AEDO Engineering Apps — 4 Digital Tools Built for Philippine Construction Professionals
Philippine engineering practice has a problem: most digital tools are built for the US, Europe, or generic global markets. NSCP doesn't fit neatly into foreign structural software. Philippine labor rates aren't in any international cost database. BP 344 has no dedicated reference app. Construction site documentation is still done with WhatsApp and unlabeled photos.
AEDO built four apps to fix that. Each one was designed specifically for the Philippine construction context — the codes, the costs, and the way projects actually run on the ground.
Every AEDO app is built by the same engineering team that designs and builds structures in the Philippines. We use all of them in our own practice. They solve real problems we faced — not hypothetical ones.
The National Structural Code of the Philippines (NSCP 2015) is the foundation of every structural design in the country. But the published code is dense, poorly indexed, and not searchable. Engineers spend time hunting for sections, cross-referencing tables, and deciphering provisions that weren't written for easy lookup.
BuildX NSCP Kit brings the full NSCP 2015 structural code into a clean, organized mobile app — structured by section, with a search function, design aids, and quick-reference tables. All major structural sections are covered:
- Section 203 — Load combinations (ASD and LRFD)
- Section 204–211 — All design loads: dead, live, wind, seismic, soil, rain, flood
- Section 207 — Wind load design with pressure coefficient tables
- Section 208 — Seismic design: zone factors, soil profiles, base shear formula
- Sections on Concrete, Steel, Masonry, Timber, and Foundations
- Earthworks and geotechnical provisions
- Works offline — no internet required on site
Preparing a Bill of Quantities (BOQ) or cost estimate in the Philippines means spending hours looking up material prices, calculating quantities, and computing unit costs from scratch — every time. Most engineers use Excel spreadsheets that need constant manual updating as prices change.
Unit Cost Analysis computes construction costs by activity — with editable material, labor, equipment, and productivity rate tables calibrated to Philippine market prices. Select a construction activity, input your dimensions, and get an itemized cost breakdown instantly.
- Covers all major construction activities: structural, masonry, roofing, MEP, finishes
- Material, labor, equipment, and specialty cost breakdown per activity
- Editable unit prices — update to your local market rates
- Computes direct unit cost and total project cost
- Based on DPWH cost analysis methodology
- Works offline — ideal for site use
- CHB fence, concrete works, rebar, painting, tiling, and more
Construction site documentation in the Philippines is broken. Photos are taken on personal phones, saved in chat groups with no labeling, and impossible to retrieve when a dispute arises months later. Project managers rely on memory. Homeowners have no idea what happened on site yesterday.
PhotoStruct fixes this. Every photo taken through the app is automatically stamped with GPS coordinates, date, time, and project name — creating a tamper-resistant documentary record of your construction site. Photos are organized by project and construction stage, exportable as a report.
- Automatic GPS coordinates on every photo — precise location stamp
- Date and time stamp — know exactly when each photo was taken
- Project and stage organization — no more scattered photo galleries
- Exportable progress reports — shareable with clients and stakeholders
- Works in areas with poor connectivity — syncs when online
- Ideal for progress monitoring, quality inspection, and dispute documentation
- Free to use — no subscription required
The BP 344 Accessibility Law is mandatory for all public buildings in the Philippines — but the official IRR is a dense text document with no illustrations. Architects and engineers must interpret dimensional requirements without visual reference, leading to inconsistent implementation and failed permit inspections.
AEDO's BP344 Visual Reference translates every major accessibility requirement into clean, dimensioned illustrations — ramps, parking slots, doors, corridors, toilets, lifts, pool areas, and more. Free to access, always online, and designed to be used during both design and construction.
- Illustrated ramp dimensions — slope, width, landings, handrails
- Accessible parking slot dimensions with aisle requirements
- Toilet and bathroom accessibility layout diagrams
- Door and corridor minimum widths
- Pool deck and transfer wall standards
- Elevator and lift requirements
- Free — no login, no paywall, accessible from any device
Why AEDO Builds Engineering Apps
AEDO is first and foremost a construction and engineering firm. We design buildings and build them. The apps were not created as a separate product line — they emerged from problems we faced in our own practice and built solutions for.
The NSCP Kit came from hours wasted hunting through the physical code on site. Unit Cost Analysis came from reconciling BOQ estimates against actual market prices every project. PhotoStruct came from a dispute that would have been resolved instantly with GPS-stamped photos. The BP344 reference came from permit rejections that cost clients weeks.
Every app in the AEDO suite is a tool we use. That's the standard we hold them to.
| App | Price | Best For | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|
| BuildX NSCP Kit | ₱499 | Structural engineers, architects | Android / Web |
| Unit Cost Analysis | ₱999 | Engineers, contractors, estimators | Android / Web |
| PhotoStruct | Free | Project managers, site engineers | Android |
| BP344 Visual Reference | Free | Architects, developers, students | Web |
Apps + Construction Services — The Full AEDO Package
AEDO doesn't just make tools — we use them to deliver better construction projects. Every AEDO build benefits from our in-house engineering software, rigorous cost estimation, GPS-documented site progress, and NSCP-compliant structural design. When you build with AEDO, you get the full team behind the tools.
- Structural design powered by our own NSCP engineering tools
- Accurate BOQ using the same cost database as our Unit Cost app
- Site documentation with PhotoStruct on every project
- BP344-compliant design checked against our own reference
- Design-build from concept to turnover — one team, full accountability