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Our Organization
Our Organization
PTCC is a privately owned design practice
established in 1999. The company works exclusively
within the building facade industry, providing
specialist technical support for contractors and
wall system suppliers around the world. On this
page are brief notes about our physical
infrastructure, our staff and our
clients.
Our Office
Our design center occupies approximately 1,200
square meters of floorspace within a modern office
block located in the Philippines' main business
and financial district. The building is special
because it is built and operated to the
specifications of telecommunication carriers,
capable of withstanding extreme natural events,
tightly secured and equipped with its own
electrical plant. With these facilities PTCC is
able to operate normally, even while others in the
city are affected by heavy storms or protracted
power outages.
The Makati business district in Manila.
Our Computer Systems
The company maintains a high level of investment
in its computer systems. We operate our own data
center which has been designed with great emphasis
upon reliability. (Our computer equipment racks
are provided with multiple, independent cooling
systems; automatic fault detection processes run
full-time on all servers; files are backed-up,
off-line, automatically; on-line storage is
configured so that the failure of any one hardware
component will not result in data loss.)
We send and receive our digital data through
high-bandwidth, leased lines. In addition, VSAT
dish antennae are installed at our premises,
allowing us to communicate by satellite if the
terrestrial connections should fail.
Communications tower and one of the satellite
dishes installed at the roof above PTCC's office.
Our computers connect to a segmented, gigabit
network with redundant routers. As you would
expect in a CAD design office, we are using modern
workstations and high-volume networked printers.
Our Software
Over the years PTCC's design and drawing
production processes have evolved to take
advantage of the features found in a wide
assortment of different software packages, so,
now, in comparison with other curtain wall design
offices, the number of different computer programs
used by PTCC is large. Our servers and many of our
workstations run UNIX-like operating systems, but
also we have licenses for the popular desktop CAD
and engineering packages, such as AutoCAD and
STAAD, running on Microsoft Windows. We can use
these common tools if there is a requirement to
share digital files with other parties: for larger
projects the use of other programs, including
those which we have developed in-house, allows us
to automate many of the steps in the workflow.
Our Clients
All of our operational processes are structured so
that we are able to give effective support to
clients overseas. Because we are involved in
projects located in many different parts of the
world, we understand, and aim to accommodate, a
wide range of contrasting business cultures. Our
facade systems are of course tailored to suit
local conditions. For example, climate at the
project's location has to be taken into
consideration and, also, the fabrication details
and installation procedures that we propose are
influenced greatly by the cost of labour at the
workshop and at the construction site.
Already we are familiar with an assortment of
different construction standards, and our computer
design templates are programmed in such a way that
they can be adapted quickly to match the building
codes and technical specifications applicable to
your project.
We are experienced in serving clients in locations
around the world.
Our Community of Skilled Designers and Engineers
Each member of our technical staff is fluent in
English, and holds a university degree in
architecture or engineering.
PTCC's experienced technical staff are ready to
provide support for your project.