CHAPTER 1:

PROJECT BACKGROUND

1.1 The Project

The project is the design of a bridge in Monterey, Silangan, San Mateo Rizal. It has one (1)
lane for each direction that serve as the connector of the City of Marikina and the Province
of Rizal. This bridge is one of the two alternate routes to the City, and the other way is from
Afp Housing, down to Marikina. So it is necessary to keep this bridge open and safe for
the people who live there.
The key concern of the project is to design and replace the existing bridge that can minimize
fatal accidents happened involved vehicles that run off the road due to steep slope of the
Province towards to the City proper. The residents also said that the bridge has a problem in
drainage system, because the flow of water from the two roads stays on the bridge during
rainy season.
The designers are planning to elevate the new bridge to avoid flood and minimize the slope
to prevent accidents. They will utilize the use of National Structural Code of the Philippines,
Volume 2 to ensure the safety of the structure. The design of the bridge includes the
consideration of multiple constraints that will provide the objective of the project with its scope
and limitations. Thus, the designer will provide trade-offs that will determine which one will be
considered and appropriate in the final design. They will also identify and compile existing
practices for assessing trade-offs among the needs of the project, including operational
efficiency, safety, access, costs, environmental impacts and community concerns. To support
these discretionary decisions, the designers need to evaluate alternatives and weighing the
important trade-offs.

Figure 1-1: Location of the project

(Source: Google Earth)

Figure 1-2: Existing Bridge

1.2 Project Objectives

The design of new bridge in Silangan, San Mateo aims to achieve the
following:

General
To develop a design that will provide a safe and ease access of travelers that will
replace the existing bridge that connects the City of Marikina and Silangan, San
Mateo.
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To elevate the bridge to avoid vehicular accidents due to steep slope of the
location.
to provide multiple constraints that will come up for possible trade-offs
to assess trade-offs that will satisfy the needs of the project
to provide a detailed design of the bridge that will govern in the trade-offs
to provide an estimated cost of the project

1.3 The Client

The Local Government Unit of Silangan, San Mateo is the client for the project. It will
categorized under city bridges, which means that the local government will be
responsible for it.
1.4 Project Scope and Limitations
The project shall focus on the following stated
below:
Design of possible trade-offs for bridge
Geometric Cross Section of the bridge
Cost estimate of the Final design of bridge.
Otherwise, the following were not included in the
design:
Structural Design of the Superstructure Parts.
Construction of the Bridge.
Hydraulic Analysis of the river
Detailed activities for Construction Management

1.5 Project Development

Preparation of

plans needed.
Figure 1-4: Flowchart of Project Development

Identification
of Multiple
Constraints

Consideration o

Final Design
Output