ARCC PP Reviewer

B.P. 344 (The Law to Enhance the Mobility of Disabled Persons Act)

An act to enhance the mobility of

disabled persons requiring certain

buildings, institutions, establishments and public utilities to install facilities and other devices

February 25, 1983 by Former President Ferdinand E. Marcos

When was B.P. 344 approved?

0.90 mm

Minimum width of dropped curb

1:12

Maximum gradient for a dropped curb

1:20

Maximum cross gradient for a dropped curb

0.025

Maximum lowest portion of a dropped curb

1.20 m

Minimum width of walkways

1:20 or 5%

Maximum gradient of walkways

1:100

Maximum cross gradient for walkways

1.50 m x 1.90 m

Minimum dimensions of rest stops in walkways

12.00 m

Maximum distance between rest stops in walkways

0.70m - 0.90m (1.00m to 1.06 at great heights)

Height of handrails above steps or ramps

0.30 m

Extension of railing

1.40m to 1.60m

Height of signs on walls & doors

1.0 mm

Minimum emboss of signs on walls & doors

300 mm x 300 mm

Dimension of international symbol of access on accessible parking slot

0.20 m

Distance of switches from edge of door

1.20 m - 1.30 m

Height of switches from floor

1.10 m

Height of public telephone

1.50 m

Clear space of telephone

0.80 m

Width of telephone booth

1.20 m

Minimum width of corridors

0.80 m

Minimum width of doors

0.82 m - 1.06 m (0.90 preferred)

Height of door knobs

1.50m or 1.20m

Clear level space of doors

1 accessible parking slot

50 to 100 parking slots, how many accessible parking slots should you provide?

30.00 m

Maximum distance of elevator from entrance

1.10 m x 1.40 m

Minimum dimension of elevators

0.90 m - 1.20 m

Height of elevator button

1.20 m

Minimum clear width of accessible ramps

1:12

Maximum gradient of accessible ramps

6.00 m

Maximum length of a accessible ramp

1.50 m

Minimum dimension of the landing of accessible ramps

1.80 m

Minimum level area top & bottom of an accessible ramp

1.50 m - 2.00 m

In ramps, when carriage exceeds 10.00m, provide __________ refuge

1.70 m x 1.80 m

Size of accessible toilet stall

2 accessible toilet

For more than 20 water closets, how many PWD water closets should you provide?

1 accessible toilet

For every 20 water closets, how many PWD water closets should you provide?

0.45 m

Maximum height of water closets

1.20 m

Flush PWD

0.80 m

Maximum height of lavatories

0.60 m - 0.70 m

Knee recess clearance of lavatories

0.50 m

Depth of lavatories

0.80 m

Height of handrails

0.50 m (0.48 m)

Urinal height

1.50 m x 1.50 m

Turnabouts

2 seats

4 - 50 seats, how many accessible seating should you provide?

4 seats

51-300 seats, how many accessible seating should you provide?

6 seats

301-500 seats, how many accessible seating should you provide?

1 seat

For every 100 in excess of 500 seats, how many accessible seating should you provide?

5 seats

How many accessible seats should regular buses have?

4 seats

How many accessible seats should first class/ air con buses have?

4 seats

How many accessible seats should a passenger airplane have?

6 seats

How many accessible seats should a passenger train have?

2 seats

How many accessible seats should a jeepney have?

Gross Floor Area (GFA)

Total property square footage, as measured between the exterior walls of the buildings. This includes all finished areas inside the buildings including supporting areas.

Construction Floor Area (CFA)

Generally covers areas of a building that are to be constructed and are measured to the outside face of the external walls of the building and includes the following and the like (any area with development).

Floor Area Ratio (FAR)

The ratio of a building's GFA to the Lot Area. It is often used as one of the regulations in city planning along with the building-to-land ratio. The terms can also refer to limits imposed on such a ratio through zoning.

FAR

This is used in zoning to limit urban density

FAR

This limits the occupant load that a structure can hold, without controlling a building's external shape.

Budget Purposes

Allotment of fund, to check availability of the company's financial resources and if not enough this will give the company an option to stretch the finances and advance planning for said expenditures (like marketing purposes), construction of the building(s), fees for the consultants, etc.

Consultants' Fee

Basis for the consultants' contract

Pricing Parameters

Percentage of GFA versus CFA or the project's efficiency will define the salable area that will be offered to the market.

Permit

Requirement from the government (building permit, occupancy permit, etc.)

License to Sell

Requirement to so the product can be offered to the public.

Tax Declaration

Specific payment to the government based on declared area computation. Serves as protection too.

Proof (to Target Market)

F.A.R. concludes the density of a building, this is one of the factors which assures buyers/clients that the product they bought or lease is parallel to their needs/wants.

