldo Highway, delivering it as the very first stretch of CALAX opened to motorists, on October 30, 2019, timed to ease Undas long-weekend traffic. The completed works quickly demonstrated their value, servicing roughly 10,000 vehicles daily. DMCI's engineering team navigated real terrain challenges, crossing several rivers, working around the Nuvali Boulevard right-of-way, and building above-grade sections with underpass bridges, MSE walls, and a viaduct, ensuring minimal disruption to nearby institutions like De La Salle University–Laguna and Laguna Technopark.

KEY FEATURES

DMCI's scope centered on the civil works that give the Laguna Segment its form and function: the four-lane, controlled-access roadway connecting SLEX, Laguna Technopark, Laguna Boulevard, Santa Rosa-Tagaytay Road, Silang East, and Silang (Aguinaldo) interchanges, built across a mix of at-grade sections, elevated viaducts, and MSE walls to suit the varied terrain between Biñan and Silang. DMCI also constructed the toll plazas along the segment and installed the necessary provisions for the tollway's state-of-the-art electronic systems, ensuring the roadway was fully ready for technology integration. This combination of structural and civil works reflects DMCI's dedication to deliver expressway infrastructure on schedule, built to perform reliably for decades to come.

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

• One of the largest lake-based water treatment facility in the Philippines
• Partnered with Acciona Agua, an engineering design firm from Spain
• Implemented in phases, allowing an initial 50MLD supply by December 2023 coinciding with its inauguration by President Bongbong Marcos (PBBM), with full 150MLD capacity completed by December 2024

KEY FEATURES

• Treatment capacity of 150 million liters per day, with phased commissioning
• Complete design and build scope for civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, process and control systems
• Advanced water treatment process, including algal management, to treat variable quality of lake water into potable
• Equipped with modern instrumentation and automation for operational reliability, redundancy of process equipment to ensure continuous operation, and environmental compliance in waste and sludge handling

• Design and Build Rehabilitation, Retrofitting and Process Improvement of Lamesa Water Treatment Plant 2
• Modification of the sludge extraction to accommodate 2000 NTU Raw Water Turbidity
• Modification of Sludge Lagoon 1
• Design, supply and installation of Sludge Pump Stations
• Replacement and upgrade existing pumps, mixers, electrical , mechanical including new PLC/SCADA system for control and monitoring of the entire plant
• Strengthen the existing Reinforced Concrete Structures to ensure resilience against 7.2 magnitude earthquake

• Site development works
• Detailed design of non-process related works
• Construction and installation of civil and building structures and facilities
• Supply and install of non-process electro-mechanical works
• Installation of process pipes and fittings
• Installation of process equipment including automation and instrumentations