Architecture: Sample Quiz 12 (ProfPrac)

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PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE

A. Rationale and Description

1. Understanding of the role, legal rights and obligations and responsibilities of the registered and licensed architect (RLA);
2. Understanding, analyses and application of the various statutes, codes, and regulations affecting the state-regulated practice of the profession of architecture in the Philippines;
3. Understanding, analyses and application of the various international agreements affecting the global practice of the profession of architecture i.e. by duly-qualified Philippine RLAs outside the Philippines and by duly-qualified foreign architects (FAs) within Philippine territory; and
4. Understanding of the various aspects of the professional practice of architecture as well as the efficient conduct of client and business-oriented relations for architectural planning/ design projects and for construction projects.

B. Terminal Competencies for LEA Candidates

1. Ability to efficiently and effectively utilize legally-recognized types/ forms of architectural services in response to the needs of clients within the context of state-regulated professional architectural practice;
2. Ability to employ organized professional practice activities, basic concepts, tools and areas of application of business and office management, meeting/ monitoring project milestones and operational targets, etc.;
3. Ability to conduct the post-evaluation and monitoring of completed projects and services;
4. Ability to implement the basic services of the registered and licensed architect (RLA) for effective organization, management and operation-related activities to satisfactorily deliver the RLA’s contracted services;
5. Ability to undertake comprehensive architectural planning and design services and the expanded role of the RLA beyond the regular architectural services;
6. Ability to prepares the various types of architectural specifications and contract documents;
7. Ability to compute and evaluate architectural and other cost estimates involving construction, resource allocation and project management;
8. Ability to applies codes and standards of the profession and the laws, rules and regulations, guidelines, etc. relevant to the professional practice of architecture;
9. Ability to understand and comply with the different laws that affect the professional practice of architecture in the Philippines;
10. Ability to understand and effectively address the legal consequences of an RLA’s actions as these relate to the pertinent laws, rules, regulations, guidelines and standards;
11. Ability to apply in practice the principles of public safety through building laws and codes;
12. Ability to comply with quality, cost and delivery standards;
13. Ability to apply ethical standards and professionalism in the practice of architecture i.e. ethical parameters applicable to situations in the practice of the profession;
14. Ability to comply with the moral responsibilities and obligations of a RLA to peers, clients, colleagues in the industry and society in general;
15. Ability to understand and describe the processes involved in the generation of a globally competitive office/ project management system;
16. Ability to understand and appreciate the implications of a globally open practice; and
17. Ability to assume responsibility for personal and professional growth and the development of leadership qualities.

C. Scope

1. Current state regulations for the registration, licensing and practice of architecture, the Standards of Professional Practice and the Code of Ethical Conduct

a. Statutes regulating the practice of architecture in the Philippines
a.1 Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9266 (The Architecture Act of 2004) and its 2004 implementing rules and regulations (IRR), particularly those focusing on the relationships of the RLAs with the PRBoA and of the PRBoA with the PRC;
a.2 R.A. No. 8981 (The PRC Modernization Act of 2000) and its IRR; and
a.3 Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) and Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture (PRBoA) Resolutions related to the Practice of Architecture in the Philippines.

b. Integrated and Accredited Professional Organization of Architects (IAPoA) - The United Architects of the Philippines as the IAPoA;
c. RLA’s Code of Ethical Conduct; d. RLA’s Credo;
d. Rights and responsibilities of the RLA;

e. Spectrum of architectural services;
e.1 Pre-Design Services
e.2 Design Services
e.3 Specialized Allied Services
e.4 Construction Services
e.5 Post-Construction Service
e.6 Comprehensive Services
e.7 Design-Build Services

f. Architectural fees and charges;
g. Selection of the Architect and Methods of Compensation (including the conduct of architectural competitions); and
h. Global Practice : GATS, APEC Architect, ASEAN Architect and its Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs)

2. General Laws, Building Laws and Related Regulations and Standards;

a. Architectural design standards, building and construction-related laws and their IRRs;
a.1 Presidential Decree (P.D.) No, 1096 : The 1977 National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP) and its 2004 Revised IRR;
a.2 R.A. No. 8293 : 1997 Philippine Intellectual Property Code and IRR;
a.3 The Philippine Civil Code, particularly Article 1723 on the civil liability of RLAs;
a.4 R.A. No. 9285 : The 2004 Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Act and Executive Order (E.O.) No. 1008 : The Construction Industry Arbitration Law;
a.5 Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law;
a.6 R.A. No. 9184 : The Government Procurement Reform Act of 2003 and IRR; and
a.7 E.O. No. 278 : Practice of Architecture and Related Consulting Services for Foreign-Assisted Projects and its IRR and Guidelines;

b. Laws on real estate and subdivisions e.g. P.D. No. 957 and its 2001 IRR, etc.;
c. Laws on housing and human settlements e.g. Batas Pambansa (B.P.) No. 220 and its 2001 IRR, etc.;

d. Awareness and general appreciation of P.D. No. 1096/ 1977 NBCP Referral Codes and their respective IRRs:
d.1 P.D. No. 1185 : Fire Code of the Philippines and IRR;
d.2 B.P. No. 344 : Accessibility Law and IRR;
d.3 Philippine Electrical Code;
d.4 Plumbing Code of the Philippines;
d.5 Sanitation Code of the Philippines;
d.6 Environmental Laws e.g. Clean Air, Water and Solid Waste Management Acts, etc.; and
d.7 National Structural Code of the Philippines.

e. Awareness and general appreciation of other professional regulatory laws (PRLs):
e.1 R.A. No. 1582 : Amended Civil Engineering Law of 1956, particularly its Sec. 24;
e.2 R.A. No. 8534 : Interior Design Law of 1997 and IRR; and
e.3 P.D. No. 1308 : Environmental Planning Law.

3. Other aspects of regulated architectural practice
a. Operating divisions of architectural practice, development, production, administration, and management (with emphases on preparation of tender and contract documents);
b. General quantity surveying for architectural works;
c. Legal aspects of architectural practice e.g. administrative, criminal and civil cases, etc.;
d. Business aspects of architectural practice;
e. 2008 Regional Trial Court (RTC) Decisions promulgated in support of RLAs; and
f. Various legal documents and issuances posted at the PRBoA website i.e. www.architectureboard.ph.

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