Reports of substandard reinforcing steel bars being openly sold in hardware stores and construction supply outlets in different parts of the country have been coming in with alarming frequency, ...
SUBSTANDARD reinforcing bars or rebars have flooded markets in Luzon and Mindanao, the Philippine Iron and Steel Institute (PISI) warned, raising the risk of construction failures.
THE Philippine Iron and Steel Institute (PISI) said that results of its test-buy operations show that substandard rebars, enough to build more than 10,000 houses per month, are being sold in Luzon and ...