Professional Practice Flashcards
The third phase of an architect’s regular services.
Contract documents phase
“The fee of the architect for design-build services on a guaranteed maximum cost aside
from his fee for regular design services.”
10%
“When the owner fails to implement the plans and documents for construction as
prepared by the architect, the architect is entitled to receive what percentage of his fee.”
85%
The minimum basic fee for industrial buildings with a project cost below 50 million pesos.
6%
“The release of 10% retention by the owner shall be done after how many months from
the date of final payment.”
3 months
“A price given by a contractor, sub-contractor, material supplier or vendor to furnish
materials, labor or both.”
Quotation
An offer to perform the work prescribed in a contract at a specified cost.
Bid
A list of instructions stipulating the manner on which bids are to be prepared.
Instruction to bidders
“How many days shall the Building Official issue a certificate of occupancy after final
inspection of the project.”
30 days
A rule that certain kinds of contracts are enforceable unless signed and in writing or unless there is a written memorandum of their terms signed by the party to be charged.
Statute of Frauds
The person receiving a possessory interest in buildings, property, etc., by lease.
Lessee
This type of compensation is only applied to non-creative work.
“Multiple of Direct
Personnel Expenses”
“This method of compensation is applied only to pre-design services, supervision work, and other works which the Architect may perform other than the regular and specialized
allied services.”
“Multiple of Direct
Personnel Expenses”
“This method of compensation is frequently used where there is continuing relationship
on a series of projects.”
Professional Fee Plus Expenses
How many sets of shop drawings for approval shall the contractor submit to the Architect?
3
“Who shall have the responsibility for establishing lot lines, boundary lines, easements,
and benchmarks?”
Owner
Professional fee for the Construction Manager.
1.5-3%
“At what interest rate per month should a client pay the architect should the former fail to
pay the latter beyond 30 days from receipt of billing?”
2%
What type of bond guarantees payment on all obligations arising from the contract?
Payment Bond
“If the Project Manager is hired by the owner, who shall have the responsibility of hiring
the Construction Manager?”
Project Manager
In the architect’s code of ethics, to whom does the architect has responsibility to seek opportunities for constructive service in civic and urban affairs?
Public / People
Additional information on contract documents issued to bidders before date of bidding.
Bid Bulletin
Instructions which may be issued prior to the bidding to supplement and/or modifydrawings, specifications, and/or general conditions of the contract.
Special Provisions
Includes labor or materials or both as equipment, transportation, or other facilities necessary to commence and complete the construction called for in the contract.
Work
Means to furnish and install.
Provide
The guarantee bond is equal to how many percent of the contract price?
30%
Approximately, how many square meters of office space for the architect is built by the contractor as temporary facilities for the project.
12 sqm.
“How many days prior to bidding shall the contractor seek the architect’s
clarification as to the particular areas of work which requires evaluation of the architect?”
15 Days
True or false, the contractor can terminate contract if the owner should fail to pay the contractor any sum within 15 days after its award by arbitration
False (30 days)
True or false, upon termination of contract and upon the decision of the architect that materials and equipment left by the contractor which do not belong to him can be used and rent of such shall be borne by the failing contractor.
TRUE
How many days prior to canceling an insurance be given to the owner stipulating the intention to cancel?
10 days
A contract provision setting forth the damages a party must pay in the event of his breach.
Penalty Clause
What presidential decree institutionalized the profession of environmental planning?
PD 1308
Minimum basic fee for alterations/renovations.
50%
Minimum basic fee for Group 5 Projects (monumental).
12%
Under what classification of Project does Hospitals and Medical Buildings fall?
Group 3 (Exceptional Character)
On the remaining 15% work fee of the architect, where does the 5% go.
Construction Phase Service
Contract time reckoning shall commence on the ___ from receipt of ___.
7th day / Notice to Proceed
No person who is not a citizen of the Philippines may take the board exams or practice the profession unless the country of his relation allows the same ___.
Reciprocity
______ is a right enforceable against specific property to secure payment of an obligation.
Liens
The ______ contains additional information on Contract Documents.
Bid Bulletin
Building Administrations are compensated on a monthly salary basis or:
Percentage of Gross monthly Rentals
PD ____ institutionalized the profession of Environmental Planning.
PD 1308
If not clearly specifies, a material could be installed:
only after the approval by the architect
As a project Manager, the architect is compensated on a percentage basis of:
2%-5% of Project Cost
PD 223 specifies the function of the Board of Architecture to Supervise & ______.
Regulate
A study to determine the viability of a project such as its cost of development versus its potential return to the owner.
Economic Feasibility Study
Shall conduct the necessary inspection to determine the date of substantial and final completion of the work and issue certificate of payment.
Architect
Arrange and pay for such legal, auditing and insurance counseling services as may be required for the project.
Owner
UAP Document 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, & 209.
Standards of Professional Practice
He is concerned with the management and use of land as well as the conservation and upgrading of the human environment.
Environmental Planner
Prepares As-Built Drawings
General Contractor
A method of selection most often used by an individual person undertaking a relatively small projects.
Direct Selection
This concept of compensation is more often than not advantageous to both the client and the architect.
Lump sum fee or fixed fee
Document on Selection of Architects and Method of Compppensation.
UAP Document No. 208
An association whose objective is to unite all registered Architects in the Philippines.
