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Buyer's guides.

Plain answers to the questions behind an order — sizes, grades, which type where. Written from the questions we get on quotes. Each one ends the same way: send your list and we quote it the same day.

Steel Supply

What size rebar for the job

Common bar sizes per member — slab, footing, column, beam, CHB — plus Grade 33 vs 40 vs 60 and pieces per ton.

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Steel Supply

GI or BI pipe: which to use

Water, fire sprinkler, gas, structural, fence — which pipe for each, schedule choices, and the rules for welding galvanized.

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Steel Supply

C-purlin size and spacing

Section and thickness by span, purlin spacing by roofing sheet, and what changes in the typhoon belt.

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Electrical Supply

Choosing a circuit breaker

Breaker-and-wire pairings per the PEC, plug-in vs bolt-on, AT vs AF, and where ground-fault protection is required.

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PPE

Construction site PPE checklist

The baseline for everyone on site and per-task additions, with the RA 11058 rules on who provides and who pays.

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Need numbers instead?

Sizes and weights live on the product pages — deformed bar, GI & BI pipe, C-purlins, I-beam, angle bar and the rest of steel supply. Send your list — spec sheet, drawing or BOQ — and we quote it back the same day.

Reviewed July 2026 · Southend Construction & Industrial Supplies, Dasmariñas, Cavite