Let’s take a tour around Cebu…
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Beware cheap phenolic boards
Due to the recent steep price increases in construction materials today as effected by the latest TRAIN law here, one has to find alternative brands. We came across this cheap brand of phonolic boards from China and it was a real waste of money. As you may all know phenolic boards are used to create…
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Supervision and project management
Supervision and project management are very critical clusters in a project. Project management is composed of the owner and a team of trusted engineers. They control the finances, supplies, and finances of the project. The supervision team can come from the contractor side. The contractor provides the construction timeline thus it is essential that the…
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Retire richly in the Philippines: Invest in retirement homes, cheap apartments, or build and sell houses
If you’re soon retiring and looking for a retirement business idea – consider building a retirement home or a cheap apartment in the Philippines. Why the Philippines? -Things are so cheap here – construction materials are relatively cheaper – even cheaper if you go for Chinese manufactured materials flooding the Philippine hardware stores today. -Lands…
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Benefits of freelancers
Freelancers are your best option if you’re looking to save further and don’t want to hire a contractor. A contractor’s profit is around 10-20% and that is significant savings for you if you’re on a very tight budget. The 10-20% profit that should go to the contractor is the price for assuming the headaches and…
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Uber fuels you… Literally…
If you want to go places with your car without spending for fuel then drive Uber. The uber system has recently added four token destinations a day where you can drive to your specified destinations and get riders towards your way. Taking rides for uber sometimes give you not just money for gas, but a…
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Benefits from Top Cebu Contractors
A lot of our site visitors ask “what do we get from TCCI”. Here’s what we can do for you: We are a gathering of Cebu’s most affordable contractors, thus if you’re on a tight budget, you will certainly benefit from us. Once you visit our site and request for a quote or consultation, our…
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Planning small scale construction
Planning is one very important aspect that should not be taken for granted if you plan to build your home or plan to make renovations of an existing one. Assuming you already have a lot, or a unit, in case of renovations or house expansion, your planning starts at envisioning what you want to build.…
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The Tiny House Inspiration
If you’re looking to downsize, cut living costs, or simply just want to finally build your own home, this tiny house is a great inspiration… Because most of us dream of building mansions it will take us years or some even a lifetime to finally build our own house. Why not dream big right?…
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Long adventure trips
In today’s era of modern travel and cheap flights, people prefer to jump straight to their intended destination in minutes instead of taking the long trip and enjoying the views… A long adventure trip however is not about getting to your destination the fastest way, but enjoying the sceneries along the way. Take for example…
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Office of the building official: Processing your building permit
Despite the new Duterte administration, corruption is still rampant at the municipal engineers’, city engineers’ (official of the building official – OBO) today. There is one town south of Cebu where you cannot just simply get building permit application forms, you will have to undergo a brief orientation with the municipal engineer before he hands…
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