April 2017

Project: Structural Analysis Proposed Additional Floor for San Isidro Brgy. Hall
Location: San Isidro, San Francisco, Camotes Islands, Cebu Philippines

Introduction

Camotes Islands located at the (63km, 39mi) east of Cebu Island and Southwest
of Leyte Island, is composed of a group of islands in the Camotes Sea. It has 3 major
islands and one minor islet, divided between four municipalities namely: Poro, Tudela,
San Francisco and Pilar.

The islands, municipalities and barangays of Camotes

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camotes_Islands

San Isidro, San Francisco, Camotes , Cebu is a district located in San Francisco, Cebu.
Nearby cities: Claveria, Misamis Oriental, Municipality of Esperanza, Cagayan de Oro
City, Misamis Oriental

Coordinates: 1036'28"N 12419'27"E

Observations
 The proposed 2-storey building is located at Brgy. San Isidro, Camotes, right side
along the shores of the beach, facing south of the Philippines. Based on ocular
inspection, the status of the building is that the lower ground floors walls, ceiling and
floor has not been fully finished. But light, plumbing and other electrical fixtures are
already functioning. The said floor is already occupied and used for miscellaneous
activities such as meetings and regular office operations.

The second floor already has its structural framing built but CHB partitions are
not yet fully installed on some areas. Re-evaluation and assessment is needed to
complete the proposed building and have it safe for occupancy and use for the public.

The proposal for an additional floor would need further investigation of the
existing 2-storey building. Assessment is rather vital to see if the building can carry an
additional storey which would be used for miscellaneous activities and gatherings that
would be designed as a roof top deck that is open.

Technical/ Structural Observations:

A slab panel at the second floor vibrates when there is live load. This could be
due to the lack of thickness of the slab.
Columns were lacking main steel rebars. Instead of 8 - 16mm as specified in
the plans, 6 - 16mm and 2 12mm
Overall building wall finish works not yet done
Roof has not yet been installed
Partitions at second floor not yet completed
Downspout/ pipes not installed, caused leaking at the ground floor
Methodology

An as-built plan was given as the basis for the structure, but still a site inspection
was conducted to ensure the analysis of the structure would resemble as close to
possible the actual structure built.

A rebound hammer is also used on the columns to determine its compressive

strength. The rebound of an elastic mass depends on the hardness of the surface
against which its mass strikes. When the plunger of the rebound hammer is pressed
against the surface of the concrete, the spring-controlled mass rebounds and the extent
of such a rebound depends upon the surface hardness of the concrete. The surface
hardness and therefore the rebound is taken to be related to the compressive strength
of the concrete. The rebound value is read from a graduated scale and is designated as
the rebound number or rebound index. The compressive strength can be read directly
from the graph provided on the body of the hammer. This will determine if the designed
structural analysis can withstand the existing building and the proposed additional 3 rd
floor.

The structure was analyzed based on both the plans and site inspection. Actual
measurements of column to column spacing, and member dimensions were made to
check if the plans given coincided with the actual structure. No specifications for the
materials were given, so a concrete strength (fc) of 3,000 psi and yield strength for the
rebars (fy) of 40,000 psi were assumed. For the analysis of footings, the as-built plan
was used.
After finding out the structural framing and member dimensions, the structure
was then analyzed.
Results

(Forces were analyzed using STAAD.Pro)

Interpretation of Results
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computations, also add a short description of the software used

Conclusion

Based from the computations and findings, it is not advisable to add another floor
to the existing structure, due to the fact that the columns are insufficient. Also,
substandard rebars were used and not the actual designed number of rebars composed
the columns. The vibration of the slab was due to the thickness not constructed
accordingly to the structural design; therefore, slab thickness did not reach the designed
minimum thickness. *add more here

Recommendation

It is strongly advised that no additional floor should be added to the structure.

Otherwise, if pursued, then jacketing of the columns must be done to suffice the
additional load and the overall building. *add more here