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Construction of 1,000 housing units in the Philippines in only two years

The government of the Philippines has big plans for the construction of a total of 7 million new housing units by 2030. The National Housing Authority (NHA), the government agency for public housing, is mandating the construction of the buildings. The houses will provide affordable living space for socially disadvantaged people in safe, secure and well-planned communities. Here, fast and cost-oriented construction is required, with a high density of housing units and a design that is repeated many times. These are ideal conditions for the efficient use of the monolithic handset formwork system ­MonoFix, as it is suitable for the cost-effective implementation of large-scale housing projects due to its simple, fast and flexible assembly to any building layout. An investment in this formwork pays for itself in a short time.

The Island Garden City of Samal, a city of 100,000 inhabitants in the south of the archipelago, consists of nine small islands. On one of them, which can be reached by a 30-minute ferry ride, a total of 500 duplexes were to be built on 17 hectares of land in just 720 days. The buildings have two duplex floors, light and friendly on a compact area. The ground and upper floors of each residential unit with kitchen-dining room, living area, sanitary room and two bedrooms have 40 m² of living space each. The new district offers a good infrastructure with a sports centre, shopping, leisure facilities and 24-hour security.

Supported by Revit 3-D planning

Construction was monolithic with the MonoFix formwork system. The work was significantly supported by Revit 3-D planning from MEVA Philippines. Initially, standard formwork was used, but due to time pressure, Rotaflex Construction & Development Corp. switched to monolithic concreting at short notice. The contractor purchased six complete sets of the formwork, which consists of aluminium panels and can be easily adapted to all residential projects. Walls, slabs, balconies, columns, beams as well as staircases connected to the side walls are rapidly concreted in one cycle. Windows, doors and decorative elements are integrated.

The panels of the crane-independent system weigh only 22 kg/m². They are simply assembled with a wedge-and-pin system to connect the panels. The robust formwork enables fast concreting operations with a maximum fresh-concrete pressure of 60 kN/m². The components are impervious to moisture, robust against fungal decay, easily cleaned with high-pressure water and, after a long lifespan, fully recyclable.

The panels, 120, 245 and 300 cm high, have five widths from 30 to 60 cm and can be applied horizontally as well as vertically. The hand-set system is completed with inner and outer corners, wall end panels, slab connector, end beam, middle beam, rocker, beam slab connector and prop head.

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Contractor:
Rotaflex Construction & Development Corp., Quezon/PHL

Project:
Maresca Home, Samal/Philippines

Engineering and support:
MEVA Philippines Inc., Quezon/PHL