Seismic Accelerograph Philippines Buyer's Guide

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY  EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION NO. :  3  PHIVOLCS Bldg, C.P. Garcia Avenue, U.P.- Diliman, Quezon City, PHILIPPINES Tel.: 426-1468  Fax: 927-1087 Date/Time: 24 Feb 2018 - 07:02:21 PM Location: 19.71°N, 120.34°E - 128 km N 68° W of Calayan (Cagayan) Depth of Focus (Km): 032 Origin: TECTONIC Magnitude: Ms 5.4 Expecting Damage: NO Expecting Aftershocks: NO Issued On: 25 February 2018 - 03:07 PM Prepared by: KRV/DNC/LRT

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY  EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION NO. :  3 PHIVOLCS Bldg, C.P. Garcia Avenue, U.P.- Diliman, Quezon City, PHILIPPINES Tel.: 426-1468  Fax: 927-1087 Date/Time                    : 14 Feb 2018 - 01:00:50 AM Location                       : 11.27°N, 124.55°E - 009 km N 11° W of Kananga (Leyte) Depth of Focus (Km)   : 008 Origin                           : TECTONIC Magnitude                   :  Ms 4.3 Reported Intensities     : Intensity IV- Capoocan , Palompon, Carigara and Kananga Leyte Intensity III - Ormoc City and Calubian, Leyte Intensity II - Cebu City and Tacloban City Instrumental Intensities: Intensity II...

(Third of a series) As discussed in the previous article, this blog aims to reduce buyer's procurement risk and maximize overall value in purchasing seismic accelerographs considering the high cost and the 10-year guaranteed maintenance period clause of the DPWH IRR requirement. This hopes to educate or supplement the buyer’s existing knowledge on this not so common building equipment. In the previous article, a highly-recommended list of documentations was provided to ideally require potential suppliers to submit before entertaining any request for product presentations. This is if you want to be on the safe side. You may add or remove documents that you may wish as you may find it pertinent to do so depending on your respective degrees of adventurism. The first 4 documentations, Registration Certificate from Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for sole proprietorship, Copy of Mayor’s permit issued by the city or munici...

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY  EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION NO. :  2  PHIVOLCS Bldg, C.P. Garcia Avenue, U.P.- Diliman, Quezon City, PHILIPPINES Tel.: 426-1468  Fax: 927-1087 Date/Time                    : 03 Jan 2018 - 02:31:01 AM Location                       : 09.41°N, 125.63°E - 015 km N 59° E of Jabonga (Agusan Del Norte) Depth of Focus (Km)   : 024 Origin                          : TECTONIC Magnitude                   :  Ms 4.0 Description                  : EP...

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION NO. :  2  PHIVOLCS Bldg, C.P. Garcia Avenue, U.P.- Diliman, Quezon City, PHILIPPINES Tel.: 426-1468  Fax: 927-1087 Date/Time                    :  02 Jan 2018 - 08:04:06 PM Location                       :  06.14°N, 126.98°E - 115 km S 60° E of Governor Generoso (Davao Oriental) Depth of Focus (Km    :  062 Origin                          :  TECTONIC Magnitude                   :  Ms 4.4 Description                ...

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY  EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION NO. :  3  PHIVOLCS Bldg, C.P. Garcia Avenue, U.P.- Diliman, Quezon City, PHILIPPINES Tel.: 426-1468  Fax: 927-1087 Date/Time                      : 31 Dec 2017 - 10:53:29 PM Location                         : 05.34°N, 124.87°E - 060 km S 14° W of Maasim (Sarangani) Depth of Focus (Km)     : 032 Origin                             : TECTONIC Magnitude                      : Ms 5.2 Reported Intensities     :  Intensity IV- General Santos City; Lake Sebu, South Cotabato; Alabel, Sarangani Intensity III - Davao City; Lebak, Sultan Kudarat; Tupi,...

(Second of a series…) This guide strongly encourages the buyers to go the extra mile in their procurement process to come up with a most credible short list of undisputed worthy suppliers. Evaluation teams should be resourceful enough to properly check in detail, backgrounds, business reputations and current business standings of potential suppliers. Most importantly, the unquestionable stability and soundness of the company that you will be buying from. Why? because the Earthquake Monitoring Device stands to operate for at least a period of 10 years based on the Guidelines and Implementing Rules on Earthquake Recording Instrumentation for Buildings. Chapter 12 of which reads as follows: "XII.      SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE The seismic monitoring system shall have a maintenance clearance as per the requirement of the National Structural Code of the Philippines under Section 105.2. “Maintenance and service shall be provided by the owner of the...