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Bamboo in the dance of construction

Manila StandardbyManila Standard
January 7, 2022, 6:40 pm
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Base Bahay Foundation recently held a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) seminar for 20 architects and engineers, as part of its advocacy to elevate bamboo into a mainstream construction material.

Hands on learning. Architects and engineers at the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) seminar take a stab at assembling bamboo panels.

Dubbed “Cement Bamboo Frame Technology (CBFT): Features, History, Standards and Components”, the seminar was held at the Base Innovation Center, as part of its Bamboo Academy training initiative.

The seminar-workshop was facilitated by Base Bahay’s resident experts, who discussed the nature and properties of bamboo that make it a good structural material, the significance of bamboo as a sustainable material in light of climate change, what makes up a bamboo shear wall system, or essentially, CBFT.

Exploring the bamboo value chain

Part of the discussions were bamboo standards both local and international, on testing, grading, and structural design, said Pablo Jorillo, Base Bahay general manager.  Other topics discussed were: the bamboo value chain, focusing on the life cycle of planting, harvesting, treatment, and construction, its significant environmental impact (less than 60 percent compared to conventional construction), and its contribution to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals; the history and types of bamboo architecture around the world and in different periods; and bamboo structures’ specifications, criteria for design, components, connections, and construction process.

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Participants toured the Base Innovation Center, where they observed how bamboo components and system testing is done using various tools, including the universal testing machine and the reaction frame. They also toured a model house that showed the different stages of house construction―from foundation to panels to plastering to roofing.

At a hands-on workshop, participants fabricated their first bamboo shear-wall panel, including the materials that go into building a CBFT and the connection required to assemble them together.

“The primary load-bearing structure should be made of round bamboo, or a shear wall panel system in which the framing is made of round bamboo. With this, engineers can design up to two-storey buildings that do not exceed seven meters in height,” Jorillo explained.
Lack of materials, training issues tackled

Base Bahay also hosted an online training event for 120 engineers and architects. Participants who completed these training programs, which are accredited by the Professional Regulatory Commission, received corresponding  CPD points,

“One hindrance to using bamboo for professionals is the lack of materials and training for this kind of construction method,” said Jorillo.

“Beginning with this workshop, Base will offer a training series on bamboo structural design each year. While the Cement Bamboo Frame has been approved by the NHA through AITECH since 2018, it is only now that a formal training program will be made public for professionals by the Base Innovation Center.”

Base Bahay is also working with the Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines through its bamboo committee to include bamboo in the next version of the National Structural Code of the Philippines. 

“I learned a lot of new things from the seminar-workshop,” said Bernadette Manuel, VP for Engineering of Philipps Technical Consultants Corp. “I particularly liked the topic of structural design which is the field I’m in. I didn’t know that bamboo could be used as the main structural components of the house. In the workshop, we’ve learned how to make even the simplest bracing for bamboo panels.”

Getting a headstart

Base Bahay will train more architects and engineers to give them a headstart in anticipation of the standardization of bamboo construction and design and the mainstreaming of bamboo in building codes, said Jorillo.

Contractors and builders can also help fast-track and spread out CBFT in social housing across the Philippines. As for Base Bahay’s communities, their workers will be given a Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) NC-II Certification on conventional and bamboo construction upon completion of the training. This certification can be used by the workers beyond the project.

“As more and more professionals use bamboo, we should be able to depend less on more conventional steel and concrete that has a negative impact on the environment,” Jorillo said. “We shall also depend less on depleting timber products. Knowledge of bamboo design and construction shall propel the bamboo construction industry, benefiting people in the value chain―from farmers harvesting and workers in processing of raw materials, and, ultimately, construction.”

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