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AVISCUS:
CREATING A
WORLD WHERE
ACCESS TO WATER,
SHELTER, AND
ELECTRICITY IS
AFFORDABLE
The Gaia Dam, a project
licensed under the Philippine-
based
start-up
company
Aviscus, is a small, low-cost
and environment-friendly dam
that serves primarily as an
irrigation dam. The dam was
also designed to be utilized
in helping prevent extreme
flooding due to heavy rains by
re-routing the flow of surface
water through the storm runoff
pathway and swales present in
the area. Another use of this
dam is that it could help in
the generation of hydroelectric
power by diverting water into
the intake structure, which will
eventually reach the penstock
and then into the turbine.
GineersNow conducted an
exclusive interview with Kent
Renier Carandang, the CEO and
President of Aviscus.
Kent Renier Carandang is a civil
engineering graduate from the
University of the Philippines
Diliman, and has been working
in the engineering industry for
more than two years. He started
working as a climate and flood
consultant for the Philippine
local government, and at the
same time as a water resources
engineering
consultant.
After a year, he joined a US
based company in Guam that
specializes in constructing
structures and installations for
the United States military.
THE COMPANY
(left to right) Top: Kent Renier Carandang, Rhey Joseph Daway,
Ralph John Barte; Down: Dr. Leonardo Liongson, Dr Mark Albert
Zarco, Ian Kaye Alejandrino, Jeanne Chrystel Dellosa
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GN: Tell us about your
company. Describe your
mission, vision, and values,
where this company headed
and what are your future
expansion plans?
Carandang: Aviscus is an
engineering and construction
social enterprise operating
in the Philippines, comprised
of a small group of engineers
and an architect. Our board of
advisers is a mix of professionals
from the fields of engineering,
science, business, finance, and
law and they add value and
provide the needed advices for
the growth and development
of the company. Our mission
is to create infrastructures with