SPP Doc.

204 A recommended by the

Standards of Professional Practice Architect based on their
for Fulltime Supervision Services performance and hired by
the Owner.
Rationale
• They are answerable to both
• The four principal members the Owner and Architect.
involved in the design and
Scope of Services
building construction process
are: 1. Quality Control
1. The owner, who orders for 2. Evaluation of Construction
the implementation of a Work
project. 3. Preparation of Daily
2. The architect and his Inspection Reports
specialist consultants, 4. Filing of Documents
who render plan and
Manner of Providing Services
design services and
limited inspection work. • Working in a dual capacity
3. The contractor, who as Architect-of-record and as
performs construction Consulting Architect for full-
work time supervision services or as
4. The individual or group of the Construction Supervision
individuals who assist in Group (CSG).
the supervision and - Note: The AoR is in a
delivery of the work. better position to
• The Architect-in-charge of interpret his own
construction (AICC) is drawings and
directly and professionally documents and to
responsible and liable for the assure conformity by
construction supervision of the Contractor.
the project. • Working as Consulting
• When projects were still Architect for fulltime
manageable in size, the supervision services only or as
Architect was then assisted the CSG.
by a construction inspector,
Method of Compensation
traditionally called Clerk-of-
Works. • Percentage of PCC
• As projects become more • Multiple of Direct Personnel
complex, it becomes Expenses
necessary for a construction • Professional Fee Plus
supervision group to do the Expenses
full-time inspection at the • Lump Sum
project site. • Per Diem, Honorarium Plus
• The Construction Supervision Reimbursable Expenses
Group (CSG) is normally
 • Mixed Methods of • The Architect can serve as
Compensation the Construction Manager
(CM). His training in the
1979 UAP Docs.
coordination of various
• The services of the Architect specialties allows him to
as full-time supervisor can be supervise and assure proper
compensated for by any of monitoring of all construction
the following methods: activities with regards to
- Percentage Fee quality, workmanship and
Method: A fee of 1% to cost.
1% of the Project
Responsibilities of the CM
Construction Cost.
- Multiple of Direct • The responsibilities of the
Personnel Expense Construction Manager (CM)
Method include the functions of the
Construction Supervision
Group (CSG):
SPP Doc. 204 B - Coordination and
Standards of Professional Practice Supervision
for Construction Management - Cost and Time Control
Services - Quality Control of Work
and
Rationale - Keeping of Records
• Due to the increasing Hiring the CM
complexity of construction
projects, there is an upward • The Construction Manager
demand for more effective (CM) may hire the CSG to be
cost control and faster under his employ or may
project implementation. supervise the CSG hired
• Construction Management directly by the Owner.
Services were thus instituted Limitation of Authority
to fill this need in the
construction industry. • The CM shall not:
• The Construction Manager - Involve himself directly
(CM) could either be: with the work of the
- A member of the staff Contractor such that it
of the owner may be construed that
- An independent he is assuming the
individual contractor's liability as
- A firm hired by the provided for in Article
owner to manage the 1723 of the Civil Code.
construction of a - Impose methods,
particular project systems or designs that
will substantially affect
 the construction extensive experience in the
schedule and impair field of construction.
the design concept of
Method of Compensation
the Architect.
• Since construction
Legal Responsibility
management is not part of
• The Architect as the the regular services of the
Construction Manager (CM) Architect, the services
is directly responsible for the rendered by the Architect as
Owner on all aspects of the a Construction Manager
construction work: (CM) shall be separately
programming, coordination, compensated.
quality and cost control and
time management.
