SPP 201 Flashcards
“SPP”
Standards of Professional Practice
A required document under Sec. ______
41 of RA 9266
A Registered and Licensed Architect (RLA)
A natural person under Philippine law with a valid
certificate of registration and a valid professional
identification card for the lawful practice of
architecture.
“Architect”
A juridical person under Philippine law and
jurisprudence authorized to practice architecture
For individual architectural practice, the architectural
firm must be duly registered with the DTI as a sole
proprietorship
For group architectural practice, must be registered
with the SEC and with the PRC as a professional
partnership or as an architectural corporation
“Architectural firm”
Interchangeable terms
Architect =
Client = Owner =
Contractor =
Bid =
Architectural Firm
Project Proponent
General Contractor = Constructor = Builder
Tender
ADR
Alternative Dispute Resolution
AF
Architectural Firm
ADC
Architectural Design Competition
AICC
Architect in charge of construction
AOR
Architect-of-record
BPO
Business Process Outsourcing
CA
Consulting Architect
CEC
Codes of Ethical Conduct
DoLE
Department of Labor and Employment
DTI
Department of Trade and Industry
FPCA
Filipino Professional Consulting Architects
IAPOA
Integrated and Accredited
Professional Organization of Architects
KPO
Knowledge Process Outsourcing
MoP
Manual of Procedure
PACS es
Professional Architectural Consulting Servic
PCA
Professional Consulting Architect
PRC
Professional Regulation Commission
PRBoA
Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture
SEC
Securities and Exchange Commission
RLA
Registered and Licensed Architect
SPP
Standards of Professional Practice
TSP
Temporary/ Special Permit
METHOD OF SELECTION
- Direct selection
- Comparative selection
- Architectural design competition
Methods of Selection
▪ Used when undertaking a relatively small project.
The Client selects his Architect on the basis of:
▪ Reputation
▪ Personal or business acquaintance or
recommendation of a friend
▪ Recommendation of the Architect’s former Client
▪ Recommendation of another Architect.
DIRECT SELECTION
MEthods of Selection
_________
▪ May be conducted by committees representing
institutions, corporations or public agencies. The
selection process involves:
▪ Invitation. The Client issues an invitation which includes
the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the project which is
based on the Design Brief prepared by another Architect.
The selection committee established by the Client may
consist of representatives from other State-regulated
professions and/or the construction industry, as well as
persons with related expertise.
COMPARATIVE SELECTION
Methods of Selection
_______
▪ Pre-qualification. Architects and/or PRC-registered
Architectural Firms (AFs) submit information regarding their
qualification and expertise.
▪ Interview. The Architect explains his methodology in
translating the plan/design requirements of the proposed
project.
▪ Verification. The selection committee may visit buildings
designed by the Architects and check references such as
former clients and financial institutions.
COMPARATIVE SELECTION
Methods of Selection
▪ Evaluation and ranking. The selection committee may adopt
its own procedure in evaluating the entries and
recommending the most capable firm.
▪ Negotiation. The Architect explains to the Client the Scope of
Services and the Architect’s Fee as prescribed under the
Architect’s Guidelines.
COMPARATIVE SELECTION
Methods of Selection
________
▪ Used for civic or monumental projects. The competition
may either be an idea competition, design or design build
competition. Various Architects or architectural firms
submit plan/design solutions to a particular design
problem and are judged on the basis of comparative
excellence.
DESIGN COMPETITION
DESIGN COMPETITION
▪ Advantages:
▪ The Client/ Committee will have a wider range of
options.
DESIGN COMPETITION
▪ Disadvantages
▪ Expensive and time consuming
▪ Time and effort required may discourage qualified
firms
▪ Some potentially unscrupulous prospective Clients will
seek free services under the guise of design
competition
Methods of
compensation
▪ The computation is made by adding all costs of
technical services (man hours x rate) and then
multiplying it by a multiplier to cover overhead and
profit.
▪ The multiplier ranges from 1.5 to 2.5 depending
on the office set-up, overhead and experience of
the Architect and the complexity of the Project.
MULTIPLE OF DIRECT PERSONNEL
EXPENSES
Methods of
compensation
_________
▪ Other items such as cost of transportation, living
and housing allowances of foreign consultants,
out-of-town living and housing allowances of the
local consultants and the like, are all to be charged
to the Client.
MULTIPLE OF DIRECT PERSONNEL
EXPENSES
▪ A = Architect’s rate / hour
▪ C =Consultant’s rate / hour
▪ T = Rate per hour of Technical Staff, Researchers
and others involved in the Project
▪ AN, CN, TN = No. of hours spent by Architect,
Consultants and Technical Staff
M =Multiplier to account for overhead and reasonable
profit. The value may range from 1.5 to 2.5 depending
on the set-up of the Architect’s office and the
complexity of the Project.
▪ R = Reimbursable expenses such as transportation,
housing and living allowance of Consultant,
transportation, per diem, housing and living
allowance of local consultants and technical staff if
assigned to places over 100 km. from the area of
operation of the Architect.
Direct cost = AN + CN + TN
▪ Fee = Direct Cost x M
▪ Total Cost of Service charged to Client = Fee + R
MULTIPLE OF DIRECT PERSONNEL
EXPENSES
Methods of Compensation
_________
▪ Applicable only to non-creative work such as
accounting, secretarial, research, data gathering,
preparation
▪ Based on technical hours spent and does not
account for creative work since the value of
creative design cannot be measured by the length
of time the designer has spent on his work. of
reports and the like.
