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Post by pablohoney on Feb 25, 2010 18:59:24 GMT 9
Nice pics, Tomasaiyan. Thanks for sharing! ( By the way, what's with the new nick? hehe)
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Feb 28, 2010 4:02:17 GMT 9
That's my full name ... ayos ba? ;D Sa mga gustong makita ang gym...
Inside the UST gym
while the Women’s Volleyball team is practicing…
Courtesy of flickr-free mystic
during an intramurals...
UST Gym annex during an asalto…
Courtesy of flickr-free mystic
Photo by pablohoney
sa mga gusto ng blow-up... itong sa inyo! Click gym... sa mga mahihilig kung ano hitsura ng UST noon... click blog... UST Sports Center under construction... Source: Apiong of Skyscrapercity Despite ‘uncertainty’ on new structures UST buildings safe from 'Haiti-like' tremor
UNIVERSITY buildings are strong enough to withstand the kind of earthquake that hit Haiti last January, but may have problem dealing with a Chile-like shock as far as “experience” is concerned.
Engineer Lawrence Pangan of the Facilities Management Office (FMO) said the buildings can handle intensity seven to intensity eight quakes, while the Main Building, the country’s first “earthquake-proof” structure, can bear up to intensity nine.
“With the innovation in engineering available, we can guarantee that new buildings like the Tan Yan Kee Student Center, Miguel de Benavides Central Library, Beato Angelico building, Thomas Aquinas Research Complex (TARC) and [the soon-to-rise] Sports Complex can last longer and endure future calamities,” Pangan said.
The newer buildings were built with the damage caused by the 1990 earthquake that hit Luzon at magnitude 7.7 as reference. It was the strongest earthquake to hit Manila.
“Adjustments in a structure’s groundwork and construction are based on this magnitude,” Pangan said.
This is the reason why intensity eight quakes are manageable, but UST may have problems dealing with the kind of tremor that hit Chile on February 27 at 8.8 magnitude.
“When a Chile-like earthquake hit UST, I am unsure whether our buildings, except the Main Building, can survive,” said College of Architecture Dean John Joseph Fernandez.
He specifically expressed doubt over the strength of new buildings like the Tan Yan Kee Student Center, TARC and the Multi-deck Carpark.
“But in terms of experience, old buildings have already withstood three major earthquakes—in 1968, 1973 and 1990. [However] new buildings are not yet ‘tested’,” Fernandez said.
While structures may withstand initial tremors of a Chile-like quake, aftershocks could be “scary.”
Intensity seven earthquakes bring slight to moderate damage to well-built structures, while intensity eight causes considerable damage in ordinary buildings, parts of which may collapse.
An earthquake’s intensity is different from its magnitude. According to the United States Geological Survey website, magnitude refers to the strength of the energy felt at the “source” of the earthquake, while intensity is the strength of the shaking at a “certain location” caused by an earthquake. The higher the magnitude of an earthquake, the higher the probable intensity it can produce.
Building a building
Pangan said building a new structure in the University like the construction of the UST Sports Complex involves several processes, one of which is soil investigation.
“The type of soil is being observed and studied since Manila’s ground is not stable,” he said.
A construction method called board piling was used for newer UST buildings. The process involves the installation of foundations as stacked piles parallel to the ground, and drilling instead of hammering them to effectively resist earth movement.
“Board piling lessens structure vibration and helps avoid serious damage,” Pangan said. “[We are] assured that buildings, whether new or old, will remain stable.”
Fernandez said structural engineers also consider that tectonic plates usually move left and right. This was taken into account in erecting the Main Building in 1927, whose construction involved the expansion joint, and mat foundation processes. Expansion joints allow seam separation or the independent swaying of structures during earthquakes. Mat foundation extends the base of a structure over a great area, frequently the entire building, where all vertical structural loadings like columns and fixtures are supported by this common foundation.
“This is why the Main Building only had superficial cracks on [its] walls after the [1990] earthquake, which were architectural in nature and not structural,” Pangan explained. “These cracks have already been remedied by injecting a certain amount of epoxy to the walls.”
He revealed that even the Main Building’s cross tower is still structurally stable, saying that rifts only appeared on the wall’s surface, not deep within.
