RENOVATION OF 2 STOREY

MIXED-USE BUILDING
CINCO CINCO, CABANTUAN CITY, NUEVA ECIJA

SPECIFICATION
I. Specification of Materials and Construction

CLEARING THE SITE

The building shall be leveled according to plans and cleared of
rubbish, roots and other perishable and objectionable matters to a
suitable sub grade.
All such unsuitable materials shall be removed from the building site
and spread uniformly over areas adjacent to the proposed of as may be
directed by the Architect/Engineer in charge of construction.

STAKING OUT THE BUILDING LINES

The building lines shall be staked out and all lines and grades in the
drawings establish before any excavation is started. Batter boards and
reference marks shall be erected at such places where they will not be
disturbed during the excavation of the building.

EXCAVATION
All excavations shall be made to grade in the drawings. Where the
building site is covered with any kind of fill, the excavation for footings
should be made differ until the stratum for safe bearing capacity of the
soil is reached.
Whenever water is encountered in the excavation process, it shall
be removed by bailing or pumping, care being taken that the surrounding
soil particles are not disturbed or removed.

BACKFILL
After concrete for foundations hard enough to withstand pressure
resulting from fills, the material removed from excavations shall be used
for backfill around them.
Backfill and fills shall be placed in layers not exceeding 150 mm in
thickness, and each layer shall be thoroughly compacted by wetting,
tamping and rolling.

CONCRETE WORKS
All concrete shall be mixed thoroughly until there is a uniform
distribution of the cement and aggregates, and should be deposited as
nearly as practicable in its final position, care being taken to avoid
segregation of the aggregates.
Water to be used for mixing concrete shall be clean and free from
injurious amount of oil, acids, alkalis, salts and other organic materials.

PROPORTIONING OF CONCRETE
All concrete works shall be done in accordance with the standard
specification for plain and reinforced concrete as adopted by the
Government. Cement to be used shall be Northern Brand Portland
Cement, or any other equivalent brands more readily available in the
community. Alternative cements so selected must meet the requirements
of Portland and approved by the Architect/Engineer in charge of the
construction.
The following proportions of concrete mixtures shall be used for the
various parts of the building:
Columns and footings Class A (1:2:4)
Concrete hollow blocks footings Class B (1:2 ½:5)
Reinforced concrete beams and slabs Class A (1:2:4)
Concrete slab floor on fill Class C (1:3:6
Class A concrete shall be mixture of 1 part cement, 2 parts
fine aggregates and 4 parts coarse aggregates by volume, plus
enough clean water to make the mixture unto a pliable paste.
Class B concrete shall be a mixture of 1 part cement, 2 ½
parts fine aggregates and 5 parts coarse aggregates by volume,
plus enough clean water to make the mixture unto a pliable paste.
Class C concrete shall be a mixture of 1 part cement, 3 parts
fine aggregates and 6 parts coarse aggregates by volume, plus
enough clean water to make the mixture unto a pliable paste.
The coarse aggregates for concrete shall consist of crushed rock of
durable and strong qualities, or clean and hard gravel. Size of coarse
aggregate to be used shall vary from 20 mm to 25 mm (¾ to 1”)

FORMS AND CONCRETE WORKS

All forms for concrete works shall be properly braced or tied
together so as to maintain the correct position and shapes of the concrete
members. Forms shall be constructed sufficiently tight to prevent bulging
and seepage of water.

Forms shall be removed until the concrete has attained sufficient

strength to support its own weight and loads that may be placed on it.
Side forms of beams and girders may be removed earlier than the bottom
forms but additional posts or shoring must be placed under the beams or
girders until they have attained their strength.

CONCRETE SLAB FLOORS ON FILL

Concrete slabs on fill shall be poured on a gravel bed of not less
than 100 m thick. Each concrete slab course to be poured shall not be
more than one meter wide, and each course shall be poured alternately to
the indicated floor finish.

STEEL REINFORCING BARS

All steel reinforcing bars used in this construction shall consist of
round deformed steel bars with lugs or projections on their sides to
provide a greater bond between the concrete and the steel.
 All reinforcing bars shall be accurately placed and secured against
displacement by tying them together at each bar intersection with Gauge
No. 16 tie wire.
The steel reinforcing bars indicated for footings, columns, slabs,
beams and other concrete members shall all conform to the number, size,
and spacing as indicated in the drawings or schedule of steel
reinforcement.
No metal reinforcement shall be installed in place unless it is free
from rust, scale or other coatings, which will destroy or reduce the bond
with concrete.

