PROF PRAC (Laws, RAs, BPs, PDs, and GENERAL Shits)

RA 9266

• Practice of Architecture

• March 17, 2004

• Repeal RA 545

RA 545

Architecture Law of 1950

RA 386

• Civil Code of the Philippines

• June 18, 1949

RA 7160

• Local Government Code of the Philippines

• October 10, 1991

RA 876

• The Philippine Arbitration Law

• June 19, 1953

PD 1096

• National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP)

• February 19, 1977

• IRR latest Version — April 30, 2005

• Repeal RA 6541

RA 6541

• National Building Code of the Philippines (1972)

• August 26, 1972

RA 9514

• Fire Code of the Philippines

• Revised Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008

• December 19, 2008

• Repeal PD 1185

BP 344

• Enhancing the Mobility of Disabled Persons

• February 25, 1983

• IRR Latest Version — April 30, 2005

RA 1378

National Plumbing Code of the Philippines

PD 1067

Water Code of the Philippines (1977)

BP 220

Standards for Economic and Socialized Housing Projects

RA 7279

Urban Development and Housing Act

PD 1152

Philippine Environmental Code

RA 8293

Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines

RULE I (RA 9266)

• Title, Policy Statement, Definition of Terms and Scope of Practice

RULE II (RA 9266)

• Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture (PRBOA) Organization, Powers, and Function

RULE III (RA 9266)

• Examination, Registration, and Licensure

RULE IV (RA 9266)

• Practice of Architecture (Sundry Provisions)

RULE V (RA 9266)

• Final Provisions

RULE 1 (PD 1096; NBCP)

• General Provisions

RULE 2 (PD 1096; NBCP)

• Administration and Enforcement

RULE 3 (PD 1096; NBCP)

• Permits and Inspection

RULE 4 (PD 1096; NBCP)

• Types of Construction

RULE 5 (PD 1096; NBCP)

• Requirements of Fire Zones

RULE 6 (PD 1096; NBCP)

• Fire Resistive Requirements in Construction

RULE 7 (PD 1096; NBCP)

• Classification and General Requirements of All Buildings By Use or Occupancy

RULE 8 (PD 1096; NBCP)

• Light and Ventilation

RULE 9 (PD 1096; NBCP)

• Sanitation

RULE 10 (PD 1096; NBCP)

• Building Protection Over Public Streets

RULE 11 (PD 1096; NBCP)

• Protection of Pedestrians During Construction or Demolition

RULE 12 (PD 1096; NBCP)

• General Design and Construction Requirements

RULE 13 (PD 1096; NBCP)

• Electrical & Mechanical Regulations

RULE 14 (PD 1096; NBCP)

• Photographic and X-Ray Films

RULE 15 (PD 1096; NBCP)

• Prefabricated Constructions

RULE 16 (PD 1096; NBCP)

• Plastics

RULE 17 (PD 1096; NBCP)

• Sheet Metal Paint Spray Booths

RULE 18 (PD 1096; NBCP)

• Glass and Glazing

RULE 19 (PD 1096; NBCP)

• The Use of Computers

RULE 20 (PD 1096; NBCP)

• Signs

RULE 21 (PD 1096; NBCP)

• Final Provisions

1 slot / 10 units

Low income single detached living unit with individual lots not more than 100m2

1 slot / 8 units

• Multi-family living units regardless of no. of stories with average living floor area of 50m2

• Multi-family living units regardless of no. of stories with average living floor area of above 50m2 to 100m2

1 slot / 1 unit

• Multi-family living units regardless of no. of stories with average living floor area of more than 100m2

• Motels

1 slot / 10 rooms

• Hotels

1 slot / 5 units

• Residential Hotels and Apartels

1 slot / 100m2

• Shopping Centers

1 slot / 150m2

• Markets

1 slot / 30m2 of customer area

• Restaurants, fast food outlets, bars and

  beerhouses

1 slot / 20m2 of customer area

• Nightclubs, supper clubs and theater-

  restaurants

1 slot / 125m2 of gross floor area

• Office Building

• Other buildings in business and

  commercial zones

1 slot / 20 beds

• Pension/boarding/lodging house

1 slot / 50m2 of spectator area

Public Assembly Buildings

1 slot / 50m2 of congregation area

Places of Worship / Funerary Parlors

1 slot / 10 classrooms

• Elementary schools, Secondary Schools, Vocational and Trade Schools

1 slot / 50m2 of gross floor area

Amusement Centers

1 slot / 100m2 of gross floor area

Clubhouse, beach houses, etc.

