APPENDIX A

SCHEDULE OF MINIMUM
BASIC FEE
Part A – Minimum Compensation For Civil
Engineer as Prime Professional.
When the Civil Engineer assumes overall
coordination including architecture and other
engineering services, the Engineer is a prime
professional.
a. Group I – Simple structures such as lofts,
warehouses, garages, sheds, market buildings,
and comparable project of one but not more
than two stories.
Project Construction Cost Minimum Basic Fees

P10 million and less 6%

Over P10 million to P20 P600,000 plus 5.5% of
million excess of 10M

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

million excess of P20 million
Over P30 million P1,600,000 plus 3.5% of
excess of P30 million
b. 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 10 million to P20 P200,000 plus 6.5% of
million excess of P10 million
Over P20 million to P30 P1,350,000 plus 5.5% of
million excess of P20 million
Over P30 million P1,900,000 plus 4.5% in
excess of P30 million
c. Group III – Buildings with fifteen (15) or
more floors, long span and complex bridges,
high dams, major portworks power plants and
other complex structures not covered in
Groups I and II.
Project Construction Cost Professional Fee

P10 million and less 8%

Over P10 million to P20 P800,000 plus 7.5% in
million excess of P10 million
Over P20 million up to P1,550,000 plus 6.5% in
P30 million 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:
a. Group IV – Hotels, large apartment
buildings, office buildings, shopping centers,
store buildings, resorts, hospitals, and
comparable projects.
Project Construction Cost Engineer’s Fee

P10 million and less 1.05%

Over P10 million up to P105,000 plus 0.975% in
P20 million excess of P10 million
Over P20 million P202,500 plus 0.825% in
Over P30 million excess of P10 million
P285,000 plus 0.675% in
excess of P30 million
b. Structures not failing in any group shall be
classified into Group III.
Minimum Compensation for Civil Engineer’s
for rendering the following services.
Professional Fees

1. Value Engineering 25% of Professional Fee

+25% of savings

2. Expert Witness P2,000/appearance

Minimum Compensation for Civil Engineer’s
rendering Academic Services
Teaching part time or full
time basis
a. BS degree holder P75/hr-150/hr
b. Master degree holder 150/hr-250/hr
c. Doctorate degree 250/hr-400/hr
holder
d. Lecturer (PICE-CPD)
500/hr
e. Conducting tutorial
500/hr
refresher courses
f. Resource Speaker
500/hr
g. Writer/Author
P3,000/article