MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Sixth District Engineering Office has begun repair works on a collapsed sheet pile flood control structure in Barangay Paknaan, Mandaue City. Around 15 meters of the structure gave way due to water pressure buildup behind polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sheet piles after days of persistent rainfall. The DPWH confirmed that the PVC sheet piles will be replaced with steel sheet piles. District Engineer Gumer Castillo explained that PVC was a standard material used in earlier flood control projects, but the agency has since shifted to steel sheet piles in […]... Keep on reading: DPWH to replace PVC with steel in Brgy. Paknaan flood control repair