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Founded on December 24, 1954, D.M. Consunji, Inc. (DMCI) is known today as one of the Philippines’ leading construction companies. Throughout its corporate life, DMCI has demonstrated its capability to construct a wide variety of projects ranging from simple chapels and residences to multi-storey hotels and condominiums, irrigation dams to kilometer-long concrete bridges, power transmission lines to industrial plants, theaters to large commercial complexes.
Through continuing research, DMCI is a pioneer in the application of advanced construction technologies in the Philippines. It is renowned for completing technologically complex projects on or ahead of schedule. It enjoys the patronage of both new and repeat institutional clients.
This tradition of responsiveness and innovation reflects the values of founder and chairman, David Mendoza Consunji. Building on his pioneering efforts, DMCI has successfully completed more than 500 various projects to date.
High-rise and commercial building construction is DMCI’s stronghold where it has extensive portfolio. These include, among others, the Ayala Triangle Tower I at the Philippine Stock Exchange Plaza, the Citibank Tower, the Fareast Bank Headquarters, the SM Megamall, the Shangrila Mactan Island Resort, the Shangrila Hotel Manila, Rockwell Center Condominium Towers, and the Shang Grand Towers, Makati’s highest high-rise project to date.
In infrastructure, its portfolio includes fast-track projects such as the Carmen Bridge, the one-kilometer long Magat Bridge, the Gibong Diversion Dam, the Narvacan Power Transmission Lines, and the three interchanges on Metro Manila’s main thoroughfare, Subic Water Gravity Filter.
In the industrial sector, these are notable: the San Miguel Corp. North Brewery, the Motorola Plant, the Philips Semiconductor Plant, civil works for Enron Power Plant, the Tuppwerware Plant, and the Republic-Asahi Float Glass Plant, Panay Power Plant, and Dingle Diesel Power Plant
In urban housing, DMCI has constructed the largest government housing project – the BCDA complex – comprising 54 buildings.
Foreign governments and corporations have likewise tapped DMCI for large-scale projects. The US Navy hangar in Subic is the largest contract ever awarded to a Philippine contractor by the United States’ government. In addition, DMCI has constructed or has served as a significant contractor in a number of projects abroad. Among these are the construction of: the New Istana (the royal palace) in the Sultanate of Brunei; numerous bridges along the Zalim-Halban Highway in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and interchanges and bridges along the King Faisal Motorway in the State of Kuwait; and pipe laying in the Kirkuk-Adhaim Irrigation Project in the Republic of Iraq.
As a result of its excellence in contracting, DMCI has received a number of awards. In 1992, DMCI was named "Outstanding Contractor for Building" at the inaugural Philippine Construction Industry Awards. In addition, DMCI has received a certificate of appreciation from the U.S. Department of the Navy and a Safety Award from Flour Daniels Corporation for two million accident-free man-hours at the Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation's STAR project.
Chairman David M. Consunji was cited as the one of the four awardees of The Outstanding Filipino (TOFIL) of 2002 for his invaluable contribution to the development and progress of the country. The hundreds of landmark infrastructure constructed by DMCI symbolize the expertise and professionalism of the Filipino engineer.
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