Michael Bautista Baylon

USHER Technologies Incorporated · Business Development

Seismic capacity demands continuous detailing in response to its focal function in structural health monitoring. While modern methods in engineering technology and artificial intelligence have been meeting those demands, the unpredictability of natural events, such as earthquakes, requisites progressive preparations. Although instruments and models...

Palacio del Gobernador is a 48-year standing 9-storey building located at Intramuros, Manila. Its location of about 10.4 km from the West Valley Fault makes it vulnerable to seismic activities that are expected to occur at the fault, including the "Big One." This study assessed the seismic vulnerability of the Palacio del Gobernador by generating a...

Since the commencement of the building’s construction, Visayas State University’s New Library has experienced several earthquakes from the Leyte fault, which is 12.4 km west of the study location. This study aims to assess the seismic vulnerability and performance of the new VSU Main Campus Library by conducting a nonlinear static pushover analysis...

Predictive model Seismic capacity demands continuous detailing in response to its focal function in structural health monitoring. While modern methods in engineering technology and artificial intelligence have been meeting those demands, the unpredictability of natural events, such as earthquakes, requisites progressive preparations. Although instr...

The Philippines is situated at the Pacific Ring of Fire and is known for being the focal point of active volcanoes on both land and water, making it susceptible to earthquakes and tsunamis that cause threat to infrastructure. One of the most vulnerable structures are public bridges, specifically the MacArthur Bridge in Manila. The study focuses on...

The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) is a tertiary hospital in Ermita, Manila, that was founded on August 17, 1907. It adheres to the philosophy of providing all Filipinos with internationally competitive, cost-effective, compassionate, and accessible health care. It was recently one of the COVID-19 facilities. The PGH sits 9.2 kilometers east of...

Earthquakes are known destructive phenomena causing damages on buildings; yet their occurrence cannot be anticipated. Nevertheless, one could ensure that a building is resilient to earthquakes in terms of its seismic capacity. The traditional way of simulation to attain the building performance in various earthquake scenarios is inefficient and tim...

This presentation was delivered on September 29, 2022 in the American Concrete Institute Philippines of University of Nueva Caceres - Student Chapter.

A scoring management system is developed for monitoring the structural health of buildings. The structural threshold, the frequencies before and after a strong ground motion, serviceability, the resonance phenomena, and the result of a rapid visual inspection are all examined. The current technique is concerned with structural diagnostics, more pre...

The DPWH Building of Doña Rosario Elementary School in Novaliches Quezon, City is a 4-storey school building constructed under the 2017 Basic Education Facilities Fund with the help of the Department of Public Works and Highways. The aim of this study is to create a fragility curve and seismic risk assessment for the said school building using up-t...

seismic vulnerability assessment of a building in Polytechnic University of the Philippines in the City of Manila

The scope of this study is to evaluate the seismic vulnerability assessment on Bonifacio Camacho National High School Building using fragility curves. The analysis will only focus on its behavior and capability to resist shear failure when subjected to various large-scale ground motions. The As-Built plan of the structure is modeled in a software S...

This research is about utilization of waste material as construction material. This study mainly focuses on the effects of rice husk ash (RHA) as partial replacement to ordinary Portland cement to the following properties of concrete hollow blocks (CHB): absorption, density, drying shrinkage, and compressive strength. The standard tests that were u...

The topographical area of the Philippines makes the nation extraordinarily uncovered to a plenty of risks, counting seismic tremors and dynamic volcanoes. These occasions, especially the seismic hazards, lead to raising the need to carryout seismic hazard vulnerability assessment of buildings in the Philippines, most especially in the Metro Manila...

a talk presented to MAPUA University PICE student chapter.

The Philippines being part of the pacific ring of fire, faces huge threats of massive damage to infrastructures after extensive earthquakes. One of the most vulnerable infrastructures is public school buildings, which are considered significant structures since they have both emergency and educational function value to the society. Sta. Lucia High...

Machine Learning can be applied in predicting the condition analysis of bridges. A fraction of all the bridges (Concrete and Steel) were separated to training and test data. Using the MatLab's Classification Learning App, the highest possible accuracy of available algorithm (approx. 57%) was utilized to train the dataset and tested another dataset...

The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new complexity and uncertainty to building a resilient community. It has highlighted the critical need for multistakeholder collaboration based on scientific knowledge and has imbued the role of local governments, private sector and non-government organizations with even greater nuance and importance. These now...

