Defining open space in residential

subdivision

A key house agency that assist

private developers to undertake
low and middle income mass
housing production

The value of extra work or change

in construction plans by the owner

PD 1296

Home Insurance & Guaranty

Corporation (HIGC)

Actual Cost +
10% (profit, overhead & tax)

He is a registered & licensed

architect, who is academically and
professionally qualified, & with
exceptional or recognized
expertise or specialization in any
branch of architecture.

Consulting Architect

BA full time construction inspector

hired by owner assisting in the
supervision of the work

Project Representative

After
______
substantial
completion of contract work, the
architect shall inspect the project
& issue certificate of completion
after certification, the contractor
will finish outstanding work during
period of making good of all
known defect of 60 days.
In methods of compensation, if
the Architect as Project Manager
performs
regular architectural
services for the same project, he
is compensated separately for
these services as stipulated in
what UAP Document?

Refers to the most reasonable

price of land and shelter based on
the needs and financial capability
of program beneficiaries and
appropriate financial schemes (RA
7279).

Affordable Cost

Architectural programming is one

of the architects services that falls
under

Pre-Design

Within how many months shall be

the release of Retention from date
of Final Payment?

In a PERT CPM, ______ is a starting

node to two or more activities

Burst Node

Condominium & Subdivision

Buyers Protective Law.

When the owner hires an Architect

of a firm to coordinate the whole
range of Comprehensive
Architectural Services, it shall
constitute ______.

Project Management

These services give full meaning

to what the professional calls
Comprehensive Architectural
Service. It wraps-up the whole
range of architectural services.

98%

UAP Doc. 202

3 months

PD 957

Post-Construction Services

Which article is NOT included in

the Building Contract?

BP 220: The parking requirement

for multi-family dwelling is ______.

Cost Records

1 slot/ family dwelling

PD 957: In Design Standards for

Residential Condominium Projects,
offsite parking is allowed but must
NOT be more how many meters
away from the building it serves?

100 meters

Under PD 1096, he is the executive

officer of OBO appointed by the
secretary to enforce the provision
of the code in the field as well as
the enforcement or orders and
decisions made pursuant thereto.

City Engineer

Contract Documents shall be the

property of the ______.

It is the instruction that

supplements or modifies drawings,
specs, & general conditions of the
contract.

Architect

Special Provisions

The approved form of security

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
______ establishes the exact and
specific quantity, types, color,
texture, and other properties;
cannot be changed or subjected
to equivalencies without prior
consent from the specs writer or
the architect.

Performance Bond

Closed Specifications

Specifies the manufacturers and

producers or the brands of
materials and products be used
for each specific work.

Brand Name Specifications

Combines two or more

techniques.

Combination Specifications

Maintains and advances the

standardization of construction
language as pertains to building
specifications. Provides structured
guidelines for specification writing
in their Project Resource Manual,
formerly called the Manual of
Practice.
Standard
for
organizing
specifications and other written
information for commercial and
institutional
building
projects.
Provides a master list of divisions,
and section numbers and titles,
etc.

CSI - Construction Specification Institute

Master Format Specifications

The ______ shall submit ______

copies of shop drawings for the
architects approval.

Contractor / 2

Not normally filled with water

(water is introduced by fire
service connection when needed)

______ are set of requirements for

an itemized or generalized
construction work, materials,
methods, or systems.

Specifications

Air compartment or chamber to

which ducts are connected

______ shows the general

requirements without
consideration of a specific type or
brand for materials. Open specs
may be subject to reasonable
changes and equivalencies.

Open Specifications

It is normally open, closes

automatically to prevent passage
of fire or smoke.

Damper

The lowest temperature at which

the material will give sufficient
vapor to ignite when exposed to
flame.

Flash Point

An electrical conductor used to

bypass a safety device.

Stairway enclosure so designed

that products of combustion is
prevented from moving in.

Jumper

Smoke-proof Tower

To neutralize or remove a fire

hazard

Dry Standpipe

Plenum

Abatement

Defining open space.

PD 1216

Condominium Act.

RA 4726

Philippine Environmental Code.

PD 1152

Invitation, prequalification forms,

instruction to bidders, information
to bidders, bid forms.

Bidding Requirements

Not allowed as a form of escape.

Signed on documents that one has

not prepared or supervised, paid
illegal amount in the application,
impersonation, or aided an illegal
practice.

