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Construction industry in Boracay Island: Ordinances, practices, problems and issues
(2007)
To examine the construction business in Boracay Island in terms of Local Ordinances if they conform to the National Building Code (NBC) and National Structural Code of the Philippines (NSCP), the documents containing local ...
Assessment on the suitability of limestone as alternative component to washed sand in Portland cement concrete pavement
(2001)
INTRODUCTION
In view of the rapid and accelerated development in infrastructure projects like roads, bridges, buildings, ports and waterworks, the adequacy of aggregates as construction materials is a great problem and ...
Computer programs that can be used in foundation design
(2001)
In the mid 1950’s major changes began to occur in engineering and science with the introduction of digital computers. It was also during this time when computer became easily accessible to engineers outside of a laboratory ...
Design aids in structural concrete
(2004)
Structural concrete design aids became a fact with the overwhelming use of computers and structural analysis and design programs. This will help the user to have an easier task to compute all the calculations to be done ...
A comparative analysis of strength and cost of precast ferrocement reinforced concrete slab and conventional reinforced concrete slab
(2001)
Reinforced concrete is the most common and very popular construction material being used in the Philippines. The ingredients of reinforced concrete - cement, aggregates, water and other admixtures are sourced locally and ...
A study on the strength of concrete mixes using different brands of cement
(2001)
A study was conducted to compare the compressive strength of concrete from five different brands of cement, namely Premium, Mindanao, Horse, Eagle and Apo. A completely randomized design was used with three replications. ...
Study on the drainage system at Barangay Ungka II, Pavia Iloilo
(2001)
Frequent inundation of Barangay Ungka 11 even during ordinary rainfall is one of the major problems that the residents are now facing. It is also one of the major factors that hinder the industrial development of Pavia, ...
Study on the comparison of the conventional survey and the GPS satellite survey in finding positions at the Central Philippine University campus
(2000)
This study was conducted to make a comparison of the conventional survey using the theodolite and measuring tape with that using the present state-of-the art equipment, the Global Positioning System (GPS) navigator/receiver. ...
Construction of an alternative earthquake monitoring system
(2009)
An earthquake is natural phenomena characterized by a strong sudden movement of the ground caused by stress in the tectonics plates. Geologists study these ground movements carefully using sophisticated equipment such as ...
Spreadsheets application in special footing design
(2003)
This paper will try to present a simple solution to the problem encountered by most structural designers of concrete structures especially in the design of special footings (i.e., strap, trapezoidal, rectangular square and ...