CEP 109- CE LAWS

SECTION 2

CLASSIFICATION
OF
ENGINEERING
SERVICES
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SERVICES PROVIDED BY
CIVIL ENGINEERS
1. CONSULTATION, RESEARCH,
INVESTIGATION AND REPORTS
2. DESIGN SERVICES FOR
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
3. CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
4. SPECIAL SERVICES FOR
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
5. ENGINEERING SUPPORT
SERVICES
6. ACADEMIC SERVICES
7. SERVICE AS EMPLOYEE

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THE TYPES OF INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER
THE DOMAIN OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
PURSUANT TO RA 544, INCLUDES:

1. Streets, Bridges, highways and

railroads
2. Airports
3. Portworks, canals, river and
shore improvements, light houses
and dry docks
4. Buildings
5. Fixed structures for irrigation,
flood protection, drainage, water
supply and coverage works
6. Tunnels

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EXPLORING ABOUT
RA 544
Republic Act No. 544 (as amended
by R.A. 1582) is an an act to
regulate the practice of Civil
Engineering in the Philippines.
This Act shall be known as the
“Civil Engineering Law.”

It was amended 55 years ago. Since

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then, the number of Registered Civil
Engineers has grown to over 90,000
today.

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Civil Engineering Services

1. CONSULTATION, RESEARCH
INVESTIGATION AND REPORTS

These services deal primarily

with collecting, interpreting,
and reporting information,
together with formulating
conclusions and making
recommendations

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Typical services in these category are:

A. PRELIMINARY AND FEASIBILITY

INVESTIGATIONS AND REPORT
These services usually
precede the authorization
of a capital project and
may involve extensive
investigations, analyses of
conditions, and
comparison of several
possible plans.

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B. PLANNING STUDIES
These services may include the
broad areas of developing the
engineering requirements of
master plans for long-range
capital improvement programs,
preparation of preliminary
engineering of land development
plans, urban plans, regional plans,
and the investigation of
environmental conditions and
preparation of environmental
impact studies with subsequent
engineering planning to
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improve/maintain existing
conditions
C. APPRAISALS, VALUATIONS
AND RATE STUDIES

These services may include

investigations and
operating costs; overhead
costs and costs of
financing; and revenues as
needed to evaluate a
property or to recommend
establishment of
prospective rates.
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 D. ASSISTANCE IN
FINANCIAL MATTERS
A Civil engineer may engaged by a
client who is planning to issue
bonds, particularly revenue bonds
to finance a capital project

Scope of services may include:

Evaluation of capabilities of
existing proposal facilities to
meet present and projected
future needs.
statements of probable
construction costs
estimate of annual revenue
requirements

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 E. MATERIALS ENGINEERING &
EQUIPMENT TESTS
These services include tests of
materials and equipment
under established codes and
standards, specialized
examination of equipment and
materials used in construction
and industry, and other
inspections and monitoring
required by a client.

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F. DIRECT PERSONAL
SERVICES
This includes services such as
assistance in preparation for
legal proceedings. appearances
before courts or commissions to
render expert opinions and
conclusions, and investigations
of technical matters where
specialized civil engineering
knowledge, experience and
judgment is required.

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 G. RESEARCH &DEVELOPMENT
Research- a specialized investigation and
gathering of data from existing resources
or through laboratory works and processes
related to the purpose and object or the
research.

Research and development may cover the

following:
a.) Develpment of new construction
materials and methods from concept to
commercialization.
b.) Improvement of construction materials
and methods through exhaustive studies
to reduce total construction cost and the
same time improve quality.

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H. SPECIAL SERVICES
These services can vary to suit
special needs of the client and can
include such diverse activities as:
Value Engineering
Appraisal and Valuation
Load testing
Environmental evaluations
Traffic engineering
Forensic engineering for
structural and other failures
Operational assistance
Materials process design]
Plot studies
Computer modeling Next Page

Safety engineering
 2. DESIGN SERVICES FOR
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
The services are supplemented by
special services which may be provided
by the client, a specialized engineer, or
another Civil Engineer.

6 STANDARD PHASES OF A CONSTRUCTION

PROJECT:
1. Study and Report Phase
2. Preliminary Design Phase
3. Final Design Phase Clients
4. Bidding or Negotiating Phase
5. Construction Phase
6. Operation Phase
 STUDY AND REPORT PHASE
This phase involves determination
of project scope and economic and
technical evaluation of feasible
alternatives.

PRELIMIINARY DESIGN PHASE

This phase involves the
establishment of the general size
and scope of the project and its
location on the selected site.

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 FINAL DESIGN PHASE
This phase of project development
is usually undertaken only after the
client has approved the
preliminary design phase material.

BIDDING/NEGOTIATING PHASE
This phase involves assisting the
client in determining the
qualifications and acceptability of
prospective contractors,
subcontractors and materials
suppliers.

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CONSTRUCTION PHASE
Services under this phase involve
consulting with and advising the
client during construction and are
usually those associated with service
as the client's representative.

OPERATION PHASE
The civil engineer may assist in
operator training, setting up job
classifications and salaries,
organizing the purchase of supplies
developing chart for recording
operational data and observing and
reporting on project operations.

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 3. CONSTRUCTION SERVICES

A Civil Engineer may be employed

as a construction engineer, resident
Civil Engineer, project engineer,
quality control engineer, cost
engineer or engineer inspector in a
project in accordance with Section
23 of RA 544.
Only registered Civil Engineers can
take charge construction/alteration
of any building or structure and any
other civil engineering works.

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 4. SPECIAL SERVICES
Special services that may be provide by the Civil Engineer
or negotiated with other firms or sub-consultants by the
Civil Engineer acting on behalf of the client could include

1. Geotechnical 10. Assistance to the client

Engineering
2. Special studies
3. Land surveys
4. Engineering and
topographic surveys
5. Mill, shop or laboratory
inspections
6. Additional copies of
reports
7. Extra travel and
susistence
8. Value Engineering
9. Redesign
11. Final investigations
12. Preparation of detailed
applications
13. Plotting, computing
and filling of subdivision
plans
14. Preparation of
environmental
assessment
15. Additional studies and
design
16. Computer simulation
and modeling.
5. ENGINEERING
SUPPORT SERVICES
The professional services
prescribed above often require
engineering support services.
The engineering support
services in general civil
engineering practice may
involve drafting, land and
construction surveying, and
other data gathering activities
for specialized purposes.

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 6. ACADEMIC SERVICES
Academic Services may include:

a. Teaching of civil engineering

courses in engineering
colleges/universities on
part/full time basis.
b. Lecturing in civil
engineering courses
c. Conducting
tutorials/refresher courses on
civil engineering concepts and
related subjects
d. Serving as a Resource
Speaker in Technical Session
e. Writing technical articles
and pamphlets

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7. SERVICES AS EMPLOYEE
This is a condition when a Civil
Engineer engages to perform
work or fulfill duties regularly or
salary being paid by an employer.
A Civil Engineer may be
employed for any position or
function in any commercial or
institutional organization.

Where he is performing civil

engineering functions, he is
required to follow the code ofClients
ethics for Civil Engineer and
comply with the standards and
guidelines of this manual.