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• Throughout ancient and medieval history, most architectural design and construction was carried out by artisans, such as stonemasons and carpenters, rising to the role of master builder.
• Structures and buildings are repetitive and increases in scale were incremental from 4000 BC – 2000 BC.
• The earliest practices of civil engineering were found after humans abandoned nomadic way of living from 2700 BC – 2500 BC.
• “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand” Isaiah 41:10
• Provided summer skills training for the Out of School Youth.
• Developed strong extension projects with non-government organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, Rotary Club of Q.C., Kalinga at Pag-Ibig foundation, etc.
• Great Wall of China and Millau Viaduct can be seen in outer space.
• Rome's Appian Way, also known as "Queen of Roads", was the first major Roman Road and served as a supply route between Republican Rome and its allies in Capua during the Second Samnite War.
• Opus Caementicium, a Roman concrete, was used for projects such as roads, bridges, aqueducts, and buildings.
• Civil Engineering, used to describe engineering work that was performed by civilians for non-military purposes, was first used in the 18th century.
• The first institution to teach Civil Engineering, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, was founded by Daniel-Charles Trudaine in France in 1747.
• John Smeaton, who constructed the Eddystone Lighthouse and formed the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers, pioneered Hydraulic Lime, a concrete that cured underwater.
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute awarded the first Civil Engineering Degree in the United States in 1835.
• Nora Stanton Blatch, the first woman to be awarded a Civil Engineering Degree by Cornell University, was awarded her degree in 1905.
• During the Spanish subjugation, there were no Filipino Civil Engineers and they were repressed, being called as Maestro de Obras, today’s equivalent of Construction Foreman.
• Civil Engineering were practiced without an academic title, for there were no Civil Engineering schools at that time and only Spaniards had an academic degree.
• In 1868, the Bureau of Public Works "Obras Publicas" and Bureau of Communications and Transportation "Communicationes y Meteologia" were organized under a civil engineer called as "Director General".
• The Manila to Dagupan Railroad, with a total length of 195.4 km, was completed and put into commercial operations on November 24, 1892.
• The right of way for the railroad was incorporated into the law and became part of the public domain.
• There were two types of construction under Spaniards: Adobe Stone Pavement, usually adobe (clay-like) quality, easily cut, quarried and handled, sized of 20 x20x20cm, and Cobblestones Pavement, which consisted of boulders varying from 10 – 30cm in diameter.
• In 1938, Assembly Bill No. 1850 separated the practice of architecture from engineering.
• The objectives of both organizations were to elevate the standards of the profession, encourage research and engineering knowledge and technology, foster fellowship among members, and promote interaction with other technological and scientific societies.
• The outbreak of World War II in 1941 led to the dislocation of manpower, lack of funds, materials and equipment, installation of enemy administration and the setting up of resistance movement.
• The Philippine Executive Commission was established under President Jose P. Laurel’s administration, with Quintin Paredes serving as Minister of Public Works and Communications.
• The Department of National Defense and Communications was again named Department of Public Works and Communications.
• The Civil Engineers (Philippine Association of Civil Engineers), prepared the Civil Engineering law (RA 544).
• President Elpidio Quirino reconstituted the DPWC to Department of Public Works, Transportation and Communications (DPWTC) on July 1, 1950.
• The inauguration of the Commonwealth Government on November 15, 1935, marked the reorganization of the DPWC, which was composed of the Bureau of Public Works, Ports, Aeronautics, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Metropolitan Water District Division of Marine, Railway and repair shop, National Radio Broadcasting, Irrigation Council and Board of Examiners for Civil, Mechanical, Chemical and Mining Engineers.
• The reorganization of the government after it was re-established on Philippine soil was undertaken on February 27, 1945.
• On July 17, 1950, the Architects (Philippine Institute of Architects) prepared and lobbied the passing of the first Architect’s law (RA 545).
• In 1937, the Philippine Association of Civil Engineers (PACE) was formed from a group of civil engineers in the private sector with Enrique Sto. Tomas Cortes as its first president.
• The Department of Public Works and Communication became the Department of National Defense, Public Works, Communications and Labor, with Basilio Valdes as Secretary.
• Due to the active role of PACE, many PSCE members transferred to PACE.
• The authority of the Department of Public Works and Communications was further expanded when, the Motor Vehicles Office was placed under its direct supervision.
• During the Japanese occupation, the exiled Commonwealth government of President Manuel Quezon issued Executive Order 396, which reorganized and grouped the cabinet.
• In 1899, Leon Ma. Guerrero, the first private institution that offers academic course for Maestro de Obras, headed the Liceo de Manila, the first private institution that offers academic course for Maestro de Obras.
• In 1901, the Municipal Code was passed in Feb 6, 1901, providing for popularly elected municipal board members who were responsible for collecting taxes, maintaining municipal properties, and undertaking necessary construction projects.
• Act Nos. 222 and 268, passed by Philippine Commissions, created the Department of Commerce and Police, which gave birth to the Bureau of Engineering and Construction of public works and the Bureau of Architecture and Construction of public buildings.
• The Grand Lodge of the Philippines, a masonic temple, was built using reinforced concrete.
• U.S Major General Elwell S. Otis, military governor of the Philippines, wrote a letter dated on July 4, 1899 containing US President William McKinley’s instructions for the island’s benevolent assimilation.