Socialized and Economic Housing

Law.

Sale of Subdivision Lots / Condo

Buyers Protective Law.
Also called open, specifies results
that are to be achieved; used in
public projects in order to promote
competition; descriptive like a
recipe to be followed, quantities
and qualities of ingredients.

One general contractor.

Major portions are contracted

separately (e.g. mechanical,
electrical), specialty contractors
favor this but make coordination
difficult.

Fire Escape ladders

Grounds for suspension and revocation

of license

Bid security, subcontractor list,

substitutions.

Supplements to Bid Forms

Agreement (owner-contractor),
performance bond, labor and
materials payment bond,
certificates of insurance.

Contract Forms

BP 220

General conditions.

PD 957

Also called closed, specifies

brand names, product;
proprietary specification the
most restrictive; approved equal
language.

Performance Specification

Changes before contract

execution.

General and Supplementary Conditions

Prescriptive Specification

Addenda

Single Prime Contract

Changes after contract execution.

Modifications

Multiple Prime Contract

Architect reviews processes, shop

drawings, submittals, observes
construction making sure it is
consistent with the contract,
evaluates
contractor
accomplishment and request for
payments and administers the
project closeout procedure.

Construction Administration

Used for fast track construction,

some work can proceed as soon as
its drawings and specs are
available, others will have to wait;
this overlaps the design process.

Graphic presentation of work to be

done.

Written and verbal description of

work.

Multiple Prime Contract

Illustrations showing how the

contractor proposes to supply and
install the required work, very
detailed.

Shop Drawings

Drawings

Physical example of the portion of

work, they become standards of
appearances and workmanship.

Sample

Specifications

Brochures, charts, instructions.

Product Data

Change Order

Changes in the work, time,

protection of persons and property,
insurance and bonds, correction of
work, termination or suspension of
the contract.

General Conditions

Authorizing the variation from the

original that involves changes in
cost and/or time. Architect
prepares it, the owner issues it to
the contractor. All must approve
this.

Compensation, description of work,

date of commencement,
completion, liquidated damages,
payment.

Agreement

When the building is made ready

for occupancy.

Project Closeout

When the building can be used, it

is also the termination of the
contractors schedule.

Substantial Completion

Feasibility studies (viability),

financing, programming (problem
seeking), site selection or
analysis, site studies, space
studies, promotional services
(marketing).

Pre-Design

A result of architects inspection,

identifies the work to be
completed or corrected.

Punch list

Schematic design, design

development, contract document,
construction.

Design

Formulates policies and objectives

as well as over-all strategies for
housing.

Housing and Urban

Development Coordinating Council
(HUDCC)

Interior design, landscape,

physical planning (site planning),
comprehensive planning (starts
with data base gathering end
culminates with master
development plan).

Formerly Human Settlements

Regulatory Commission; fosters
growth and renewal of urban and
rural communities, optimum landuse, adequate shelter and
environmental protection.

Housing and Land Use

Regulatory Board
(HLURB)

Implements construction, hires

workers, negotiate with
contractors, authorize payment of
accounts.

Provident savings fund for housing.

Generates continuous source of

funds for housing through
secondary mortgage market
system.

Home Development Mutual Fund

(Pag-ibig Fund)

National Home Mortgage and

Finance Corporation (NHMFC)

Involves the use of a revolving fund

savings and excesses are shared
with conditions: 50/50 split on
savings, 50/50 split on excess up to
110% of the guaranteed cost;
Architect pays for the excess
beyond 110% of the guaranteed
cost.
Full-time
supervision
(quality
control, evaluation of contractors
work, record keeping); construction
management
(coordination
and
supervision, cost and time control,
quality control and record keeping).

Building and equipment

maintenance (trouble free use);
building and grounds
administration (billing, security,
operations); post construction
evaluation (have the goals been
achieved).

Specialized Allied

Design-Build by Administration

Design Build by Guaranteed Maximum

Cost

Construction Services

Undertakes housing development

and resettlement

National Housing Authority (NHA)

Develops standardized and mass

produced housing materials

National Housing Corporation (NHC)

All services in one.

Comprehensive Architectural Services

PD 1096

2.7m ceiling height.

Naturally Ventilated

Revised RA 6541.

Post-Construction Services

BO issues permit within ______ from

the date of payment.

15 days

Filled-up form; lot ownership/

possessory right (TCT, sale, lease,
contract); drawings, specifications
and estimates.

