BUILDING LAWS

It embodies the general policies and standards on building design and construction to ensure safety of its occupants and right use of occupancy. Professional Regulatory Laws R.A. No. 545 -an act to regulate the practice of architecture in the Philippines Article 1. Organization Section 1. Creation and composition of a board of examiners for Architects Article 2. Registration and Examination Section 11. Certification of Registration Section 12. Registration of Architects required Section 17. Examination required Article 4. No duplications. Section 28. Suspension and. Article 63. Drawing and Specifications -documents Presidential Decree no. 223 Profession of Regulation..TRC

Board of Architecture UA- official governing body of Architects of the Philippines HDMF- agency involving housing Home Development Mutual Fund

HLURB- Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board NHMFC- National Home Mortgage and Finance Corporation NHA- National Housing Authority

HFC- Home Financing Corp. NHC- National Housing Corp.

Syllable and Contents of Subjects of Licensing Examination of Architects

1. Architectural Practice and History of Architecture------------------------------30% 2. Architectural Design and Planning--------------------------------------------------40% 3. Structural Design and Utilities Systems---------------------------------------------30%

General average of 70%, no subject lower than 50 is required to pass the exam.

Building Permit: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Working Drawings Specifications Bill of Materials TCR Tax Declaration Real Property Tax

Architects

Owner

R.A. 386 Civil Code of the Philippines (Contracts and Obligations) Article 1156 - obligation is theoretical necessity to do or not to do 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Section 2 Extinguishment of Obligations: Obligation with a period Obligation with a penal clause Law Contracts Quasi-contracts Acts and Commission punished by the law Quasi-delicts

Contracts: General provisions Article 1305. A contract is a meeting of minds between two persons whereby one binds himself, with respect to the other, to give something or to render some service. The contrasting parties may establish such stipulations, clauses, terms and conditions as they may deem convenient, provided theyre not contrary to law, morals, good customs, public order, or public policy. Innominate contracts shall be regulated by the stipulations of the parties, by the provisions of Titles I and II of this book, by the rules governing the most analogous nominate contracts, and by the customs of the place. The contract must bind both contracting parties, its validity or compliance cannot be left to the will of one of them. The determination of the performance may be left to a third person, whose decision shall not be binding until it has been made known to both contracting parties. The determination shall not be obligatory if it is evidently inequitable. In such case, the courts shall decide what is equitable under the circumstances. Contracts take effect only between the parties, their assigns and heirs, except in case where the rights and obligations arising from the contract are not transmissible by their nature, a by stipulation, or by provision of law. The heir is not liable beyond the value of the property he received from the decedent. If a contract should contain some stipulation in favor of a third person, he may demand its fulfillment provided he communicated his acceptance to the obligor before its revocation. A mere incidental benefit or interest of a person is not sufficient. The contracting parties must have clearly and deliberately conferred a favor upon and third person. In contracts creating real rights, third persons who come into possession of the object of the contract are bound thereby, subject to the provisions of the mortgage law and the land registration laws. Creditors are protected in cases of contracts intended to defraud them. Any third person who induces another to violate his contracts shall be liable for damages to the other contracting party.

Article 1306.

Article 1307.

Article 1308.

Article 1309.

Article 1310.

Article 1311.

Article 1312.

Article 1313. Article 1314.

Article 1315.

Contracts are perfected by mere consent, and from that moment the parties are bound not only to the fulfillment of what has been expressly stipulated but to also all the consequences which according to their nature, may be in keeping with good faith, usage and law. Real contracts, such as deposit, pledge and commodatum are not perfected until the delivery of the object of the obligation. No one may contract in the name of another by one who has no authority or legal representation or who has acted beyond his powers, shall be enforceable unless it is ratified, expressly or impliedly by the person or whose behalf it has been executed before it is revoked by the other contract party.

Article 1316.

Article 1317.

Section 2 Contract of Labor Article 1700. The relations between capital and labor are not merely contractual. They are so impressed with public interest that labor contracts must yield to the common good. Therefore, such contracts are subject to the special laws on labor unions, collective bargaining, strikes and lockouts, closed shops, wages, working conditions, hours of labor and similar subjects. Neither capital nor labor shall act oppressively against the other or impair the interest or convenience of the public. In case of doubt, all labor legislation and all labor contracts shall be construed in favor of the safety and decent living of the laborer. No contract which probably amounts to involuntary servitude, under any guise whatsoever shall be valid. In collective bargaining, the labor union or members of the board or committee signing the contracts shall be liable for non-fulfillment thereof. The laborers wages shall be paid in legal currency. Withholding of the wages shall be a lien on the goods manufactured or the work done. The laborers wages shall not be subject to execution or attachment, except for debts incurred for food, clothing, shelter, and medical attendance.

Article 1701.

Article 1702.

Article 1703.

Article 1704.

Article 1705. Article 1706.

Article 1708.

Article 1709.

The employer shall neither seize nor retain any tool or other articles belonging to the laborer. Dismissal of laborers shall be subject to the supervision of the Government under special laws. Owners of enterprises and other employers are obliged to pay compensation for the death or injuries to their laborers, workman, mechanics or other employee, even though the event may have been purely accidental or entirely due to a fortuitous cause, if the death or personal injury arose out of end in the course of employment. The employer is also liable for compensation if the employee contracts any illness or disease caused by such employment or as a result of the nature of employment. If the mishap was due to the employees own notorious negligence or voluntary act, or drunkenness of the employer shall not be liable for compensation, when the employees lack of due care contributed to his death or injury, the compensation shall be equitably reduced. If the death or injury is due to the negligence of fellow worker, the latter, and the employer shall be solitarily liable for compensation. If a fellowworkers intentional or malicious act is the only cause of death or injury, the owner shall not be answerable, unless it should be shown that the latter didnt exercises due diligence in the selection or supervision of the plaintiffs fellow-worker.

Article 1710.

Article 1711.

Article 1712.

Sec. 3- Contract For A Piece Of Work Art. 1713. By the contract for a piece of work the contractor binds himself to execute a piece of work for the employer, in consideration of a certain price or compensation. The contractor may either employ only his labor or skill, or also furnish the material. If the contractor agrees to produce the work from material furnished by him, he shall deliver the thing produced to the employer and transfer dominion over the thing. This contract shall be governed by the following articles as well as by the pertinent provisions on warranty of title and against hidden defects and the payment of price in a contract of sale. The contract shall execute the work in such a manner that it has the qualities agreed upon and has no defects which destroy or lessen its value or fitness for its ordinary or stipulated use. Should the work be not of such quality, the employer may require that the contractor remove the defect or execute another work. If the contractor fails or refuses to comply with this obligation, the employer may have the defect removed or another work executed at the contractors cost.

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An agreement waiving or limiting the characters liability for any defect in the work is void if the contractors acted fraudulently.