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Poly carbonate is beautiful when new but breaks ugly over time

All you poly carbonate lovers out there – it looks beautiful and stunning when new with its sharp and bright color looking great as a roof for parking, prayer shacks, over pass, or canopies, but it gets ugly and breaks and even falls apart over time in just about 3-5 years – depending on weather …

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Beautiful but high maintenance parapet due to dead leaves and other debris stuck in the parapet walls and gutters

Parapet is beautiful as it hides your roof edge but debris and dead leaves get stuck in the parapet walls and gutters so fast… With a parapet roof design people would even wonder where your roof go or how you keep the rainwater flowing as it hides your roof edge and gutter. Parapet and gutters …

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Pascua Bungalow Residence in Ilocos Sur

This 120 square meter bungalow sits on a very large lot of about 2000 square meter. Because of its generous space allocation, it has 4 standard sized bedrooms, a relatively large living room, and a medium sized kitchen with back entrance to possible dirty kitchen or barbecue area on the rear. The house shape is …

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Cheapest way to transport materials from large suppliers

Getting the materials for your project can be a daunting task especially if you’re not hiring your own driver to try to save operation cost or don’t even have a truck to avoid hiring a driver. Since you don’t really need a big truck everyday – how about you just use your supplier’s truck to …

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Usual requirements for the building permit

You need a building permit for your structure because without it you cannot apply for electrical connection and water connection as they usually require it, and the Office of the Building Official (OBO) – the agency tasked to enforce the building permit – can also issue a violation against you, and they can even order …

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Pre-cast pre fabricated walls

If you’re looking to save on the cost of your structure – you can reduce the cost of labor by using pre-fabricated (pre-fab) walls that is still concrete based but light weight, thermally efficient, fire resistant, and acoustically effective. Pre-fab / pre-cast walls have recently gained popularity due to its ease of use (installation), and …

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Sample online correspondence from prospect customer

LOCATION: Bayan ng Surigao del Sur Hello, I introduce myself, I am John Doe. We have a plot of 300 SQM on the island of Siargao. We would like to build a BUILDING on this site. In order to confirm our budget and to start the construction, we would need to establish a construction quote. …

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Supervision Only Services

project managers

Contractors provide project management service to save customers (project owners) from the headaches and stresses of managing a project, however some customers do look for “supervision only” services – as they’re trying to save their money and want to assume most of the project management headaches instead of giving it to a contractor. They usually …

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Standards for a Two to Three Story Residential Concrete Structure

Works should conform to the current National Building Code of the Philippines, National Structural Code of the Philippines, National Plumbing Code of the Philippines, and National Electrical Code of the Philippines. First off, make all formworks strong enough for all types of load. It should be constructed efficiently – supported and horizontally and vertically so …

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Catechizing your people

Teaching the workers things that matter more in life is every steward’s obligation to God. If you’ve been given people to steward such as in a work organization setting, you should always find time to teach them things that are more important than just money or work. The reason that you are in the position …

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