A PROGRESS REPORT ABOUT

ECO-ART: A HOUSING PROJECT THAT AIDS IN REDUCING THE WASTE OF

PLASTIC BOTTLES
 SUBMITTED TO:

PROF. DARREN SIMON E. EDEM

Instructor, University of Mindanao Digos College

SUBMITTED BY:

ED MARTIN KARL LOMBRINO

OCTOBER 3, 2022
I. Introduction

Plastic bottles are all around us. They contain everything from water to weakening entities to

household cleaners. While convenient, these bottles do have disadvantages when used on a

large scale. While most of these disadvantages are environmental, the long-term effects could

have broad economic consequences. A small place to call home is one of everyone's most

cherished aspirations and fundamental needs, right up there with food and water. Housing is

viewed as an essential component for every person in the development of any country. The

significant majority, nevertheless, is seriously influenced by the housing shortage, which is a

significant problem in the current period of growth. The shortage of housing is a result of

several issues, including the growing cost and decreasing availability of building supplies.

However, by enabling people to construct houses out of recycled plastic bottles, our Eco Art

Project aims to provide low-income earners with access to inexpensive and long-lasting

housing. Our initiative, Eco Art, also tries to provide affordable building materials and

methods to address the issues stated above.

II. Objective and outcomes of the program

2.1 Objectives

1. To reduce high rates of plastic pollution

2. To help conserve resources and diverts plastics from landfills

3. To reduce the cost of construction as compared to brick/concrete house construction

2.2 Outcomes

1. To build a total of 7 units of single-story residential dwellings from the project's

sponsoring and approval phase (September 17, 2022) to the present, our Eco Art

Project used an estimated 230,000 plastic bottles (4.1m x 4.9m).

2. To build residential homes for our Eco Art Project, 191,590 used plastic bottles—or

83.30% of the total—were collected and acquired from nearby landfills in the Davao

Del Sure provincial region, specific landfills in Digos City and Matanao.

3. Plastic bottle construction results in a total loss of 320,315 when compared to building

a whole brick/concrete structure (756,484 - 436,169 = 320,315) for one unit of a

single-story residential dwelling (4.1 m x 4.9 m). Our Eco Art Project successfully

built 7 units in total, cutting the cost of constructing residential homes by almost

$2,242,205.

III. Target beneficiaries

Our Eco Art Project has built a total of 7 units in Matanao, Davao Del Sur (as its target

beneficiaries). Our innovative project produced an inexpensive and well-built

environmentally friendly home in the following barangays: 2 units in Brgy.San Jose, 1 unit

in Brgy. Sinawilan, 1 unit in Brgy. Sinaragan, 1 unit in Brgy. Saboy and 2 units in Brgy.

Poblacion. And 2 units are still in ongoing construction: 1 unit in Brgy. San Jose and 1 unit in

Brgy. San Miguel.

IV. Deployment/Program implementation

The project implementation listed in the table below intends to illustrate the activities and

development of our Eco Art Project to visualize the project's goal and put the plans into

action. However, there are still two residential units that need to be built to finish the project.

Phases Target Actions Progress Status

Phase 1 Project proposal approval. Accomplished
Gathering area site information. Accomplished
Setting a clear vision of what the team wants to Accomplished
accomplish.
Finalizing of the fund. Accomplished
Produce a budget plan. Accomplished
Building permit. Accomplished
Hiring of workers Accomplished
Buying materials. Accomplished

Phase 2 Site area clearing. Accomplished

Constructing. Ongoing
Engineer monitoring and evaluation of the building. Ongoing

Phase 3 Architectural design. Ongoing

Building turnover. Ongoing

V. Monitoring and Evaluation mechanisms

To guarantee that the proposed changes at the subject site are moving forward in compliance

with the contract and agreement, our Eco Art Project team regularly (monthly) conducts

construction progress site reviews. Our staff checks the accuracy of the client's information

and assesses the project's status, construction progress, and collateral situation. To ascertain if

the necessary changes have been made and comply with the scope of work supplied by the
customer, our team assessor also makes site visits as instructed or on a pre-arranged timetable

and creates a written report. This acts as one of our assessment systems, and the outcome

shows that our team is successful in achieving the set objectives.

VI. Problems Encountered

Before starting the project, our Eco Art Project contractor produced a building specification

to outline and specify the materials to be utilized. However, faulty custom orders required for

the 2 remaining residential units cause delays in the building process since the crew cannot

install the material as-is, whether the material is cut wrongly or has an unanticipated problem.

And whether seen from the perspective of the owner, the contractor, or the project team,

timetable delays serve several crucial objectives in the construction industry to avoid the

requirement for a new order, our staff must return the inaccurate custom order to the supplier.

VII. Interventions Made

Almost all building projects will certainly involve incorrect custom orders. Even while many

alteration orders are quite legitimate, disputed and unclear charges can be very annoying. We

replenish to address this inconvenience and make sure we receive all that we require.

However, this extends the deadline for our accomplishment. To establish accountability, we

also evaluate the project requirements and a copy of the custom order that the contractor

submitted with the supplier.

VIII. Agreements/Changes Made

Our Eco Art Project team decided to change the project's target completion date from

September 2022 to December 2022 due to the inconvenience that results in delays during the

construction process of residential home units. The majority of our Eco Art project team

requests a change order to modify the work required by contract documents or adjust the

amount of time the contractor has to complete the work, or both, even though delays must
already be taken into account when determining our prior target completion date. The owner

and contractor must both concur on all conditions for there to be a legitimate modification

order.

IX. Conclusion

Figure 1 Project Works Status

Turn-over
Architectural
Design
Monitoring

Constructing

Site Clearing

Buying Materials

Hiring Workers

Permits

Finalizing Funds
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Work Acccomplished Work Remaining

The Chart in Figure 1 clarifies our status as of the given date (October 2022).

Though we have just begun this project, the status of our project finished around 85% of the

work, regardless of that, there are still tasks that need to be completed and our project

encountered issues throughout the construction phase.

Only the delays on the custom orders present a problem. The necessary custom orders

required for the final 2 residential remaining units have finally arrived, and our project team

is confident about a successful finish.