• The CM assumes no liability in SPP Doc. 205
case equipment fail to Standards of Professional Practice
function or if a portion of the for Post-Construction Services
building collapses due to the
following: Rationale
- Deficiencies in the • Building administration and
plan / design, management goes beyond
provided the CM did maintenance and upkeep
not participate in the functions.
plan/ design review • It requires the services of a
and approval, or multi-disciplinary professional
- Deficiencies in the who can perform a wide
manner of range of functions for the
construction, provided efficient and economical
the CM faithfully operation and maintenance
discharged his of a building.
function/s during the • The architect may be
construction/project engaged as the Building
implementation. Administrator and/or
Qualifications Property Manager of a
commercial, industrial,
• The Construction Manager residential or institutional
may be an individual or a building, facility or complex
firm. to maximize the lifespan of
• The individual or the principal the building to produce the
of the firm must be a State- maximum economic return.
regulated professional,
preferably an Architect, with
managerial capabilities and
Building and Facilities Admin Building Equipment Maintenance
• Building Maintenance • Assists the proper third parties
• Grounds and Landscaping in seeing to it that all
Supervision equipment (air-conditioning,
• Building Equipment sprinkler system, generators,
Maintenance transformers,
• Business Development and telecommunications
Management equipment, etc.) is properly
maintained and in good
Building Maintenance
working condition.
• Sees to it that the building
Business Development
and all the parts thereof
Management
(structure, plumbing,
electrical system, partitions, • Innovates schemes to attain
finishes, etc.) are all in good maximum building
condition. occupancy
• Formulates and enforces • Bills the tenants for rentals
rules for the proper use of the and utilities (electricity,
building and facility, water, telephone, cable, gas
particularly in the common and other/related dues).
areas and the exit areas.
Post-construction Evaluation
• Monitors security services
• Monitors maintenance and • Evaluates the initial design
upkeep services (cleanliness program vs. the actual use of
of corridors, lobbies, stairs the facility
and other common areas, • Determines the effectiveness
exits, parking areas, garbage of the various building
collection). systems and the materials
systems in use
Grounds/Landscaping Supervision
• Assists the proper third parties
• Supervises landscape in evaluating the functional
contractors and gardeners effectiveness of the design
for the proper watering, and construction process
pruning, trimming and undertaken, and
maintenance of the • Studies, research, and gives
landscape (both hardscapes solutions to any defects and
and softscapes) failures such as shrinkage,
• Maintains orderly entrances, water seepage and other
exits and parking areas problems in the building. This
• Maintains streets, walkways, is referred to as "forensic
and ramps investigation" of the building's
systems (Reference Doc 203).
Manner of Providing Services - Regular Design
Services
• Working in a dual capacity
- Specialized
as Architect-of-record and as
Architectural Services
Consulting Architect for post-
- Construction Services
construction services.
- Post-Construction
• Working as Consulting
Services
Architect for post-
• In this extended dimension,
construction services only.
the Architect is the prime
Method of Compensation professional.
• He functions as creator,
• Percentage of gross rentals,
author, and coordinator of
maintenance and security
the building design which
fees
becomes the basis for the
• Monthly salary/fee
construction of a project. For
him to be able to properly
assist and serve his Client, the
SPP Doc. 206 Architect must be
Standards of Professional Practice knowledgeable in other fields
for Comprehensive Architectural in addition to building
Services design.
Rationale • The Architect is not expected
to perform all the services.
• The concept of • Rather, he is to act as the
Comprehensive Architectural agent of the client in
Services evolved through the procuring and coordinating
years in response to the the necessary services
demands of emerging required by a project.
complex building projects.
• The transition of the Scope of SPP Document of 206
architectural profession from Predesign Services
providing "basic" and
"additional" services to that • Consultation
of a comprehensive nature is • Pre-feasibility studies
due to the realization that • Feasibility studies
continuity of services is • Site selection and analysis
necessary for the execution • Site utilization and land use
of a completely viable studies
project. • Architectural research
• Comprehensive Architectural • Architectural programming
Services refers to the range of
professional services that
covers:
- Pre-design Services
Regular Design Services • Architectural Research
Methods
• Project Definition Phase
• Special Building/Facility
• Schematic Design Phase
Planning and Design
• Design Development Phase
• Building Components
• Contract Documents Phase
• Management of
• Bidding or Negotiation Phase
Architectural Practices
• Construction Phase
Construction Services
Special Architectural Services
• Fulltime Supervision Services
• Architectural Interiors (Al)
• Construction Management
• Acoustic Design
Services
• Architectural Lighting Layout
and Design Project Management
• Site Development Planning
• When the owner hires an
(SDP)
architect or a firm to
• Site and Physical Planning
coordinate the whole range
Services (including Master
of Comprehensive
Development Planning,
Architectural Services (CAS),
Subdivision Planning and
this constitutes Project
Urban Design)
Management (PM).
