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CONSTRUCTION: It's Now or Net foremen and laborers working at the various projects were
When Engineer Romeo Estabillo finished his Civil contractual.
Engineering course at Mapua Institute of Thchnology, he By June 1996, Engineer Estabillo felt that business
took the board examination and passed it in 1981. Wanting was continuously growing, so he will have to secure the
to start independently, he went back to his hometown services of four additional civil engineers on a full-time
(Santiago City) to organize his own construction firm. In basis. As he was directly supervising all operations, he
his first few years of operation, he accepted contracts for now feels that he may not be able to perform his functions
the construction of residential houses. As he gained effectively if he will push through with the plan. He wants
experience, his clients grew in number, and even the most to make a decision, but he is apprehensive. He thinks
prominent persons in the province of Isabela availed of operations are now more complex that decision-making
his services. must be a little scientific. With this thoughts, he pondered
At the start, he hired two assistants to help him in on how he will go about solving the problem.
his daily routine as a contractor. One of the two assistants,
Mr. Silvino Santiago, was a third year civil engineering
student who had stopped schooling due to financial
difficulties. His main task was as draftsman. His duty
was to produce all documents relating to the physical
requirements of the various contracts entered into by his
boss. Among these documents are the building plan,
specifications, bill of materials, building permit, etc. His
additional duty was to assist Engineer Estabillo in
supervising the foremen and workers at the various
construction sites.
The second assistant, Mr. Romulo Mamaril, was
assigned to coordinate purchasing, bookkeeping, and other
related administrative activities.
At the third year of operations, Engineer Estabillo
was already directing operations in his newly constructed
office inside his residential compound. By this time, two
more female employees were hired to assist in the various
tasks performed in the office.
By 1994, Engineer Estabillo reviewed his company's
payroll. It indicated that he has in his employ six full-
time civil engineers, two draftsmen, ten administrative
personnel, one messenger and one security guard. The
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