ARCHITECT'S SERVICES Flashcards
cover a broad line of architectural services ranging from initial problem identification to activities that would allow the Architect to initially conceptualize an array of architectural and allied solutions
UAP Doc. 201
PRE-DESIGN SERVICES.
starts at the inception of the project when the Owner outlines his requirements to the Architect. The work covers the various aspects of the project, from analysis and study of the needs and requirements, to the preparation of the necessary instruments of service, and finally to the supervision during project implementation. It ends only when the general contractor or builder turns over the completed project to the Owner.
UAP Doc. 202
Regular Design Services
This include Planning, Interior, landscaping, Acoustics, communications and Electronics Engineering.
UAP Doc. 203
SPECIALIZED ALLIED SERVICES
a. Working in a dual capacity as Architect-of-record and as Consulting Architect for fulltime supervision services or as the Construction Supervision Group (CSG). As the Architect-of-record (Aor) of the project, the Aor is in a better position to interpret his drawings and documents and to assure conformity by the Contractor.
b. Working as Consulting Architect for fulltime supervision services only or as the CSG.
SPP Doc. 204-A
Full-Time Services
includes the responsibilities of the Construction Manager (CM) include the functions of the Construction Supervision Group (CSG).
SPP Doc. 204-B
Construction Management Services
The Architect may be engaged as the Building Administrator and/or Property Manager of a commercial, industrial, residential or institutional building, facility or complex to maximize the lifespan of the building/s in order to produce the maximum economic return
Buildings and Grounds Administration
SPP Doc. 205
Post-Construction Management Services
refers to the range of professional services that covers Pre-design Services, Regular Design Services, Specialized Architectural Services, Construction Services and Post-Construction Services.
Project Management Service
SPP Doc. 206
Comprehensive Architectural Services
includes the Architect performing Design-Build Services
Administering the Construction.
SPP Doc. 207
Design-Build Services
SPP Doc. 208
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN COMPETITION
SPP Doc. 209
Professional Architectural Consulting Services
A study to determine the viability of a project
such as its cost of development versus its potential return to the Owner. A detailed cost-benefit analysis can guide the client and the architect in selecting a more viable alternative plan.
Economic Feasibility Studies.
Architects assist in the determination of requirements of lending agencies, income-expense relationship and relative demand for different building types in actual financing negotiations.
PROJECT FINANCING
Investigating, identifying and documenting the needs of the. client for use in the design of the project.
This analytical problem-seeking process will lead to the statement and identification of both horizontal and vertical requirements in offering a solution.
ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAMMING
Assisting the client in locating sites for the proposed project and evaluating their adequacy with regards to topography, subsurface conditions, utilities, development costs, climate, population, legal considerations and other factors.
SITE SELECTION AND ANALYSIS
A detailed analysis of the site to develop its potential through the proper utilization of land.
SITE UTILIZATION AND LAND-USE STUDIES
Analysis of the space requirements of the project based on organizational structure and functional set-up. One method is to use human behavior and transaction analysis to pinpoint Linkages and interactions of spaces. The services cover space use and space character analysis, work station and space module and a space program to serve as basis for architectural design.
SPACE/MANAGEMENT STUDIES
In some cases, the project would require promotional activities in order to generate financial support and acceptance from governing agencies or from the general public. The Architect with his own staff can accomplish many of these activities including the preparation of promotional designs, drawings, brochures and the like. As the agent of the Owner, the Architect can produce and coordinate the additional activities necessary to complete the services.
PROMOTIONAL SERVICES
When a Client calls upon the Architect to give oral or written advice and direction, to attend conferences, to make evaluations and appraisals regarding a contemplated project and similar activities, the Architect renders valuable inputs whether or not the Client pursues the project.
Consultation
The studies will set the project against present and future trends to forecast how it will perform over time. This requires primary data gathering and analysis.
Feasibility Studies
These preliminary studies involve the procurement, analysis and use of secondary information gathered for the project to aid the Client in early decision-making.
Pre-Feasibility Studies
service that entails the conduct of primary and secondary researches and assembled facts used as basis for conclusion.
Architectural Research
The Architect determines the adequate size and appropriate configuration and assemblage for a proposed project in consideration of the use, allocation and interface of spaces for given activities.