This book is part of the author's journey in dealing with the country's battle with the wrath of destructive earthquakes happened during his lifetime. His adventure was inspired by a scene from a television news, showing a hand of a student holding a ballpen, while inside a ruined school building after that catastrophic July 16, 1990, earthquake in...

A data-driven world is inevitable, especially that new normal restrained humans to do activities in the days when there were no “Q’s” as the government would strictly impose, e.g., GCQ (General Community Quarantine), ECQ (Enhanced Community Quarantine), and MECQ (Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine). Amidst this pandemic, the Philippines is geog...

Transportation lifelines: infrastructural network within the transport system (social, economic and environmental needs). Fundamental to analyze the vulnerability of infrastructural lifelines: risk exposure arising from natural hazards. High level of dependence by other lifeline utilities; transport networks. An interruption of the road network ma...

Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRP) have been a staple material in retrofitting RC structural elements, such as beams, girders, and columns. After assessing the seismic vulnerability of a school building named Santa Lucia High School which is located 3.1 km from the West Valley Fault, the building performance has been compared when it is applie...

Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRP) have been a staple material in retrofitting RC structural elements, such as beams, girders, and columns. After assessing the seismic vulnerability of a school building named Santa Lucia High School which is located 3.1 km from the West Valley Fault, the building performance has been compared when it is applie...

Transportation lifelines: infrastructural network within the transport system (social, economic and environmental needs). Fundamental to analyze the vulnerability of infrastructural lifelines: risk exposure arising from natural hazards. High level of dependence by other lifeline utilities; transport networks. An interruption of the road network m...

Earthquakes are known to produce one of the most destructive forces on earth. It has been seen that during past earthquakes many of the building were collapsed. Therefore, realistic method for analysis and design are required. Performance Based Design is the modern approach for earthquake resistant design. It is an attempt to predict the performanc...

The Department of Public Works and Highways has been updating their bridge inventory with data attributes that reached forty-two (42) from a total of two-hundred ninety-four (294) bridges all over the National Capital Region (NCR). Transportation lifeline includes bridges and flyovers, and these infrastructures will be vital in the metropolis resil...

The Light of Home gasera, lampara, sulo, ilawan mapusyaw na ilaw gabay noon pang araw sa aming tahanan nagsilbing liwanag habang brownout sa aming bayan tuloy pa rin ang tawag sa telepono naming hindi pansin ng batelec sa aming hinaing kaya't ang tanging liwanag ay ang lamparang ginawa ng aming inang maparaan gawa sa asin, langis, tubig sa kanya ka...

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Philippine bridges dataset

Philippine bridges dataset

Philippine bridges dataset

Philippine bridges dataset

Philippine bridges dataset

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Philippine bridges dataset

Philippine bridges dataset

Philippine bridges dataset

Philippine bridges dataset

Philippine bridges dataset

Philippine bridges dataset

Bi-hazard fragility curves (typhoon and earthquake) for Kagay-an Bridge of Cagayan de Oro City

The main objective of this study is to develop analytical seismic fragility curves for the twelve existing highway bridges in Cagayan de Oro City.

Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers - Mapua University Student Council Research Colloquium last April 11, 2021

The Philippines is vulnerable to a lot of tectonic motions caused by its geographic location. These numerous disastrous events are threat to the lives of Filipino people as the population growth continuously increases every year. Structures are needed to be assessed especially when they are in Pasig City which is on the list of active fault lines i...

I presented this in a webinar series of future civil engineers from Mapua University as part of their orientation for the specializations in civil engineering.

A PowerPoint presentation discussed during the American Concrete Institute - Philippines webinar series (Day 1).

Presently, San Agustin Church (SAC) in Intramuros–Manila, the country’s oldest church is about 413 years old. The structure’s age can be one of the factors of its vulnerability to seismic hazard. Moreover, inclusion of seismic provisions in the NSCP was considered only in 1987. Those structures that have not been designed to seismic codes are advis...

Presently, San Agustin Church (SAC) in Intramuros-Manila, the country's oldest church is about 413 years old. The structure's age can be one of the factors of its vulnerability to seismic hazard. Moreover, inclusion of seismic provisions in the NSCP was considered only in 1987. Those structures that have not been designed to seismic codes are advis...

This presentation was shown during the 5th Structural Engineers Association of Davao last November 28, 2020 (Saturday) via Zoom Meeting.

This was presented in the DOST REGION IX's webinar entitled "INNOVATIONS IN DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT".

