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Mactan Shangri-La Hotel
Mactan Shangri-La Hotel is an eight-storey, 360-room, resort hotel developed within a 12.5-hectare beach property situated in scenic Mactan Island. It consists of a main hotel building structure with auxiliary building amenities and a total floor area of 30,000 square meters. It has a centralized chilled water system with a refrigeration capacity of 600 tons.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Detailed engineering design, which included the structural, electrical, mechanical, sanitary plumbing and civil works; inspection/quality control services during the construction phase, as well as design of the civil works and outside facilities for man-made beach, tennis courts, mini-golf course, boat dock and garden.
Marco Polo Davao Hotel
The Marco Polo Hotel, the tallest building in Davao at present, has 17 floors and a semi-basement. The upper floors contain 245 hotel rooms and suites, meetings and conference facilities, fine dining areas, a two-level fitness centre, swimming pool and a landscaped pool terrace at Level 4.
The semi-basement contains the back-of-house facilities such as the laundry system, kitchen, refrigerated food storage, water tanks, and administrative/security offices, etc. An adjacent multi-level car park building also provides space for support facilities such as the power substation, chillers, boilers and hot water heaters.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Detailed structural engineering design of the main building and car park building; detailed electrical and sanitary engineering design and the building management system.
New World Renaissance Hotel
New World Renaissance Hotel is a 29-storey hotel with a two-and-a-half level basement. It has 600 guest rooms, function rooms, restaurants, a banquet hall, a swimming floor at the 4th floor podium, and concession areas.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Structural, electrical, sanitary and mechanical engineering design; construction management and supervision of structural and electro-mechanical systems requirements.
PBCom Tower
PBCom Tower’s 54 storeys is the tallest structure in the Makati skyline. The building, because of its height, features three groups of elevators for the office floors (i.e. low, mid and high rise) in addition to the parking floor elevators. The bank, because of its stringent requirements, has a dedicated electrical supply for its sole use.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Design of electrical systems
PCIBank Tower
PCIBank Tower in Ortigas Center is a 45-storey office building with basement and above-ground parking areas. The building features a centralized chilled water and variable refrigerant volume (VRV) direct expansion-type air-conditioning system. The centralized chilled water system is provided at podium levels and levels 40-45. The typical office floors use the VRV type due to its energy efficient features and flexibility .The building is also equipped with life safety features such as automatic fire suppression system, stairwell pressurization system, and fire detection and alarm systems. The major electrical and mechanical equipment are monitored and controlled through the building management system (BMS).
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Detailed mechanical, electrical and sanitary engineering design
Philippine Centennial Freedom Ring
Philippine Centennial Freedom Ring is a 300-meter diameter amphitheater and exposition area. The amphitheater is enclosed by an innovative cable structure inspired by a long span suspension bridge design. The heart of the structure is a cable truss that is directly above the first row of seats. This allows long unsupported spans of up to 200 meters, resulting in clear sight lines for every seat in the house. A membrane of Teflon-coated fiberglass fabric provides protection from the elements.
The Freedom Ring is enhanced by a computer-controlled lighting system which enables the structure to glow like a Pampanga lantern with changing multi-colored patterns on the membrane roofing fabric. The structure houses a world-class stage, and is equipped with a house sound system, an international communications system, and other related facilities capable of presenting the most lavish of Broadway spectacles and other world class events.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Detailed structural, electrical, sanitary and mechanical engineering design
Q-Plaza Shopping Mall (Quezon City) Project
Q-Plaza Shopping Mall (Quezon City), a 4,000 sq. m. commercial center of the Mercury Group of Companies, contains a hamburger house, drugstore, bakeshop and other business establishments.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Project management services
RCBC Plaza (Makati City)
RCBC Plaza (Makati City) is a commercial complex made up of two office towers of 42 and 45 storeys, seven levels of underground parking, a theater, museum, health club and food court. The complex is equipped with a chilled water air-conditioning system with a plant capacity of 5,200 tons of refrigeration. The air-conditioning system has thermal storage as well as variable frequency drives to achieve energy efficiency. The building is also equipped with life-safety systems. All mechanical and electrical equipment, including interfacing of auxiliary systems, are monitored and/or controlled by a central workstation through the use of a building management system (BMS).
