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Structural steel for the Philippines

Philippines

Typhoon- and earthquake-ready steel to the NSCP.

Projects
8
Steel delivered
220 t
Applicable standards
11
WSC certified
ISO 3834-2

Steel structures for the Philippines

World Steel supplies structural steel for commercial, education and industrial buildings in the Philippines, designed to the National Structural Code of the Philippines.

The National Structural Code of the Philippines (NSCP) is based on AISC 360 for steel design and ASCE 7 for loads, with high design wind speeds for typhoons and strong seismic requirements across most of the archipelago.

Regulated steel products may require Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS) product certification – we check each item at quotation stage.

References published on worldsteelgroup.com include a three-storey commercial building and a three-storey College of Medicine in the Philippines. Trade between Vietnam and the Philippines falls under ATIGA and RCEP.

What projects in the Philippines require

  • Steel design to the current NSCP edition, signed by a Philippine-registered civil/structural engineer.
  • BPS product certification for regulated steel products where applicable.

Steel structure standards for the Philippines

Codes and standards World Steel works to for projects in the Philippines – what we are certified for, what we design and fabricate to, and the market requirements to confirm at tender.

  • WSC certified World Steel holds a certificate for this standard
  • Applied by WSC World Steel designs, fabricates or supplies to this standard
  • Market requirement Required in this market – project-specific, confirm at tender
  • National regulation Statutory framework the project must comply with

Structural design

NSCP National Structural Code of the Philippines (based on AISC 360 / ASCE 7) National regulation
AISC 360 Specification for structural steel buildings Applied by WSC
AISC 341 Seismic provisions for structural steel buildings Applied by WSC

Loads & actions

ASCE 7 Minimum design loads and associated criteria for buildings and other structures Applied by WSC

Welding & quality

AWS D1.1 Structural welding code – Steel Applied by WSC
ISO 3834-2 Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials – Comprehensive quality requirementsBureau Veritas Vietnam certificate INY-CER/23/1056 WSC certified →

Steel materials

ASTM A992 Structural steel shapes (W-shapes, 50 ksi) Applied by WSC
ASTM A572 High-strength low-alloy columbium-vanadium structural steel (Grade 50) Applied by WSC

Corrosion protection

ASTM A123 Zinc (hot-dip galvanized) coatings on iron and steel products Applied by WSC
ISO 12944 Corrosion protection of steel structures by protective paint systems (C1–CX) Applied by WSC

Certification & compliance

BPS product certification Bureau of Philippine Standards product certification (PS / ICC marks) for regulated steel productsApplies to regulated product categories – checked item by item Market requirement

Standards are listed for orientation. The governing codes, editions and execution / construction categories are those of the project specification – please send us yours with the enquiry.

Materials we supply for the Philippines

Steel grades, coated products and corrosion protection typically supplied to projects in the Philippines, with mill certificates and full traceability.

Structural sections

ASTM A992 / A572 Gr 50 / A36

Hollow sections

ASTM A500

Cold-formed members & panels

ASTM A653 / A792 coated steel

Corrosion protection

Hot-dip galvanizing · ISO 12944 C4–C5 paint systems for coastal sites

Global Markets

Philippines: economy, FTAs, import rules & ports

Typhoon- and earthquake-ready steel for a fast-growing market.

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40,000 t/yearfabrication capacity
AS/NZS 5131 CC3certified
EN 1090-2 EXC3certified
ISO 3834-2certified
IAS AC472certified
ISO 9001certified

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