DATEM staff led by Precast Department Officer-In-Charge Marvic Hernandez conducted orientation to the De La Salle University (DLSU) engineering students and faculty and took them to key fabrication areas in the precast plant. (3rd photo) OIC Hernadez recevied plaque from DLSU Engineering Faculty for the discussion and knowledge sharing during the tour.
De La Salle University Civil Engineering and Sanitary Engineering students and faculty recently visited DATEM’s precast plant in Trece Martires, Cavite.
DATEM Precast Department Officer-In-Charge Marvic Hernandez facilitated the plant tour for the students and faculty and took them to transfloor slab fabrication, precast wall fabrication, and precast wall and slab mock-up areas.
Through this activity, DATEM provides an out-of-the-classroom learning experience to future civil and safety engineers and familiarizes them with significant processes and immersion in the field. This manifests DATEM’s support in the academe and the learners to acquire experience relevant to their chosen field and industry. The Company is eyeing more opportunities like this to provide quality learning to students and learners.
The precast slabs are prefabricated concretes designed based on the required design and strength of the project. It is cast on two sets of 100-linear meter beds, which can accommodate blockouts and embedments. With minimal use of formworks and its smooth, finished surface, the construction time becomes more efficient.
The precast plant manufactures precast walls, precast slabs, precast ledges, and modular housing. It can produce a total of 93,000 square meters of precast slab and 48,335 square meters of precast wall annually. DATEM utilizes an efficient methodology that enables the production of higher standards of loads in a shorter period of time.
“With the precast methodology as our pioneering innovation, we are able to construct and deliver complex infrastructure projects. It helps us to work with other tasks on site such as earthwork and survey simultaneously, preventing project delay that is cost efficient to our clients,” Precast OIC Marvic Hernandez said.
Hernandez also added that the precast methodology is drawn from modern Australian, Spanish, and German expertise and technologies, building more durable, resilient, and sustainable infrastructures. Currently, the plant equips to upgrade the ready-mix concrete to produce sturdier and more environmentally friendly structures.
