GOOD NEWS: Some 7,000 students benefit as Lopez Group turns over 24 new classrooms to four schools in Leyte The Lopez Group through funds donated to the Sagip Kapamilya Program of ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, Inc. completed the construction of four new buildings with 14 typhoon-resilient classrooms in New Ormoc City National High School in Ormoc City, Matlang Elementary School in Isabel, and San Joaquin National High School in Palo. The group also finished the repair of 5 buildings with 10 classrooms in Milagro Elementary School in Ormoc City, Ms. Tony Nieva, EDC media coordinator for Leyte, informed. The students will benefit from these new classrooms. Each new classroom costs about P1.2 million while P6.7 million was spent for the repair of the Milagro classrooms. For one, the new buildings and classrooms are sturdier and can withstand wind velocity of 250 kilometers per hour which is the standard of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for typhoon-resilient structures. The classrooms’ roofing is reinforced using a new method of connecting the galvanized iron sheet to the trestle. The walls are thicker, almost double the old classrooms. Instead of gutters where ripping off of the roof starts, inclined floors with drain canals were constructed. The classrooms have higher ceiling and wider windows for better ventilation, and furnished with electric fans and toilet facilities. Lopez geothermal firm Energy Development Corporation (EDC), which operates the Leyte geothermal power plants, supervised construction activities for the classrooms. Our philosophy is not to build back to the original but to build better. We believe that all rebuilding efforts after the massive devastation by Typhoon Yolanda should truly be future proof. That is why all the schools we are building in partnership with ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya have been designed to withstand another Yolanda,” EDC President and Chief Operating Officer Richard Tantoco said during the inauguration of the four schools. Tantoco also acknowledged the help of Sy^2 for the structural integrity of the building and W.V. Coscolluela for the building design. The two firms offered their services for free. opt From filipinajournalistonline.blogspot
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 07:42:30 +0000
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