“City building officials have actually issued a certificate, showing the stability and safety of our buildings here in UST,” Pangan said. “Our buildings’ structural components are not critically damaged, despite the appearance of some cracks.”
An ocular inspection of the Beato Angelico Building also revealed only superficial cracks, Fernandez said.
“Walls have been plastered and injected with epoxy, and remain very safe,” Fernandez said. “What is good with this building is that it has non-load bearing walls that support nothing. Meaning, regardless of visibility of cracks, ceilings and floors will not be affected, or [will not] collapse.”
Arts and Letters Dean Michael Anthony Vasco, for his part, assured students that the St. Raymund de Peñafort Building is still safe despite being built over half a century ago.
“Officials from FMO inspect our building periodically. The University will make it a point that structures are safe for Thomasians,” Vasco said.
But everyone must always be ready and know what to do in case an earthquake occurs. In the case of Artlets, Vasco has tasked professors Jose Tolentino Olivar and Dennis Coronacion as the faculty’s “crisis marshals” at the UST crisis management committee to help mobilize people during an earthquake, with the assistance of the Red Cross Youth Council. Similar moves have been taken by Architecture and the College of Fine Arts and Design.
“[Fine Arts] Dean [Cynthia] Loza and I decided to redesign our building’s fire escapes per floor as advised by the city’s fire department,” Fernandez said. “And before the school year ends or early next school year, we are planning to perform an earthquake drill.”
Vasco also said Artlets would coordinate with the administration and concerned agencies to have quake drills.
The crisis management committee has issued guidelines in case an earthquake strikes UST. They are the following:
* Drop to the ground; take cover by getting under a sturdy table or other pieces of furniture. Stay in that place until shaking stops. If there are no tables or desks near you, cover your face and head with your arms and crouch in a corner of a buiding. * Stay away from the glass, windows, outside doors and walls, and anything that could fall, such as lighting fixtures or furniture. * Use a doorway for shelter only if it is near you and if you know that it is a strongly supported, load bearing doorway. * Stay inside until shaking stops and it is safe to go outside. Research has shown that most injuries occur when people inside the building attempt to move to a different location inside it or try to leave it.
Alexis Ailex C. Villamor, Jr.Varsitarian
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Apr 6, 2010 2:04:08 GMT 9
UST Sports Complex latest pictures...
Source: Apiong of SkyscrapercityLocation of the complex at the UST campus...
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Apr 24, 2010 3:22:24 GMT 9
Latest pictures...
Courtesy of Bahamut Zero
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Jun 13, 2010 3:45:11 GMT 9
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Aug 28, 2010 7:13:16 GMT 9
Photo by luiboowee
Photos taken by bahamut zero on August 13
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Nov 6, 2010 3:02:52 GMT 9
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Jan 4, 2011 2:42:17 GMT 9
UAAP may use new UST gym for games By FRANCIS SANTIAGO January 3, 2011, 5:37pm
MANILA, Philippines — The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) may use the University of Santo Tomas Gym for some of its games, including basketball, for Season 74.
The gym, which is part of the P800-million UST Sports Complex, is expected to be finished by January 28 in time for the school’s 400th anniversary.
An Ateneo sports official said they plan to use it as possible venue for basketball and volleyball.
“If it’s already complete, why not?” said Ricky Palou, the Ateneo athletic director and representative to the UAAP board.
Ateneo is host of the coming UAAP season.
The sports complex is four stories high and boasts of a modern basketball court with bleachers that can accommodate 5,792 patrons.
The size of the gym is much bigger than The Arena in San Juan, the venue for the on-going Season 73 volleyball tournament, which can house around 4,500 fans.
The UST gym, though, is smaller than the Blue Eagles Gym in Katipunan, which can sit 7,500.
The construction of the sports complex started in 2008 and it will house the facilities for fencing, badminton, table tennis, indoor track, judo, dancing, gymnastics, and a fitness center at the ground floor.
Aside from the sports facilities, the building will also be home to classrooms, administrative offices, and space for food concessionaires. A multi-deck parking space will also be erected near the gymnasium.
The new gym will also include a museum display of the various trophies UST has won. The new building will replace the old UST gym, which was built in 1927.Manila Bulletin
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Mar 25, 2011 4:04:04 GMT 9
Latest photos... by Bahamut zeroAugust pa ang inauguration...Courtesy of luibowee
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on May 9, 2011 3:32:18 GMT 9
Latest photos...Giniba na nila ang UST gym...