• Comprehensive
• Project Management
Development Planning (CDP)
involves management
• Historic and Cultural Heritage
activities over and above the
Conservation and Planning
normal architectural and
• Security Evaluation and
engineering services carried
Planning
out during the pre-design,
• Building Systems Design
design and construction
• Facilities Maintenance
phase.
Support
• The overall objective is to
• Building Testing and
have control over time, cost
Commissioning
and quality relative to the
• Building Environmental
construction of a project.
Certification
• The presence of a PM does
• Forensic Architecture
not relieve the designers and
• Building Appraisal
contractors of their
• Preliminary Services
respective normal duties and
• Contract Documentation
responsibilities in the design
and Review
and construction of the
• Post-Design Services
project.
(including Construction
• The PM complements the
Management Services)
functions of the architects,
• Dispute Avoidance and
engineers and contractors in
Resolution
meeting the broad and
 complex requirements of Construction Phase
projects.
• If the Project Manager (PM)
The Project Manager (PM) also serves as the
Construction Manager (CM)
• The Project Manager (PM,
to oversee time, cost and
whether individual or firm)
quality control during the
operates as a member of an
construction of the project,
Owner- Architect-Engineer-
he shall provide the services
Contractor Team.
detailed under SPP
• In the Team Approach, each
Documents 204-A and/or
member of the team will
204-B.
have precedence in his own
field of operations or Method of Compensation
expertise.
• The Project Manager is
Roles compensated on a
percentage basis, as shall be
• The Owner makes decisions
described in the Architect's
on the project and assures
Guidelines.
that funds are available to
• If the Architect as Project
complete the project.
Manager (PM) performs
• The Project Manager (PM)'s
regular design services for
primary responsibility is the
the same project, he shall be
exercise of overall cost
compensated separately for
control. He will plan, program
these services as stipulated in
and monitor the various
SPP Document 202.
activities, and will act as an
adviser on material costs and
construction methods.
Preconstruction Phase
• As early as during the design
development phase,
perhaps even concurrently
with the Architect's
commission, the Project
Manager (PM) should
conduct regular
consultations with the Owner
and with the Architects and
Engineers on all aspects of
planning for the project.
SPP Doc. 207 Design-Build Services by
Standards of Professional Practice Administration
for Design-Build Services
• The scope of Design-Build
Rationale Services by Administration
includes the Architect's
• In any building project, there
Regular Design Services (see
is need to balance the
SPP Document 202) namely:
elements of time, quality and
- Project Definition
cost, which, in many cases,
Phase
can best be achieved by the
- Schematic Design
Architect performing Design-
Phase
Build Services.
- Design Development
• An Architect, with his
Phase
education, training and
- Contract Document
expertise, qualifies him to
Phase
take a direct role in the
- Construction Phase
project, from
• When the various phases of
conceptualization to
design services are
implementation.
completed, the Construction
• A design-build arrangement
Phase goes beyond periodic
simplifies and expedites the
inspection and assessment to
process of project delivery
include the following:
while providing creative cost-
- Preparation of
effective solutions.
schedule of work,
• In Design-Build Services, the
program and
architect assumes the
estimates of materials,
professional responsibility and
labor, transportation,
civil liability for both the
equipment and
design and the construction
services as reference
of the project.
for the construction.
Scope of Design Build-Services - Organization and
hiring of construction
Two Types
personnel, designation
1. Design-Build Services by of duties and
Administration remunerations
2. Design-Build Services with - Negotiation and
Guaranteed Maximum entering contract with
Project Construction Cost piecework contractors
and evaluation of work
accomplishments
- Procurement of
materials, plants and
 equipment, licenses guaranteed maximum
and permits project construction cost
- Authorizing and which are due to legitimate
undertaking payments change/variation orders
of accounts (CVOS), extra work orders
- Keeping records and (EWOS), substantial
books of accounts escalation of prices of the
- Negotiation with costs of materials or labor as
Government and evidenced by data certified
private agencies by a nationally recognized
having jurisdiction over agency such as the NEDA, or
the project, and to other causes not
- Management of all attributable to the fault of
other business the Architect, the additional
transactions related to costs shall be borne by the
the project client.
construction/implemen
Manner of Providing Services
tation.
