1: SPP DOC 200

The Code of Ethical Conduct

For Registered and Licensed Architects and For Holders of
Temporary/Special Permits Under R.A. No. 9266

GENERAL PROVISION
TRAITS OF ARCHITECTS
 Profession of architecture – calls for men & women w/ highest
responsiveness, sensibility as well as artistic & technical ability

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

 Honesty of purpose
 Acts as a professional adviser to his/her advice must be unprejudiced
 Charged w/ the exercise of mediation and conciliation functions b/w
client and contractor
 Engaged in a profession which carries with responsibilities to the
public
 Has moral responsibilities to his/her associates & subordinates

THE ARCHITECT’S RESPONSIBILITIES

IN RELATION TO THE PUBLIC/PEOPLE

o Respect & conserve
 System of values
 Natural, historic & cultural
heritage of the community
o Improve the environment w/in
sustainable manner
o Promote interest of his/her prof
org & to do his/her part to the org
o Comply with the code of ethical &
the standards of professional
practice
o Observe laws on the practice of
architecture & on planning and
design of buildings
o No time act in a manner
detrimental to the best interest of
the architectural profession

o Share technical info & experience o Shall not use paid

w/ other design professions & advertisement/self-laudatory/misl
construction industry eading publicity

o Shall abide by and observe the o May share the context of

laws and regulations of the advancing public knowledge
government about the architect’s function in
 society as well as architecture
itself
o Not permitted to solicit to ads or
other supports the cost of any
publication of works
o Refrain from taking part paid ads
endorsing any materials of
construction/building equipment’s
IN RELATION TO THE CLIENT
o Protect client’s interest but never o
the expense of the higher public
interests/public welfare
o Shall introduce prospective client
the professional services he/she o
is able to perform
o Shall not offer preliminary
sketches w/o service agreement
o Shall ascertain from the client the
exact nature and scope of his/her
services and properly inform the
client the corresponding
professional fees
o Shall advise a client against
proceeding with any project
whose practicability may be
questionable due to financial/legal
conditions
o Explain the conditional character
of estimates in order to secure
commission unless provided for
by law/government projects
o Consider the needs & stipulation
of clients & effects of his/her work
o Shall not deceive the public as to
his/her professional competence
unless supported
o May exhibit project billboards
indicating relevant information in
a modest manner
Meet the aesthetic & functional
requirements of the project
commensurate w/ the client’s
budget
Bill his/her client for services
rendered a professional fee
based upon the basic minimum
fee under SPP
o Compensated solely through
his/her professional fee billed
directly to the client
o Shall not ask for any other returns
in whatever form from any
interested source
o Free from investments & business
relations outside his/her relations
—if the architect has any other
business interest, inform the
client of such condition/situation
o Shall include agreement with the
client a clause providing for
negotiation
o Carry out professional work w/o
undue delay and within an agreed
reasonable time limit
o Keep the client informed all the any issue that may affect the
times of progress of the work & project quality & costs

IN RELATION WITH THE CONRACTOR

o The contractor depends upon the oversight errors in the contract
architect to safeguard fairly the document to their financial
contractor’s interest as well as disadvantage
those of the client
o Immediately act upon knowledge
o Give assistance to fully & inspection in order not to cause
understand the contents of the unnecessary delay and additional
contract documents expense

o Furnishing clear, definite & o Reject any offer of free

consistent information in all professional engineering/allied
pertinent contract documents to design services
avoid unnecessary mistakes
o Inspect each phase of the work
o Shall not knowingly call upon the completed
contractor to correct/remedy

IN RELATION TO MANUFACTURERS, DEALERS, AND AGENTS

o Shall not solicit professional
engineering/allied design/other
technical services from
manufacturers/supplies of
building materials
o Shall not seek
commissions/discounts/fees/gifts
from agents/firms handling
building materials/equipment

