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Contractor Concentration (Flood Control)

A contractor holds a very large share of flood-control contract value in a district or province.

This is a statistical anomaly or indicator worth examining — not proof of wrongdoing, fraud, or corruption against any person.

Indicator: QM BUILDERS received 41.0% (₱5.19B of ₱12.66B) of recorded flood-control contract value in Cebu 7th District Engineering Office across 143 contracts and 12 contractors, at or above the 25% share threshold (HHI 0.201). This may be due to the contractor's strong track record or specialization in flood-control projects in the area.

Public record entityQM BUILDERSOrganization record →
LocationCebu 7th District Engineering Office
Amount₱5,187,395,780.2641.0% of peer-group contract value in public records sumbong source

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Project completion

Schedule fields from DPWH transparency portal records and the Sumbong sa Pangulo flood-control list — not inferred beyond those columns.

Flagged peer group: Cebu 7th District Engineering Office

Reported complete (DPWH): 40Ongoing: 0Delayed: 0Status unknown: 0
ProjectProg.Target endActual endDays lateStatus
Construcion of Storm Surge Protection Structures at Sitio Kalubihan, Brgy. Guiwanon, Ginatilan, Cebu (Package 1)23HO0188Flood control100%February 19, 2024December 11, 2023—completedsumbong source
Construction of Flood Control Structure along Polo River (Downstream Left Side), Alcantara, Cebu24HO0001Flood control100%January 10, 2025September 16, 2024—completedsumbong source
Construction of Flood Control Structure, Barangay Kantangkas (Upstream), Dumanjug, Cebu24HO0004Flood control100%December 18, 2024October 3, 2024—completedsumbong source
Construction of Flood Wall Structures along Sitio Parale (Left Side), barangay Sorsogon, Malabuyoc, Cebu23HO0002Flood control100%October 6, 2023July 21, 2023—completedsumbong source
Construction of Revetment Wall along Manlapay River (Phase 2), Dumanjug, Cebu23HO0164Flood control100%February 19, 2024December 15, 2023—completedsumbong source
Construction of Revetment Wall at Barangay Balaygtiki, Dumanjug, Cebu23HO0166Flood control100%April 21, 2024December 15, 2023—completedsumbong source
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Construction of River Control Structures at Bgry. Ylaya - Barangay Paculob (Upstream), Dumanjug, Cebu23HO0145Flood control100%March 28, 2024March 28, 2024—completedsumbong source
Construction of River Retaining Wall at Barangay Kanguha (Right Side), Dumanjug, Cebu23HO0162Flood control100%February 19, 2024December 18, 2023—completedsumbong source
Construction of River Retaining Wall at Barangay Lanao (Left Side), Moalboal, Cebu23HO0159Flood control100%November 15, 2023November 15, 2023—completedsumbong source
Construction of River Retaining Wall at Brgy. Colabtingon (Right Side), Dumanjug, Cebu23HO0074Flood control100%January 31, 2024August 22, 2023—completedsumbong source
Construction of seawall protection along Santander - Barili-Toledo Road at Brgy. Poblacion to Brgy. Legaspi, Sta. 0+000 - Sta. 0+167, Alegria, Cebu22HO0068Flood control100%December 17, 2022December 17, 2022—completedsumbong source
Construction of Seawall Protection Works along Santander - Balili - Toledo Road, Brgy. Poblacion II, Sta. 0 + 000 - Sta. 0 + 167.00, Malabuyoc, Cebu22HO0075Flood control100%October 25, 2022October 25, 2022—completedsumbong source
Construction of Seawall Protection Works along Santander - Balili - Toledo Road, Brgy. Sto Niño, Sta. 0 + 000 - Sta. 0 + 167.00, Malabuyoc, Cebu22HO0074Flood control100%October 25, 2022October 25, 2022—completedsumbong source
Construction of Seawall Protection Works along Santander-Barili-Toledo Rd at Brgy. Felomina, Sta. 0 + 000 - Sta. 0 + 167.00, Alegria, Cebu22HO0077Flood control100%October 25, 2022October 25, 2022—completedsumbong source
Construction of Seawall Protection Works along Santander-Barili-Toledo Road at Brgy. Legaspi to Brgy. Poblacion, Sta. 0 + 000 - Sta. 0 + 167, Alegria, Cebu22HO0086Flood control100%December 17, 2022December 17, 2022—completedsumbong source
Construction of Seawall Protection Works along Santander-Barili-Toledo Road, Barangay Madridejos, Alegria, Cebu22HO0078Flood control100%October 26, 2022October 26, 2022—completedsumbong source
Construction of Storm Surge Protection Structures at Brgy. Legaspi, Alegria, Cebu (Package 3)23HO0202Flood control100%March 6, 2024September 21, 2023—completedsumbong source
Construction of Storm Surge Protection Structures at Sitio Guilongsoran, Barangay Poblacion, Ginatilan, Cebu (Package 2)23HO0199Flood control100%February 19, 2024September 25, 2023—completedsumbong source
