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Chapter 2

R.E Construction: It’s now or never

Introduction

Mr. Andy Mallari is the proprietor of electronics shop that started in 1979. His store
is selling parts that are used in assembly and care of wirelesss. tape recording
equipments. amplifiers and assorted related contraptions. By 1990. the concern is spread
outing and continuously picking up. The operation covers gross revenues and fix. But
Mr. Mallari’s position has changed drastically when he met his former schoolmate
Estelito Chan. an Araullo University alumnus. proprietor of a well-established
contraption assembly works in Manila. Mr. Mallari thinks that he can follow in the
footfalls of his friend. Mr. Mallari has three boies ; all are belonging to exceed 10 in
their several categories. He thinks all the three have potential to assist him recognize his
dream of set uping his ain assembly works. His immediate concern now is to place the
right college classs for his kids.

Background

Engineer Romeo Estabillo finished his Civil engineering course at MAPUA institute
of technology took his bored examination in 1981 and passed it. He went back to his
hometown Santiago City to get his own construction firm. He hired 2 assistant to help him,
one of his assistants Mr. Silvino Santiago, who is a 3rd year civil engineering student who
had stop because of financial difficulties. He is a drafts man. His duty was to produce all
documents retailing to the physical requirements of the various contracts also assisting
engineer Estabillo in supervising workers on various construction site.

The second assistant Mr. Ramulo Mamaril was assigned to coordinate purchasing and
other administrative activities. At the third year of operations, Engineer Estabillo he operates
his newly constructed office on his residential compound 2 more female employees was
hired.

In 1994 Engineer Estabillo reviewed his company’s payroll he has six full-time civil
engineers 2 draftsmen, 10 administrative personnel 1 messenger and 1 security guard. By
June 1996 Engineer Estabillo felt that business was continuously growing also he feels that
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he may not be able to perform his functions effectively if he will push through with the plan,
he thinks operations are now more complex that decision making is a must.

Alternatives

Make a decision whether to employ four full-time civil engineers or not.

After making a decision, strive more to be able to perform his functions effectively.

Professional Engineer may ethically seal all the documents they prepared and
assume legal responsibility only for that in which he possesses understanding and
cognizance. Engineers may accept assignment and assume responsibility for
coordination of an entire project and sign and seal engineering documents for the entire
project, provide that each technical segment is signed and sealed only by the qualified
engineers who prepared the segment.

Proposed Solution

After analysing the situation of Engineer Romeo Estabillo, we suggest that he, being
the owner of his own construction firm, should first enhance his decision-making skill in
order to make his business more efficiently operational. As the head of a continuously
growing company, he should be competent enough to know what action to take in any
circumstances.

Mr. Mallari should know the different aspects of his dream business whether if it is in
Recommendations

Based on the story of Engineer Romeo Estabillo, that a great leader must not only
know how to play a game safely but must also know when to take risks to be able to see
what’s there outside the boundaries. He must be flexible and knowledgeable enough to
handle any situations. A leader is a man of wise decisions. Making a decision is being one
step closer to the goal so here are some of the recommendations considered:

Engr. Estabillo should take an action now and decide to employ four additional full-
time civil engineers. As his company grows, the operations become complex so it is just
reasonable to hire more employees.
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To further gain knowledge and to perform his functions more effectively, while
managing his own business, he should pursue the Master’s Degree of Civil Engineering
course.