IN RELATION TO COLLEAGUES AND SUBORDINATES

o Shall not render professional
services w/out a professional
service agreement
o Provide preliminary services on a
conditional basis prior to a
definite agreement
o Abide by the basic minimum fee
o Shall not use donation of
professional services as a device o Shall not accept and act as
for obtaining competitive
advantage except for religious
projects
o Shall not submit
solicited/unsolicited sketches in
competition w/ other architects
o Shall not enter as a competitor in
any architectural competition
when he/she has been engaged
as adviser/juror
adviser/juror in any architectural
competition when she/he has any
 information regarding the o Shall provide employees a
competition suitable work environment

o Solicit any project already known o Shall tutor and mentor the young
to him/her as previously aspirants towards the ideals and
committed to another architect responsibilities
o Shall unselfishly share technical
o Shall not undertake a commission knowledge and experience to
for which he/she knows that young aspirants
another architect has been
previously employed unless o Shall unselfishly give time and
notifies the architect effort to the advancement of the
profession
o Shall not undertake a commission
for additions, rehabilitation, or o Ensure the conduct of his/her
remodeling of any erected professional practice
structure undertaken previously
by another architect w/o duly o Shall not take advantage of the
notifying them ideas of another architect

o Limit his/her advertisement/claim o Shall building professional

only to the extent of the specific reputation on the merits of his/her
work has done to the structure own services

o When involves of architectural o Shall not quote a fee w/out first

heritage, must look at all receiving an official invitation
possibilities of restoration
o Must have sufficient information
o Shall not unfairly criticize or on the nature/scope of the project
discredit another architect to prepare a fee proposal

o Refrain from associating by any o Shall continue to raise the

enterprise that may negatively
affect his/her/architectural
profession
o Shall not affix his/her signature
and seal to nay plans or
professional documents prepared
by other persons or entities and o
not done under his/her direct
personal supervision
standards of aesthetic excellence
o Shall promote allied arts and
contribute to the knowledge and
capability of the construction
industry
File formal complaint if another
architect committed a violation of
this code

o Shall not discriminate

2: ARCHITECT’S CREDO
Any registered and licensed architect shall recite with vigor, passion,
and hope the architect’s credo during special or important occasion,
e.g., mass oath-taking, IOPOA’s affair, PRBOA’s event. The architect’s
credo shall be the following:

 I shall work with this virtuous commitment: to exercise to the utmost my

duty to myself, my country, and my god.

 I shall uphold the ideals, follow the norms of conduct of a noble

profession, and endlessly endeavor to protect and further it’s just ends.

 I shall abide by the laws, rules, legal orders, statutory policies, and
measures of my country; the code of ethical conduct and the standards
of professional practice; and the articles of incorporation and by-laws of
the integrated and accredited professional organization of architects
(iapoa).

 I shall humbly seek success not through the measure of solicited

personal publicity, but by industrious, meaningful application to my
work, and strive to merit a reputation for quality of service and for
equitable dealing.

 I shall ask for fair remuneration for my professional services from my

client and hold his/her interest over and above my own.

 I shall disclose, whenever required, any private business investments or

ventures that may tend to create a conflict of interest and ensure that
such conflict does neither compromise the legitimate interests of my
clients nor interfere with my duty to render impartial judgment.

 I shall exercise my professional prerogatives always with the highest

level of integrity.

 I shall inspire by my behavior the loyalty of my associates and

subordinates and take upon me the mentorship of the aspirants to the
profession.
 I shall confine my criticisms and praises within constructive and
inspirational limits and never resort to these means to promote any
malicious motives.

 I shall dedicate myself to the pursuit of creative endeavor towards the

goal of enlightened art and science, generously sharing the results of
my research, experience, and expertise

 I shall treasure my being a holder of a valid certificate of registration and

a valid professional identification card as registered and licensed
architect and of a valid membership card with the LAPOA.

 I shall consecrate myself to the highest standard of professionalism,

integrity, and competence to the public, to the client, to the contractor, to
the manufacturers, dealers, and agents, and to colleagues and
subordinates who are the direct and indirect users and beneficiaries of
my architectural services.

MISCELLANEOUS: LIABILITIES/PENALTIES

Any registered and licensed architect or a grantee of a temporary/special

permit who violates any provision of this code shall be liable

 Suspension or revocation of the validity of certificate of registration,

or cancellation of a special/temporary permit by the board

 A fine of not less than one hundred thousand pesos (100,000.00)

but not more than five million pesos (5,000,000.00)

 Suffer imprisonment for a period of not less than six (6) months or
not exceeding six (6) years, or both at the discretion of the court,
respectively.
3: RA 9266
The Architecture Act Of 2004
 An act providing for a more responsive and comprehensive
regulation for the registration, licensing, and practice of architecture
 Approved on March 17, 2004

ARTICLES
I. General Provisions
II. Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture
III. Examination, Registration and Licensure
IV. Practice Of Architecture
V. Final Provisions

DEFINITION OF TERMS

ARCHITECTURE
- is the art, science, or profession of planning, designing, and
constructing buildings in their totality taking into account their
environment, in accordance with the principles of utility, strength, and
beauty

