{"id":663,"date":"2019-11-15T16:58:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coe.upd.edu.ph\/?p=663"},"modified":"2019-11-20T01:05:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T01:05:04","slug":"up-engineers-assess-infra-in-earthquake-stricken-mindanao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coe.upd.edu.ph\/2019\/11\/15\/up-engineers-assess-infra-in-earthquake-stricken-mindanao\/","title":{"rendered":"UP Engineers Assess Infra in Earthquake-stricken Mindanao"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A team of Engineers from the University of the\nPhilippines (UP) College of Engineering (CoE), headed by CoE Dean Ferdinand G. Manegdeg,\nensured the safety of Mindanaoans right after a series of above magnitude 6\nearthquakes and strong aftershocks hit the Province of Cotabato during the last\nweek of October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Immediately after the devastation, the\nManegdeg-led contingent of volunteers from the UP-CoE rushed to aid the\nhard-hit Municipality of Makilala and Kidapawan City by conducting the needed\nstructural assessment of their vital infrastructure and facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs representatives of the State and premier\nUniversity, it is our important duty and responsibility to genuinely Serve the\nPeople by providing the necessary support and assistance based on our\ncompetence and expertise,\u201d CoE Dean Manegdeg said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Manegdeg, the free services by the UP-CoE, Institute of Civil Engineering, Department of Geodetic Engineering, and UP Building Research Service (BRS) were carried out in coordination with the UP Resilience Institute who has earlier sent a team of geological experts in response to requests of Acting Gov. Emmylou Tali\u00f1o-Mendoza, Acting Vice-Gov. Shirlyn D. Macasarte-Villanueva, and Kidapawan City Mayor Joseph Evangelista to UP for assistance on geological surveys, structural damage assessment, and psychosocial support for trauma victims. In fact, members of the team from UP Institute of Civil Engineering was already on standby and the ones who first initiated the structural assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Structural damage assessment remains to be an\nimmediate need when disasters strike to ascertain the integrity and safety of structures\nthat would rationalize evacuations, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The engineering team inspected twenty (20) main\nstructures from November 9 to November 11, determining whether these could be\nreoccupied, should be restricted, or declared off limits. Among those examined\nwere government and office buildings, gymnasiums, evacuation centers, hotels,\ncommercial establishments, condominiums, and a bridge. The municipal building\nof Makilala was declared off limits after serious damages were detected on the\ncolumns in the basement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Team members were Civil Engineers Jaime\nHernandez Jr., Eric Augustus Tingatinga, Jihan Pacer, Julius Rey Baniqued, and\nGeodetic Engineer Christian Candido who worked hand in hand with Municipality\nof Makilala Mayor Armando Quibod; Kidapawan City Administrator Lou Mayormita;\nand local Engineers led by Kidapawan Engineers Silverio Teofilo Jr. and Gilmor\nCatacutan, and Makilala Engineer Alfredo Enero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The voluntary initiatives by the College of\nEngineering were supported by UP Regent, Atty. Frederick Mikhail \u201cSpocky\u201d\nFarolan; Cebu Pacific through its Vice President for Corporate Affairs, Atty.\nPaterno Mantaring Jr., Director for Aeropolitcal Affairs, Atty. Khristian\nAlvaera, and Director for Corporate Communications, Charo Lagamon,; and Ms.\nGilda Asuncion C. Manegdeg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photos are from Dr. Eric Augustus Tingatinga)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A team of Engineers from the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Engineering (CoE), headed by CoE Dean Ferdinand G. Manegdeg, ensured the safety of Mindanaoans right after a series of above magnitude 6 earthquakes and strong aftershocks hit the Province of Cotabato during the last week of October. Immediately after the devastation, the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coe.upd.edu.ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coe.upd.edu.ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coe.upd.edu.ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coe.upd.edu.ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coe.upd.edu.ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/coe.upd.edu.ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":682,"href":"https:\/\/coe.upd.edu.ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions\/682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coe.upd.edu.ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coe.upd.edu.ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coe.upd.edu.ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coe.upd.edu.ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}