1 slot / 1000m2 of gross floor area

Factories, manufacturing, mercantile,

warehouses and storage bin

2 bus slots / hotel or theater restaurant

Tourist bus parking

1 slot / 5 classrooms

College and Universities

1 slot / 25 beds

Hospitals

1 slot / 4 alleys

Bowling Alleys

1 loading slot for every 5000m2 of gross floor area (minimum of 1 truck loading slot)

Stores, manufacturing, mercantile, wholesale and the like

1 truck loading slot

Hotels and Hospitals

1 Parking Lot / 50-100 slots (additional slot for every 100)

Accessible Parking Slots

TYPE I (Types of Construction)

• Wood Construction

TYPE II (Types of Construction)

• Wood Construction with protective fire-resistant materials (1 hour)

TYPE III (Types of Construction)

• Masonry and Wood Construction

TYPE IV (Types of Construction)

• Steel, Iron, Concrete, or Masonry Construction (1 hour)

TYPE V (Types of Construction)

• Steel, Iron, Concrete, or Masonry Construction (4 hour)

Residential Dwellings

• Group A

• Divisions A1, A2

• Zones R-1, R-2

Residentials, Hotels and Apartments

• Group B

• Divisions B1, B2

• Zones R-3, R-4, R-5

Education and Recreation

• Group C

• Divisions C1, C2

• Zones GI

Institutional

• Group D

• Divisions D1, D2, D3

• ZoneS R-1, R-2

Business and Mercantile

• Group E

• Divisions E1, E2, E3

• Zones C-1, C-2, C-3

Industrial

• Group F

• Division F-1

• Zones I-1

Storage and Hazardous

• Group G

• Divisions G1, G2, G3, G4, G5

• Zones I-2, UTS

Assembly Other Than Group I

• Group H

• Divisions H1, H2, H3, H4

• Zones PRE, CUL

Assembly Occupant Load 1000 or More

• Group I

• Division I-1

• Zones CUL, PRE

Accessory / Agriculture

• Group J

• Division J1, J2, J3

• Zones A, AI, PUD

Group A - Division 1 (A-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 - Division 2 (A-2)

Residential building for the exclusive use of non-leasing occupants not

exceeding 10 persons including single-attached or 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

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

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 - Division 1 (D-1)

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

Group D - Division 2 (D-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 - Division 3 (D-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 - Division 1 (E-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 - Division 2 (E-2)

Wholesale and retail stores, office buildings, drinking and dining establishments having an occupant load of LESS than one hundred 100 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 - Division 3 (E-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

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 - Division 1 (G-1)

Storage and handling of hazardous and highly flammable material.

Group G - Division 2 (G-2)

Storage and handling of flammable materials, dry cleaning plants using flammable liquids; paint stores with bulk handling, paint shops and spray painting rooms.

Group G - Division 3 (G-3)

Wood working establishments, planning mills and box factories, shops, factories where loose combustible fibers or dust are manufactured, processed or generated; warehouses where highly combustible materials is stored.

Group G - Division 4 (G-4)

Repair Garages

Group G - Division 5 (G-5)

Aircraft Repair Hangars

Group H - Division 1 (H-1)

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

Group H - Division 2 (H-2)

Any assembly building without stage and having an occupant load of 300 or MORE in the building.

Group H - Division 3 (H-3)

Any assembly building without a stage and having an occupant load of LESS than 300 in the building

Group H - Division 4 (H-4)

Stadia, reviewing stands, amusement park structures not included within Group I or in Division 1, 2, and 3 of this Group.