ARCHITECT
- a person professionally and academically qualified, registered and
licensed under R.A. No. 9266 with a Certificate of Registration and
Professional Identification Card issued by the Professional Regulatory
Board of Architecture and the Professional Regulation Commission

ARCHITECT-OF-RECORD
- architect registered and licensed under R.A. No. 9266, who is directly
and professionally responsible for the total design of the project for the
client and who shall assume the civil liability for the plans,
specifications, and contract documents he/she has signed and sealed

ARCHITECT-IN-CHARGE OF CONSTRUCTION
- an architect registered and licensed under R.A. No. 9266, who is
directly and professionally responsible and liable for the construction
supervision of the project
CONSULTING ARHITECT
- architect registered and licensed or permitted to practice under R.A. No.
9266, who is professionally and academically qualified and with
exceptional or recognized expertise or specialization in any branch of
architecture

SPECIALIZATION
- an expertise and special knowledge in the field of architecture acquired
by an Architect through formal education and training or through
continuing professional development and experience, for which the
Architect may be engaged as Consulting Architect

ARCHITECTURAL FIRM
- a sole proprietorship, a partnership or a corporation registered with the
DTI AND/OR SEC and then with the Board of Architecture and PRC

SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP
- an individual Architect practicing and delivering architectural services,
duly registered with the DTI, BOA and the PRC

AUTHORSHIP
- refers to the author or authors of a set of architectural plans or
specifications who are in charge of their preparation whether made by
them personally or under their immediate supervision

OWBERSHIP
- shall refer to proprietary rights to an architectural work such as plans,
designs and other documents by a person/ juridical entity who
commissions the Architect and whose ownership of an architectural
work by such a person/ juridical entity shall only be confined to the use
of the architectural documents for executing /implementing the work
described therein for one (1) or the original project

COPYRIGHT
- shall refer to the intellectual proprietary rights retained by an Architect
over any architectural documents/ work that he/she prepares unless
there is a written stipulation to the contrary
- a work of architecture shall include the right to control the erection of
any building which reproduces the whole or a substantial part of the
work either in its original form or in any form recognizably derived from
the original

SERVICE AGREEMENT
- a duly notarized written contract or equivalent public instrument
stipulating the scope of services and guaranteeing compensation of
such services to be rendered by an architect registered and licensed
under R.A. No. 9266

IAPOA
- Integrated Accredited Professional Organization of Architects (the same
as United Architects of the Philippines, Inc.)
- the existing official national organization of all architects of the
Philippines in which all registered Filipino architects shall be members
without prejudice to membership in other voluntary professional
associations

ASSOCIATION
- any formal grouping of two or more architects or architectural firms
working in joint venture on a project basis.

ARCHITECTURAL COMPANY
- means a juridical entity that shall be synonymous with an Architectural
Partnership (see definition of Architectural Partnership) registered with
the SEC

ARCHITECTURAL CORPORATION
- means a group of professionals in architecture and allied professions,
incorporated with Architects for the purpose of delivering professional
service in architecture and allied professions

ARCHITECTURAL PARTNERSHIP
- means a group of two or more Architects duly registered with the SEC
and then with the Board of Architecture

ARCHITECTURAL DOCUMENTS
- means an architectural drawings, specifications, and other outputs of an
Architect that only an Architect can sign and seal consisting, among
others, of vicinity maps, site development plans, architectural program,
perspective drawings, architectural floor plans, elevations, sections,
ceiling plans, schedules, detailed drawings, technical specifications and
cost estimates, and other instruments of service in any form

ARCHITECTURAL INTERIORS
- a detailed planning and design of the indoor/enclosed areas of any
proposed building/structure, including retrofit or renovation work and
 which shall cover all architectural and utility aspects, including the
architectural lay-outing of all building engineering systems found therein

CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
- are the documents attached to the agreement identified therein as
Contract Documents, including all additions, deletions and modifications
incorporated therein. These generally include the following documents:
a. Special Provisions or conditions
b. General Conditions
c. Drawings
d. Specifications
e. Other Bid Documents

DIVERSIFIED ARCHITECTURAL EXPERIENCE

 a postbaccalaureate, pre-licensure experience of two (2) years required
of a graduate of architecture prior to taking the licensure examination;
consisting of a variation of experiences in the different phases of
architectural service

FOREIGN ARCHITECT
 means an architect who is not a Filipino citizen, nor an Architect
registered and licensed in the Philippines, but who is duly registered
and licensed in his/her home country as an Architect

