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31-620: The five-storey shopping mall is located at Rockwell Drive corner Estrella Street in Barangay Poblacion , Makati. It is part of the Rockwell Center , which includes the One Rockwell West Tower , the ninth tallest building in the metropolis. It has a gross floor area of 41,000 square meters (440,000 sq ft) and is anchored by The Marketplace supermarket, an eight-screen Power Plant Cinema, and

62-664: A 676-meter (2,218 ft) two-lane box truss bridge . Austrian firm Waagner-Biro provided the modular steel components for the bridge, while actual construction work was performed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). The ₱ 303.655 million bridge was inaugurated on February 12, 2011, by Vice President Jejomar Binay along with the mayors of Makati and Mandaluyong ( Jejomar Binay Jr. and Benjamin Abalos Jr. , respectively), Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson , and Austrian ambassador to

93-515: A mix of high-end tenants such as Salvatore Ferragamo , Hackett London , Michael Kors , DKNY , Rolex and J.Lindeberg . It also contains several dining outlets, The Fifth at Rockwell events hall, a Roman Catholic chapel called the Chapel of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and three levels of basement parking. The mall can be reached from EDSA via Estrella and J. P. Rizal Avenue and from

124-743: A policy of attraction through public works projects. In 1867, in order to pursue this objective, the King of Spain by decree designated the Spanish Governor-General as the Chief of Public Works assisted by Junta Consultiva through a Royal Degree in 1867. It was in 1868 that the DPWH was born as the Bureau of Public Works and Highways, or Obras Publicas. Alongside the Bureau of Communications and Transportation (Communicaciones y Meteologia), now

155-637: A two-lane street and the long project duration originally expected to last 30 months. The bridge expansion is part of the Build! Build! Build! Infrastructure Program . On April 23, 2021, DPWH announced the final concrete pouring and completion of the second bridge's substructure and superstructure. The bridge was expected to open in June 2021 but was delayed repeatedly due to the COVID-19 pandemic , among other developments. President Rodrigo Duterte inaugurated

186-585: Is the executive department of the Philippine government solely vested with the Mandate to “be the State's engineering and construction arm” and, as such, it is “tasked to carry out the policy” of the State to “maintain an engineering and construction arm and continuously develop its technology, for the purposes of ensuring the safety of all infrastructure facilities and securing for all public works and highways

217-540: The Department of Commerce and Police (DCP) in 1902, with two public works-related agencies, the Bureau of Engineering and Construction for public works projects and the Bureau of Architecture and Construction for the construction of public buildings. Both agencies were eventually merged into a bureau known as the Bureau of Public Works and was eventually subsumed into the DCP during reorganization in 1905. To keep pace with further developments in transportation and communications,

248-471: The Department of National Defense ), public works projects were so important to the war effort that public works were also prioritized through this department. During the American period, public works projects were initially put in the hands of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers . However, this was transferred to a department known as the "Provincial Supervisions" on February 6, 1901. This eventually became

279-547: The Department of Transportation , the DPWH was organized under a civil engineer known as the “Director General”. It was responsible for all public works projects being done in the islands. During the Philippine Revolution , public works duties were assumed by a new department known as the Department of War and Public Works (DWPW). Although initially included in the portfolio of the Department of War (now

310-842: The Rockwell Bridge , is a four-lane box girder bridge crossing the Pasig River in Metro Manila , Philippines . It connects Estrella Street in Makati on the south bank of the Pasig River (near the Rockwell Center ) to Pantaleon Street via Barangka Drive in Mandaluyong on the north bank, near the site of the Acqua Private Residences. It is one of three bridges connecting Makati and Mandaluyong,

341-689: The U.S. Bureau of Public Roads set up an office in the Philippines to coordinate with the Philippine Bureau of Public Works in implementing the Philippine highway network, which was in ruins. The DPWC was renamed in 1951 the Department of Public Works, Transportation and Communications , or DPWTC. In 1954, a body named the Bureau of Public Highways was established. This became a separate department on July 1, 1974. Two years later, with

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372-653: The DCP was transformed into the Department of Commerce and Communications (DCC) in 1921. In 1931, the DCC was renamed by the Philippine Legislature the Department of Public Works and Communication (DPWC). Upon the inauguration of the Commonwealth of the Philippines in 1935, the DPWC was reorganized to contain the following bureaus: the Bureau of Public Works, Ports, Aeronautics, Coast and Geodetic Survey,

403-575: The Makati CBD via Kalayaan Avenue . The nearest MRT station is Guadalupe station on EDSA. Power Plant Mall was built in December 2000 on the former site of the 130-megawatt Rockwell Thermal Plant owned by the Lopez -led Manila Electric Railroad and Light Company . The thermal power plant, named after the company's first president James Rockwell , operated between 1950 and December 14, 1973 when it

434-542: The Mandaluyong side. The bridge was briefly closed on September 23, 2018, to prepare for expansion works. However, it was reopened on September 25 due to the anticipated heavy traffic during the Christmas holiday season . Plans for expansion works were moved to January 2019. The bridge's closure started on January 19, 2019. It was met with controversies, citing capacity constraints on the Mandaluyong side landing in

465-635: The Metropolitan Water District Division of Marine, Railway and Repair Shop, National Radio Broadcasting, the Irrigation Council and Board of Examiners for Civil, Mechanical, Chemical and Mining Engineers. During World War II , the DPWC's offices were destroyed in the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. It resumed operations in 1946, albeit with limited funds and manpower. To assist reconstruction efforts,

