Tacloban Building Code Thread - For intellectual minds

tyrone000000:
alagad i2 na debate?!

marsofalltimes:
^^ intellectual minds. hehehehe ayaw naman pag OT Tyrone.

tyrone000000:
ou na!!

mahubya pagbinasa so an katikangan la tak ginbabasa...
hahahha...
what are they talking about anyway??

marsofalltimes:
Building code.

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waraywaray architect:
Admin.. it would be best if you transfer the posts regarding the Building Code to a new thread. Suggestion ko la...

Admin
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A Residential Building under construction Abucay District along Maharlika highway

Moderator,

That building in Abucay would probably meet the high-rise category (at least 23 meters). Is there a way you can find out how tall the building is?

@waraywaray architect, I'll try to ask next time kasi when I when I took that picture walang mga trabahador kasi. I'll try lang. I think 8 floors yan or 9 ba.

...mars...pira ka floors it new cuas building???

^^ di pa ako maaram. Wa pa man renderings na gin butang ngadto ha ira site. tsk

^^
...maupay man liwat kun nag hire hira hin architect kay may blueprint gud ito didto...

sana diri maging ordinaryo, boxy type na building, Dapat "colorful" hahahahaha

^^...alang gad...colorful iton..
...sana hitaas na building..bis daw la ton 5-storey okie na...

asya lagi. ngan dapat may elevator na.

...hehehe...
...for decades na gud iton na cuas dida...

They should post all the necessary information pertaining to the building like: building permit, perspective of the building, names of the design professionals and owner. This is a requirement of the National Building Code.

ALSO, an architect should be the one designing the building, not civil engineer. Civil engineers are not allowed by law to design buildings, only the structural part of it. Besides, engineers are not trained nor academically qualified, among other things, to design building and practice architecture. Otherwise they will be held liable of illegal practice under Republic Act 9266. Only licensed and registered architects are allowed. If there are information you can forward to us, let us know, so we can curb this illegal practice and report them to PRC and the Board of Architecture.

I work part time as CAD operator for an engineering consulting firm in Makati during weekends. I'm told that any engineer can design a building as long as the plans are reviewed then signed and sealed by a licensed architect before construction.

If this engineer has said this, he is interpreting his own law. There is no such provision in the RA 9266 that says this. With the above act, he or she is already engaging in the illegal practice of architecture, even if later on an architect will sign and seal it. The architect involved will be guilty of violating the Code of Ethics for Architects.

From RA 9266:SEC. 31. Liability of Representatives of Non-Registered Persons.- It shall be unlawful for any person or firm or corporation to seek to avoid the provisions of this Act by having a representative or employee seek architectural work in their behalf, unless and until, such persons have duly qualified and are duly registered/licensed, otherwise, both those represented and the representative, the employer and the employee shall be deemed guilty of violation of this Act. Solicitation of architectural work shall be construed as offering to practice architecture and shall be unlawful for any non-registered and unlicensed persons to do so.

SEC. 32. Signing of Architectural Plans, Specifications and Other Contract Documents. - It shall be unlawful for any architect to sign his/her name, affix his/her seal, or use any other method of signature on architectural plans, specifications or other contract documents made under another architect's supervision, unless the same is made in such manner as to clearly indicate the part or parts of such work actually performed by the former; and it shall be unlawful for any person, except the Architect-of-record to sign for any branch of the work, or any function or architectural practice, not actually performed by him/her. The Architect-of-record shall be fully responsible for all architectural plans, specifications, and other documents issued under his/her seal or authorized signature.

SEC. 34. Non-Registered Person Shall Not Claim Equivalent Service. - Persons not registered as an architect shall not claim nor represent either services or work as equivalent to those of a duly qualified registered architect, or that they are qualified for any branch or function of architectural practice, even though no form of the title "Architect" is used.

...are you a lawyer mr waraywaray architect???
...in that building,,there is a building permit,and the name of the owner...
...but there is no perspective of the building seen...
...i dont know if the building was designed by an architect or an engineer...

Notice the last sentence in Section 34 "even though no form of the title "Architect" is used."

Also Section 29 States:
Prohibition in the Practice of Architecture and Penal Clause. - Any person who shall practice or offer to practice architecture in the Philippines without being registered/licensed... or any person whether Filipino or foreigner, who knowingly allows the use, adoption, implementation of plans, designs or specifications made by any person, firm, partnership or company not duly licensed to engage in the practice of architecture...shall be guilty of misdemeanor and charged in court by the Commission and shall, upon conviction be sentenced to a fine of not less than One hundred thousand pesos (Pl00,000.00) but not more than Five million pesos (P5,000,000.00) or to suffer imprisonment for a period not less than six (6) months or not exceeding six (6) years, or both, at the discretion of the Court.