Building Permit Requirements

Permit becomes null and void if:

construction does not commence
within ______ or suspended/
abandoned for ______.

One year / 120 days

No building can be occupied

without such certificate. No change
in occupancy allowed issued within
30 days after final inspection.

Classified to/ belongs to the most

restrictive requirement.

Size of room relative to window

size (___ of floor area and not less
than 1 m2; ___ for toilets but not
less than 0.24 m2)

Ceiling heights (min):

2.7m, 2.4m and 2.1m

Remedial work on damaged

portion, restoration

Certificate of Occupancy

1.8m ceiling height.

Minimum sizes and dimension of

rooms for human habitation.

Mezzanine Floor

6 m2 (least side 2m)

Installation in place.

Erection

Increase in height or area.

Addition

Mixed Occupancy

Changes in materials, partitioning,

size of openings, structural parts,
and utilities without increasing
area.

Alteration

10% & 5 %

Physical change to increase value,

utility, and aesthetics.

Renovation

Change in use.

Conversion

Artificially Ventilated

Repair

Area between the bottom of

window sill and the ground.

Socalo

Transfer of building or part.

Systematic dismantling.

Secondary building.

Moving

An opening through two or more

floors that is closed on the top.

Atrium

Ancillary

Refers to fire assembly, such as a

door that normally remains in the
open position but closes when
subjected to increase in
temperature of 165 deg F. or on
actuation of a smoke detector.

Automatic Closing

Minor Construction

The intervals or spaces into which

the building front is divided by
columns, buttresses or division
walls

Bay or Panel

Area which is equal to the total

capacity of the building it serves
(0.28sqm per person).

Soffit

Demolition

Permit not required (shed,

outhouse, detached from building).

The remaining space in a lot after

deducting the required minimum
open space.

Underside of a beam, lintel.

Three parts: exit access (leads to

the exit), the exit (between exit
access to the discharge, must be
fully enclosed and protected, 1 2
hour rating) and the exit discharge
(outside the building). These must
lead to public way.

No part of it may ignite or burn

when subjected to fire.

Buildable Area

Door latching assembly using an

unlatching device that has an
activating portion that extends
across at least of the width of
the door.

Dispersal Area

Sum of all cost, inherent in

converting a design plan into a
project ready for operation.

Egress System

Non-combustible

Panic Hardware

Construction Cost

The cost of installed equipment,

materials and labor directly
involved in the physical
construction of the permanent
facility; directly based on building
plans and specifications; elevator
belongs to the direct cost; crane
does not.
All cost which do not become a
final part of the installation, but
which is required for the orderly
completion of the installation (field
administration, direct insurance,
taxes).

Direct Cost

By labor productivity charts

(8man-hours/1 cu.m) as a
percentage of the cost of
materials.

Labor

Indirect Cost

Acquisition, depreciation, rental.

Equipment

Subcontract

10 to 20% of the sum of the cost

of labor, materials and equipment.

Overhead

Inherent in performing on the

operation which cannot be charged
to or identified with a part of the
work.

Overhead

Usually 5 - 20% of the cost of the

job (takes about 15 - 40 percent of
the construction cost).

Profit

The provision in actual or

estimated cost for an increase in
the cost of equipment, material,
labor, etc. over those specified in
the contract due to continuing
price level changes over time.

Escalation

Indicates the start and end point

of activities but does not show
sequence and dependencies.

Bar Chart

Gross Profit

Graphically depicts all the tasks

required to finish the project, the
sequence in which they must
occur, duration, earliest or latest
possible starting time, and the
earliest and latest possible
finishing time.

Critical Path Method (CPM)

Under the general contractor, to

provide a portion of the work.

Earnings from an on-going

business after direct cost of goods
sold have been deducted from
sales of revenues.

Earnings after all operating

expenses have been deducted
from net operating revenues.

Net Profit

15 % of contract amount.

Performance Bond

Estimated by quantities and

pricing.

30% of contract amount; valid up

to 1 year from date of acceptance

Materials

15% of Contract amount; valid

until replacement of Guarantee
Bond

Payment Bond

Guarantee Bond

Limits what things can be taken

into account when trying to
interpret a contract.

Parol Evidence Rule

Completion of work, the contractor

should present certificate of nonfinancial obligation

After 65%

Substantial completion of contract

work, the architect shall inspect the
project & issue certificate of
completion after certification, the
contractor will finish outstanding
work during period of making good
of all known defects of 60 days.

