Good Building Design and Construction Practices in Barangay Baybay, Catarman, Northern Samar

Abstract

The Extension program conducted entitled “Good Building Design and Construction Practices” an adopt a Barangay program was undertaken in Barangay Baybay, Catarman, Northern Samar. It aimed to provide consultancy services on civil engineering practices. It undertakes a campaign information drive for safe building construction practices. There were 40 participants in attendance mostly composed of skilled workers. The module presented focuses on design construction, materials principles, and safety construction principles. Pre-tests and post-tests were given before and after the training program. From the administered pre-test, the lowest score was seven and the highest score was 14 out of 15 items conducted, while from the post-test examination they got a perfect score and obtained a lowest 10 points score. The result on the House Building Checklist as to the type of house building structures was derived; there was 3.66 percent on concrete houses, 43.09 percent on mixed concrete and timber house, 46.74 percent were made of steel, concrete, and timber houses, and 6.51 percent are constructed with the indigenous house. The results on indicators of house building checklist revealed that most of the structures do not have occupancy building certificates. The foundation was mostly built on sand because of its location facing the shoreline. The materials used were rivers stone and round. Most walls were covered with either concrete or hollow blocks and were tied to the column at 40 cm intervals. The roofing systems were made of more than 50 percent triangular trusses. For site drainage plan, almost 50 percent observed proper drainage plan and 65 percent of their walls are located nearer to their septic tank and 55 percent are located to floodable waterways and swampy areas. The structures are non-compliant with the building permit issuance. There were 200 structures were built within a radius of 15 meters from the seashore. The structures need to undergo repair because of the appearance of deteriorating construction materials. The results of the interview revealed that they have malpractice in the handling of construction materials and proper observation of the construction method.