496-739: The Ministry of Public Works and Highways in 1981. On January 30, 1987, with the approval of the 1987 Constitution, the Ministry was reconfigured into a department. In July 1991, the Sandiganbayan issued a warrant of arrest against former minister Jesus Hipolito and former deputy minister Aber Canlas, as well as eight other engineers of MPWH, charging them with graft for their involvement in "ghost" dredging projects meant for improving Metro Manila 's rivers in 1985 that cost up to ₱200 million. The State shall maintain an engineering and construction arm and continuously develop its technology, for

527-557: The Philippines Wilhelm Donko. The bridge opened to motorists on the same day. In June 2017, Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar announced the expansion of the Estrella–Pantaleon Bridge. Funded by China , the new bridge has four lanes and is a 506.46-meter (1,661.6 ft) twin-spine steel box girder bridge with concrete deck slabs. It will utilize the existing approaches while modifying

558-449: The abutment and piers to accommodate the new bridge superstructure. The bridge also has wider sidewalks with a width of 3 meters (9.8 ft). The bridge is designed to withstand high-intensity earthquakes . The project is handled by China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC). Aside from the bridge itself, the construction project also includes improving access to the bridge by upgrading and widening Barangka Drive and Pantaleon Street on

589-526: The adoption of the 1976 amendments to the 1973 Constitution , the department became the Ministries of Public Works, Transportation and Communications, and Public Highways, respectively. In 1979, the MPWTC was split into two ministries, the Ministry of Public Works (MPW) and the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC). After two years, the public works and highways ministries were merged, becoming

620-457: The bridge would not be realized until several years later, when it was made part of the three-year Bridge Construction and Acceleration Project for Calamity Stricken Areas I (BCAPCSA I) program funded by Austria to help the Philippines build nineteen weather-resistant bridges, building on a similar program executed by the Austrian and Philippine governments between 2001 and 2005. The bridge was

651-480: The exception only of specialized projects undertaken by Government corporate entities with established technical capability and as directed by the President of the Philippines or as provided by law; (5) Provide the works supervision function for all public works constructions and ensure that actual construction is done in accordance with approved government plans and specifications; (6) Assist other agencies, including

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682-497: The fullest extent feasible.” History of the DPWH stretches back as far as the history of Philippine government itself. During Spanish times, the Spanish constructed the first roads in the Philippines using significant forced labor . These public works projects were not only used in the connection of towns and fortresses, but also in improving communications. As Spain expanded the scale of its public works projects, it resorted to

713-412: The highest efficiency and the most appropriate quality in construction” and shall be responsible for “(t)he planning, design, construction and maintenance of infrastructure facilities, especially national highways, flood control and water resources development systems, and other public works in accordance with national development objectives,” provided that, the exercise of which “shall be decentralized to

744-679: The local governments, in determining the most suitable entity to undertake the actual construction of public works projects; (7) Maintain or cause to be maintained all highways, flood control, and other public works throughout the country except those that are the responsibility of other agencies as directed by the President of the Philippines or as provided by law; (8) Provide an integrated planning for highways, flood control and water resource development systems, and other public works; (9) Classify road and highways into national, regional, provincial, city, municipal, and barangay roads and highways, based on objective criteria it shall adopt; provide or authorize

775-577: The newly expanded ₱ 1.46 billion bridge on July 29, 2021, and it was reopened to vehicular traffic on the same day. In September 2015, Cabinet Secretary Jose Rene Almendras announced that the government was looking into implementing a one-way traffic scheme on the Estrella–Pantaleon and Makati–Mandaluyong Bridges. Department of Public Works and Highways The Department of Public Works and Highways ( Filipino : Kagawaran ng mga Pagawain at Lansangang Bayan ), abbreviated as DPWH ,

806-673: The other two being the Makati–Mandaluyong Bridge connecting Makati Avenue and Poblacion, Makati , to Mandaluyong, and the Guadalupe Bridge carrying EDSA between the two cities, ultimately serving to help relieve chronic traffic congestion on the two other bridges. Originally announced in 2003 by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) as one of several bridges to be built by October that year, construction of

837-615: The planning, design, construction, maintenance, or operation of infrastructure facilities; (2) Develop and implement effective codes, standards, and reasonable guidelines to ensure the safety of all public and private structures in the country and assure efficiency and proper quality in the construction of public works; (3) Ascertain that all public works plans and project implementation designs are consistent with current standards and guidelines; (4) Identify, plan, secure funding for, program, design, construct or undertake prequalification, bidding, and award of contracts of public works projects with

868-438: The purposes of ensuring the safety of all infrastructure facilities and securing for all public works and highways the highest efficiency and the most appropriate quality in construction. The planning, design, construction and maintenance of infrastructure facilities, especially national highways, flood control and water resources development systems, and other public works in accordance with national development objectives, shall be

899-435: The responsibility of such an engineering and construction arm. However, the exercise of this responsibility shall be decentralized to the fullest extent feasible. The Department of Public Works and Highways shall be the State's engineering and construction arm and is tasked to carry out the policy enunciated above (Section 2, Ibid.). The department, in order to carry out its mandate, shall: (1) Provide technical services for

930-562: The total retail floor area from 41,000 to 46,700 square meters (441,000 to 503,000 sq ft) with three additional floors, and two VIP cinema theaters. The ground and second levels (R1 & R2) of the expansion opened in December 2017, while Cinemas 7 and 8 at Level R3 opened in January 2018. It is also connected to the luxury condominium development Balmori Suites, replacing the cancelled expansion of Aruga Hotel. Estrella Street The Estrella–Pantaleon Bridge , also known as

961-526: Was hit by a fire. In 1994, after protests from Makati residents against its reopening, the plant was decommissioned and subsequently converted by its owners into a modern commercial district. Construction on the shopping mall began in 1998 and was completed and opened on December 26, 2000. Beginning in 2014, Rockwell Land expanded the Power Plant Mall by adding another 5,700 square meters (61,000 sq ft) of additional leasable space, expanding

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