QC Green Awards Honor Pre-Earthquake Building Screening

QC Green Awards Recognize Pre-Earthquake Building Screening, Disaster-Ready Projects

November 10, 2026

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QUEZON CITY — Quezon City recognized community and institutional projects for disaster resilience and environmental sustainability at the 2026 QC Green Awards on November 5, including a civil engineers’ initiative to identify potential earthquake vulnerabilities in existing buildings. Winning organizations were offered grants of up to ₱300,000 to support their proposed innovations, according to the Quezon City Government’s official announcement.

The awards received 123 entries, of which 82 reached the semifinals and 50 advanced to the finals. The city reports that this year’s program assessed projects by the climate and disaster challenges they address rather than grouping them solely by applicant sector.

Civil engineers recognized for pre-earthquake building screening

The Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers, Inc. – Quezon City Chapter was among the winners in the Resilient Category: Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. Its Pre-Earthquake Assessment Project uses Rapid Visual Screening to identify possible seismic vulnerabilities in existing buildings before a damaging earthquake occurs.

Rapid visual screening is a preliminary method of identifying buildings that may warrant further engineering evaluation. The awards announcement does not establish the number of buildings screened, findings for particular properties, completed structural retrofits or engineering certification of any building.

Business process outsourcing company iFIVE, Inc. was also recognized in the Resilient Category for a disaster risk reduction and emergency response management program combining employee training, workplace safety policies and response procedures.

Other awardees in disaster resilience

The city’s published winners list identifies the following organizations under its disaster-focused categories:

Disaster Prevention and Mitigation: Barangay Novaliches Proper; Sangguniang Kabataan Sauyo; Barangay Bagong Pag-asa; Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers – Quezon City Chapter.
Disaster Preparedness: Camp Crame Elementary School; Barangay Commonwealth; Barangay Sauyo; University of the Philippines Resilience Institute – Institution Building Division.
Disaster Response: Barangay Bagong Silangan; R & D LPG Trading; Barangay San Bartolome; Barangay Kaligayahan; Barangay Bagumbuhay; iFIVE, Inc.

Green category and grant support

The awards also recognized food security, green building, plastic waste management and textile circularity projects. Avida Towers Cloverleaf Condominium Corporation and One Vertis Plaza Condominium Corporation were among those recognized for green building initiatives. Other cited projects include food surplus recovery by MABU Philippines Inc., food redistribution by Barangay Pasong Putik Proper, and textile circularity initiatives by community groups and institutions.

Quezon City said semifinalists received expert coaching, while finalists received pitch preparation and feedback. Winning organizations were offered cash grants of up to ₱300,000 each and opportunities to work with city programs. That figure is a maximum grant per recipient, not a verified uniform amount received by each winner or a disclosed total disbursement.

The QC Green Awards began in 2023 and are administered through the city’s climate and environmental sustainability and disaster risk reduction offices. The awards recognize projects and proposed initiatives; the ceremony does not establish that all funded projects have been fully implemented or independently assessed for effectiveness.

Why it matters to WestValleyFault.com

The recognition of a pre-earthquake building-screening project is directly relevant to assessing potential structural vulnerabilities before destructive shaking. The other disaster-preparedness and emergency response winners show locally organized efforts involving barangays, schools and workplaces. The announcement records awards and proposed support, rather than independently verified seismic safety improvements or completed retrofits.

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