PP2 1st exam

• The first step is to identify the target audience, which can be done through market research.
• BOA stands for Board of Architecture.
• CIAC stands for Construction Industry Arbitration Commission.
• PRB stands for Professional Regulatory Board, which is the same as Board of Architecture for the profession of architecture.
• CPD refers to Continuing Professional Development.
• PRC stands for Professional Regulation Commission.
• PRC Modernization Act of 2000 is referred to as R.A. No. 8981.
• SEC stands for Securities and Exchange Commission.
• UAP stands for United Architects of the Philippines, Inc.
• PDCB stands for Philippine Domestic Construction Board.
• IAPOA stands for Integrated Accredited Professional Organization of Architects, which is the same as United Architects of the Philippines, Inc.
• DTI stands for Department of Trade and Industry.
• The Architecture Act of 2004 is referred to as R.A. No. 9266.
• DOTE stands for Department of Labor and Employment.
• CHED refers to Commission on Higher Education.
• PCAB stands for Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board.
• Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines is referred to as R.A. No. 8293.
• It shall be unlawful for any unregistered person to collect a fee for architectural services except as an employee collecting a fee as representative of a Registered Architect.
• The government architect-of-record shall collect from the concerned national or local agency including Government Owned and Controlled Corporations (GOCC’s) an incentive pay to cover civil liabilities in the equivalent amount of 1.5 % of the project cost of every project provided it shall not exceed 50% of his annual salary which shall be paid upon full completion of the project.
• The practice of architecture is a professional service, admission to which shall be determined upon the basis of individual personal qualifications.
• The amount intended for the architect who prepared and signed the drawings and specifications shall be included in the Program of Work.
• Foreign nationals who have gained entry in the Philippines to perform professional services as architects or consultants in foreign-funded or assisted projects of the government or employed or engaged by Filipino or foreign contractors or private firms, shall, before assuming the duties, functions and responsibilities as architects or consultants, secure a special/temporary permit from the Board subject to approval of the Commission, to practice his/her profession in connection with the project to which he/she was commissioned: Provided, That a foreign national or foreign firm, whose name or
• All existing plantilla positions in the national and local government whose job description includes the practice of architecture as defined under R.A No. 9266, shall be automatically reclassified as Architect positions and shall be accorded the salary pertaining to the latter in accordance with salary standardization law.
• All national and local agencies including Government Owned and Controlled Corporations (GOCC’s) are prohibited to collapse existing plantilla positions for architects for the purpose of recreating the same to non-architect positions.
• A firm, company, partnership, corporation or association may be registered or licensed as such for the practice of architecture under the following conditions: a) Only Filipino citizens properly registered and licensed as architects under R.A No. 9266 may, among themselves, or together with allied technical professionals, form and obtain registration as a firm, company, partnership, association or corporation for the practice of architecture; b)Registered and licensed architects shall compose at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the owners, shareholders, members, incorporators, directors, e
• Within three years from the effectivity of R.A No. 9266, all existing and proposed positions in the local and national government, whether career, permanent, temporary or contractual and primarily requiring the services of an architect, shall be filled only by registered and licensed architects.
• A foreign architect or any person not authorized to practice architecture in the Philippines, who shall stay in the country and perform any of the activities mentioned in Sections 3 and 4 of R.A No. 9266, or any other activity analogous thereto, in connection with the construction of any building/structure/edifice or land development project, shall be deemed engaged in the unauthorized practice of architecture and shall, therefore, be criminally liable under R.A No. 9266 and this “IRR of the Architecture Act of 2004”.
• A foreign citizen, whether he studied in the Philippines or not, who desires to take the licensure examination for Architects through reciprocity shall initiate the establishment of reciprocity between his country/state and the Philippines by presenting/submitting a letter or any document signed and under official seal by the appropriate official of his country/state requesting the Chairman of the Board Architecture to allow the foreign applicant to take the licensure examination of the Board that by express provision of the law of his country/state, Filipino citizens shall be allowed to take
• The Board shall issue a Resolution, subject to approval by the Commission, in granting a petition for reinstatement to the practice of architecture.
• A person who is not a citizen of the Philippines at the time he/she applies to take the examination shall not be allowed to take the licensure examination unless he/she can prove, in the manner provided by the Rules of Court that, by specific provision of law, the country of which he/she is a citizen, subject or national either admits citizens of the Philippines to the practice of the same profession without restriction or allows them to practice it after passing an examination on terms of strict and absolute equality with citizens, subjects or nationals of the country concerned, including th
• The rules on administrative investigation issued by the Commission shall govern the hearing or investigation of the case, subject to applicable provisions of R.A No. 9266, R.A No. 8981, and the Rules of Court.
• No person shall practice architecture in this country, or engage in preparing architectural plans, specifications or preliminary data for the erection or alteration of any building located within the boundaries of this country, or use the title “Architect”, or display the word “Architect” together with another word, or display or use any title, sign, card, advertisement, or other device to indicate such person practices or offers to practice architecture, or is an architect, unless such person shall have received from the Board a Certificate of Registration and be issued a Professional Identi
• All architects registered at the time this law takes effect shall automatically be registered under the provisions hereof, subject, however, to the provisions herein set forth as to future requirements.
• The Board may, after the expiration of two (2) years from the date of revocation of a Certificate of Registration, Professional Identification Card or special/temporary permit, and upon application and for reasons deemed proper and sufficient, reinstate the validity of a revoked Certificate of Registration and in so doing may, in its discretion, exempt the applicant from taking another examination.
• Planning refers to physical planning at site, community or urban level by an Architect.
• Foreign Architect is 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.
• Sole Proprietorship means an individual Architect practicing and delivering architectural services, duly registered with the DTI, BOA and the PRC.
• Ownership refers to proprietary rights to an architectural work such as plans, designs and other documents by a person/ juridical entity who commissions the Architect and whose ownership of an architectural work by such a person/ juridical entity shall only be confined to the use of the architectural documents for executing /implementing the work described therein for one (1) or the original project; ownership shall not apply to the use of a part of or of the entire architectural work/architectural documents to repetitions or to subsequent projects.
• Diversified Architectural Experience is a post-baccalaureate, pre-licensure experience of two (2) years required of a graduate of architecture prior to taking the licensure examination; consisting of a variation of experiences in the different phases of architectural service.
• Physical Planning is the detailed physical planning of land or property on which vertical structures such as buildings, monuments and/or structures and horizontal developments such as rights-of-way, open spaces and recreational/ sports/ establishments/ tourism and related facilities are to be proposed.