50pesos per square meter fee.

SCHEDULE OF MINIMUM BASIC FEE (CIVIL ENGINEER)

PART A – Minimum Compensation For Civil Engineer as Prime Professional. When the Civil Engineer assumes overall
coordination including architectural and other engineering services, the Engineer is a prime professional.

Group I – Simple structures such as lofts, warehouses, garages, sheds, market buildings, and comparable projects of one
but not more than two stories.

Project Construction Cost Minimum Basic Fees

P10 million and less 6%

Over P10 million to P20 million P600,000 plus 5.5% in excess of P10 million

Over P20 million to P30 million P1,150,000 plus 4.5% in excess of P20 million

Over P30 million P1,600,000 plus 3.5% in excess of P30 million

Group II – Buildings of 3 stories up to 14 stories, towers, tanks, exhibition buildings, memorials, industrial buildings, simple
bridges, low dams, piers, wharves, bins and silos and comparable projects.

Project Construction Cost Minimum Basic Fees

P10 million and less 7%

Over P10 million to P20 million P700,000 plus 6.5% in excess of P10 million

Over P20 million to P30 million P1,350,000 plus 5.5% in excess of P20 million

Over P30 million P1,900,000 plus 4.5% in excess of P30 million

Group III – Buildings with fifteen (15) or more floors, long span and complex bridges, high dams, major port works, power
plants and other complex structures not covered in Groups I and II.

Project Construction Cost Minimum Basic Fees

P10 million and less 8%

Over P10 million to P20 million P800,000 plus 7.5% in excess of P10 million

Over P20 million to P30 million P1,550,000 plus 6.5% in excess of P20 million

Over P30 million P2,200,000 plus 5.5% in excess of P30 million

If the Civil Engineer is not the prime professional for the above groups but renders basic Civil Engineering services only, his
fee shall be a minimum of 25% of the prime professional fee.

PART B – Minimum Compensation For Civil Engineer as Professional Not Prime. When the Civil Engineer renders basic
Engineering Design Services, only his fee shall be as follows:

Group IV – Hotels, large apartment buildings, office buildings, shopping centers, store buildings, resorts, hospitals, and
comparable projects.
Project Construction Cost Minimum Basic Fees

P10 million and less 1.05%

Over P10 million to P20 million P105,000 plus 0.975% in excess of P10 million

Over P20 million to P30 million P202,500 plus 0.825% of in excess of P20 million

Over P30 million P285,000 plus 0.675% in excess of P30 million

Structures not falling in any group shall be classified into Group III.

Minimum Compensation for Civil Engineer’s for rendering the following services.

Professional Fees

Value Engineering – 25% of Professional Fee + 25% of savings

Expert Witness – P2,000/appearance

Minimum Compensation for Civil Engineers rendering Academic Services

Teaching part-time or full time basis

BS degree holder – P75/hr – P150/hr

Master degree holder – P150/hr – P250/hr

Doctorate Degree holder – P250/hr – P400/hr

Lecturer (PICE-CPD) – P500/hr

Conducting tutorial/refresher courses – P500/hr

Resource Speaker – P500/hr

Writer/Author – P3,000/article

Source: PICE, Manual of Professional Practice for Civil Engineers 2nd Edition October 2003