After 98%

Pays for the Building Permit

(cannot be reimbursed, not
included in Estimates).

Validity 120 days, valid 12 months

if constructed has not commenced;
exception government structure;
excepted if P15, 000 project cost

Effectivity of a Construction
contract from receipt of Notice of
Final Payment

Contractor

Building Permit

7 Days

Is the legal process by which an

arbiter or judge reviews evidence
and argumentation including legal
reasoning set forth by opposing
parties or litigants to come to a
decision which determines rights
and obligations between the parties
involved.
The essential requirement is that
there be evidence that the parties
had each from an objective
perspective engaged in conduct
manifesting their assent, and a
contract will be formed when the
parties
have
met
such
a
requirement.

An agreement in which each of

the parties to the contract makes
a promise or promises to the other
party.

Adjudication

Mutual Agreement

Bilateral Contract

Only one party to the contract

makes a promise.

Unilateral Contract

One in which the terms are

expressed verbally, either orally
or in writing

Expressed Contract

A "promise" or an "agreement"
made of a set of promises. Breach
of this contract is recognized by
the law and legal remedies can be
provided.
One in which the circumstances
imply that parties have reached
an agreement even though they
have not done so expressly.
If no reasonable person hearing
this statement would take it
seriously, it is a puff, and no
action in contract is available if
the statement proves to be wrong.

Concerned with knowing the

probable total cost of a project.

Contract

One in which some of the terms

are not expressed in words.

Implied Contract

Implied in fact or implied in law

A contract which is implied in law

because it is not in fact a contract;
rather, it is a means for the courts
to remedy situations in which one
party would be unjustly enriched
were he or she is not required to
compensate the other.

Quasi-Contract

Puff Statement (Sales Talk)

An assumption of the totality of an

item without consideration of its
specific components.

Lumpsum

Cost Estimate

The amount to be paid for every

delay in the contract time.

Liquidated Damages

A preliminary estimation technique

that aims to establish the quantity
of each material for a project, not
yet considering their cost.

Quantity Survey

The ______ ethically can order a

change during construction
anytime.

Owner

Concerned with the determination

of probable cost of labor by logical
assumptions of the productivity of
the workers.

Productivity Estimates

A list of materials needed for a

project. It usually presents the
probable cost for each item.

Bill of Materials

______ is a right enforceable

against specific property to secure
payment of an obligation.

An architect is a person who is

______ & technically qualified to
practice architecture.

Lien

Legally

A review of the plan and design of

a project so as to coordinate with
the sizes and specifications of
construction materials. Its aim is
to avoid wastage and maximize
the use of each material.
An estimate that breaks the
subject down into as many items
or components possible. Each
component are often described
with specifications
An estimate that is computed in
general and vague. It is often an
assumption by area, volume, or
bulk.

There are two ways of undertaking

a Design-Build service, one of
which is:

Normally, an architect is paid on

Percentage of Construction cost
method, another method of
compensation is:

Building Administrators are

compensated on a monthly salary
basis or:

For non-creative architectural

services, compensation is by:

Value Engineering

The ______ are printed documents

stipulating the procedural &
administrative aspects of the
contract.

Detailed Estimate

The ______ contains additional

information on Contract
Documents.

General Conditions

Bid Bulletin

Rough Estimate

The ______ is a list of instructions

stipulating the manner on which
bids are to be prepared.

Instructions to Bidders

By Guaranteed Maximum Cost

The ______ pays for the structural,

utilities & other tests as may be
required for the project.

Owner

Salary

An act of God such as

earthquakes, typhoons, etc. which
human prudence cannot foresee
or prevent.

Force Majeure

Percentage of Gross Monthly Rentals

If not clearly specified, a material

could be installed:

Only after the approval by the architect

Multiple of Direct Personnel Expense

The duties & responsibilities of the

architect with the regards to his
motives, conduct & sense of moral
values are formulated under the:

UAP Doc. 200

Architects, employed by the

government, are not allowed to
engage in the ______ practice of
architecture

Private

PD ______ institutionalized the

profession of Environmental
Planning

PD 1308

______ mandates government

support only to PRC-accredited
bona fide professional
organization.

UAP

The ______ shall have the power,

upon notice of hearing, to suspend
& revoke any certificate of
registrations

PRC