Construction of Storm Surge Protection Structures at Sitio Guilongsoran, Brgy. Poblacion, Ginatilan, Cebu (Package 1)23HO0187Flood control100%February 19, 2024December 11, 2023—completedsumbong source
Construction of Storm Surge Protection Structures at Sitio Kasay, Barangay Looc, Ginatilan, Cebu (Package 2)23HO0203Flood control100%November 13, 2023November 13, 2023—completedsumbong source
Construction of Storm Surge Protection Structures at Sitio Lala-o, Barangay Montañeza, Malabuyoc, Cebu23HO0190Flood control100%March 6, 2024September 26, 2023—completedsumbong source
Construction of Storm Surge Protection Structures at Sitio North Suba, Barangay Looc, Malabuyoc, Cebu23HO0186Flood control100%March 6, 2024January 11, 2024—completedsumbong source
Construction of Storm Surge Protection Strucures at Sitio Balhaan, Brgy. Looc, Ginatilan, Cebu (Package 1)23HO0192Flood control100%February 4, 2024December 11, 2023—completedsumbong source
Construction of Tapon-Tangil Seawall (L/S), Sta. 0 + 000 - Sta. 0 + 181, Dumanjug, Cebu22HO0059Flood control100%November 10, 2022November 10, 2022—completedsumbong source
Construction of Tapon-Tangil Seawall, Dumanjug, Cebu22HO0005Flood control100%September 30, 2022September 26, 2022—completedsumbong source
Construction of Ylaya Flood Control (Upstream), Ylaya, Dumanjug, Cebu22HO0002Flood control100%September 26, 2022September 26, 2022—completedsumbong source
Improvement of Riverbank along Parale River, Sta. 0 + 000 - Sta. 0 + 700, Malabuyoc, Cebu22HO0048Flood control100%January 24, 2023January 24, 2023—completedsumbong source
Improvement of Riverbank along Polo River, Sta. 0 + 000 - Sta. 0 + 700, Alcantara, Cebu22HO0049Flood control100%January 24, 2023December 16, 2022—completedsumbong source
Repair/ Rehabilitation/ Reconstruction of Damaged Alegria River Flood Control System (Upstream), Alegria, Cebu, Sta. 0+000.00 to Sta. 0+252.0023HO0237Flood control100%June 8, 2024June 8, 2024—completedsumbong source
Repair/ Rehabilitation/ Reconstruction of Damaged Saliring River Flood Control System (Downstream), Malabuyoc, Cebu, Sta. 0+045 to Sta. 0+10223HO0240Flood control100%March 13, 2024December 18, 2023—completedsumbong source
Repair/ Rehabilitation/ Reconstruction of Damaged Saliring River Flood Control System (Upstream), Malabuyoc, Cebu, Sta. 0+045 to Sta. 0+16223HO0231Flood control100%May 27, 2024May 27, 2024—completedsumbong source
Repair/ Rehabilitation/ Reconstruction of Parale River Flood Control System (Downstream), Malabuyoc, Cebu, Sta. 0+000 to Sta. 0+13123HO0229Flood control100%July 3, 2024July 3, 2024—completedsumbong source
Construction of Drainage System along Brgy. Tunga, Moalboal, Cebu23HO0225100%March 16, 2024March 16, 2024—completedsumbong source
Construction of Groundsill at Montañeza River, Malabuyoc, Cebu23HO0024100%July 13, 2024July 13, 2024—completedsumbong source
Construction of Revetment Wall (Upstream) at Brgy. Tapon, Dumanjug, Cebu23HO0045100%March 30, 2024January 30, 2024—completedsumbong source
Construction of Revetment Wall along Montañeza (Upstream), Malabuyoc, Cebu23HO0025100%December 18, 2023December 18, 2023—completedsumbong source
Construction of Revetment Wall at Brgy. Tapon, Dumanjug, Cebu23HO0047100%February 16, 2024November 20, 2023—completedsumbong source
Construction of Revetment Wall with Rechannelling Works along Polo River (Upstream), Alcantara, Cebu23HO0070100%October 10, 2023August 17, 2023—completedsumbong source
Construction of Waterway along Manlapay River (Section 1), Dumanjug, Cebu22HO0060100%October 25, 2022October 25, 2022—completedsumbong source
Construction of Waterway along Tubod River (Section 1), Dumanjug, Cebu22HO0069100%October 19, 2022October 19, 2022—completedsumbong source

Rule Definition

Share of contract value by contractor within DEO or province; flags top share > 40% or elevated HHI.

Triggering Data & citations

Contractor holds a large share of flood-control contract value in its district/province

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  "hhi": 0.20078039022568583,
  "scope": "deo",
  "bucketKey": "deo:Cebu 7th District Engineering Office",
  "contractor": "QM BUILDERS",
  "thresholds": {
    "share": 0.25,
    "minContracts": 3,
    "minBucketContracts": 10
  },
  "bucketTotalPhp": 12663827857.49,
  "contractorShare": 0.40962304909979674,
  "contractorTotalPhp": 5187395780.26,
  "contractorContracts": 71
}

Source documents

Possible Innocent Explanations

  • This may be due to the contractor's strong track record or specialization in flood-control projects in the area.