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Philippine Iron Construction & Marine Works, Inc.
by Philippine Iron Construction & Marine Works, Inc.1125 views @ 02-Nov-2017
(PICMW) is a General Engineering and Construction company with local and overseas activities, focusing on industrial construction, ship building, overseas deployment.
The company has partnered with several multi-national firms allowing us to have technical, supervisory, and management personnel distributed in all parts of the world. PICMW builds on this combination of overseas and local engineering expertise to bring to its clients value-engineered solutions.
Philippine Iron Construction and Marine Works, Incorporated or PICMW is a project management company focused on general, industrial and marine engineering. The company operates two facilities in the country: and has its main office in Pasig City, Metro Manila and its yard office in Jasaan, Mindanao.
The company deploys engineers overseas where it has partnered with several multinational engineering and construction firms. PICMW has supervisory and management personnel distributed throughout the world sharing and learning expertise in the field of project management.
PICMW’s history dates back to 1934 when Meneleo Carlos Sr. established a small company called Philight Incorporated. In 1955, it entered into equipment fabrication and together with the engineers of Resins Incorporated assisted in the design and construction of its chemical facilities. In 1969 Resins Inc. ventured into Mindanao. Realizing the potential growth of the region, PICMW also established its facilities in Jasaan, Misamis Oriental, Mindanao. During this time, the company ventured into ship building as a pioneer shipbuilder. It expanded its capabilities through the years, not only in shipbuilding and ship repair, but also in steel fabrication and erection. Today, PICMW’s shipyard in Mindanao operates the only syncrolift dry dock facility with a side transfer rail system in the Philippines.
Marine Works
The company ventured into the shipbuilding industry in 1972 and was registered with the Board of Investment as a pioneer shipbuilding. From 1976 up to 1979, Japanese technicians were hired in cooperation with Mitsui Ocean Development Company (MODEC), and Kanrei Shipyard to upgrade the skills of PICMW workers in mold-lofting, fabrication, erection and machinery installation. During this period, seven self-propelled vessels were constructed, financed by the World Bank and classed to American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).
In 1990, German consultants in cooperation with MARINA conducted welding seminars and on-the-job training for our welders in Jasaan. In 1993, PICMW was chosen as one of the recipients of a training program sponsored by the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) in cooperation with the Norwegian firm, SHIPDECO A/S. SHIPDECO introduced innovative systems to improve the ship building and ship repair capabilities of PICMW.
The Marine Division provides 3 major services: ship building/repair, ship design and ship management. PICMW is duly licensed by the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) and is a Founding Member of the Shipyard Association of the Philippines (ShAP).
Industrial Works
Our operations in the Philippines cover architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, fabrication, electrical & sanitary works and engineering design, detailing & drafting alongside consultants from all fields of engineering.
PICMW provides a range of services that includes project design, engineering, management and complete construction from planning to start-up operations.
OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT – In 1978, PICMW’s Overseas Division was organized to meet the growing demand for Filipino workers in the Middle East. And this expanded to African and South America then, to Far East and the Oceania area. PICMW has a manpower complement consisting of multi-skilled officers and line managers in the field of civil, architectural,mechanical, electrical and marine engineering, as well as sizeable pool of skilled civil workers, pipe welders and fitters, millwrights, light and heavy equipment operators, erectors and riggers and electrical clean room workers.
Phil Iron Construction and Marine Works and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries -Plant Construction have a continuing overseas technical training program for pipe fitters, welders and maintenance personnel.