FILIPINO COUNTERPART
 the local Philippine architect, partnership or corporation that must work
in association with a foreign architect, partnership or corporation, on a
project on Philippine soil

EXAMINATION, REGISTRATION AND LICENSURE

SECTION 12
Examination Required

All applicants for registration for the practice of architecture shall be

required to undergo a licensure examination to be given by the Board in
such places and dates as the Commission may designate in accordance
with the provisions of Republic Act No. 8981
SECTION 13
Qualification of Applicant for Examination

Any person applying for examination shall establish to the satisfaction of the
Board that:
a. He/she is a Filipino citizen or a citizen of a foreign country qualified
to take the examination as provided for in Sec. 27, Art. IV of R.A.
No. 9266 as carried out by Sec. 27, Rule IV of this “IRR of the
Architecture Act of 2004”
b. He/she is of good moral character
c. He/she is a holder of the degree of Bachelor of Science in
Architecture conferred by a school, college, academy or institute
duly recognized and/or accredited by the Commission on Higher
Education (CHED)
d. at least two (2) years or equivalent of diversified architectural
experience duly certified by a registered/licensed architect:
Provided, however, that an applicant holding a Master’s Degree in
Architecture from a school, college, university or institute recognized
by the government shall be credited one (1) year in his/her practical
experience
e. He/she has not been convicted of any criminal offense involving
moral turpitude

The following documents shall be submitted in support of the above

requirements:
1. Certificate of Live Birth in National Statistics Office (NSO)
Security Paper
2. Marriage Contract in NSO Security Paper for married female
applicants
3. College Diploma with indication therein of date of graduation
and Special-Order Number unless it is not required
4. Baccalaureate Transcript of Records with indication therein of
date of graduation and Special-Order Number unless it is not
required
5. Accomplished Diversified Training (DT Form 001)
6. Accomplished Diversified Training (DT Form 002)
7. Architect-Mentor Affidavit
8. Photocopy of Architect-Mentor’s valid Professional Identification
Card, Professional Tax Receipt and IAPOA number
9. National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Clearance
10. Other documents the Board may require.
4: RA 9266
The Architecture Act Of 2004
 An act providing for a more responsive and comprehensive
regulation for the registration, licensing, and practice of architecture
 Approved on March 17, 2004

Scope of the practice of architecture

 planning, architectural designing, and structural conceptualization
 consultation, quality surveys, site analysis
 schematic design, design development, contract documents and
construction phases
 preparation of preliminary, technical, economic and financial feasibility
studies
 preparation of architectural plans, specifications, bill of materials, cost
estimates, general conditions and bidding documents
 construction and project management, direction or the planning,
architectural designing, construction
 the planning, architectural lay-outing and utilization of spaces within and
surrounding such buildings
 building programming, building administration, construction arbitration,
and architectural conservation and restoration
 all works which relate to the scientific, aesthetic, and orderly
coordination of all works
 all other works, projects and activities which require the professional
competence of an architect, including teaching of architectural subjects
and architectural computer-aided design

Professional regulatory board of architecture: ORGANIZATION,

POWERS, AND FUNCTIONS

Composed of:
 a chairman and
 two (2) members appointed by the President of the Philippines from a
list of three (3) recommenders chosen from a list of five (5) nominees for
each position submitted to the Commission by the integrated and the
accredited professional organization of architects

Qualification of members of the professional REGULATORY

BOARD

 be a citizen and a resident of the Philippines;

 be a holder of a degree in Bachelor of Science in Architecture conferred
by a school, college or university in the Philippines or abroad that is
recognized and/or accredited by the Commission on Higher Education
(CHED)
 be an architect with a valid Certificate of Registration and Professional
Identification Card and active practitioner of architecture for at least ten
(10) years on the date of his/her appointment
 not be a member of the faculty of any school, college, university or
review institution where a regular course or review course in
architecture is taught, nor have pecuniary interest in such institution. No
former member of the faculty of any school, institute, university or
review center where architecture is taught can become a member of the
Board
 has never been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude; and
 not be an elective officer of the Integrated and Accredited Professional
Organization of Architects and other Professional Organization of
Architects.