Photos by bahamut
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on May 21, 2011 7:28:41 GMT 9
Mukhang hindi ito ang TAC kung hindi ito...
78-year-old gymnasium demolished; paves way for construction of alumni center By REDEN D. MADRID
THE UNIVERSITY has begun demolishing the 78-year-old UST Gymnasium, paving the way for the construction of the Thomasian Alumni Center, the future “home for alumni” in the campus. But to keep its historical value, being the oldest gym in the country and one of the first buildings in the campus, the facade will be retained, according to Gary del Rosario, RDR Demolition general manager.
Del Rosario added that the Olympic-sized swimming pool will be refurbished.
All athletic and sports equipment will be transferred to the new UST Sports Complex, which will be inaugurated in August, but items like trophies and commemorative plaques will be kept in the alumni center.
The Office for Alumni Relations, located at the Benavides Building (High School Building), will also be transferred to the center.
The five-story Thomasian Alumni Center will have a grand lobby, a “wall of honors”, four ballroom lobbies, 16 mini auditoria, and multi-function rooms.
Michael Angelo Malicsi, director of the Office for Alumni Relations, said the Thomasian Alumni Center is envisioned as a haven for alumni in UST.
"The center's primary service to the alumni is to strengthen their ties and communication with the University," Malicsi said. The center's construction will start after the demolition of the gymnasium.
"Hopefully, the grand lobby of the Thomasian Alumni Center will be inaugurated in January 2012 in time of the closing of the Quadricentennial celebration," Malicsi said.
The construction is funded by donations from alumni and the US-based UST Medical Alumni Association Foundation, which had pledged $1 million for the construction of the center.
Because of the demolition of the gym, which started last April 6, the Institute of Physical Education and Athletics (IPEA) has moved to a temporary office in the Beato Angelico Building.
IPEA department secretary Gilda Ma. Paz Kamus said the Facilities Management Office (FMO) set a notice three years ago to prepare to move into a new office.
“Everybody here in IPEA is flexible,” she said. When we transferred to Beato, it was fast.”
Kamus also said that that all materials and equipment of IPEA have been secured by the FMO.
“They (FMO) opened a warehouse in the Sports Complex to store our materials,” she said.
Athletes affected
However, Kamus said athletes' training was “greatly affected.” “All training is currently done outside the University. Coaches rent [courts and the like] outside for their training. Some teams train in Lyceum [of the Philippines University in Intramuros], while some teams do their training at Buddhacare Academy in Quezon City,” she said.
Once the Sports Complex is finished, the whole institute will immediately move to the building, Kamus said.
The multi-million Sports Complex, which started construction in 2009, will be a venue of some UAAP games and other important University activities, like graduation rites.
The UST Gymnasium, designed by Thomasian architect Fernando Ocampo, was completed on March 7, 1933. It was one of the first structures built in the campus and was the venue of the University’s commencement exercises from 1933 to 1950’s. It also housed the Conservatory of Music from 1946 to 1949.
Varsitarian
Eto naman yung latest shots sa new ust gym.
Photos courtesy of bahamut zero
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Jun 28, 2011 4:52:00 GMT 9
Interesadong gawing alternate venue ng NCAA ang UST Sports Complex next season... sabagay sister school ang host next year... Kung si Coach Aric ba ang gagawing comissioner bakit hindi...Manila Standard
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Jul 7, 2011 5:23:31 GMT 9
Anyway, magpost naako ng pics.
Almost completed na yung exterior, yung glass nalang sa four corners yung ilalagay, then yung interior nalang. - bahamut zero
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Jul 22, 2011 9:56:45 GMT 9
The most awaited pics... inside the UST Gym... Spycam shots. LOL! - ballerz
Uploaded with ImageShack.usNaliliitan ako sa loob...NCAA, UAAP eye new UST complex
THE NEW home of the Tigers could play host to the two biggest and most prestigious leagues in Philippine collegiate sports.
Ateneo, host of this year’s UAAP season, and Colegio San Juan de Letran, which will host the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament next year, have both expressed interest in holding games in the new UST Sports Complex now under construction.