1. The Architect is part of or a
Design-Build with Guaranteed
member of the entity
Maximum Project Construction Cost
constructing his design. He
• The client is given an works in tandem with or has
estimate of the project, and authorized an entity to
upon completion, if there are construct his design.
realized savings from the 2. The Architect is himself a
estimated project State-licensed contractor
construction cost, it is divided implementing his design (or
equally between the client that of others).
and the architect.
Notes on Design Build
• The project construction cost
is guaranteed by Architect • The Architect must retain his
not to exceed 10% of the separate professional
estimated project identity, prerogatives and
construction cost. integrity as an Architect, and
• Should the actual cost is therefore subject to the
exceed the estimated standards and tenets of the
project construction cost plus SPP, particularly Document
ten percent (10%), the 200, otherwise known as the
Architect shall be liable for Code of Ethical Conduct
the excess amount but only and SPP Document 202.
up to the amount of his • Whatever mode the
administration fee. Architect adopts in being
• Should there be additional involved in construction, he
expenditures beyond the must strictly adhere to the
 tenets of the Architects
Credo with the pledge that
he shall disclose any business SPP Doc. 208
investment or venture that Standards of Professional Practice
may tend to create a for Architectural Design
conflict of interest and Competitions (ADC)
ensure that such conflict Introduction
neither compromises the
legitimate interest of the Rationale
Client nor interfere with his • The purpose of this SPP is to
duty to render impartial state the principles upon
judgment. which competitions are
Method of Compensation based and by which
promoters/owners should be
• The manner of payment to guided in organizing ADCs.
the Architect the progress of • It has been drawn up in the
construction. interest of both project
• All costs for labor and proponents/owners and
materials are paid directly by competitors.
the client. The Architect does
not advance any money for Definitions
payment of expenditures Owner
connected with the work.
Generally, a revolving fund is The person or organization who
given to the Architect undertakes or promotes an ADC
beforehand and is with the primary objective of
accounted for and subject obtaining excellence in design for
to periodic auditing by the a project or for a development
Client. concept. The Owner issues the
• Cost of all permits, licenses invitation to Architects to submit
and other incidentals to the designs in accordance with a
work are paid by the client. program and finances the ADC.
• The Architect may appoint, Jury
subject to the client's
approval, a construction The people appointed by the
superintendent, purchasing owner to assess the entries to the
agent, timekeeper and competition. The members of the
property clerk aside from the Jury are called jurors. It consists of
usual labor personnel most architects assisted by a lay
required. juror to represent and voice the
• The salaries of such people intention of the owner. They are
are paid by the client and nominated by the owner and
not deductible from the approved by the IAPOA.
Architect's Fee under this SPP.
Professional Advisor • Project ADCs may be
conducted in a single-stage
An architect nominated by the
or two-stage manner.
owner and approved by IAPOA to
• It may either be open or
organize the ADC on behalf of the
limited by invitation.
Owner.
• Project ADCs shall be further
Technical Advisors classified according to
degree of complexity based
Specialist personnel who may be
on project classifications
consulted by the jurors during the
under SPP Document 202.
conduct of the ADC to permit
them to obtain all necessary IAPOA Approval
relevant information.
• Before any official
Competition Secretariat announcement is made by
the owner, a written
The body formed by the owner and
approval of the draft
approved by the Professional
conditions, including the
Advisor to assist the Professional
timetable, the ADC
Advisor and the Jury in the
registration fee (when
administrative conduct of the ADC.
required) and membership of
Conditions the jury shall have been
received in writing by the
Includes the program, instructions
owner from the IAPOA
on submission of entries, site plans,
through the ADC
entry forms and official envelopes
Committee.
and labels. These are prepared by
• A Notice of a National
the Professional Advisor.
