Philippines’ Rice Terraces - A Historic Civil Engineering Feat
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008The rice terraces in Banawe, Philippines was adjudged in 1998 as the best among the man made structures to receive an award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). It has conferred the International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark Award. It hailed to be one of the world’s greatest engineering wonders. The Ifugaos, who are the aborigines of the area had built the structure using engineering principles far advance of their time.
