UNITED ARCHITECTS OF THE PHILIPPINES

GENERAL CONDITIONS
UAP DOCUMENT 301
 ART 1: DEFINITIONS
CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: The Contract consists of the following documents, including all
additions, deletions and modification incorporated therein before the execution of the
Contract:
• Agreement
• General Conditions
• Special Provisions
• Specifications
• Drawings
OWNER: The person or entity
ordering the project for
execution, including duly
appointed successors, or
authorized representatives.

ARCHITECT: refers to the

Architect commissioned by
the Owner action personally
or through assistants duly
authorized in writing by the
Architect to act on his behalf

ENGINEER: The person so

named n the Contract
Documents or his
representative duly
authorized in writing to act
for the engineer
ART.2 EXECUTION, CORRELATION AND INTENT OF DOCUMENTS

• Signature on documents
• Internt of contract documents:
• Conformity to the contract documents:
• Contractor documents at site of work
• Ownership of contract documents and
models:
ART.3 DRAWING AND SPECIFICATIONS

The main purpose of construction

drawings is to provide a graphic
representation of what is to be
built. Construction drawings should be
concise and coordinated to avoid,
wherever possible, ambiguity and
confusion. Delays and misunderstandings
can be minimised by properly coordinating
the drawings
ART 4: DETAIL DRAWING AND INTRUCTIONS

Detail drawing. Detail drawings provide

a detailed description of the geometric
form of a part of an object such as a
building, bridge, tunnel, machine, plant,
and so on. They tend to be large-
scale drawings that show in detail parts
that may be included in less detail on
general arrangement drawings.
ART. 5: SHOP DRAWINGS
A shop drawing is a drawing or set of drawings produced by
the contractor, supplier, manufacturer, subcontractor, or fabricator. Shop
drawings are typically required for prefabricated components. ...
The shop drawing normally shows more detail than the construction
documents
ART. 6 LAWS, REGULATION, SITE CONDITIONS

LAWS AND REGULATIONS: In general the

contractor shall comply with all the laws,
city and municipal ordinances , and all
building Codes, rules and regulations, In so
far as they are binding upon or affect the
parties hereto, the work, or those engaged
thereon.

SITE CONDITIONS: Before the bidding and the

awarding f the contract, the Contractor is
expected to have visited the locality of the
work and made his own estimates of the
facilities and difficulties attending to the
execution of the proposed contract, including
local conditions and all other contingencies.
 ART.7 PERMIT, TAXES AND SURVEYS

All construction permits and licenses necessary for

the execution of the work or of any temporary work and
easements in relation thereto should be secured, and the
corresponding required fees paid by the Contractor.
Wherever the law of the place of building required
sales, consumer, use, or other similar tax related or
pertinent only to the construction of the project, the
Contractor shall pay such tax.

The Contractor shall pay for services of a licensed

surveyor when so required to confirm and certify the
location of column centers, piers, wall, pits, trenches, pipe
work, culvert work, utility lines and work of similar nature
required by the Contract.
ART .8 GENERAL

Notwithstanding anything herein specified or provided that may be

construed to the contrary, all materials and equipment must conform to all laws,
ordinances regulations and building codes now or hereafter may be in force and
applicable during the period of construction, and the contractor shall obtain the
necessary permits and pay the required fees therefore to the proper authorities.