Architectural Design
IAPOA ADC Committee Competition shall be issued
by the Owner and/or the
Appointed by the IAPOA National
IAPOA ADC Committee
President to oversee all
Secretariat with a request for
architectural design competitions
publication in technical
(ADCs) referred to the IAPOA.
journals or through other
ADC Classifications media at their disposal,
simultaneously, if possible, to
There are two types:
enable those interested to
• Project ADCs for actual apply for the competition.
projects proposed for • Such an announcement shall
implementation. state where and how the
• Ideas competitions are set as ADC documents may be
a design and planning obtained and that the ADC
exercise to elucidate a conditions have received the
problem. requisite IAPOA approval.
The ADC Conditions dimensions of the
documents, plans or models
• It is essential that the
required and the terms of
anonymity of competitors be
acceptance of such
maintained until the final
documents or models.
judgment of the competition.
• Where an estimate of cost is
• The ADC Conditions shall be
required, this must be
identical for all competitors.
presented in standard form
• The ADC Conditions, whether
as set out in the Conditions.
single or two-stage, open or
limited, shall state clearly: Professional Advisor
- The purpose of the
• Should be appointed and
ADC and the intentions
paid for by the owner and
of the owner.
approved by the IAPOA ADC
- The nature of the
Committee.
problem to be solved.
• His role is the supervision of
- All the requirements to
the conduct of the ADC and
be met by
the preparation of the
competitors.
Conditions.
• A clear distinction shall be
• His function includes ensuring
made between the
that the ADC timetable is
mandatory requirements of
adhered to, supervising the
the Conditions and
receipt of competitor's
requirements which permit
questions, the dispatch of
freedom of interpretation,
replies to all competitors and
which should be as wide as
the receipt of competition
possible.
entries, and always
• All competition entries shall
safeguarding the anonymity
be submitted in a manner to
of competitors.
be prescribed in the
• He will assist the jury and will
Conditions.
be present during its
• The information supplied to
deliberations, but he will
competitors must be specific
have no vote. His
and not open to
responsibilities will be limited
misinterpretation.
to the organization and the
• Supplementary information
conduct of the competition.
and instructions approved by
the jury may be issued by the The Jury
owner to all competitors
• The jury shall be set up
selected to proceed to the
before the official
second stage of a two-stage
announcement of the
competition.
competition. Their names
• The Conditions shall state the
and those of the reserve
number, nature, scale and
 members of the Jury shall be both stages of the
stated in the Conditions. competition.
• The Jurors are appointed by • In no case may a
the Owner and approved by competition that has
the IAPOA, which shall assist received IAPOA approval as
the Owner in the selection of a single-stage competition
the Jury member. proceed to a second stage
• The jury shall be composed except with IAPOA approval
of the smallest reasonable of the Conditions and the
number of people and in any arrangements for payment
event should be an odd of honoraria to the
number and should not Competitors involved, over
exceed seven. and above the prize money
• The majority of the jurors shall provided for in the original
be Architects. ADC.
• To ensure the correct • Any drawings, photographs,
conduct of the competition, models or other documents
at least one of the architect- not required under the
jurors shall represent the regulations shall be excluded
IAPOA. by the Jury before it
• There should not be more examines a competitor’s
than one representative of entry.
the owner included in the • The Jury shall disqualify any
Jury. design which does not
• It is essential that all jurors be conform to the mandatory
present at all meetings of the requirements, instructions or
jury. Conditions for the ADC.
• Each juror shall see the • The Jury must make awards.
Conditions before they are The awards shall be final and
made available to made public by a date
Competitors. agreed on with the IAPOA
• The jury shall make a and stated in the
separate vote on each competitions. The Jury, when
design submitted. The list of distributing the awards, shall
ADC awards including the make full use of the amount
jury's report to the Owner set aside for prizes in the ADC
shall be signed by all jurors Condition.
before the jury is dissolved • The fees and travel and
and one copy of this subsistence expense Jury
document shall be sent to members shall be paid by
the IAPOA. the Owner.
