Proposed vocational (weaving) training center in Barangay Luca, Ajuy, Iloilo

Abstract

A vocational school is an educational institution that can refer to either secondary or post-secondary education which aims to give vocational education or technical skills necessary to accomplish the requirements of a specific career. Barangay Luca, Ajuy is rich in livelihood skills that can help the families and their community as a whole. The barangay has a great number of weavers but without a proper avenue to display and cater to that skill. To address the concern, the town needs a vocational center to cater to the weavers which helps in the expansion of the livelihood as well as raise the economic status. The vocational center can not only be an avenue for the weavers to express their skill but to raise awareness and encouragement to the next generation of weavers as well. The proposed vocational center is a one-storey building made of reinforced concrete with a steel truss. The design standards and structural analysis of detailing works in the structural plan were based on the National Structural Code of the Philippines (NSCP) 2015, and Ultimate Strength Design (USD). Programs including AutoCAD and Microsoft Excel were used to calculate and design the project. The proposed vocational center in Barangay Luca, Ajuy has a total floor area of 513.11 square meters. The construction of the project has a total duration of 125 calendar days with a total cost of Php 2,776,003.89