TERM OF OFFICE
 The members of the Board shall hold office for a term of three (3) years
after appointment or until their successors shall have been appointed
and duly qualified.
 Any vacancy occurring within the term of a member shall be filled for the
unexpired portion of the term only.
 Each member of the Board may be reappointed for one full term of three
(3) years.
 Of the members of the Board first appointed under R.A. No. 9266, one
(1) member shall be appointed and hold office as chairman for three (3)
years, one (1) member for two (2) years, and one (1) member for one
(1) year.
 Each member of the Board shall qualify by taking the proper oath prior
to the performance of their duties
 Provided, That the incumbent members of the Board shall continue to
serve for the remainder of their term as members of the herein created
PRBOA until a new Board shall have been properly organized
 Provided, further that the incumbent members of the Board may be
appointed as members of the First Board

Powers and functions of the board

 Prescribe and adopt the “IRR of the Architecture Act of 2004” for
carrying out the provisions of R.A. No. 9266;
 Supervise the registration, licensure and practice of architects;
 Administer oaths in connection with the administration of R.A. No.9266;
 Issue, suspend, revoke, or reinstate the Certificate of Registration and
the P.I.C. for the practice of the architecture profession
 Adopt an official seal of the Board;
 Monitor the conditions affecting the practice of architecture and adopt
such measures as may be deemed proper for the enhancement and
maintenance of high professional, ethical and technical standards of the
profession;
 Hear and decide administrative cases involving violations of R.A. No.
9266 and for this purpose, to issue subpoena ad testificandum and
subpoena duces tecum to secure the appearance of witnesses and the
production of documents in connection therewith
 Prescribe guidelines for the Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) program in consultation with the integrated and accredited
professional organization of architects:
 Provided, That the attendance to said CPD shall not be a mandatory
requirement for the renewal of a professional Identification Card
 Prepare, adopt, issue or amend the syllabi of the subjects for
examinations
 In coordination with the CHED, ensure that all higher educational
instruction and offerings of architecture comply with the policies,
standards and requirements of the course prescribed by the CHED in
the areas of curriculum, faculty, library and facilities; Provided, That, for
the orderly implementation of this provision, the Board and the
Commission may enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the
CHED.
 To adopt a program for the full computerization
d of the licensure
examination;
 Discharge such other
d duties and functions as may be deemed
necessary for the enhancement of the architecture profession and the
upgrading, development and growth of the architecture education.

Administrative supervision of the board, custodian of its record,

secretariat and support services

 The Board shall be under the administrative

d supervision of the
Commission.
 All records of the Board, including applications for examination,
examination questions, answer dsheets, and other records and
documents pertaining to licensure examination,
d administrative and other
investigative cases
d conducted by the Board shall be under the custody
of the Commission.
 The Commission shall designate the Secretary
d of the Board and shall
provide the secretariat and other support services to implement the
provisions of R.A. No. 9266.

Grounds for suspension or removal of members of the board

a) Neglect of duty or
d incompetence;
b) Violation or tolerance of d the violation of R.A. No. 9266, or its
implementing rules and regulations or the Code of Ethical Conduct and
Standards of Professional Practice;
c) Final judgment of crimesd involving moral turpitude; and
d) Manipulation or rigging of the architecture
d licensure examination results,
disclosure of secret and confidential information in the examination
questions prior to the conduct of the said examination or tampering of
grades.

The Commission in the conduct of the investigation shall be guided by Sec.

7(s) of R.A. No. 8981.

Compensation and allowances of the board & annual report

The chairman and members of thedBoard shall receive compensation and
allowances comparable to that being received by the chairman and
members of existing regulatory Boards under the Commission as provided
for in the General Appropriations Act.
The Board shall submit an annual report
d to the Commission after the close
of each year giving a detailed account of its proceedings during the year
and making such recommendations as it may deem proper.

5: uap
United Architects of the Philippines
 Vision: UAP the prime organization of Architects
 Mission: The UAP as the Integrated and Accredited Professional
Organization of Architects, is the vanguard of the Architecture
profession in the country which shall serve as the catalyst of
dynamism and unity among Filipino Architects, prompting the
highest ethical conduct, discipline, responsibility and value beneficial
to man and society, culture and the environment in the delivery of its
professional mandate for local and global practice.

history

 Spanish colonization: no schools of Architecture

 Maestro de Obra: closest a Filipino could aspire to the title of an
Architect in Escuela Practica y Professional de Artes Oficios de
Manila.
 First Filipino graduates: Julio Hernandez (1891), Isidro Medina
(1894), Arcadio Arellano (1894) and Juan Carreon (1896).
 First Filipino architect: Felix Roxas Y Arroyo
1858: schooledd in London and began his architectural
practice
1877 – 1880: he was employed by the dSpanish government
as the Municipal Architect
d of Manila
Works: Santo Domingo Church, Ayuntamiento de Manila in
Intramuros

