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Fort Drum, also known as El Fraile Island (Tagalog: Pulo ng El Fraile), is a heavily fortified island situated at the mouth of Manila Bay in the Philippines, south of Corregidor Island. Nicknamed a "concrete battleship", [1] the reinforced concrete sea fort, shaped like a battleship, was built by the United States in 1909 as one of the harbor ...
Amakan, also known as sawali in the northern Philippines, is a type of traditional woven split- bamboo mats used as walls, paneling, or wall cladding in the Philippines. [1] They are woven into various intricate traditional patterns, often resulting in repeating diagonal, zigzag, or diamond-like shapes. The term "sawali" is more properly ...
SteelAsia was established in 1965 by Benito Yao and Go Kim Pah, the latter being the founder of Equitable Banking Corporation. [4] The company was founded as the Island Metal Manufacturing Corporation setting its first steel mill in Quezon City with the capacity of 30,000 tons per year.
The Philippine Metalworkers' Alliance (PMA) is a trade union federation of metal workers in the Philippines. This includes workers in the automotive, electrical and electronics, iron, steel and shipbuilding sectors. PMA has 25 affiliated unions and is itself affiliated with the Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa and IndustriALL ...
Metal roof. A metal roof is a roofing system featuring metal pieces or tiles exhibiting corrosion resistance, impermeability to water, and long life. It is a component of the building envelope. The metal pieces may be a covering on a structural, non-waterproof roof, or they could be self-supporting sheets.
Tile roofing traditionally consists of locally available materials such as clay, granite, terracotta or slate, though many modern applications contain concrete. Imbrex and tegula, style dating back to ancient Greece and Rome. Monk and nun, a style similar to Imbrex and tegula, but basically using two Imbrex tiles. Dutch roof tiles, Netherlands.
The official number of Philippine Medal of Valor recipients is currently given as forty-one (41). [2] However, Mary Grace Baloyo, a Philippine Air Force pilot who died in a crash on 26 March 2001 and is on record as being conferred the medal by former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on 3 April 2001, is not included in the summary of recipients.
S. Steel companies of the Philippines (1 P) Categories: Metal companies by country.