DMCI Magres CONDO DAVAO

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Pics taken fr 3 bldgs of MAGALLANES RESIDENCES condo, all RED TAGGED.
Repair and retrofit lang daw ito plus bonus na upgrade and SAFE na daw tirhan ulit.
Feeling yata ni DMCI Holdings parang Lego blocks lang, pwede tanggal, kabit ang tinayo nilang bldgs. Yung mga cracks, epoxy lang. Yung mga naghiwalay na structures, itulak lang ba? Talking of beams and columns here.

Free tour din po w guide pa if u want to see these amazing wonders of DMCI urself. Malay nyo lumabas si spiderman sa mga web cracks dyan. There is so much more to see. Pramis!

P.S. We dont care what they do to the bldgs. We dont have plans of going back with the extent of damages sustained. We just want to be given the fairest refund for our properties.

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Justice for Magres...

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Physical and Structural damages at
Magres Condo after quake. Is it safe with retrofit and epoxy? Who dares to stay?.

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Magallanes Residences occupants given 5 days to vacate

THE Office of the City Building Official (Ocbo) has given the management of Magallanes Residences five days to comply with the order to vacate the building effective Friday, January 17.

In the letter, Ocbo head Cirinia Grace Catubi ordered all occupants of the Toledo Building of the Magallanes Residences to vacate after the building was deemed unsafe for occupancy.

Catubig said major structural cracks on the beams and slabs were observed during an inspection conducted on Friday, January 17.

Catubig said the inspection was conducted by Ocbo, City Engineer's Office, Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (Pice) Davao, and Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines Davao, following the December 15, 2019 earthquake that struck the city.

We also require you to submit the structural test result, computation/calculation and comprehensive structural plan for rectification/retrofitting methods on the beams and slabs, signed and sealed by your civil/structural engineer/s, for your information and strict compliance [sic]," the Ocbo head said in the letter.

Catubig said the building was initially placed under "yellow tag" status, wherein minor cracks were observed following the recent earthquakes.

But she said major cracks, during their inspection, were found, thus, raising the building's status to "red tag."

"Ang mga cracks man gud, sa among inspection, didtoa namo nakita sa major component sa maong building (During our inspection, the cracks were seen on some of the building's major components)," Catubig said on Monday, January 20, after the flag raising ceremony at the City Hall of Davao.

The official also cited provisions of Presidential Decree 1096 or the National Building Code of the Philippines, wherein Building Officials are required to order repair, vacation, or demolition on any building or structure found or declared to be dangerous for occupancy.

Catubig said nine establishments in the city, including some malls, schools, and other commercial establishments, are currently placed under "yellow tag" status after incurring damage brought about by the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck Davao City on December 15, 2019.

Establishments under "red tag" status were recently given ultimatum to comply with the necessary documents, or they will face possible sanctions. These establishments incurred major damages from the previous earthquake.

SunStar Davao tried to get the side of Magallanes Residences but there was no reply as of Monday, January 20.

The Department of Human Settlement and Urban Development-Davao Region (DHSUD-Davao), on January 8, ordered condominium unit management to stop collecting amortization from its tenants within the fourth quarter in 2019 following the recent earthquake that struck the city.

Condominiums Ecoland 4000 Residences, Palmetto Place and Verdon Parc were given a similar order.

DHSUD-Davao Region officer-in-charge Miguel Palma Gil said these condominiums were declared to have been affected by the earthquakes based on Ocbo's assessment.

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Duterte says DMCI-Consunji’s Davao condos are all ‘lemons’: May kasalanan kayo, bakit buildings n’yo lang nasira?



President Rodrigo Duterte did not mince words when he confronted bilyonaryo Sid Consunji for his “nonchalant” attitude in addressing the hundreds of customers demanding compensation for the quake-damaged condos.

Duterte was sweeping in his condemnation of Consunji’s products as he called all of DMCI’s condominiums in Davao City as “lemons” for suffering major structural damage during the 6.5-magnitude earthquake in October 2019.

Excerpts of Duterte’s January 6 meeting with Consunji and representatives of DMCI condos – Verdon Parc, Ecoland 4000, Palmetto Place and Magallanes Residences – were released by James Patoc, spokesperson of the DMCI victims, after the DMCI chair snubbed their January 18 meeting and refused to heed Duterte’s advice.

Excerpts of the minutes of the meeting in malacañang with PRRD, Consunji Group, city officials and representatives of Verdon Parc,Ecoland 4000, Palmetto Place and Magallanes Residences last January 6,2020

Based on Patoc’s Facebook post, Duterte told Consunji: “All your projects in Davao are questionable of its structural integrity. One too many projects ang affected. Lemon ang buildings ninyo.”

“Ever since ‘di ko pinakialaman mga negosyo ninyo. ‘Di ko kayo pinahirapan sa mga projects ninyo sa Davao. Yung sa Times Beach, it was your fault. There was no bonafide movement. Puro oo lang. But this time, I am a worker of the government. Prangkahan ko kayo. It is clear without doubt na may kasalanan kayo. You made lemon buildings. Tutulong ako sa tao. Tingnan ko sino ang tama. All books of law will tell you, fairness. Lemon units ninyo or di yan magkaganyan. Surprise of all surprises but all your projects are damaged. Bakit ganon? Something must have happened along the way,” Duterte added.

