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The document discusses requirements for structural engineers, structural engineering, structural failures, structural inspections, structural observations, and defines a terrace. It provides definitions and categories for structural failures and the roles of structural engineers and inspectors.

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The document discusses requirements for structural engineers, structural engineering, structural failures, structural inspections, structural observations, and defines a terrace. It provides definitions and categories for structural failures and the roles of structural engineers and inspectors.

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CHAPTER 1 - General Requirement 1-5

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER is a registered Civil


Engineer with special qualification in the practice of
Structural Engineering as recognized by the Board of Civil
Engineering of the Professional Regulation Commission or
by the Specialty Division of the Philippine Institute of Civil
Engineers (PICE) together with the Association of
Structural Engineers of the Philippines (ASEP) and
Institution of Specialist Structural Engineers of the
Philippines (lSSEP).

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING is a discipline of civil


engineering dealing with the analysis and design of
structures that support or resist loads insuring the safety of
the structures qgainst natural forces.

STRUCTURAL FAILURE is the reduction of capability


of a stmctural system or component to such a degree that it
cannot safely serve its intended purpose. 5

Structural failures can be divided into various categories


based on consequential damages to include: Catastrophic
Failure with Loss of Life, Catastrophic Failure in which No
Human Lives are Endangered, Failure Resulting m
Extensive Property Damage, and Failure Resulting in
Reduced Serviceability. 5

STRUCTURAL INSPECTION is the visual observation


by a structural inspector of a particular type of construction
work or operation for the purpose of ensuring its general
compliance to the approved plans and specifications and
the applicable workmanship provisions of this code as well
as overall construction safety at various stages of
construction.

STRUCTURAL OBSERVATION is the visual


observation of the structural system by the strnctural
observer as provided for in Section l07.9.2, for its general
conformance to the approved plans and specifications, at
significant construction stages and at completion of the
structural system. Structural observation does not include
or waive the responsibility for the structural inspections
required by Section I 07. I or other sections of this code.

TERRACE is a relatively level step constructed in the


face of a graded slope surface for drainage and maintenance
purposes.
1
Guide lo Investigation ofStruc/ura/ Failures, ASCE, 1986.
2
The American Society a/Civil Engineers (ASCE) Technical Council on
Forensic Engineering.
3
Forensic Engineering,, 2"' 1 Edi/ion, Kenelh L. CaqJer, Edi/or, 2001.
4
Robustness of Buildings in Struc/ural Codes, Dimilris Diamantidis,
2009
5
Structural Failures in 1981.

National Structural Code of the Philippines Volume I, 7th Edition, 2015

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