• In a two-stage competition,
the same Jury should judge
 Ineligibility • Each participant in a limited
ADC by invitation shall
• No member of the Jury
receive an honorarium in
will be allowed to take
addition to the prizes
part in the competition,
awarded.
either directly or indirectly,
• In two-stage competitions, a
nor be commissioned with
reasonable honorarium shall
work connected with the
be paid to each of the
prize-winning design
competitors selected to take
either directly or indirectly.
part in the second stage. This
• No member of the
sum shall be stated in the
promoting body nor any
Conditions and shall be in
associate or employee,
addition to the prizes
nor any person
awarded.
concerned with the
• The Conditions shall state the
preparation or
use to which the owner will
organization of the ADC
put the winning design.
will be eligible to
• ADC-generated designs may
compete or assist a
not be used or altered in any
competitor.
way except by agreement
Prizes, Honoraria, Mentions with the author. The Owner
or his agents are not free to
• The Conditions must state the
pick out portions of the
amount and number of
entries to compose another
prizes. The prizes awarded
design due to applicable
must be related to the size
ownership and copyright
and complexity of the
provisions.
project, the amount of work
• In Project ADCs, the award
involved, and the expense
of first prize places the owner
incurred by Competitors.
under an obligation to
• It is important for the Owner
entrust the author of the
to allot adequate prize
design with the commission
money to compensate all
for the Project.
the Competitors for their
• If the winning competitor is
work. For Ideas Competition
unable to satisfy the jury of
only, it may be the sole
his ability to carry out the
remuneration received by
design work, the jury may
the first (1st) prize winner.
require the winner to
• The Owner undertakes to
collaborate with another
accept the decisions of the
architect of the winning
Jury and to pay the prizes
competitor's choice, duly
allotted within one month of
approved by the jury and
the official announcement of
owner.
the ADC results.
 • In Project ADCs, provisions generated design covers
shall be made in the ADC one execution only.
Conditions for the first prize However, the Conditions
winner to receive may provide for repetitive
compensation of a further work and specify the terms
sum equal to the amount of thereof
the first prize, if no contract • In all cases, unless otherwise
has been signed within 12 stated in the Conditions, the
months of the author of any design shall
announcement of the jury's retain the sole right of
award. reproduction by virtue of sole
• In so compensating the first copyright under Secs. 20 (4)
prize winner, the Owner does and 33 of RA 9266.
not acquire the right to carry
Registration of Competitors
out the project except with
the collaboration of its • As soon as they have
Author. received details of the
• In an Ideas Competition, if architectural design
the Owner decides to make competition, all competitors
use of all or part of the shall register with the owner.
winning scheme, he should • Registration implies
do so with the collaboration acceptance of the
of the Author. The terms of Conditions of the ADC.
collaboration must be • The owner shall issue to all
acceptable to the latter. competitors all the necessary
documentation for preparing
Copyright
their designs.
• The author of any design • Where the furnishing of such
shall retain the copyright of documentation is conditional
his work; no alterations may on payment of a deposit,
be made without his written unless otherwise stated, such
consent. a deposit shall be returned to
• The design awarded first competitors who submit a
prize can only be used by Bonafide design.
the owner upon his
Insurance
commissioning the author to
carry out the design • The owner shall insure the
preparation for the project. competitors' designs from the
• No other design may be time when he assumes
used wholly or in part by the responsibility for them and for
owner except by agreement the duration of his
with the author concerned. responsibility. The amount of
• As a general rule, the owner's such insurance shall be
right to use the ADC- stated in the Conditions.
Exhibitions and Entries Alternative Dispute Resolution
(ADR) or Litigation
• All designs, including those
disqualified by the Jury, shall • Since no regulations,
be exhibited, as a general however well drawn up, can
rule, for at least two weeks, preclude the possibility of
together with a copy of the dispute, provisions for ADR
signed report of the Jury. must precede any form of
• The exhibition shall be open litigation.
to the public free of charge. • The jurors are the sole arbiters
• The owner shall notify in a at all stages, up to the final
timely manner all registered prize-giving.
competitors of the date and • In the event of a dispute, not
place of the public exhibition related to the adjudication
and the results of the ADC process or awarding of the
and send them a copy of the prizes, the matter shall be
Jury's report. settled by an arbitration
• He shall similarly inform the process approved by the
IAPOA. Photographs of the IAPOA, and without initial
winning designs shall be sent recourse to any form of
to the IAPOA with a view to litigation.
possible publication. • The expenses resulting from
any conciliation, mediation
Return of Projects
or arbitration, procedure
• All drawings and plans, other shall be shared by the two
than those which have (2) interested parties to the
received prizes or have been ADR proceeding.
purchased and are retained
by the owner, shall be
destroyed at the end of the
public exhibition, unless
provisions are made to the
contrary in the Conditions for
the ADC.
