Program of Work Required Before Prosecuting Public Works.
Section 4
SEC. 4. Program of Work Required Before Prosecuting Public Works.—Before prosecuting any public works project, the district, city or project engineer concerned shall prepare a program of works for approval by the Department Head concerned for any project with an estimated cost of more than P500,000; by the Bureau Head concerned for any project with an estimated cost more than P200,000 but not more than P500,000; by the Regional Director concerned for any project with an estimated cost of more than P50.000 but not more than P200,000; and, by the District or City Engineer concerned for any project with an estimated cost of P50,000 or less. In no case shall construction funds be remitted to field offices or construction work on a project be started before the program of work is approved. No program of work for any project which requires special site investigation, survey, and construction plans shall be approved unless such plans are used as basis of the program: Provided, That for project with an estimated cost of P100,000 or more the PERT/CPM technique shall be used and a time-scaled diagram of the activities as well as a monthly cash flow shall be made part of the program of work. The program of work for any project shall not be amended except in case of unforeseen contingencies or any change in field conditions or other similar circumstances in which case an amendment may be allowed provided that such amendment will not result in the impairment of the expected accomplishment in excess of fifteen per centum thereof. SEC. 5. Preliminary Studies.—In the implementation of the work, a general plan of operations shall be prepared to indicate the methods and procedures to be followed. This plan will cover and organize all relevant fields of study, delineation or responsibilities for undertaking each phase, specifying all analytical procedures and resources to be required for conducting the studies: Provided, That the appropriation shall include administrative services directly identified with the studies and purchase of equipment, materials and supplies.