Advances in Civil Engineering Materials: The Case of DPWH-Aurora District

This study aimed to know the usability of modern technologies and other advancements in science to facilitate the choice of materials in the DPWH Project in the District Office of Aurora. More specifically, it answered the following: (a) standard processes involved in the procurement of materials in the DPWH-Aurora; (b) advances in civil engineering materials; and (c) plan of action to facilitate the usability and utilization of these advances in civil engineering materials. The descriptive research method was used in this study, which entails collecting, analyzing, categorizing, and tabulating information about current situations, practices, beliefs, processes, trends, and cause-and-effect relationships before providing adequate and accurate interpretations of the information with or without the aid of statistical techniques. Within the scope of the study, Aurora has ten engineering offices: eight municipal engineering offices, one provincial engineering office, and the District Office of the Department of Public Works and Highways. The findings revealed that the civil engineers often employed the standard processes involved in the procurement of materials in the DPWH-Aurora while they often managed to establish advances in civil engineering materials in different projects. It was concluded that the need for a cost estimation approach that incorporates all estimation components from both kinds, including estimator-specific, design-specific, and project-specific aspects, is critical. It was suggested that Project Engineers should be utilizing common benchmarks that could aid in categorizing, grouping, and ranking cost estimation projects

CIBERNÉTICA APLICADA A LA ENVOLVENTE ARTIFICIAL (TRABAJOS CON EL CAOS O SISTEMAS COMPLEJOS: VIVIENDA PROGRESIVA)

El artículo desarrollado esboza la posibilidad de aplicar los estudios de sistemas de complejidad, basados en teorías contemporáneas de sistemas como las de Niklas Luhmann y otros autores, también al diseño tanto topológico como tectónico de una envolvente artificial arquitectónica. Para lo anterior se analizan experiencias académicas y profesionales sobre un tema arquitectónico y urbano en el cual estas herramientas conceptuales y pragmáticas son necesarias: la vivienda progresiva de las ciudades latinoamericanas de la 2ª. Mitad del Siglo XX y su recepción en los medios académicos y profesionales de la época.ABSTRACTThe article outlines the applicability of the studies of complex systems to design both a topological and tectonic architecture artificial surround or ‘border’, based on contemporary theories of systems authors such as Niklas Luhmann and others. It also discusses academic and professional experiences on a subject architectural and urban context in which these conceptual and pragmatic tools are needed: progressive housing of Latin American cities of the 2nd. Half of the Twentieth Century and its reception in the academic and professional at the time