The two schools are particularly considering the P800-million, state-of-the-art complex as a venue for basketball and volleyball games, said Fr. Ermito de Sagon, O.P., director of the Institute of Physical Education and Athletics.
But De Sagon said UST could not act on the proposals until construction was completed, supposedly on August 15. He said the slow pace of construction would likely move the deadline.
“We are not yet sure [if we can accept the proposals] since we don’t know [the construction’s] time table,” he said, noting that Letran, for instance, was yet to formally negotiate with UST.
“It’s too early for them to talk about these things. Maybe they just want to tell us about their preparations for the NCAA,” he said.
De Sagon said the 5,792-seat Sports Complex was originally intended as a training facility for the varsity teams, especially with the old gym no longer available.
“So basically, it is the only training location for our athletes,” he said.
The complex will house facilities for basketball, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, taekwondo, judo, and fencing, on top of an indoor track, and dancing, gymnastics, and fitness centers.
Training problems
The demolition of the 78-year-old UST Gym has created problems for UST athletes preparing for UAAP Season 74. The basketball, volleyball, and badminton squads had to train outside the campus.
Since February, the Growling Tigers have been practicing at the Philippine Buddha Care Academy in Quezon City. Although head coach Pido Jarencio cited no problem with the facilities, team captain Jeric Fortuna said travelling to Quezon City was a hassle.
“One time, we fell asleep during traffic, and when it was time to practice, we were no longer in proper condition,” he complained. The Tiger Spikers, who train at the Central Colleges of the Philippines (CCP), are saddled by problems with class schedules.
“Our training sessions have been shortened because some of us have classes at 9 a.m. [The arrangement] gives us a hard time since we need to travel to CCP and go back to UST to attend our respective classes,” said open hitter John Depante.
He added: “The facilities are okay, but [the situation] is more complicated now.”
The Shuttlers, who practice at the Valencia Badminton Sports Club in Quezon City, face similar problems.
“It’s hard since most of my players’ classes end at 7 in the evening and they still need to travel to get there. [Because of this,] our training sessions are only one-hour long,” said coach Noli Cajefe. Alexis U. Cerado with reports from Rodolfo Serafin Jerome T. Lozada
www.varsitarian.net/sports/20110731/ncaa_uaap_eye_new_ust_complex
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Post by kiko on Jul 23, 2011 0:42:20 GMT 9
LOL, Ballerz daw oh! 316 nga eh!
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Post by tigercam on Sept 26, 2011 18:51:43 GMT 9
May nakita ako sa facebook na gagamitin daw ang UST gym sa La Naval Event this wednesday? Totoo?
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Oct 1, 2011 12:38:49 GMT 9
Courtesy of cauldronstorm...
Courtesy of bahamut zero...
"THE NEW TIGERS' LAIR. Scenes from the new UST Sports Complex as workers puts their finishing touches for the forthcoming unveiling. (Top left to bottom right) A perspective shot of the arena with workers smoothing the seats. Photos by Jaime T. Campos and Jilson Seckler C. Tiu." - Varsitarian
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Post by fossil on Oct 1, 2011 17:53:20 GMT 9
Wala ba kayo nung bagong photo?
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Post by hisbenz on Oct 1, 2011 17:56:43 GMT 9
credit goes to the owner
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Post by cher ami on Oct 1, 2011 23:28:22 GMT 9
ang layo yata dito
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Oct 9, 2011 3:45:15 GMT 9
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Post by artfulabortions on Oct 21, 2011 1:31:12 GMT 9
Nagustuhan ko na mga bleachers at hindi upuan ang nilagay nila sa paligid ng basketball court. Pag upuan kasi, mas mainit sa mata ng mga vandal. Baka hugutin pa at ihagis sa court pag nagkakainitan sa laban.
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Feb 4, 2012 4:48:30 GMT 9
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Post by dannyman1212 on Feb 4, 2012 21:00:58 GMT 9
Sana hindi nila ipagamit sa NCAA ang Quadricentennial pavilion dahil lang CSJL ang host next year. Wala tayong affinity sa NCAA at tayo ang nagpagawa ng gymn na toh. UAAP na lang sana.
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Post by Blackboard on Feb 4, 2012 23:39:06 GMT 9
When will be the gym be inaugurated?
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