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Detailed mechanical, electrical and sanitary engineering design
Robinsons Place Residences
Robinsons Place Residences is a twin-tower residential development located along M. Adriatico St. in Ermita, Manila. Each tower is 38 storeys high and both have 700 residential units. The tower sits on top of a 7-storey podium which links to adjacent Robinsons Mall. Parking for residents is located on the 3rd to 6th floor of the podium.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Detailed mechanical, electrical and sanitary engineering design
Rockwell Commercial and Residential Projects
Rockwell Commercial and Residential Projects The Rockwell Commercial Center, also known as the Power Plant consists of a four-level high-end shopping center with 45,000 square meters of retail space and 60,000 square meters of parking and common areas.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Civil works as part of the design and build in the site development; for the mechanical, electrical, and sanitary plumbing, DCCD personnel were assigned to the field as part of the in-house checking and validation groups of the retail buildings.
For the Rockwell Residential Project, surveys, field measurements, and technical audits on the existing equipment and the operation of the air-conditioning system were done to rationalize the operation and lower the operating costs by reducing electric power consumption. Studies optimized the use of the existing building management system for more efficient monitoring and control of fan, pumps, cooling towers and other equipment.
Roxas Triangle
Roxas Triangle, a 52-storey luxury twin-tower building located along Paseo de Roxas in Makati City, has 183 residential units in every tower including a swimming pool at podium level 3.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Detailed electrical and mechanical engineering design services
Telstar Manufacturing Corporation Project
Telstar Manufacturing Corporation Project in Sta. Rosa, Laguna involved the construction of a pharmaceutical plant at the Laguna Technopark. It is a two-storey building with a total floor area of about 22,000 square meters which is designed to produce household products and external medicines. Aside from the manufacturing area, the plant has areas for administration and warehousing.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Construction management services
Union Church Manila
Union Church Manila, a welcome deviation from the usual structures designed by DCCD is located at the corner of Rada and Legaspi Streets in Legaspi Village, Makati. The church structure, “different” from the office and residential buildings around it, is fully air-conditioned and complete with a pipe organ. Aside from being a place of worship and fellowship, it has facilities for Sunday school and community activities.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Mechanical, electrical and environmental systems design
World Trade Center Manila
World Trade Center Manila in Roxas Boulevard Complex, Manila is a one-level multi-function exhibition center. With an 11-meter high ceiling and 7,000 sq. m. of floor area, it is the biggest fully air-conditioned exhibition center in the Philippines. The floor structure is designed to accommodate heavy loads like bulldozers and military armored vehicles. The roof structure can support the exhibit of a light single aircraft. In the exhibit halls, participants have access to electric power, audio and video facilities, water supply and telephone lines.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Mechanical, electrical, and environmental engineering aspects of the project
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Mactan Shangri-La Hotel
Mactan Shangri-La Hotel is an eight-storey, 360-room, resort hotel developed within a 12.5-hectare beach property situated in scenic Mactan Island. It consists of a main hotel building structure with auxiliary building amenities and a total floor area of 30,000 square meters. It has a centralized chilled water system with a refrigeration capacity of 600 tons.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Detailed engineering design, which included the structural, electrical, mechanical, sanitary plumbing and civil works; inspection/quality control services during the construction phase, as well as design of the civil works and outside facilities for man-made beach, tennis courts, mini-golf course, boat dock and garden.
Marco Polo Davao Hotel
The Marco Polo Hotel, the tallest building in Davao at present, has 17 floors and a semi-basement. The upper floors contain 245 hotel rooms and suites, meetings and conference facilities, fine dining areas, a two-level fitness centre, swimming pool and a landscaped pool terrace at Level 4.
The semi-basement contains the back-of-house facilities such as the laundry system, kitchen, refrigerated food storage, water tanks, and administrative/security offices, etc. An adjacent multi-level car park building also provides space for support facilities such as the power substation, chillers, boilers and hot water heaters.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Detailed structural engineering design of the main building and car park building; detailed electrical and sanitary engineering design and the building management system.
New World Renaissance Hotel
New World Renaissance Hotel is a 29-storey hotel with a two-and-a-half level basement. It has 600 guest rooms, function rooms, restaurants, a banquet hall, a swimming floor at the 4th floor podium, and concession areas.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Structural, electrical, sanitary and mechanical engineering design; construction management and supervision of structural and electro-mechanical systems requirements.
PBCom Tower
PBCom Tower’s 54 storeys is the tallest structure in the Makati skyline. The building, because of its height, features three groups of elevators for the office floors (i.e. low, mid and high rise) in addition to the parking floor elevators. The bank, because of its stringent requirements, has a dedicated electrical supply for its sole use.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Design of electrical systems
PCIBank Tower
PCIBank Tower in Ortigas Center is a 45-storey office building with basement and above-ground parking areas. The building features a centralized chilled water and variable refrigerant volume (VRV) direct expansion-type air-conditioning system. The centralized chilled water system is provided at podium levels and levels 40-45. The typical office floors use the VRV type due to its energy efficient features and flexibility .The building is also equipped with life safety features such as automatic fire suppression system, stairwell pressurization system, and fire detection and alarm systems. The major electrical and mechanical equipment are monitored and controlled through the building management system (BMS).
