Our Philippine house building project. Building to survive a Philippine earthquake. Philippine seismic design. Continue reading
March 22, 2013
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April 19, 2012
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Our Philippine house project: the structural heart of the house – concrete columns and beams
Our Philippine house building project: concrete roof beams. The roof beams support the large steel roof structure. Our site is especially exposed to typhoons so we want to be be sure things are done properly. Rebar splicing suggestions. Continue reading
August 16, 2011
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Our Philippine House Project: Rebar Splicing
What we learned about reinforcing bar splicing while building our Philippine house. Continue reading
July 31, 2011
by GOIloilo
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Our Philippine house project: shopping for cement hollow blocks
Shopping for cement blocks (called hollow block) in the Philippines is certainly not a top pick adventure story but anyway, perhaps someone will benefit from our experiences. Really, this is one chapter in the building of our Philippine house in … Continue reading