Space Planning
An analysis of the space requirements of the project based on organizational structure and functional set-up pinpoints linkages and interaction of spaces.
Space
Management
Studies
This technique is applied in the cost management process to minimize the negative effect of simplified operations associated with many cost-reduction programs.
Value Management
Under ____________, the Architect states the project terms of reference (ToR) including the concept, objectives and other necessary requirements to bid out architectural services (whether public or private).
Design Brief Preparation
This phase involves the definition of the requirements of the project by the Owner. The Architect in turn informs the Owner of the technical requirements of the project and the concomitant professional fees.
Project Definition Phase
This phase involves the definition of the requirements of the project by the Owner. The Architect in turn informs the Owner of the technical requirements of the project and the concomitant professional fees.
Project Definition Phase
This phase consists of the preparation of schematic design studies derived from the Project Definition Phase, leading to conceptual plans
Schematic Design Phase
Phase where the architect submits to the Owner seven (7) sets of all construction drawings and technical specifications for purposes of obtaining a building permit.
Contract Document Phase
phase when the architect prepares the Bid Documents such as forms for contract letting, documents for construction, forms for invitation and instruction to bidders, forms for bidders’ proposals, general / specific conditions of contract, etc.
Bidding or Negotiation Phase
phase when architect, furnishes complete sets of the Bid Documents for purposes of bidding in as many sets as may be required to conduct a successful bidding. The said documents are loaned to bidders at an amount sufficient to cover direct and indirect costs attendant to the preparation, packaging, reproduction and delivery of the said documents.
For Competitive Bids / Procurements
a. makes decisions on all claims of the Owner and Contractors on all matters relating to the execution and progress of work or the interpretation of the Contract Documents.
b. prepares change orders, gathers and turns over to the Owner written guarantees required of the Contractor and Sub-Contractors.
c. makes periodic visits to the project site to familiarize himself with the general progress and quality of work and to ascertain that the work is proceeding in accordance with the Contract Documents.
d. determines the amount owing and due to the Contractor and issues corresponding Certificates for Payment for such amounts based on his observations and the Contractor’s Applications for Payment.
Construction Phase
SPECIALIZED ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES
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AI, Acoustic Design, SDP, Site and Physical Planning, CDP, Historic and Heritage Conservation and Planning, Security Evaluation and Planning, Building Systems Design, Facilities Maintenance Support, Building Testing and Commissioning, Building Environment Certification, Forensic Architecture, Building Appraisal, Structural Conceptualization, Preliminary Services, Contract Documentation and Review Services, Post-Design Services, Dispute Avoidance and Resolution, Architectural Research Methods, Special Building/Facility Planning and Design, Building Components, Management of Architectural Practices,
- Detailed planning and design of indoor or enclosed areas
- Retrofit, renovation, rehabilitation or expansion
- Utility aspect, architectural lay outing of all building engineering systems
- Must be experience in planning, design and detailing of AI elements
Architectural Interior (AI)
- Detailed planning and design of controlled sound transmission for compatibility with arch’l design concept
- Sound management, answers acoustical demands of different activities within an enclosed space
Acoustic Design
involves the detailed planning and design of light transmission, timing and control for compatibility with the architectural design concept.
Architectural Lighting Layout and Design
- Planning in relation to existing natural and built environment should be well coordinated wo that the building and environment act as one.
- Small building projects with landscaping can be done by the Architect. In large scale, state regulated professionals shall be hired as Specialist Consultants
Site Development Planning (SDP)
including master development planning, subdivision planning, and urban design
Studies interrelationship of the building with other structures, environment and its effect to the community.
Site and Physical Planning
refers to the orderly arrangement within a piece of land or property on which vertical structures such as buildings, monuments, and the like, as well as horizontal developments such as rights-of-way (ROWs), open spaces and activity spaces are to be proposed.
Physical planning
covers the range of all services from primary data gathering through the formulation of the MDP and the parallel preparation of the environmental impact assessment / statement (EIA/S).
Comprehensive Development Planning (CDP)
the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP), may include the following components:
___________ - land use and the changes which occur within the physical environment (within the space where such activities take place), represented mainly by the MDP.