The first organization

 1902: the first organization
d formed as the Academia ded Arquitectura
y Agremensura de d Filipinas (AAAF)
President: Guillermo Gardiner
Vice-President Arcadio Arellano
Secretary: Perez Siquereza
Directors: Tomas Arguelles
 1903: the organization was transformed as the Academia d de
Arquitectura, Ingenieria y Agremensura
d de Filipinas (AIAAF)
Tarifa de Honorios: the first standards d of professional
practice for the practice of civil
d engineering and architecture
(patterned from the AIA documents)

The first organization

 An act to regulated the practice of the professions of Engineers and

Architects
 1921: the founding of the architectural profession in the Philippines
was formalized by virtue
 February 23, 1921: signed into law, prepared by AIAAF
 created a separate Board of Examiners for Architecture and Civil
Engineering
 allowed practicing Maestro de Obras to be automatically registered
as Architects

First registered architects

 Tomas Mapua
 Carlos Barreto
 Antonio Toledo

Philippines architects’ society

 1933: transformed as the Philippine Architects’ Society

President: Don Juan Nakpil
Vide-President: Tomas Mapua
 Constitution and Bylaws of the Society was patterned after
American Institute of Architects
Philippines institute of architects
 1945: The Philippine Architect’s Society re-organized
President: Fernando Ocampo
Vice-President: Cesa H. Concio
 Secretary: Jose Zaragoza
 Constitution and Bylaws of the Society was patterned after
American Institute of Architects
 changed to the Philippine Institute of Architects and Planners (PIAP)
 later changed to the Philippine Institute of Architects (PIA) by a
Resolution presented by Carlos da Silva.

League of the Philippines architects

 1948: members of PIA formed another organization

Pablo S. Antonio
Antonio V. Banas
Pablo D. Panlilio
Jose L. Reynoso
Elias L. Ruiz
President: Jose V. Herrera

Statute separation

 1949: separates the statutes of the Architects from the Engineers

(Republic Act No. 544 and Republic Act No. 545)

apga

 1958: Architects employed in the government formed themselves

into another organization
 Association of Philippine Government Architects

approval

 1965: APGA, LPA and PIA unanimously approved the Architects’

National Code
 Architects’ Services and Schedule of Fees

The journey to uap

 January 1, 1974: formulated the Constitution and By-Laws of the

proposed new organization
 December 19: approved
 January 15, 1974: ratified by the membership of APGA, LPA, and
PIA
 June 8, 1974: A Committee on Organizational Name was
constituted
PIA: Felipe M. Mendoza
 LPA: Jose V. Herrera
APGA: Deogracias Atienza
 many drawn to the name United Architects of the Philippines: unity
 December 12, 1974: three founding organizations unanimously
approved the Constitution and By-Laws of the United Architects of
the Philippines.
 March 26, 1975: UAP was incorporated and was registered with the
Securities and Exchange Commission with Registration No. 60782
 May 12: the Professional Regulation Commission with Architect Eric
Nubla as the first Commissioner, issued Certificate No. 001 to UAP
as the duly accredited professional organization of architects in the
Philippines.

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Standards of Professional Practice
 A required document under Section 41 of RA 9266

architect

 Registered and Licensed Architect (RLA)

 natural person under Philippine law with a valid certificate of
registration and a valid professional identification card for the lawful
practice of architecture

Architectural firm

 a juridical person under Philippine law and jurisprudence authorized

to practice architecture
individual architectural practice - architectural firm must
be duly registered with the DTI as a sole proprietorship
group architectural practice - must be registered with the
SEC and with the PRC as a professional partnership or as
an architectural corporation

Interchangeable terms

 Architect = Architectural Firm

 Client = Owner = Project Proponent
 Contractor = General Contractor = Constructor = Builder
 Bid = Tender

Interchangeable terms
 ADR: Alternative Dispute Resolution
 AF: Architectural Firm
 ADC: Architectural Design Competition
 AICC: Architect in charge of construction
 AOR: Architect-of-record
 BPO: Business Process Outsourcing
 CA: Consulting Architect
 DOLE: Department of Labor and Employment
 DTI: Department of Trade and Industry
 FPCA: Filipino Professional Consulting Architects
 IAPOA: Integrated and Accredited Professional Organization of
Architects
 KPO: Knowledge Process Outsourcing
 CEC: Codes of Ethical Conduct
 MOP: Manual of Procedure
 PACS: Professional Architectural Consulting Services
 PCA: Professional Consulting Architect
 PRC: Professional Regulation Commission
 PRBOA: Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture
 SEC: Securities Exchange Commission
 RLA: Registered Licensed Architect
 TSP: Temporary/Special Permit

