Category: Fine Furnishings

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.

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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Experience with Bitumen based cellulosic roofing: Onduline roofing material from France

Got a call for help from one of the users of this relatively new bitumen based cellulose roofing material called Onduline Roofing Systems from France. This roofing material is one of the recommended roofing systems by Paramount Realty in one of their communities – Fonte Di Versailles in Minglanilla town. Since the community is very …

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Usual building permit processing procedure in the Philippines

The following steps in securing your building permit could take days or even weeks or months depending on the city or municipality you are in. The fees also vary. Step 1 – Secure and Fill out building forms, sanitary permit forms, electrical permit forms, endorsement forms available at your local municipal or city engineer’s office. …

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Affordable yet elegant Residential upgrade project

This project owned by Ronnie Francisco at Parkplace Pueblo de Oro in Babag Lapulapu city is a good example of an elegant yet affordable residential upgrade project.  Newly finished projects in this subdivision is far from acceptable once you decide to move in. The interior is not livable at all as tiles are missing and …

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Low cost projects, renovations, and supervision and consultation services

There is a boom in the Cebu construction scene and construction companies, engineers, and construction workers are having a great time. Despite the steady flow of contracts and projects, there are even more of these low budgeted customers seeking to find cheap or affordable construction services so they can finally start building their dream homes …

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