The Philippines is located along the typhoon belt and Pacific Ring of Fire. It is imperative to prepare for strong typhoons as well as earthquakes. The “Big One” may hit Metro Manila within our lifetime, as mentioned in the Metro Manila Earthquake Impact Reduction Study (MMEIRS) in 2004, which has an expected M7.2 earthquake, originating along the...

Presently, San Agustin Church (SAC) in Intramuros–Manila, the country’s oldest church is about 413 years old. The structure’s age can be one of the factors of its vulnerability to seismic hazard. Moreover, inclusion of seismic provisions in the NSCP was considered only in 1987. Those structures that have not been designed to seismic codes are advis...

This picturesque curve connects navigating the Abra River is situated between two wonderful mountains and is worked to respect then-President Elpidio Quirino. It was once incompletely wrecked by Super Typhoon Feria, consequently an alternate looking second from last quarter partition. On December 2007, Chinese engineers and a local construction com...

A natural catastrophe is an inevitable serious crisis occurring from the Earth's natural processes. (World Health Organization, 1971) has noted that a natural disaster is an act of such magnitude that it creates a disastrous situation in which daily life patterns are unexpectedly disrupted and people are plunged into helplessness and suffering; Con...

St. Mary Magdalene Parish Church is a 200-year-old Baroque style church located at Magdalena, Laguna. Despite of its old age, plenty of locals and tourist visits the magnificent structure specially during religious and spiritual activities. Since the Parish Church is in a country where natural disasters such as earthquakes are common, the structure...

The Philippines, ranked as the third most disaster-prone country, is located on one of the most seismically hazardous regions of the world – the “Pacific Ring of Fire.” The country experiences almost all forms of natural disasters such as typhoon, earthquake, and volcanic eruption yearly. The Philippine archipelago was formed as a result of the col...

Gilbert Bridge is built across Laoag River and connects Laoag to Batac, Paoay, Vigan and Manila spanning across the pristine Padsan River in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte. It was constructed in 1884 and was named after then Governor Newton Gilbert. On 2016, Gilbert bridge undergone rehabilitation and major repair undertaken by Werr Corporation Internati...

Using MatLab script, plot of fragility curves were implemented. This was done using the statistical measures of percentiles, deciles, quartiles.

This MatLab script needs a particle swarm optimization function pso1.mat The difference of this program to my other Matlab script uploaded pso.mat is the use of the CONSTRICTION COEFFICIENTS.

This is the function of the particle swarm optimization for the MatLab script pso2.m

a Matlab function that evaluates a square of a matrix

This Matlab source code solves the hysteretic energy to be used in constructing seismic fragility curves using Nonlinear Time History Analysis (NLTHA).

A MatLab script that implements a function Sphere.m; moreover, this code executes an metaheuristic type of optimization algorithm known as PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO)

USHER building instrumentation

Philippines lie in the Pacific Ring of Fire, a region where earthquakes and other seismic activities are frequent. Through the NBCDO Memorandum Circular No. 01 Series of 2015, The DPWH Guidelines and Implementing Rules on Earthquake Recording Instrumentation for buildings was implemented with the objectives of: (1) ensuring the safety of building o...

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is not new in the field of structural engineering and its application goes from the monitoring to evaluation of bridges, dams, buildings, and other similar structures. As per National Structural Code of the Philippines (NSCP) Volume 1[1-4], the Implementing Rules of earthquake recording instrumentation of building...

In the Philippines, structural health monitoring has been in the country for almost three decades. It started with research works before applying it courageously in the field of structural engineering. With the help of the able academicians (faculty members who are into research), development of sensors used in vibration and seismic studies helped...

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Guidelines and Implementing Rules on Earthquake Recording Instrumentation for Buildings or NBCDO Memorandum Circular 01, Series of 2015 has been the inspiration of this project. To implement this, local government units (LGU) are clamoring for the product that suits the compliance of the said guide...

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is not new in the field of structural engineering and its application goes from the monitoring to evaluation of bridges, dams, buildings, and other similar structures. As per National Structural Code of the Philippines (NSCP) Volume 1, the Implementin g Rules and Regulatio ns (IRR) of earthquake recording instrume...

In recent times, seismic forces for engineers are inevitable in their designs, especially that of infrastructures. Structural response is utmost important to the structural engineer when he is dealing with the earthquake hazard. In today’s practice of structural engineering, data from previous earthquake event’s structural response especially that...