Methods of selection
 Direct Selection
undertaking a relatively small project
client selects his architect on the basis of:
reputation
personal or business acquaintance or recommendation of a
friend
recommendation of the architect’s former client
recommendation of another architect
 Comparative Selection
conducted by committees representing institutions,
corporations or public agencies
invitation: includes the Terms of Reference (ToR) for
the project which is based on the Design Brief prepared
by another Architect
pre-qualification: submit information regarding their
qualification and expertise
 Interview: explains his methodology in translating the
plan/design requirements of the proposed project
Verification: may visit buildings designed by the
Architects and check references such as former clients
and financial institutions
 Comparative Selection
Evaluation and ranking: selection committee may adopt its
own procedure in evaluating the entries and recommending
the most capable firm.
Negotiation: Architect explains to the Client the Scope of
Services and the Architect’s Fee as prescribed under the
Architect’s Guidelines.

 Design Competition
Used for civic or monumental projects
idea competition, design or design build competition
submit plan/design solutions to a particular design problem
and are judged on the basis of comparative excellence
advantages: The Client/Committee will have a wider range of
options.
Disadvantages
Expensive and time consuming
Time and effort required may discourage qualified firms
Some potentially unscrupulous prospective
Clients will seek free services under the guise of design
competition
Methods of compensation
 Multiple of Direct Personnel Expenses
computation is made by adding all costs of technical services
(man hours x rate) and then multiplying it by a multiplier to
cover overhead and profit
multiplier ranges from 1.5 to 2.5 depending on the office set-
up, overhead and experience of the Architect and the
complexity of the Project
Other items such as cost of transportation, living and
housing allowances of foreign consultants, out-of-town living
and housing allowances of the local consultants and the like,
are all to be charged to the Client
Terms:
A = Architect’s rate/hour
C = Consultant’s rate/hour
T = Rate per hour of Technical Staff, Researchers and
others involved in the Project
AN, CN, TN = No. of hours spent by Architect
 Consultants and Technical Staff
M = multiplier to account for overhead and reasonable profit,
range 1.5 to 2.5 depending on the set-up of the Architect’s office
and the complexity
R = reimbursable expenses such as transportation, housing
and living allowance of consultant
Direct cost = AN + CN + TN
Fee = Direct Cost x M
Total Cost of Service charged to Client = Fee + R
Applicable only to non-creative work
Based on technical hours spent and does not account for
creative work since the value of creative design cannot be
measured by the length of time
 Professional Fee + Expenses
Used when there is continuing relationship involving a series
of Project
Established a fixed sum and above the reimbursement for
the Architect’s technical time and overhead
 Lump Sum
Fixed fee
Applied to government projects since they entail more paper
work and time-consuming efforts
 Per Diem/Honorarium
Require personal time
Attending conferences
Trips
Conducting ocular inspection of possible project site
Conferring with others regarding prospective investments or
ventures
The owner shall pay for the architect’s out-of-pocket
expenses (travel, accommodation and subsistence)
 Mixed Compensation Methods
Examined to determine the most appropriate and equitable
method of compensation

Predesign services

 Must expand his services in response to:

Increasing demands of his/her clients
Evolution of new standards of regulated professional practice
Advancement of technology
Enactment of new laws
 Involving the architect in the earliest stage of the project will be most
advantageous to the client
Provide objective project analysis
 Establishing parameters to optimize building needs
Attendant constraints

Scope of services
 Consultation
Give oral or written advice a direction
Attend conferences
To make evaluations and appraisals regarding a
contemplated project and similar activities
 Pre-Feasibility Studies
Procurement, analysis and use of secondary information
gathered for the project
Represent the Architect’s initial assessment of a project’s
soundness
 Feasibility Studies
Detailed analysis of the project based that will determine the
viability of a proposed development.
set the project against present and future trends
requires primary data gathering
 Site Selection and Analysis
formulation of site criteria
assistance to the client in site evaluation
analysis to determine the most appropriate site for a project
 Site Utilization and Land use Studies
Detailed analysis of the site involving the identification of a
site’s potentials
covers the context of the site as well as that of its
surrounding environment and the development controls
 Architectural Research
primary and secondary researches
assembled facts used as basis for conclusion
 Space Planning
determines the adequate size and appropriate configuration
for a proposed project
done mainly through primary data gathering such as
interviews, consultations
 Space Management Studies
analysis of the space requirements of the project
analysis pinpoints linkages and interaction of spaces
 Design Brief Preparation
Architect states the project terms of reference (ToR)
including the concept
Objectives
 Promotional Services
 develop and generate financial support
maintain his professional status as the representative of the
Owner.

