Program of Work Required before Prosecuting Public Works.
Section 6
SEC. 6. Program of Work Required before Prosecuting Public Works.—Before prosecuting any public works, the district, city, or project engineer concerned shall prepare a. program and estimate of work. For work to be undertaken by administration, the engineer concerned may, however, be allowed to submit a revised program of work if due to unforeseen rise in price of materials or to change in field conditions or to other such circumstance, it becomes evident that the work can not be accomplished in accordance with the original program. With the exception of projects the estimated cost of any of which is ten thousand pesos or less, under no circumstance shall the District or City or Project Engineer start work without first securing approval of the corresponding program of work from the Head of the Bureau or Office concerned or from the latter's duly designated representative, and 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 in the construction of community projects under this Act or any previous Public Works Acts and projects under Republic Act Numbered Eight hundred thirty-six, the district, city or project engineer may proceed with the construction of such projects on his own initiative if the costs thereof does not exceed ten thousand pesos. If the cost exceeds ten thousand pesos but is less than twenty thousand pesos, the approval of the program of work by the division engineer must first be secured, if such cost exceeds twenty thousand pesos but is less than fifty thousand pesos, the approval of the Commissioner of Highways or the Director of Public Works, as the case may be, must first be secured, and if the cost exceeds fifty thousand pesos then the approval of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications must first be secured before the construction of such Project can be undertaken. The Auditor General or his authorized representatives shall be furnished a copy of the program of work for his guidance and shall have access to the data on which the program was based.