RA 545, RA 9266, PRC Law

Statutes regulating the practice of architecture in the Philippines

UAP Doc. 200

Architects' Code of Ethics

Code of Ethical Conduct

Rights and responsibilities of the profession

UAP Documents 201 - 207

Spectrum of architectural services

UAP Documents 201 - 208

Architectural fees and charges

UAP Document 208

Architectural competitions

National Building Code, Fire Code, Accessibility Law, Urban Development and Housing Act, Philippine Environmental Policy, Philippine Environmental Code

Architectural design standards, building & construction-related laws

The Subdivision & Condominium Buyers' Protective Decree

Laws on real estate and subdivisions

BP 220 - Standards for Economic & Socialized Housing

Laws on housing and human settlements

Act (1900-1935)

What was the designation for laws when the Philippine Government was under US?

Commonwealth Act (1935-1946)

What was the designation for laws under the Philippine Commonwealth?

Batas Pambansa (1978-1985)

What was the designation for laws under modified parliamentary republic?

Presidential Decree (1972-1986)

What was the designation for laws when the republic was under martial law (4th Republic)?

Presidential Proclamation (1972-1986)

What was the designation for laws when the republic was under martial law?

Executive Order (1986-1987); Presidential Proclamation (1986--1987)

What was the designation for laws under the republic was under provisional constitution?

Republic Act (1946-72, 1987-present)

What is the current designation for laws?

P. D. 1096

National Building Code

P. D. 1185

Fire Code of the Philippines

B. P. 344

Accessibility Law

NFPA 5000

Building Construction and Safety Code

Group A Residential Dwellings Division 1

Residential building/structure for exclusive use of single family occupants including school or company staff housing; single (nuclear) family dwellings; churches or similar places of worship; church rectories; community facilities and social centers; parks, playgrounds, pocket parks, parkways, promenades and play lots; clubhouses and recreational uses such as golf courses, tennis courts, basketball courts, swimming pools and similar uses operated by the government or private individuals as membership organizations for the benefit of their members, families, and guests and not operated primarily for gain.

Group A Residential Dwellings Division 2

Residential building for the exclusive use of non-leasing occupants not exceeding 10 persons including single-attached, duplex or townhouses, each privately-owned; school dormitories (on campus); convents and monasteries; military or police barracks/dormitories; pre-schools, elementary and high schools, provided that they do not exceed 16 classrooms; outpatient clinics, family planning clinics, lying-in clinics, diagnostics clinics, medical and clinical laboratories; branch library and museums; steam/dry cleaning outlets; party needs and accessories (leasing of tables and chairs, etc.)

Group B Residentials, Hotels, and Apartments

Occupancies shall be multiple dwelling units including boarding or lodging houses, hotels, apartment buildings, row houses, convents, monasteries and other similar building each of which accommodates more than 10 persons.

Group C Education and Recreation

Occupancies shall be buildings used for school or day-care purposes, involving assemblage for instruction, education, or recreation, and not classified in Group I or in Division 1 and 2 or Group H Occupancies

Group D Institutional Division 1

Mental hospitals, mental sanitaria, jails, prisons, reformatories, and buildings were personal liberties of inmates are similarly restrained.

Group D Institutional Division 2

Nurseries for full-time care of children under kindergarten age, hospitals, sanitaria, nursing homes with non-ambulatory patients, and similar buildings each accommodating more than five persons.

Group D Institutional Division 3

Nursing homes for ambulatory patients, homes for children of kindergarten age or over, each accommodating more than five persons: Provided, that Group D Occupancies shall not include buildings used only for private or family group dwelling purposes.

Group E Business and Mercantile Division 1

Gasoline filling and service stations, storage garages and boat storage structures where no work is done except exchange of parts and maintenance requiring no open flame, welding, or the use of highly flammable liquids.

Group E Business and Mercantile Division 2

Wholesale and retail stores, office buildings, drinking and dining establishments having an occupant load of less than one hundred persons, printing plants, police and fire stations, factories and workshops using not highly flammable or combustible materials and paint stores without bulk handlings.

Group E Business and Mercantile Division 3

Aircraft hangars and open parking garages where no repair work is done except exchange of parts and maintenance requiring no open flame, welding or the use of highly flammable liquids.

Group F Industrial

Ice plants, power plants, pumping plants, cold storage, and creameries, factories and workshops using incombustible and non-explosive materials, and storage and sales rooms for incombustible and non-explosive materials.

Group G

Group for Storage and Hazardous

Group H Assembly other than Group I Division 1

Any assembly building with a stage and an occupant load of less than 1000 in the building.