Manner of providing services

 As an individual
 Architect’s own staff
 By association, consultation or networking

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Regular Design Services
 apply to both individual practice (i.e. by a natural person) and group
(by a juridical entity like a partnership or a corporation)
 Foreign Architects offering services under this service are subject to
full compliances with Sec. 38 of R.A. No. 9266:
Temporary/Special Permit
A work permit from DOLE
Must work with a local counterpart who is an RLA
 BPO and KPO firms cannot render architectural services for projects
located on Philippine soil unless they are PRC-registered
architectural firms

Regular design services of an architect

 the Architect acts as the Owner’s/ Client's/ Proponent’s Adviser

and/or Representative
 translates the Owner's needs and requirements to spaces and forms
in the best manner of professional service
 starts at the inception of the project when the Owner outlines his
requirements to the Architect
 work covers the various aspects of the project
analysis and study of the needs and requirements,
preparation of the necessary instruments of service,
supervision during project implementation
 ends only when the general contractor or builder turns over the
completed project to the Owner

Scope of service
 Project Definition Phase
involves the definition of the requirements of the project by
the Owner.
informs the Owner of the technical requirements of the
project and the concomitant professional fees.
Duties include:
conceptual framework and related requirements
gathers relevant information and data
reviews owner’s space requirements and translates
prepares an initial probable construction cost.

 Schematic Design Phase

Consist of the preparation of schematic design studies
derived from the project definition phase
Duties include:
evaluates the Owner’s program, schedule, budget,
project site
prepares the initial line drawings leading to a
recommended solution including a general description
submits to the Owner a Statement of the Probable
Project Construction Cost (SPPCC)
 Design Development Phase
Duties include:
consisting of plans, elevations, sections and other
drawings,.
outline specifications to fix and illustrate the size and
character of the entire project as to type of materials,
type of structural, electrical, mechanical, sanitary,
electronic and communications systems
diagrammatic layout of construction systems,
an updated SPPCC for submission to the Owner.
 Contract Document Phase
Duties include:
prepares the complete Contract Documents
prepares Technical Specifications
submits to the Owner seven (7) sets of all construction
drawings and technical specifications for purposes of
obtaining a building permit
updates the SPPCC based on changes in scope,
assists the Owner in filing the required documents to
secure approval of government authorities
 Bidding or Negotiation Phase
prepares the Bid Documents
 assists the Owner from the early stage of establishing a list
of prospective Contractors
For competitive bids / procurements,
furnishes complete sets of the Bid Documents for
purposes of bidding
helps in organizing and conducting pre-bid conferences
responds to questions from bidders,
assists the Owner in obtaining proposals from
Contractor
 Construction Phase
Duties include:
makes decisions on all claims of the Owner and
contractors
prepares change orders, gathers and turns over
makes periodic visits to the project site (not be required
to make exhaustive or continuous 8-hour on-site
supervision)
determines the amount owing and due (constitute a
certification to the Client that the work has progressed)
inspection or full-time (8-hour) construction supervision
be required by the Client, a separate full-time
supervisor shall be hired and agreed upon by the
Owner and the Architect
When the Architect is requested by the Owner to do the
full-time supervision, his services and fees shall be
covered separately

Manner of providing services

 two ways by which the Architect may enter into contract with the
Owner
with a single contract between the Architect and Owner, and
sub-consultancy contracts between the Architect and the
other professionals working with the Architect
with the Architect and the engineering and allied
professionals executing separate contracts with the Owner

Project classification

 classified in accordance with the degree of complexity and the

creative skill required to meet the requirements

 Owner’s responsibilities

 Provide full information as to his requirements

 designate a representative authorized to act on his behalf.
 examine and render decisions pertaining to documents submitted by
the Architect
 direct the Architect to obtain at his expense,
 pay for architectural and all other engineering and allied services
 Pay for the design and consulting services on acoustic,
communication, electronic, and other specialty systems which may
be required for the project.
 Arrange and pay for such legal, auditing, insurance, counseling and
other services as may be required
 Pay for all reimbursable expenses
 If the Owner observes or otherwise becomes aware of anything that
may impair the successful implementation of the project, he shall
give promptwritten notice to the Architect.