ANATOMY of a BUILDING

Banlasan Calvelo Cristobal Hao Orcilla Pagdanganan

Rabino Revalde

FOUNDATION

FOUNDATION

SUBSTRUCTURE
Grade Beams

GB = Grade Beam
A grade beam or grade
beam footing is a
component of a
building's foundation. It
consists of a reinforced
concrete beam that
transmits the load from
a bearing wall into
spaced foundations
such as pile caps or
caissons.
- Wikipedia

GRADE BEAM

GRADE BEAM
Alternative:
Polyethylene Sheet

GRADE BEAM

3000psi Ready-Mix Concrete

According to the examples in Max B. Fajardo Jr.s

book, Simplified Construction Cost Estimate,
cement for Class A concrete is used for footings.

GRADE BEAM

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GRADE BEAM

GRADE BEAM

GRADE BEAM

GAUGE 16 Tie Wire (20kg/roll)

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Reinforcing
Steel bars

Grade 40

ASTM A615: Standard

Specification for
Deformed and Plain
Carbon-Steel Bars for
Concrete Reinforcement

Available Locally;
10mm = 135php
12mm = 195php
16mm = 340php
*6-m length

Bamboo
Reinforcements

Tie Wire

Gauge 16

ASTM A641: Standard

Specification for Zinc
Coated (Galvanized)
Carbon Steel Wire

Available Locally;
1 roll (20kg) =
1750 Php

Zip ties

Bamboo Reinforcements

Zip Ties

SUPERSTRUCTURE
Slab Wall Panels Suspended Slab

SLAB-ON-GRADE

SLAB-ON-GRADE

SLAB-ON-GRADE

SLAB-ON-GRADE

3000psi Ready-Mix Concrete

SLAB-ON-GRADE
Vapor Barrier
(when reqd)

MATERIALS FOR WALL PANELS

As per BOQ
Wall Forms 4 x 4 x 8

Formworks

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Wall Forms

4 x 4 x8

ASTM E2634: Standard

Specification for Flat
Wall Insulating Concrete
Form (ICF) Systems

Available Locally;
~6000 PhP (with
form and metal
studs)

Masonry,
Drywall, Gypsum
board on metal
frame

Formworks

Plywood

NSCP Section 406:

Formworks

Available Locally;
x 4 x 8 = 430
Php

Materials other
than Plywood
such as Steel,
Phenolic board

Drywall

Gypsum Board

Steel Formwork

Phenolic Board

WALL PANELS

WALL PANELS

WALL PANELS

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Steel Studs

100 x 41 x
0.6mm

ASTM C1002: Standard

Specification for Steel
Self-Piercing Tapping
Screws for Application
of Gypsum Panel
Products or Metal Plaster
Bases to Wood Studs or
Steel Studs

Available Locally;
2x3x.5mm = 72
Php

Wooden Studs

ASTM C1186: Standard

Specification for Flat
Fiber-Cement Sheets

Available Locally;
x 4 x 8 = 160
Php

Coconut Fiber
Board

Fiber
Cement
Board

Wooden Studs

Coconut Fiber Board

WALL PANELS

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Sand

Gravel

Cement

Specifications

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ASTM C136-06:
Standard Test Method
for Sieve Analysis of Fine
and Coarse Aggregates

Available Locally;
750 Php/cu.m.

ASTM D75/D75M-14
Standard Practice for
Sampling Aggregates
ASTM C150/C150M-12
Standard Specification
for Portland Cement

Available Locally;
1350/ cu.m

Available Locally;
230 Php/bag

Possible
Alternative

Recycled
Aggregates

SUSPENDED SLAB

SUSPENDED SLAB

SUSPENDED SLAB

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Steel Deck

Specifications

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ASTM A1063/
A1063M-11a Standard
Specification for Steel
Sheet, Twin-Roll Cast,
Zinc-Coated
(Galvanized) by the HotDip Process

Available Locally;
420 Php

T Joists

T Joist System