Project Description:

1. Project Location and Area

Map photo courtesy of Google Maps

The project is located in a border of Barangay Sikatuna Village, which is a fairly

commercialized area but majority still being residential. The property is adjacent a
national road, Kamias Rd. Extension.

2. Project Rationale

The original Primebeef Store, a 1-storey structure

 The scope of the project is simply an expansion of the existing Primebeef Company
store, office, freezer capacity, and its production area. This is to accommodate the
community’s ever growing demand for more quality products, and for Primebeef to be
able to open more work opportunities, not only to the immediate neighbourhood, but
to all.

3. Description of Project Phases

Pre-construction phase

The design phase of the structure took almost a year and a half, to ensure that the
standards issued by proper governing authorities, such as the NMIS at the time, are met.
Among the major considerations of the design was whether to totally demolish the
existing 3-storey structure or to retrofit the existing structural. It was eventually decided
to go for the retrofitting of the structure, mainly for economic purposes, but among the
reasons as well was to significantly decrease the construction waste that will be
produced by the project.

Other testing measures were done as well such as the soil boring test to ensure that the
soil can carry the additional 2-storeys included in the expansion.

Project was a combined commercial-residential which was the following use of floors
are as follow:

Ground Floor – Store Outlet. This floor has Freezers (display and walk in freezers)
Second Floor – Production Area and Pantry
Third Floor – Back Office (consist of Sales, HRAQ, Accounting and Finance)
Fourth and Fifth Floor – This is the residential area which the owner dwells in.
Construction phase

Demolition of existing structure

The existing structure renovated and retrofitted to be Primebeef Company’s new facility

Partial demolition immediately took place upon issuance and receipt of the
demolition permit. Ceilings and the roof framings and roofing materials were totally
dismantled and sold to nearby junk-shops as a means of disposing the salvaged
materials.

Existing structure’s foundating being retrofitted

Portions of the ground floor slab were also jack-hammered and soil was excavated to
expose the column footings for retrofitting. All doors and windows were removed as
well as the existing toilet fixtures.

Chipping of existing roof beams and columns to accommodate upper steel structure

Lastly, all of the existing parapet walls and roof beams were chipped and
demolished until only 2/3 of the 3F columns remained, to be expounded on the
retrofitting section.

Retrofitting of structural elements

 Examples of column failures, such as shearing and compression failure

As mentioned in the project description, the structural members of the existing

3-storey structure were retained, and were retrofitted to accommodate the additional
floors and the structure’s new function. The column footings were modified, inserting
additional rebars via drill holes and high grade epoxy, and added more concrete to
increase its individual foot print. The surface of the concrete of the existing footings
were chipped as well for better adhesion with the new concrete.

Example of columns being retrofitted with MS plates to contain the column’s compressive stress
and avoid failures as shown previously

All existing columns were coated with 12mm MS plates, fastened by dyna bolts
at staggered intervals per side, and with the gaps of the plate and column surface filled
with SIKA grout, to add to the compressive strength and carrying capacity of columns
and avoid any column failures such as shearing, buckling, or crushing, in anticipation of
the drastic additional dead and live load addition of the fourth and fifth floor.
 Last scope of the retrofitting is the application of carbon fiber on the existing 2F
beams. This is only applied to L/4 of the beams’ span, and prevents the beam-to-column
connection from shearing.

Installation of Drainage, Water Tanks and Other Utilities

Construction of domestic cistern & fire tanks

 80% of the existing ground floor slab had to be jack-hammered to be removed
for the construction and installation of the domestic cistern and 2 fire tanks. Fire tanks
needed to be two separate but linked concrete tanks due to the limitation of the
existing structure, such as existing tie beams and boundaries formed by the column
footings. The two fire tanks equate to the 30,000L required capacity.

Construction of the main 4-chamber septic tank

Waste water lines were separated to distinguish that of domestic waste and
waste water from the production area. The one as shown on the photo is a 4-chamber
septic tank for the domestic waste of the structure that handles waste from the right
hand wing of the structure. There is also another septic tank that takes the domestic
wastes from the toilet facilities on the left side of the structure. Lastly, all production
wastes proceed to the Grease Tank located adjacent the septic tank shown on the
photo. The grease tank is then tapped to the 4th chamber of the main septic tank.

Addition of Fourth and Fifth Floor, and Interior Renovation of Lower Floors

Construction of 4F & 5F superstructure

Baseplates were installed where the 3F columns ended, together with new 4
anchor bolts per column. From there, wide flange I-beams were fully welded on center
of the baseplates.

4F & 5F steel structural members

 The floor framing of the entire 4F and 5F are made of steel beams and steel
decks.

Assembly and installation of the Blast Freezer

Included in this phase as well are the assembly and installation of all equipment
in the facility such as all the various freezers, namely, the display freezers, walk in
freezers, and blast freezer.

Assembly and installation of the Store display freezers

 Finishing stage

The Meating Place in its finishing stage

Finishing stage of The Meating Place, as with any other structure, involved final
painting touches, installation of all lights, removal of temporary structures and supports,
and general cleaning of the structure.

Roof deck with final coating of paint and installed lights

 Hauling of Debris

Site debris were regularly hauled by a partner hauler. All construction materials
such as concrete debris, waste rebars, off-cut tiles, and all other similar waste were
handled by said haulers, and brought to their sorting facility for proper waste
management.

Operation phase

Completed structure of The Meating Place, Primebeef Company’s facility

The Meating Place, has completed construction last December 2019, and has
commenced operation immediately. All production equipment, display freezers, walk in
freezers, and all similar big equipment, were tested and commissioned prior to
commencement of operations.
 4. Project Emissions

Project emissions can be categorized into two, with those being under construction and
operational phase.

Wastes under construction category are as follows:

- Concrete debris
- Excavated soil
- Rebars, Angle bars, T-runners, and other similar metal wastes
- Off-cut tiles
- CHB and brick wastes
- Off-cut acoustic ceiling, gypsum boards, and plywood
- Used phenolic formworks
- Waste PPR and PVC pipes
- Waste electrical wires, conduits, and cables
- Refrigerant piping insulation wastes
- Off-cut PU insulation panels
- Paint, varnish, waterproofing empty cans
- Furniture, Fixture, and appliance styrofoam, packaging cartons, and plastics
- Off-cut wide flange I-beams, I-beams, and baseplates
- Black water waste from temporary facilities
- Food waste from temporary facilities
- Corrugated G.I. Sheet temporary fence

Wastes under operational phase category are as follows:

- Meat saw dust

- Meat packaging cartons
- Used marinates
- Office wastes: paper, folders, etc.
- Food waste from staff
- Black water waste from toilets
- Gray water from service vehicle wash
- Fluorescent/LED lights replacements
- Used batteries