UAP
The person or firm whose proposal has been accepted.
Contractor
UAP Document 302
Special Provisions
Printed documents stipulating the procedural and administrative aspects of the contract.
General Conditions
Approved form of security furnished by the Contractor and his Surety as a guarantee to the quality of the materials and equipment installed and the workmansip performed by the contractor.
Guarantee Bond
Written or printed description of work to be done describing qualities of material and mode of construction.
Specifications
Shall pay all royalties and license fees on all patented materials and processes furnished by him.
Contractor
Additional information which may be issued as an addition or amendment to the provisions of the Specifications.
Supplementary Specifications
The notice published by the owner or the invitations issued to prospectove bidders, giving information as to the nature of the proposed project, conditions for the issuance of contract documents, date of bidding and estimated cost or information that would give the contractor.
Advertisement or Invitation to Bidder
A type o construction contract wherein a fixed quantity, amount, distance, or measure is used as a standard or basis in awarding work credit.
Unit Price
The basic fixed fee of construction manager based from the estimated construction cost.
1 1/2% or 3%
A type of contract wherein the contract is awarded to a contractor and he is directly managed by a management group.
Management Contract
A list of activities which include field surveys, soils and materials investigation, contract plans, design standards, to preparation of bid/tender documents which is prerequisites for bidding and/or award of contract for a construction project.
Schedule of Detailed Engineering Activities
It includes, among other things, estimates of the work items, quantities and costs, and a PERT/CPM network of the projectc activites.
Program of Work
Also called a proposal bond in the amount of 2 1/2% of the total bid price in the form of cash, manager’s check or bank draft as guarantee that the successful bidder shall enter into contract with the owner within 30 days after the receipt of the notice of award.
Bid Bond
Money retained by the owner equivalent to 10% of three monthly payments to the Contractor until 50% of the value of works are completed.
Retention Fee
This form of contract is awarded when a condition such as emergencies arising from natural calamities where immediate action is necessary to prevent imminent loss of life and property.
Negotiated Contracts
A study conducted before a project can be carried out or built to determine if a reasonable amount for return of investment to the financiers or developers/owner is possible and practical.
Feasibility Studies
A professional fee that the Architect shall charge his client for services rendered commensurate with the work involved and with his professional standing and experience prescribed under the Standards of Professional Practice of the Architect’s National Code.
Basic Fee
Building of the simplest utilization and character, which are without complication of plan/design or detail which require only a minimum of architectural finishes, engineering and allied architectural elements.
Group 1
In RA 9184, ABC stands for
Approved budget for the contract
According to Section 40: integration of the architecture profession, the IAPOA shall be registered
In the SEC as a non-profit, non-stock corporation
Training which did not undergo CPP Accreditation are known as
Self-directed Learning
If you do not have a service agreement, your license will be suspended or revoked as per:
Section 23
It was the first law passed by the national assembly in 1921 where the maestros de obra or the master builders are required to register as architects.
Engineer’s and Architect’s Law Act No. 2986
The ____ shall submit ___ copies of shop drawings for the Architect’s approval.
Contractor/2
The approved form of a secutriy furnished by the Contractor as a guarantee of good faith on the part of the contractor to execute the work in accordance with terms of the Contract.
Performance Bond
What architectural services involves total planning that encompasses social, physical and environmental factors?
Comprehensive Planning
If an architect wants to register a “single proprietorship” firm, where will he register?
DTI and PRC
What is the foremost role of an architect with regards to his client?
Adviser
When should a Building Operations Manual (BOM) be submitted to the owner by the contractor?
As soon as the building is finished and ready for occupancy
These preliminary studies involve the procurement, analysis and use of secondary information gathered for the project to aid the Client in early decision making.
Architectural Research
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 (ROW), open spaces and activity spaces are to be proposed.
Physical Planning
Pre-design services
10%
“The minimum fee per appearance of an architect when rendering service as an expert
witness shall be.”
PHP 500.00
The minimum basic fee for hospitals with a project cost below 50 million pesos.
8%
Printed documents stipulating the procedural and administrative aspect of the contract.
General conditions
“A statement from the architect confirming the amount of money due the contractor for
work accomplished.”
Certificate of payment
The fee of the architect for design-build services by administration.
7%
The performance and Payment Bonds shall be released by the owner after the expiration of how many months from the final acceptance of the work.
2 months
A statute specifying the period of time within which legal action must be brought for alleged damage or injury.
Statute of Limitation
A contract transferring the right of possession of buildings, property, etc., for a fixed period of time, usually for periodical compensation called ‘rent’.
Lease
The person granting a possessory interest in buildings, property, etc., by lease.
Lessor
Supervision Work is a non-creative work, true or false.
TRUE
This type of compensation is similar to the concept being charged by realtors, developers, and lawyers.
Percentage of Construction Cost
“The full-time construction inspector shall be under the technical control and supervision
of the ___.”
Architect
“Who shall have the responsibility of securing, but not liable for non-issuance, of the final
occupancy permit.”
Contractor
Who shall pay for the services of a licensed surveyor for confirmation and certification of the location of column centers, piers, walls, pits, trenches, pipe work, culvert work, utility lines, and other similar works required by the contract.
Contractor
Four types of Contracts for construction management
Firm Fixed Price, Fixed Price Incentive, CPIF / CPAF, Cost Plus Fixed Fee
