Written by: Jhoana Fidel
Photos by: Jann Kaizer Tena
September 8, 2019 —The ongoing 22-storey Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, O.P. Building currently houses approximately 2000 to 3000 UST Senior High School grade 11 students.
The 2 billion-peso precast building is located between Cayco St. and Extremadura St., along Espana Boulevard. It is approximately 2,500 square meters and features smart classrooms in the tenth to fourteenth floors, a two-storey library, a Chapel, a gym, an auditorium, computer and science laboratories, concessionaires, zero plastic cafeteria with clean your own metal plates, and dishwashing area.
The Facilities Management Office (FMO) assures that the building, although still under construction, is safe to be occupied.
“Meron naman siyang permit to be occupied. It was not a hasty decision to be occupied. It was planned from the beginning, and we make sure na dun sa mga areas na occupied by students, walang construction being done”, Engr. Albert S. Surla, FMO Assistant Director, stated.
Although built purposely for UST SHS students, Institute of Information and Computing Sciences (IICS), Santo Tomas e-Service Providers (STePS), TomasINNO Technology Business Incubation (TBI) Center, and UST Educational Technology Center (EDTECH) will also occupy the building.
The completion of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, O. P. Building is expected next academic year 2020-2021. Datem, Inc., the general contractor, Casas+Architects, Inc., and Design Coordinates, Inc. took part in the building construction.
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