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Detailed mechanical, electrical and sanitary engineering design
Philippine Centennial Freedom Ring
Philippine Centennial Freedom Ring is a 300-meter diameter amphitheater and exposition area. The amphitheater is enclosed by an innovative cable structure inspired by a long span suspension bridge design. The heart of the structure is a cable truss that is directly above the first row of seats. This allows long unsupported spans of up to 200 meters, resulting in clear sight lines for every seat in the house. A membrane of Teflon-coated fiberglass fabric provides protection from the elements.
The Freedom Ring is enhanced by a computer-controlled lighting system which enables the structure to glow like a Pampanga lantern with changing multi-colored patterns on the membrane roofing fabric. The structure houses a world-class stage, and is equipped with a house sound system, an international communications system, and other related facilities capable of presenting the most lavish of Broadway spectacles and other world class events.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Detailed structural, electrical, sanitary and mechanical engineering design
Q-Plaza Shopping Mall (Quezon City) Project
Q-Plaza Shopping Mall (Quezon City), a 4,000 sq. m. commercial center of the Mercury Group of Companies, contains a hamburger house, drugstore, bakeshop and other business establishments.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Project management services
RCBC Plaza (Makati City)
RCBC Plaza (Makati City) is a commercial complex made up of two office towers of 42 and 45 storeys, seven levels of underground parking, a theater, museum, health club and food court. The complex is equipped with a chilled water air-conditioning system with a plant capacity of 5,200 tons of refrigeration. The air-conditioning system has thermal storage as well as variable frequency drives to achieve energy efficiency. The building is also equipped with life-safety systems. All mechanical and electrical equipment, including interfacing of auxiliary systems, are monitored and/or controlled by a central workstation through the use of a building management system (BMS).
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Detailed mechanical, electrical and sanitary engineering design
Robinsons Place Residences
Robinsons Place Residences is a twin-tower residential development located along M. Adriatico St. in Ermita, Manila. Each tower is 38 storeys high and both have 700 residential units. The tower sits on top of a 7-storey podium which links to adjacent Robinsons Mall. Parking for residents is located on the 3rd to 6th floor of the podium.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Detailed mechanical, electrical and sanitary engineering design
Rockwell Commercial and Residential Projects
Rockwell Commercial and Residential Projects The Rockwell Commercial Center, also known as the Power Plant consists of a four-level high-end shopping center with 45,000 square meters of retail space and 60,000 square meters of parking and common areas.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Civil works as part of the design and build in the site development; for the mechanical, electrical, and sanitary plumbing, DCCD personnel were assigned to the field as part of the in-house checking and validation groups of the retail buildings.
For the Rockwell Residential Project, surveys, field measurements, and technical audits on the existing equipment and the operation of the air-conditioning system were done to rationalize the operation and lower the operating costs by reducing electric power consumption. Studies optimized the use of the existing building management system for more efficient monitoring and control of fan, pumps, cooling towers and other equipment.
Roxas Triangle
Roxas Triangle, a 52-storey luxury twin-tower building located along Paseo de Roxas in Makati City, has 183 residential units in every tower including a swimming pool at podium level 3.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Detailed electrical and mechanical engineering design services
Telstar Manufacturing Corporation Project
Telstar Manufacturing Corporation Project in Sta. Rosa, Laguna involved the construction of a pharmaceutical plant at the Laguna Technopark. It is a two-storey building with a total floor area of about 22,000 square meters which is designed to produce household products and external medicines. Aside from the manufacturing area, the plant has areas for administration and warehousing.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Construction management services
Union Church Manila
Union Church Manila, a welcome deviation from the usual structures designed by DCCD is located at the corner of Rada and Legaspi Streets in Legaspi Village, Makati. The church structure, “different” from the office and residential buildings around it, is fully air-conditioned and complete with a pipe organ. Aside from being a place of worship and fellowship, it has facilities for Sunday school and community activities.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Mechanical, electrical and environmental systems design
World Trade Center Manila
World Trade Center Manila in Roxas Boulevard Complex, Manila is a one-level multi-function exhibition center. With an 11-meter high ceiling and 7,000 sq. m. of floor area, it is the biggest fully air-conditioned exhibition center in the Philippines. The floor structure is designed to accommodate heavy loads like bulldozers and military armored vehicles. The roof structure can support the exhibit of a light single aircraft. In the exhibit halls, participants have access to electric power, audio and video facilities, water supply and telephone lines.
DCCD ENGAGEMENT: Mechanical, electrical, and environmental engineering aspects of the project
