July 2018 archive

Tulod Residence by RenBacs: Low Cost but high end looking residence in Soong Lapu-lapu City

Low costing doesn’t necessarily mean low-cost looking. Tulod’s residence in Soong Mactan is a low costed residential project but the budget was maximized by RenBacs’ long experience in efficient construction methodology thus resulting in a middle-end-looking output. If good workers are well motivated and well supervised, the result is high quality output. Looking around this …

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Insulated concrete forms and blast proof micro rebars

Insulated concrete forms (ICF) have been used in Canada and the US for the past 15-20 years due to its good thermal insulating properties, and now it’s trying to reach the Philippines. ICFs are high quality hollow styrofoam blocks/panels that are meant to be filled with concrete at the center and becomes your wall replacing …

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GVEA Korean School behind City Hall of Lapu-lapu City: Facade Make Over

You can always use a total face make over, or in the case of a school, a total facade make over. After learning that the government officials want to visit their school, GVEA Korean school in Lapu-lapu decided to give their school a total new look by closing their open corridors thus adding more space …

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Aldana House in Pagsabungan Mandaue City

Oliver Aldana’s low cost rentable house project is located in Pagsabungan at the entrance of Holy Spirit village.  The project is low cost budgeted at only p700k meant to be rented out for those looking for affordable abode in the city. Even the original plan was not followed – just to further cut the cost…