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Coined from end of contract, as used on the contracts given to workers under the system. Ensaimada [5] — A Filipino spiral-shaped pastry topped with grated cheese and sugar. From Spanish. Estafa [29] — The legal term for fraud. This term is borrowed from Spanish. Fantaserye [43] — fantasy series; Filipinism [29] — Filipino nationalism
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The Filipino language incorporated Spanish loanwords as a result of 333 years of contact with the Spanish language. In their analysis of José Villa Panganiban's Talahuluganang Pilipino-Ingles (Pilipino-English dictionary), Llamzon and Thorpe (1972) pointed out that 33% of word root entries are of Spanish origin.
The owner, often referred to as the 'employer' or the 'client', [1] has full authority to decide what type of contract should be used for a specific development to be constructed and to set out the legally-binding terms and conditions in a contractual agreement. [2] A construction contract is an important document as it outlines the scope of ...
Various abbreviations used for this type of contract are LSTK for lump sum turn key, EPIC for engineering, procurement, installation & commissioning and EPCC for engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning. Use of EPIC is common, e.g., by FIDIC and most Persian Gulf countries. Use of LSTK is common in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The contract was billed as the world's first contract specifically aimed at the management of time in complex construction and engineering projects. [2] The authors also stated that it was the first form to follow the Society of Construction Law Delay and Disruption Protocol, [ 3 ] and that it was also the first standard form contract to cater ...
Equipment - (1) a category of cost for organizing and summarizing costs, (2) construction equipment used to execute the project work, (3) engineered equipment such as pumps or tanks. Escalation is defined as changes in the cost or price of specific goods or services in a given economy over a period. In estimates, escalation is an allowance to ...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (Filipino: Kagawaran ng mga Pagawain at Lansangang Bayan), abbreviated as DPWH, is the executive department of the Philippine government solely vested with the mandate to “be the State's engineering and construction arm” and, as such, “tasked to carry out the policy” of the State to “maintain an engineering and construction arm and ...