• Where models are required,
these will be re+ to the
author/s at the expense of
the owner a month of the
close of the public exhibition.
SPP Doc. 209 Consulting Architect (PCA),
Standards of Professional Practice Professional
on Professional Architectural
(see Professional Consulting
Consulting Services (PACS)
Architect or PCA)
Definition of Terms
Consulting Agreement
Comprehensive Development
means a binding covenant or
refers to the holistic and progressive understanding entered into by a
growth and advancement of a professional consulting architect
community, province, region and (PCA) and/or consulting firm (i.e.
nation inclusive of their respective RAF only) with an Owner/ Client,
economic, social, physical, whether in Government, private
environmental and institutional sector or CSO or the international
sectors. community (with projects on
Philippine soil), that provides such
Consortium or Association
terms and conditions mutually
refers to a coalition of purely agreed upon by the parties, under
Filipino professional consultants (i.e. which specific work, study or joint
RLA-PCAs) or consulting firm/s (i.e. venture requiring special or
SEC- and/or PRC-registered technical skills and expertise, shall
architectural firms/ RAFs); or Filipino be undertaken.
professional consultants (i.e. RLA-
Consulting Architectural Firm (CAF)
PCAs) or consulting firm/s (i.e. RAFs)
in collaboration with foreign refers to an architectural
professional consultant/s and/or corporation, association, group or
foreign consulting firm/s authorized partnership duly registered with the
to render consulting/ consultancy Securities and Exchange
services, as herein defined; in the Commission (SEC) or other
Philippine setting, the use of the concerned government regulatory
terms Consortium and Association agency or instrumentality or to a
may carry certain tax and legal single proprietorship duly registered
implications; with the Department of Trade and
Industry (DTI), and likewise
Consulting Architect (FPCA), Filipino
registered with the Commission/
Professional
Board to perform State regulated
(see Filipino Professional Consulting architectural services such as
Architect or FPCA) professional architectural
consulting services (PACS) as herein
Consultant, Foreign
defined.
(see Foreign Consultant or FC)
Cost, Total Project
(see Project Cost)
Cost, Salary mimeographing, printing,
etc.
(see Salary Cost)
These also include expenses, which
Direct Costs or Reimbursable
seldom can be determined in
Expenses
advance with any invoice costs,
refer to expenses in connection or plus a service charge as may be
related to the project that may mutually agreed upon by the
include but not limited to the professional consulting architect
following: (PCA) and his Client, and in
accordance with the Architect’s
• living and travelling expenses
Guidelines.
of employees, partners, and
principals when away from Filipino Professional Consulting
the home office on business Architect (FPCA)
• identifiable communication
refers to a Filipino citizen, a natural
expenses, such as long-
person who possesses the
distance telephone,
qualifications of a Filipino
telegraph, internet, short
Professional Consultant (FPC) as
messaging system (SMS),
hereafter defined; the FPCA must
cable, express charge,
be a Philippine-registered and
postage, etc.
licensed architect (RLA) and must
• services directly applicable
be a member in good standing of
to the contracted
the IAPoA; the FPCA must also be a
architectural consulting work,
RLA specializing in any or several
such as special legal and
branch/es of the State-regulated
accounting expenses,
profession of architecture as
computer rental and
defined under R.A. No. 9266 and its
programming costs, special
derivative regulations; if the FPCA
consultants, borings,
signs and seals architectural
laboratory charges,
documents, he then becomes an
commercial printing and
Architect-of-record (Aor) for a
bindings and similar costs
project and thereby assumes the
that are not applicable to
attendant professional
general overhead.
responsibilities and civil liabilities
• identifiable expenses for
consistent with the provisions under
supplies and materials
valid and subsisting laws.
