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The parapet option

The parapet design gives a more modern look of your house since the roof edge is hidden and your house gets the cube look. If you go for this option, just make sure that you’ve designed your inside gutter well. A concrete gutter is the best option for this, and you do have to waterproof …

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Low cost sky rise in the woods in S.B, Cabahug interior Mandaue City

Alipin’s residence behind the Great Wall motors in front of Mitsubishi in Mandaue can be considered a sky rise in their area considering that their neighbors houses are only mostly one storey shacks.  The building is only 3 storey and the lot is really small at only 84.54 sqm yet we managed to squeeze in …

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Noel Igao Golden Meadows Cordova Residence

Noel Igao’s residence is a very simple yet classy design. The design is so simple, but the gray color and the large front glass enclosed media center which used to be a terrace made the house look so modern and so high end. This is a perfect example of how a simple design change from …

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F Moncada Cogon Compostela Residence

Fausto Moncada’s residence in Compostela near CEBECO II is a middle end house with two options – one for roof deck and the other option is for a hidden roofing design with cantilever. The hidden roof option will be for a metal roof but hidden with concrete a railing. It will all depend now on …

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Setting up a Mall shop at Ayala Center Cebu

Setting up a mall shop can be a daunting experience but if the planning is done well then the whole set up process can be done in just one night, so that what used to be an empty space in your favorite mall becomes an exciting shop by 6:00 am. The planning starts with your …

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Specialty houses for various needs

This house with sawali (amakan) walls is especially designed to produce a cooling effect at the interior. The design and materials also gives the house an earth-friendly and native feel as it will be built in San Francisco Camotes. There’s a good supply of sawali in the area. The framing, beams, and columns will still …

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Waterproofing your roof deck

They say there are several ways to kill a cat, but when it comes to something critical or of high importance such as a leaking roof deck, we always turn to our favorite tried and tested solution – a cement mix fiber reinforced crystallizing material that seeks out the microscopic pores and cracks and seals …

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Affordable Engineering

Competition in the construction industry today is tough especially if you’re trying to target the affordable segment – those looking for affordable construction services. Here are some of the designs we’ve created and saved for those customers in the affordable segment.

Common problems of low cost row house units

We get a lot of calls from row house owners for various troubles such as leaking roofs and ventilation problems. The roof leak problems usually stem from the original design of most low cost row house units. Their original design is the open kitchen in the back area. Their purpose of having an open kitchen …

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To paint or to buy pre-painted

Sometimes this little dilemma comes up – to paint the corrugated sheets or to buy pre-painted? Usually we find painting ordinary corrugates cheaper than buying pre-painted ones. And yes – certainly, most pre-painted corrugates are priced higher because they are also thicker and more sturdy than ordinary unpainted corrugates. There’s just one problem: The applied …

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