CONCRETE HOLLOW BLOCKS

Concrete hollow blocks to be used in perimeter wall shall be 150
mm (5”) thick and 100 mm (4”) thick in interior wall partitions.
The concrete hollow block walls shall be laid and the cells filled with
cement mortar consisting of 1 part Portland cement and 3 parts sand by
volume. They shall be reinforced with 10mm diameter round deformed
bars spaced not more than 0.60 m on centers, both ways.
The mixture of cement plaster for concrete hollow block wall finishes
indicated in the drawings shall be 1 part cement and 3 parts sand.

ROOFING
All roofing sheets adjacent to concrete hollow block and other
masonry walls such as at property line firewalls, shall be provided with
Gauge No. 26 plain GI flashing to extend up to the top and over to the side
of the wall. All rivets shall be placed at the top of the corrugations of the
roofing sheets to prevent water from standing around the rivets.

ELECTRICAL WORKS
The electrical installation shall be done in accordance with the
approved plans and under the direct supervision and control of a licensed
Professional Electrical Engineer or Master Electrician.

All Electrical works and material shall conform to the provisions of

the latest edition of the Philippine National Electrical Code.

The electrical wiring shall be installed thru ½” diameter MOLDIFLEX

coilable PVC electrical conduit, fittings and appurtenances that conform to
ISO dimension.

The type of electrical services to be supplied to the building shall be

220V, AC, single phase.

There shall be only one service drop from the nearest SERVICE pole
to the proposed building. Electric wires for light and power shall not be
smaller than 3.5 mm2 (No. 12), 600V insulation.
 Electrical materials to be used for the electric installation shall be as
follows:

Automatic circuit breaker ROYU brand

Flush wall switches, convenience ROYU brand
outlets, other wiring devices
Wires/conductors ROYU brand

The spare circuit shall be provided with an empty PVC pipe, size 19
mm diameter which should extend at least 300 mm above the ceiling line.
The grounding wires shall be identified and all wires shall be color-coded
for easy identification.

The panel board shall be provided with a circuit directory.

PLUMBING WORKS
All plumbing works for this project shall be done in accordance with
the approved plans and under the direct supervision and control of a
licensed Sanitary Engineer or Master Plumber.
The plumbing installation shall conform with the provisions of the
National Plumbing Code and the rules and regulations enforced in the
locality.
Piping for drain, waste and vent shall be done using MOLDEX
SANIMOLD PVC push-on system. For the in-house water supply
installation, ½” diameter GI pipe sand fittings shall be used.
Where a sanitary sewer system of sewage disposal is not in
operation in the locality, a standard septic tank shall be constructed.
DOORS AND DOOR FRAMES

Doors and door frames shall conform to the sizes, designs and kind
of materials shown in the details of the doors, schedule of doors or as per
the bill of materials.

All wooden doors shall be hung on at least 3 pieces of Gauge 10, 2

ball bearing template hinges, 114 mm x 102 mm (4 ½” x 4 ½”), Stanley
Brand.

Door lock sets to be used shall be WEISER brand to be installed

1024 mm (40-5/16”) from the finished floor line.

STORM DRAINAGE
All downspouts from the roof gutters shall end in concrete catch
basins to be connected together with concrete drainage pipes leading to
the street gutter fronting the building.
PAINTING
All painting work for this project, except hereinafter specified, shall
be done with the use of DAVIES Paint Products whose specifications are
hereby declared and made a part of this specification, with the same force
and effects as if written herein in full.
Before any painting is done, all surfaces shall be cleaned, smoothed
and freed from dust, dirt, grease, mortar, rust and other foreign
substances and all parts where paint remover has been used shall be
washed off with paint or lacquer thinner. All paints shall be spread evenly
and carefully.
No painting shall be done on outside work in extremely cold frosty,
foggy or damp weather. Painting to be done in cold weather should be
performed when the temperature is above 50o F.

II. REVISIONS
Plans, specifications and bill of materials can be subjected to
revision even during the progress of construction. However, all parties
concerned shall approve all revisions.