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is not new in the field of structural engineerin g and its application goes from the monitoring to evaluation of bridges, dams, buildings, and other similar structures. As per National Structural Code of the Philippines (NSCP) Volume 1, the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of earthquake recording instrumen...

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is not new in the field of structural engineering and its application goes from the monitoring to evaluation of bridges, dams, buildings, and other similar structures. As per National Structural Code of the Philippines (NSCP) Volume 1, the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of earthquake recording instrument...

Mag-asawang Layon bridge is located along Dasmarinas-Trece Martires-Naic road. Cavite is reported to have 107 bridges and one of this is the Mag-asawang Layon Bridge. The bridge is classified as a permanent bridge which means that the bridge is composed of concrete and steel with a length of 62.77 meters and a width of 9.42 meters. According to the...

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is not new in the field of structural engineering and its application goes from the monitoring to evaluation of bridges, dams, buildings, and other similar structures. As per National Structural Code of the Philippines (NSCP) Volume 1, the Implementing Rules of earthquake recording instrumentation of buildings has...

Philippines lie in the Pacific Ring of Fire, a region where earthquakes and other seismic activities are frequent. Through the NBCDO Memorandum Circular No. 01 Series of 2015, The DPWH Guidelines and Implementing Rules on Earthquake Recording Instrumentation for buildings was implemented with the objectives of: (1) ensuring the safety of building o...

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is not new in the field of structural engineerin g and its application goes from the monitoring to evaluation of bridges, dams, buildings, and other similar structures. As per National Structural Code of the Philippines (NSCP) Volume 1, the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of earthquake recording instrumen...

A fragility curve is a probability function that relates the structural capacity of the bridge to the seismic demand. In this study, seismic fragility curves are developed for the twelve highway bridges in Cagayan de Oro City. Finite element models for each bridge are constructed and analysed using nonlinear static approach in accordance with the C...

Philippines lie in the Pacific Ring of Fire, a region where earthquakes and other seismic activities are frequent. Through the NBCDO Memorandum Circular No. 01 Series of 2015, The DPWH Guidelines and Implementing Rules on Earthquake Recording Instrumentation for buildings was implemented with the objectives of: (1) ensuring the safety of building o...

Even before the time of industrialization and technological revolution, bridges are essential structures created by mankind to improve day to day life. From connecting river banks, cliffs, and rugged terrains, bridge structures had also become a symbol of breaking down barriers in communication and transportation. They are key structures in the eco...

The Philippines is found in the Pacific ring of fire making most of its structures vulnerable to earthquakes. Especially those structures of old age that are considerably worn out and are located near and along active fault lines. Manila, being the center of economic and commercial activities in the Philippines, is in danger due to the West Valley...

This research was presented in the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers Regional Technical Conference in Cotabato City, Mindanao Island last November 2020.

Hinigaran bridge in Negros Occidental Island was studied. This research was presented in the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers Regional Technical Conference in Cotabato City, Mindanao Island last November 2020.

Hinigaran Bridge in Negros Occidental, Philippines has been in existence for over a century as of this writing and with its deteriorating structural components due to natural hazards made it significant for vulnerability assessment. In an article from the website inquirer.net, the said bridge is deemed to be demolished due to its present form becau...

Adamson University buildings' age ranges from 10 years to 86 years. The structures' age can be one of the factors of their vulnerability to seismic hazard. Possibility of having different damages after the event of seismic activities can be measured through structural modeling and subjecting the latter to earthquake simulation. In the field of stru...

Adamson University buildings' age ranges from 10 years to 86 years. The structures' age can be one of the factors of their vulnerability to seismic hazard. Possibility of having different damages after the event of seismic activities can be measured through structural modeling and subjecting the latter to earthquake simulation. In the field of stru...

On April 13, 2018, the researcher visited the De Paul College (DPC) to assess its building with regards to their potential structural vulnerabilities. The structural condition assessment consisted of 3 phases: (1) visual assessment of the structure, (2) structural adequacy inspection, and (3) seismic assessment.

Currently, there is no study conducted in assessing the seismic vulnerability of Saint Vincent Building in Adamson University. Hence, this study will focus on the said building by creating the as-built plan of it and will be analyzed through pushover and time history analysis to finally have a damage rank and damage index, seismic fragility curve,...

Despite these innovations, it is impossible to engineer earthquake proof structures without having to compromise a few structural components because of financial, technical and/or architectural restrictions. Structural design is based on a good balance of developing structures that co