MULTIPLE OF DIRECT PERSONNEL
EXPENSES
Methods of Compensation
________
▪ This method of compensation is frequently used
where there is continuing relationship involving a
series of Projects.
▪ It establishes a fixed sum over and above the
reimbursement for the Architect’s technical time
and overhead.
PROFESSIONAL FEE + EXPENSES
Method of Compensation
________
▪ This method may be applied to government
projects since they entail more paper work and
time-consuming efforts.
LUMP SUM (FIXED FEE)
Methods of Compensation
______
▪ The architect may be paid on a per
diem/honorarium basis for work which will require
his personal time, such as:
▪ attending project-related meetings, conferences or
trips;
▪ conducting ocular inspection of possible project sites;
and
▪ conferring with others regarding prospective
investments or ventures and the like.
PER DIEM / HONORARIUM
Methods of Compensation
_______
▪ On top of the per diem/honorarium fee, the owner
shall pay for the architect’s out-of-pocket
expenses such as, but not limited to, travel,
accommodations and subsistence.
PER DIEM / HONORARIUM
Methods of Compensation
________
▪ The SPP provides for more than one method of
compensation on a project. Each project should
be examined to determine the most appropriate
and equitable method of compensation.
MIXED COMPENSATION METHODS
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Standards of Professional Practice on
Pre-design Services
▪ The basic services provided by the Architect have
remained relatively unchanged over the years.
▪ However, the Architect must expand his services in
response to
▪ the increasing demands of his/her Clients,
▪ the evolution of new standards of regulated professional
practice,
▪ the advancement of technology and
▪ the enactment of new laws.
PREDESIGN SERVICES
▪ Involving the Architect in the earliest stages of the
project will be most advantageous to the Client
since the Architect can provide the Client with
objective project analysis, establishing
parameters to optimize building needs vis-à-vis
available resources and attendant constraints.
PREDESIGN SERVICES
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SCOPE OF SERVICES
Services Included in the Scope of
Predesign 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.
1: CONSULTATION
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SCOPE OF SERVICES
__________
▪ These preliminary studies involve the
procurement, analysis and use of secondary
information gathered for the project to aid the
Client in early decision-making.
▪ They represent the Architect’s initial assessment
of a project’s soundness, allowing the Client to
promptly explore his options.
2: PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDIES
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SCOPE OF SERVICES
_______
▪ Detailed analysis of the project based on prefeasibility
studies that will determine the viability
of a proposed development.
▪ 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.
3: FEASIBILITY STUDIES
SPP 201 SCOPE OF SERVICES
_________
▪ The formulation of site criteria, assistance to the
client in site evaluation, as well as analysis to
determine the most appropriate site for a project
4: SITE SELECTION AND ANALYSIS
SPP 201 SCOPE OF SERVICES
_________
▪ Detailed analysis of the site involving the
identification of a site’s potentials
▪ The analysis covers the context of the site as well
as that of its surrounding environment and the
development controls that apply to the site
5: SITE UTILIZATION AND LANDUSE
STUDIES
SPP 201 SCOPE OF SERVICES
___________
▪ The conduct of primary and secondary
researches and assembled facts used as basis for
conclusion.
6: ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH
SPP 201 SCOPE OF SERVICES
_______
▪ This analytical problem-seeking process will lead
to the statement and identification of both
horizontal and vertical requirements in offering a
solution.
▪ It incorporates a space program with
characterizations of the envisioned spaces such
as ambiance, cost range, etc.
7: ARCHITECTURAL
PROGRAMMING
SPP 201 SCOPE OF SERVICES
__________
▪ The Architect determines the adequate size and
appropriate configuration for a proposed project
in consideration of the use, allocation and
interface of spaces for given activities.
8: SPACE PLANNING
SPACE PLANNING
▪ Space planning is done mainly through ____________________________
primary
data gathering such as interviews, consultations,
interfaces, focus group discussions (FGDs), space
planning surveys, space audits, and analysis
SPP 201 SCOPE OF SERVICES
_________
▪ An analysis of the space requirements of the
project based on organizational structure and
functional set-up
▪ This analysis pinpoints linkages and interaction of
spaces. The formulation of the space program will
serve as the basis for the development of the
architectural plan/design.
9: SPACE MANAGEMENT STUDIES
SPP 201 SCOPE OF SERVICES
__________
▪ This technique is applied in the cost management
process to minimize the negative effect of many
cost-reduction programs.
▪ The goal of value management is to achieve an
unimpaired program at minimum cost. Thus, a
plan, design or system that has been successfully
value-managed will still satisfy the same
performance criteria as the costlier alternatives.
10: VALUE MANAGEMENT
SPP 201 SCOPE OF SERVICES
___________
▪ Under design brief preparation, 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).
11: DESIGN BRIEF PREPARATION
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__________
▪ Projects may require promotional activities in order to
develop and generate financial support and
acceptance from governing agencies or from the
general public.
▪ In such cases, the Architect can act as the agent of
the Owner by producing and coordinating the
additional activities necessary to complete the
services. In all such activities, the Architect must
maintain his professional status as the representative
of the Owner.
12: PROMOTIONAL SERVICES
MANNER OF PROVIDING SERVICES
▪ As an individual
▪ Architect’s own staff
▪ By association, consultation or networking
METHODS OF COMPENSATION
▪ The computation is made by adding all costs of
technical services (man hours x rate) and then
multiplying it by a multiplier to cover overhead and
profit.
▪ The multiplier ranges from ___ TO ____depending
on the office set-up, overhead and experience of
the Architect and the complexity of the Project.
1.5 to 2.5