Physical Component
the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP), may include the following components:
___________ - the nation’s assets and its management.
Economic Component
the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP), may include the following components:
___________ - the people, their living conditions and the seeking of ways to ameliorate it.
Socio-Cultural Component
the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP), may include the following components:
___________ - the nation’s assets and its management.
Economic Component
the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP), may include the following components:
___________ - the relationship of adopted development proposals and policies to existing laws.
Legal and Administrative Component
the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP), may include the following components:
___________ - road and transit networks, land-sea-air linkages, the movement of people and goods from one place to another.
Transport Component
The suitably trained and experienced Consulting Architect in this area of architectural practice provides research, assessment, recording, management, interpretation and conservation of historical heritage.
Historic and Heritage Conservation and Planning
The Consulting Architect in this area of practice arranges and formulates methods of rating and ascertaining the value of structures or facilities which must be fully secured, kept safe, protected, assured, guaranteed and provided sufficient safeguards for the conduct of any work or activity.
Security Evaluation and Planning
Engages in methods of producing building components in a highly engineered, efficient and cost-effective manner, particularly for residential and commercial applications.
Building Systems Design
The Consulting Architect in this area of practice provides the Owner/Client with means and measures to ensure the proper function and maintenance of the building / structure and site after final inspection.
Facilities Maintenance Support
- Recommends the systematic process of ensuring that a building / structure’s array of systems is planned, designed, installed and tested to perform according to the design intent and the building’s operational needs.
- If the building materials, equipment and systems are not installed properly or are not operating as intended, the effectiveness, efficiency, productivity and other benefits of high performance plans/designs will not be achieved.
Building Testing and Commissioning
this area of practice must have much more than the basic knowledge of Green Architecture and Environmental and/or Sustainable Design and sufficient knowledge of the governing environmental laws and environmental investigation processes and procedures under international protocols such as the Philippine Solid Waste, Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, DENR administrative issuances and the like.
Building Environment Certification
needed to evaluate the environmental performance of a building and to encourage market migration towards sustainable design
Building environment rating system
- Scientific study in the built environment’s well-being, to prolong a buildings life in a cost-efficient manner and provide recommendations to the owner.
- Determine causes of deterioration
- Causes of building deficiency such a s non compliance with planning and building laws, deviation from original use or function of the building
- Faulty activity and operations during project implementation
- Determine faulty plan/design or construction methodology
Forensic Architecture
The Consulting Architect in this area of practice places value on the building / structure condition and defects, and on its repair and maintenance, including the required improvements.
Building Appraisal
defined as an act or process of estimating value
Appraisal
Practice conceives, chooses and develops the type, disposition, arrangement and proportioning of the structural elements of an architectural work, giving due consideration to safety, cost-effectiveness, functionality and aesthetics.
Structural Conceptualization
The Consulting Architect in this area of practice must have much more than the basic knowledge of Site Analysis, Space Planning and Management, Architectural Programming, and the other services under SPP Document 201.
Preliminary Services
The Architect in this area of practice must have much more than the basic knowledge of Specification Writing, Estimation and Quantity Survey, Architectural Production, Architectural Software, Architectural Support Services and Contract Document Review.
Contract Documentation and Review Services
The Consulting Architect in this area of practice must have much more than the basic knowledge of Pre-Construction, Construction, Post-Construction and the other services under SPP Documents 204, 206 and 207.
Post-Design Services
- Alternative Dispute Resolution under RA 9285
- Construction Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation, Negotiation and of Contract Administration, Quality Surveys, Appraisals and Adjustments and Expert Testimony.
Dispute Avoidance and Resolution
The Consulting Architect in this area of practice must have much more than the basic knowledge of Research Methods, Philippine Architecture and its History, Architectural Materials and Finishes, Building Types and Standards, Architectural Design Trends, Architectural Writing and Architectural Photography.
Architectural Research Methods
Planning and Design Processes required for Housing Developments, Recreational and Tourism Estates, Health Care and Hospitality Facilities, Transportation and Telecommunications Facilities, Production and Extractive Facilities, Utility-related Developments, Secure Facilities, Business and Industrial Parks, Economic Zones and Community Architecture and the like.
Special Building/Facility Planning and Design
Building Materials and Finishes, Construction Methodologies, Building Envelopes including cladding and roofing systems, Architectural Fenestrations and Architectural Hardware, Fixtures and Fittings.
Building Components
