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This was the plea of the Community of Architects upon vesting the privilege
of letting the Civil Engineers sign Architectural Documents.
Analysis of letting Civil Engineers signs Architectural Documents inthe Philippines.
This idea is already contradicting the RA 9266
ECT!"# 2$. eal% !ssuance and &se of eal.
All architectural plans% designs% speci'cations% drawings and
architectural documents relative to the construction of a (uilding shall
(ear the seal and signature only of an architect registered and licensed
under this Act together with his)her professional identi'cation card
num(er and the date of its e*piration.
Due to this issue% the profession of Architecture and the RA 9266 or the
Architecture law is (eing violated (y the enate +ill no. 2,,$ introduced (y
the Engineers of ir -an'lo acson in 2$//. This enate +ill Allows Civil
Engineers to produce% sign and seal Architectural Documents.
The enate +ill was full of 0aws% specially using the term 1#"#
ARC!TECT&RA3. This term was not speci'ed or discussed in detail% for
e*ample
Article IV Section 27.
ection 2 of this Act unless the NN!A"C#I$EC$%"A&designs% plans% and
speci'cations of same have (een prepared under the responsi(le charge of
and signed and sealed (y a registered A#D !CE#ED Civil Engineer.
#on4Architectural or the tructural Documents was already indicated
on the Engineering law.
Designs of what5 There is no speci'c design indicated on this enate
+ill.
This mistae was undetermined leading the Civil Engineers a greater
freedom% unaware of the violation (eing committed to the RA 9266.
'hat Constitutes Architectural Documents in the "evise( I""
)Section *+2.,-
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Architectural -lans)Drawings/. 7icinity 8ap)ocation -lan2. ite Development -lan. -erspective:. ;loor -lans
indows/$. chedule of ;inishes//. Details of other ma?or architectural elements
Architectural !nteriors)!nterior Design
-lans and peci'c ocations of Accessi(ility ;acilities
;ire afety Documents
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'hat Constitutes Civil Engineering/Structural Documents in the"evise( I"" )Section *+2.0-
ite Development -lan
tructural -lans
tructural Analysis and Design
+oring and oad Tests
eismic Analysis
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The documents of the two -rofessions were already stated (ut the Civil
engineers claimed or re@uested an e*pansion of their coverage% why5 The
population of Registered Civil Engineers is rising% so does the architects.
$he case 1as alrea(y le( 3y the Architecture Community an(currently 3eing processe(
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The ne*t documents is the Re@uest or the enate +ill itself (y the Civil
Engineers from the oce of enator -an'lo acson