During the meeting, Consunji assured Duterte that DMCI buildings were “still safe” despite showing cracks after the earthquake. He said DMCI would conduct “retrofitting and epoxy” to ensure that the buildings would withstand future earthquakes.

“Without admitting liability, sa Ecoland 4000, we are buying back units at cost with no deduction for rent for the past 12 years. Tinirhan and nagamit na nila ang mga units ng 12 years,” said Consunji.

Duterte, however, was not amused by Consunji’s “nonchalance” over his consumer-victims plight.

“If I were you, I’d be careful with your language, your use of words.
‘Yung epoxy na ‘yan parang Colgate lang ‘yan. Don’t use that. I-epoxy
mo lang yan? Ano mangyayari d’yan?” said Duterte.

“You cannot say na ginamit na nila ang units for 12 years. Ang pera nila na binayad sa inyo nagamit ninyo 10 times over. Kumita na ‘yan. Both the buyer and the seller nakinabang hindi lang sila pati kayo din,” he added.

HE said Consunji should pay more than acquisition cost considering it was at fault for the damages suffered by the victims.

“Your offer to pay acquisition cost is good only if there is no dereliction of duty. This is an act under law of Torts and Damages which is considered a quasi-crime and quasi-delict.Okay lang isauli ang acquisition cost kung hindi ninyo kasalanan. But there is a contributory cause, ang pagkagawa ninyo ng building ninyo. Why only your buildings?” said Duterte.

Duterte said he was on the side of the people on the issue of compensation and warned Consunji about giving DMCI condo victims a hard time in the negotiations.

“Di n’yo man madadala ‘yang pera pag namatay kayo. Kayo businesses, kahit sino president, kahit sino mayor, you don’t need help. The people are the ones who need help. If push comes to shove, eventually government will come in. I will fight tooth and nail to protect them (the people),” said Duterte.

“Big businesses can afford lawyers. Kayang-kaya n’yo ‘yan magkaso. You can drag the case til kingdom come. But this people, kawawa naman. They can’t afford it. And in my two years, i will not allow it. Mr. Consunji, think it over,” he added.

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Condo tower in Davao owned by Consunji firm unsafe, residents told to vacate
By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV - JANUARY 21, 2020 4:53 PM
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DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 Jan) – The Office of the City Building Official has ordered residents of Toledo Building of the three-tower condominium development, Magallanes Residences of the Consunji family-owned DMC Urban Property Developers Inc. (DMC-UPDI), to vacate within five days after inspectors discovered major structural cracks on the beams caused by a series of earthquakes in Mindanao last year.

The eight-story Toledo Building of the Magallanes Residences of the Consunji family-owned DMC Urban Property Developers Inc. (DMC-UPDI), photographed on Monday (20 January 2020), was found to have major damage because of the series of earthquakes last year. The Davao City government ordered residents to vacate the building. MindaNews photo
In a letter dated January 17 but released to the media only Tuesday, OCBO officer-in-charge Engr. Cirinia Grace L. Catubig gave the condominium management until Wednesday to move the residents out of the eight-story Toledo building.

She said a team composed of representatives from the City Engineer’s Office, Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers, and Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines, conducted an inspection last Friday and immediately issued the order to vacate on the same day after declaring the Toledo building unsafe due to “major structural cracks on the beams and slabs” after the magnitude 6.9 earthquake on December 15, 2019.

Citing Section 214 of the Presidential Decree 1096 or the National Building Code of the Philippines, Catubig said, “dangerous buildings are those which are herein declared as such or are structurally unsafe or not provided with safe egress, or which constitute a fire hazard, or are otherwise dangerous to human life, or which in relation to an existing use, constitute a hazard to safety or health or public welfare because of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence, or abandonment; or which otherwise contribute to the pollution of the site or the community to an intolerable degree.”

In a press release issued by the City Information Office, Catubig said the Toledo building was the last of the three buildings that residents had been ordered to vacate.

After the strong quake in December, she said the Toledo building was categorized under the “yellow code,” or only a specific area was cordoned off pending repair on the damaged structures.

However, Catubig said more serious damages were found on the structures during the follow-up inspection on January 17, conducted more than a month after the last major earthquake happened in December, which immediately put the building under “red code,” requiring the residents to vacate.

She said some damages will occur much later from the occurrence of a major earthquake.

“We will still give them time to correct what needs to be corrected. It will now depend on the structural engineer of Toledo on how they will work on the damages before we can allow residents to go back in their units,” Catubig said.

In November 2019, Mayor Sara Duterte issued an order to condemn the two buildings of the Palmetto Place, another project of property developer DMC-UPDI, in Barangay Maa here after they sustained major cracks on the structures following the magnitude 6.5 earthquake on Oct. 31.

The powerful quake also destroyed the five-story Himeji building at the Ecoland Residences 4000, also developed by DMC-UPDI.

President Rodrigo R. Duterte earlier this month warned the Consunji firm it may no longer be allowed to build projects if it does not attend to the concerns of the residents of the destroyed condominium property. (Antonio L. Colina IV / MindaNews)