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28 October 2013 Updated List of Acronyms (some with short definitions) continually used for postsmessa!es at the AA" "aceboo# chat !roup$AA" % Architecture Ad&ocacy "orum (an international secret "aceboo# chat !roup created on 23

'ecember 2012 and with almost 00 members as of the end of October 2013)AA*" % Architecture Ad&ocacy *nternational "oundation *nc+ (the entity that crafted the ,enate

&ersions of what later became -+A+ .o+ /2 the Architecture Act of 200 and the creator ofthe AA" "aceboo# chat !roup in 2012)A % Architecture ode of the hilippines (year 2000 as promul!ated by the '4)A'- % Alternati&e 'ispute -esolution as defined under -+A+ .o+ /285 the A'- Act of 200A* % architectural interiorsA67" % allowable maimum buildin! footprint as defined under the .7 its *-- -s and '-sA9 % Asia%acific 9conomic ooperationAO % accredited professional or!ani:ation as defined by -Ls Asian .ationsA,9A. % Association of ,outheast7++ % 7atas ambansa (4 laws passed from 1/;8 to circa 1/8)74L % buildin! hei!ht limit

7O % buildin! official7o % 7oard of onsultants of the '4 tas#ed with updatin! the .7 and actin! as anad&isory body to the '4 ,ecretary in his capacity as the .7O

A % court of appealsA % ouncil of onsultin! Architects and lanners of the 4 (dissol&ed in 200)9 % ci&il en!ineer as defined under the pertinent -L who is a natural person .O< authori:ed

by law to offer or practice architecture on 4 soil also defined as an unre!istered personunder -+A+ .o+ /2

49' % ommission on 4i!her 9ducation*A % onstruction *ndustry Arbitration ommission (under the *A)*A % onstruction *ndustry Authority of the 4 (under the 'O the local de&elopment control)LU % comprehensi&e land and water use plan (basis of the L=U >O the local de&elopmentcontrol)

LAU % comprehensi&e land water and air use plan (basis of the L=U >O the local de&elopmentcontrol)

.79 % ouncil for the .atural and 7uilt 9n&ironments of which the UA is a member or!ani:ationO'4A, ouncil of 'eans and 4eads of Architectural ,chools in the 4O"*LO% onfederation of "ilipino onsultin! Or!ani:ationso9 % ode of 9thics (of 200)9 ' % continuin! professional education or continuin! professional de&elopment as defined by law' % de&elopment control such as the .7 (national le&el) and the >O (local le&el)'9.- % 'epartment of 9n&ironment and .atural -esources'*L= % 'epartment of *nterior and Local =o&ernments'o4 % 'epartment of 4ealth'o? % 'epartment of ?ustice'oL9 % 'epartment of Labor and 9mployment'o

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'- % deri&ati&e re!ulations that are mainly in the form of eecuti&e issuances such as eecuti&eorders (9Os) Administrati&e Orders (AOs) - andor -7oA resolutions 'epartmentAdministrati&e Orders ('AOs) 'epartment 6emorandum irculars (6s) and the li#e

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O7O % Office of the 7uildin! Official at the L=U le&elO % Office of the resident of the 4O,= % Office of the ,olicitor%=eneral (under the 'o?)O>6 % official :onin! map (in support of the >O a local de&elopment control)A7 % hilippine ontractors Accreditation 7oard (under the '