JPT 2023 RA 9266 Flashcards
RA. 9266
The Architecture Act of 2004
RA 9266 repeals RA 545, otherwise known as “An Act to Regulate The Practice of Architecture in the Philippines”.
Repealing Clause
An act providing for a more responsive and comprehensive regulation for the registration, licensing and practice of architecture.
Full Title of RA 9266
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General Provisions
Short Title of RA 9266
The Architecture Act of 2004.
The State recognizes the importance of architects in nation building an development.
Statement of Policy
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Hence, it shall develop and nurture competent, virtuous, productive and well-rounded professional architects whose standards of practice and service shall be excellent, qualitative, world-class and globally competitive.
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This shall be done through inviolable, honest, effective and credible licensure examinations and through regulatory measures, programs and activities that foster their professional growth and development.
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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.
Architecture
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A person professionally and academically qualified, registered and licensed under this Act with a Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card issued by the PRABOA and the PRC.
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Architect
Who is responsible for advocating the fair and sustainable development, welfare and cultural expression of society’s habitat in terms of space, forms and historical context.
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Architect
The architect 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, specs and contract documents he/she has signed and sealed.
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Architect-of-Record
An architect who is directly and professionally responsible and liable for the construction supervision of the project.
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Architect-in-charge of Construction
An architect who is professionally and academically qualified and with exceptional or recognized expertise or specialization in any branch of architecture.
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Consulting Architect
The — assumes no civil liability under Art. 1723 of the Civil Code unless he/she attempts/succeeds to interfere or contravene the legal and professional functions of the Architect-of-Record.
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Consulting Architect
The act of planning and architectural designing, structural conceptualization, specifying, supervising and giving administration/direction to the erection, enlargement or alterations of the buildings.
General Practice of Architecture
The scientific, aesthetic and orderly coordination of all the processes which enter into the production of a complete building.
General Practice of Architecture
The act of conceiving, choosing and developing 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
A sole proprietorship, a partnership or a corporation registered with the proper government agencies.
Architectural Firm
The Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture
Board
Professional Regulation Commission
Commission
A duly notarized written contract stipulating the scope of services and guaranteeing compensation of such services to be rendered by an architect.
Service Agreement
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.
Integrated and Accredited Professional Organization (IAPOA)
A sustaining and progressive learning process that maintains, enhances, or increases the knowledge and continuing ability of architects.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
DTI
Department of Trade and Industry
SEC
Securities and Exchange Commission
Any formal grouping of two or more architects or architectural firms working in joint venture on a project basis.
Association
Synonymous to Architectural Partnership.
Architectural Company
A group of professionals in architecture and allied professions, incorporated with Architects for the purpose of delivering professional service in architecture and allied profession.
In case an existing — does not comply with the 75% composition requirement, it shall comply and register again with the SEC and the BOA.
Architecture Corporation
Architectural drawings, specifications, and other outputs of an Architect that only an Architect can sign and seal.
Architectural Documents
Consists, 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 Documents
A detailed planning and design of the indoor areas of any proposed building, 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.
Architectural Interiors
A group of two or more Architects duly registered with the SEC and when the Board of Architecture.
Architectural Partnership
2D representations reflecting a proposed development showing elements such as columns, walls, partitions, ceiling, stairs, doors, windows, floors, roof, room designations, door and window call-outs, etc.
Architectural Plans
The — is the representation of a lateral section for a proposed building (running parallel to the ground) and at a height of from 1-1.5 meters above the finished floor.
Architectural Plans
The term ma also collectively refer to other architectural designs such as sections, elevations, roof plan, RCP, door and window schedules, and the like.
Architectural Plans
A certificate bearing a registration number, issued by the PRC through the PRBOA, signifying that the individual has successfully passed the licensure examination and is registered to practice his/her profession as Architect.
Certificate of Registration
A document which contains the norms and principles governing the practice of the profession of architecture in the highest standards of ethical conduct.
Code of Ethical Conduct
- General Conditions
- Special Provisions or Conditions
- Drawings
- Specifications
- Other Bid Documents
Contract Documents
The intellectual property rights retained by an Architect over any architectural documents/work that he/she prepares unless there is a written stipulation to the contrary.
Copyright
— in a work of architecture shall include the right to control the erection of any building which reproduces the whole or substantial part of the work either in its original form or in any form recognizably derived from the original.
Copyright
However, the — in any such work shall not include the right to control the reconstruction or rehabilitation in the same style as the original of a building to which the copyright relates.
Copyright
Entities, agencies, organizations other than the IAPOA that have been accredited by the PRBOA to deliver seminars, lectures, and other continuing professional education modules for architects.
CPD Providers
A post-baccalaureate, pre-licensure experience of two years required of a graduate of architecture prior to taking the licensure examination.
Diversified Architectural Experience
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.
Foreign Architect
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.
Filipino Counterpart