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Low cost commercial building in Banilad Cebu City

Here’s a super low cost commercial complex set on a prime location. There are no structural columns, just round metal posts, wrapped by fiber cement boards, meant to support the roof. The walls are made of dry walls (fiber cement boards). Since it is on a prime location, this project is expected to return investment …

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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…

Alipin Project Site Blessing of Foundations

While I was visiting my mother’s barrio in Lanao, Pilar, Camotes Cebu, I overheard the conversation between the parish priest and his friend talking about the proper way to bless a house as they’re waiting for the people in the church to settle down from the afternoon procession a day before the barrio fiesta. The …

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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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