{"id":167805,"date":"2018-06-23T09:29:45","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T13:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=167805"},"modified":"2018-06-23T09:29:45","modified_gmt":"2018-06-23T13:29:45","slug":"quenched-tempered-steel-safe-for-high-rise-buildings-dti-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/23\/quenched-tempered-steel-safe-for-high-rise-buildings-dti-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Quenched, tempered steel safe for high-rise buildings: DTI chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_95888\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95888\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ph12-092216-AAA-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95888\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ph12-092216-AAA-4.jpg\" alt=\"Despite the Philippine government's plans to stop receiving aid from the European Union (EU), Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said the engagement between the two parties should continue, particularly in boosting trade. (Photo: ALBERT ALCAIN\/PPD)\" width=\"640\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ph12-092216-AAA-4.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ph12-092216-AAA-4-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-95888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Lopez made the statement for trade reporters in a text message on Friday (ALBERT ALCAIN\/PPD)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez has reiterated that there should no longer be any safety issue on the use of quenched and tempered (QT) steel for the construction of high-rise buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez made the statement to trade reporters in a text message on Friday, as former senator Nikki Coseteng brought up anew QT steel\u2019s safety issue and exposed that developers have been using low-quality steel for high-rise buildings in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Coseteng has asked the government to recall the QT steel that are already in the jobsites and warehouses.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) chief said Coseteng\u2019s claims have already been debunked during consultations with stakeholders and in fora where technical experts and metallurgical engineers were present.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s really going around. Her accusations were already debunked, and DTI simply listened and issued a ruling based on research and interpellations. The experts talked and we listened, the metallurgical engineers and the manufacturers, and the users,\u201d Lopez said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen she lost in the arguments, she\u2019s continuing to still make a noise. Some say she wants to expose an expos\u00e9 that\u2019s not there. They can go (and) meet the experts again,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez stressed that QT steel has been in use for more than 30 years and this technology is also accepted worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tests are there. Each developer conducts their tests too upon delivery at the project site, aside from BPS (Bureau of Philippine Standards) certification,\u201d said Lopez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the high-rise (buildings), these are done by leading developers with top-notch engineers, who know specs of steel to order,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez has reiterated that there should no longer be any safety issue on the use of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":95888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[5579,52154,12337],"class_list":["post-167805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-department-of-trade-and-industry","tag-nikki-coseteng","tag-ramon-lopez","mauthors-kris-crismundo","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}