4-storey evacuation center in Quezon City completed

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)’s completed four-story evacuation center in Brgy. Greater Fairview, Quezon City

MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the construction of a four-story evacuation center in Brgy. Greater Fairview, Quezon City.

The newly-completed facility has toilet and shower rooms, infirmary and pharmacy, laundry and drying area, centralized kitchen, stock room, breastfeeding room, roof deck, paging system room with security cameras, generator, garbage segregation facility, wheelchair ramp, elevator, fire alarm system, fire exit, and accommodation area with a capacity of 156 beds and allotment of one bed per family.

“Alongside equipping each center with all needed facilities is ensuring that it will be gender-sensitive with the provision of separate toilet and shower rooms for men and women, and persons with disability (PWD) friendly through building ramps and elevators,” DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said in a statement Wednesday.

With a total budget of P58-million, the evacuation center project was funded under the 2018 General Appropriations Act (GAA) and implemented by Quezon City I District Engineering Office.