Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Date or Year
1. June 1950
2. June 1950
3. June 1956
4. June 1956
5. 1975
6. Feb 1977
7. 1979
8. mid-1980s
9. early 1990s
B. Event/ Milestone
Passage of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 544, the
Civil Engineering (CE) law; the law does not
mention that civil engineers (CEs) can prepare,
sign and seal architectural plans and documents
Passage
of
R.A.
No.
545,
the
organic
Architecture law; this special law specifically
mentions that only registered and licensed
architects
can
prepare,
sign
and
seal
architectural plans and documents
Passage
of
R.A.
No.
1581,
the
amended
Architecture
law;
the
amended
portion
specifically delineate the responsibility and
liability of the architect in contrast to the
CE;
there
is
therefore
no
overlap
in
professional function
Passage of R.A. No. 1582, the amended CE law;
the amended portion (Sec. 24) specifically
delineate the responsibility and liability of
the CE in contrast to the architect; there is
therefore no overlap in professional function
The United Architects of the Philippines (UAP)
was formed out of the union of the Philippine
Institute of Architects (PIA), the League of
Philippine Architects (LPA) and the Association
of Philippine Government Architects (APGA)
Promulgation of Presidential Decree (P.D.) No.
1096, otherwise known as the 1977 National
Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP) by
Philippine Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos
Publication and dissemination of copies of the
Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of
P.D. No. 1096 by the Department of Public Works
and Highways (DPWH) and of part of the IRR of
R.A. No. 1581 (the Amended architecture law of
1956) i.e. the Architects National Code
(otherwise known as the UAP Documents 200
through
208)
were
promulgated
by
the
Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) in Sep
1979 as part of the IRR of R.A. No. 1581/545
(the amended/ organic laws on architecture)
Architects who are Members of the National
Legislature i.e. Batasan Pambansa, led by Arch.
Pentong Gaite and the leading lights of the
United Architects of the Philippines (UAP),
lobby for the passage of a new Architecture law
Initial amendments to IRR of P.D. No. 1096;
R.A. No. 7160 (The Local Government Code of
1991) becomes law; surprisingly, its Article
Seven Sec. 477 allows the Municipal/ City
Engineers (MCEs) of local government units
(LGUs) who are in charge of horizontal works,
to act simultaneously as the building official
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10.late 1990s
11.1997
12.1998
13.2000
14.c. 2002
15.c.March 2002
16.c.November 2002
17.2003
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19.c.November 2003
20. November
through
December 2003
21. 09 January
2004
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22. February to
early March
2004
23. 17 March 2004
24. 10 April 2004
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39. c. mid-2007
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53. September
through
October 2007
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(specifically
the
CE-Building
Officials)
violating R.A. No. 9266 and its IRR and against
fake
architects
(or
other
state-regualted
professionals
illegally
practicing
architecture); the Mutual Recognition Agreement
(MRA) for the practice of architecture in the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
i.e. the ASEAN Architect, is signed for the
Philippines by the Department of Trade and
Industry (DTI) Secretary Peter Favila; the MRA
takes full effect in year 2015
The PRBoA (with its private legal counsel,
Atty. Dante S. David) drafts the administrative
and criminal complaints against DPWH Secretary
Hermogenes B. Ebdane, Jr. for his multiple
culpable
violations
of
various
laws
and
regulations (R.A. No. 9266 & IRR, P.D. No. 1096
& IRR, R.A. No. 8981 & IRR, R.A.
No. 3019,
R.A.
No.
6713,
Revised
Penal
Code,
The
Administrative Code, etc.); the PRBoA conducts
the
first
(1st)
ever
foreign
licensure
examinations for architects (FLEA in Al-Khobar
and Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia/ KSA) in
full compliance with directives from the Office
of the President (PGMA);
The PRBoA officially hires its private counsel
and refines the administrative and criminal
complaints against DPWH Secretary Hermogenes B.
Ebdane, Jr. for multiple culpable violations of
R.A. No. 9266, P.D. No. 1096, R.A. No. 3019, R.A.
6713, the Revised Penal Code, the Administrative
Code, etc.; the UAP-IAPOA through National
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65. 25 September
2008
66. c. September
2008
67. 22 October
2008
68. c. December
2008
69. 24 December
2008
71. February
2009
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78. 07 August
2009
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79. 26 August
2009
80. 30 August
2009
Nothing follows.
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