charged to the project at
hand, as distinguished from Foreign Consultant (FC) or Foreign
such supplies and expenses Architect (FA)
applicable to two or more
refers to an individual, not a citizen
projects.
of the Philippines, who:
• Identifiable reproduction
costs applicable to the work, • satisfies the definition of a
such as blueprinting, Professional Consulting
 Architect (PCA) as hereafter Consulting Architect (PCA) for the
provided. following items:
• has acquired a permit to
• overhead costs of the office.
work and/ or do business in
• fringe benefits and social
the Philippines in
charges.
accordance with the rules
• fee for contingencies.
and regulations of the
• interest on capital reserves;
Commission Guidelines for
and
the Registration of Foreign
• profit
Professionals (Res. No. 98-
547); has acquired a The “multiplier” varies according to
temporary/special permit the types of architectural
(TSP) to engage in the consulting work, the organization
practice of any branch of and experience of the Professional
architecture for any project Consulting Architect (PCA) and the
on Philippine soil in full geographic area in which his office
accordance with the is located.
pertinent Board Resolutions
Overhead refers to the following:
implementing Secs. 37 and
38 of R.A. No. 9266. • provisions for office, light, air-
• is allowed by the conditioning, and similar
Department of Labor and items for working space.
Employment (DoLE), Bureau • depreciation allowances or
of Immigration and rental of furniture, equipment
Deportation (BID) and other and instruments.
concerned regulatory • vehicle and travel-related
agencies and/or expenses.
instrumentalities of • office supplies.
government to practice the • taxes and insurances other
State-regulated profession of than those included as salary
architecture in the cost.
Philippines, under pertinent • library and periodical
laws, rules and regulations. expenses and other means
• is a registered and/or of keeping abreast with new
licensed professional developments and/or
architect in his own country technologies.
of origin (and/or country of • executive, administrative,
residence/practice, as accounting, legal,
applicable). stenographic, and clerical
salaries and expenses, other
Multiplier
than those that are
refers to a factor which identifiable as salaries
compensates the Professional including reimbursable non-
salary expenses, plus salaries
 or imputed salaries of Commission identification (ID) card
partners and principals to the and must be a member in good
extent that they perform standing of the IAPoA.
general executive and
Professional Organization,
administrative services as
Accredited (APO)
distinguished from technical
or advisory services directly generally, refers to any
applicable to particular organization under the umbrellas of
projects; these services and the CBNE and PTC; in the case of
expenses, essential to the professional architectural
conduct of the business, consulting services (PACS), the term
includes preliminary shall specifically refer to the IAPOA.
arrangements for new
Professional Architectural
projects or assignments, and
Consulting Services (PACS)
interest on borrowed capital.
• business development means the rendering by a
expenses, including salaries professional consulting architect
of principals and salary costs (PCA) or by a consulting firm (i.e. a
of employees so engaged. RAF), of independent advice,
• provision for loss of extension of technical assistance
productive time of technical and services, as well as undertaking
employees between of activities, requiring appropriate
assignments, and for time of knowledge, skills, training and
principals and employees on experience, recognized
public interest assignments. competence, integrity, and/or
financial and logistical capability.
Professional Consulting Architect
(PCA) Project Cost
refers to any person, whether means the total cost of the project
natural or juridical, duly licensed, which includes but is not limited to
registered and/or duly accredited construction cost, fees for
by the Commission. This also refers professional services, the cost of
to a person, whether natural or land, right-of-way (ROW), legal,
juridical, duly certified/recognized administrative and other related
by the concerned APO under the expenses of the client.
PTC or CBNE as one who possesses
Reimbursable Expenses
the appropriate knowledge and,
skills, training, and relevant (see Direct Costs)
experience i.e. specialization/s
Salary Cost
required to perform and/or render
the service/s required; the PCA means the cost of salaries
must be a Philippine registered and (including sick leave, vacation,
licensed Architect (RLA), with a holiday and incentive pay
valid registration certification and
applicable thereto) of professional
consultants for the time directly
chargeable to the projects; plus,
excise, and payroll taxes as well as
all other imposable taxes/duties;
and contributions for social security
and insurance benefits.