CIVIL ENGINEERING, SOCIETY, AND OTHER PROFESSIONS

• Planning


  Find problem areas that need improvement and set the criteria for the design.
• Designing 


  Draw plans to show how the problem is going to be fixed.
• Construction


  Follow the plans from design to build the solution to the problem.
• Operation/Maintenance


  Fix small problems before they become big ones.
• Rehabilitation 


  To fix something back to original condition.
• Construction Engineering and Management


  Management of construction resources: labor, materials, equipment, money, and time.
• Geotechnical Engineering


  It analyzes the soil and rock. Design the foundations, retaining walls, roadway cuts, etc. Field and laboratory work along with design.
• Structural Engineering


  Design and analyze all man-made objects whose primary functions is load resistance. It must also considers the economics, aesthetics and social implications of their creations.
• Transportation Engineering


  Analyze the movement of persons and goods. Plan, design, construct, maintain and operate various transportation modes.
• Water Resources Engineering 


  Analyze the impact of other engineering projects on the natural hydrologic system.
• Energy and Environmental Engineering


  Apply fluids, biology, and chemistry to the design and operation of environmental control systems. Combine knowledge from the fields of Physics, Math, and Chemistry.
• Surveying/Geodetic Engineering


  Precisely locate and layout engineering projects.
• GIS


  Geographic Information System
• GPS


  Global Positioning System
• Materials Engineering


  Design, analyze, and construct materials such as: steel, concrete, masonry, asphalt, and composites.
• Similarities of Civil Engineering and Architecture


  Both must have strong math and technology skills.
• Similarities of Civil Engineering and Architecture


  Both need analytical thinkings.
• Similarities of Civil Engineering and Architecture


  Should have leadership and management skills.
• Similarities of Civil Engineering and Architecture


  Civil Engineers manage a broader range of projects, while architects focus on buildings.
• Differences of Civil Engineering and Architecture


  Architects are more deeply involved in the pre-construction phases, while Civil Engineers are involved in all phases.
• Differences of Civil Engineering and Architecture


  Civil Engineers overseas a variety of workers.
• Differences of Civil Engineering and Architecture


  Architects spend the majority of their time in offices, while Civil Engineers are between desk work and site.
• Differences of Civil Engineering and Architecture


  Civil Engineers often earn advanced degrees to secure a senior position.
• PD 1096 calls for issuance of IRR by the Secretary of DPWH.
• On October 29, 2004, Florante Soriquez, the acting Secretary of PWH signed and promulgated the Revised IRR of the NBC - Civil Engineers are no longer allowed to sign the Architectural documents (Section 302.4)
• The final revision of the Revised IRR was published in Manila Standard three times; April 1, 8, and 15, 2005.
• On April 30, 2005, the Revised IRR would have been implemented, 15 days after the third publication.
• Whether Sections 302.3 and 4 of the Revised IRR of the PD 1096 are invalid and unconstitutional, as claimed by PICE and Leo Cleto Gamolo.
• The court finds the petition devoid of merit.
• Architect in case of architectural documents and Civil Engineers, in case of civil/structural documents.
• Section 2. Article 1 of RA 544 defines the practice of Civil Engineers as shall embrace services in the form of consultation, design, preparation of plans.
• Section 23. Article 1 of RA 544, unless the designs, plans and specifications of the same have been prepared under the responsible charge of, and signed and sealed by a registered Civil Engineer.
• The court disagrees.
• The court said, "This is absurd".
• The court finds it neither invalid nor unconstitutional, wherefore, the instant petition is dismissed. It was signed by the presiding judge, Marino M. Dela Cruz Jr.
• PICE and Leo Cleto Gamolo filed a petition to the Court of Appeals.
• On January 29, 2008, the appealed decision is reversed and set aside. Sections 302.3 and 4 of the Revised IRR are hereby declared null and void. It was signed by Romeo F. Barza.