28 October 2013 Updated List of Acronyms (some with short definitions) continually used for posts/

messages at the AAF Facebook chat group:

AAF
- Architecture Advocacy Forum (an international secret Facebook chat group created on 23
December 2012 and with almost 4,400 members as of the end of October 2013)
AAIF
- Architecture Advocacy International Foundation, Inc. (the entity that crafted the Senate
versions of what later became R.A. No. 9266, the Architecture Act of 2004 and the creator of
the AAF Facebook chat group in 2012)
ACP
- Architecture Code of the Philippines (year 2000 as promulgated by the DPWH)
ADR
- Alternative Dispute Resolution as defined under R.A. No. 9285, the ADR Act of 2004
AI
- architectural interiors
AMBF - allowable maximum building footprint as defined under the NBCP, its IRR, RCs and DRs
APEC
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
APO
- accredited professional organization as defined by PRLs Asian Nations
ASEAN - Association of Southeast
B.P.
- Batas Pambansa (PH laws passed from 1978 to circa 1986)
BHL
- building height limit
BO
- building official
BoC
- Board of Consultants of the DPWH tasked with updating the NBCP and acting as an
advisory body to the DPWH Secretary in his capacity as the NBO
CA
- court of appeals
CCAPP - Council of Consulting Architects and Planners of the PH (dissolved in 2006)
CE
- civil engineer as defined under the pertinent PRL, who is a natural person NOT authorized
by law to offer or practice architecture on PH soil, also defined as an unregistered person
under R.A. No. 9266
CHED - Commission on Higher Education
CIAC
- Construction Industry Arbitration Commission (under the CIAP)
CIAP
- Construction Industry Authority of the PH (under the DTI)
CLUP
- comprehensive land use plan (basis of the LGU ZO, the local development control)
CLWUP - comprehensive land and water use plan (basis of the LGU ZO, the local development
control)
CLWAUP - comprehensive land, water and air use plan (basis of the LGU ZO, the local development
control)
CNBE - Council for the Natural and Built Environments, of which the UAP is a member organization
CODHASP Council of Deans and Heads of Architectural Schools in the PH
COFILCO - Confederation of Filipino Consulting Organizations
CoE
- Code of Ethics (of 2006)
CPE/ D - continuing professional education or continuing professional development as defined by law
DC
- development control such as the NBCP (national level) and the ZO (local level)
DENR - Department of Environment and Natural Resources
DILG
- Department of Interior and Local Governments
DoH
- Department of Health
DoJ
- Department of Justice
DoLE
- Department of Labor and Employment
DoTC
- Department of Transportation and Communication
DPWH - Department of Public Works and Highways

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DTI
EnP
FA
FAR
FCP
FLAR
FLEA
GATS
GoCC
GoP
GFI
GPRA
GRP
HLURB
HUDCC
IAPOA

IDr
IPR
IPO
IRR
IVT

LA
LEA

LBO
LGU

LMB
LRA
MENA
MGB
MMDA
MRA
NBCP

NBI
NBO

NGO
NHA
OAA

derivative regulations that are mainly in the form of executive issuances such as executive
orders (EOs), Administrative Orders (AOs), PRC and/or PRBoA resolutions, Department
Administrative Orders (DAOs), Department Memorandum Circulars (MCs) and the like
Department of Trade and Industry
environmental planner as defined under the pertinent PRL
foreign architect
floor area ratio
Fire Code of the Philippines (of 2008) and its 2009 IRR
floor to lot area ratio as defined under the NBCP, its IRR, RCs and DRs i.e. same as FAR
Foreign Licensure Examination for Architects, usually held in MENA areas
General Agreement on Trade in Services
Government-Owned and Controlled Corporation
Government of the Philippines
Government Financial Institution
Government Procurement Reform Act of 2003 (R.A. No. 9184) and its 2009 IRR and DRs
Government of the Republic of the Philippines
Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council
integrated and accredited professional organization of architects under Sec. 40 of R.A. No.
9266
Interior Designer as defined under the pertinent PRL
intellectual property rights
Intellectual Property Office (under the DTI)
implementing rules and regulations of a law
interim virtual trustee for the AAF (who may be appointed by the AAF Administrator while the
VTs have not yet been selected by polling)
landscape architect as defined under the pertinent PRL
Licensure Examination for Architects as defined under R.A. No 9266, also referred to as the
Architects Licensure Examination (ALE) by the PRC
local building official
local government unit (as defined under R.A. No. 7160, the 1991 Local Government Code
and its IRR)
Land Management Bureau (of the DENR)
Land Registration Authority (of the DoJ)
Middle East and North Africa
Mines and Geosciences Bureau (of the DENR), the official source of geohazard information
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
Mutual Recognition Arrangement (under ASEAN)
National Building Code of the Philippines (of 1977) and its 2004 Revised IRR, its RCs and its
DRs
National Bureau of Investigation (under the DoJ)
national building official i.e. the DPWH Secretary by virtue of provisions under P.D. No. 1096
(1977 NBCP)
non-governmental organization as defined by law
National Housing Authority
other association of architects under Sec. 40 of R.A. No. 9266

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OP
OSG
OZM
PCAB
PEE
PH
PIA
PICE
PEE
PIID
PHILVOLCS
PMS
PO
PRA
PRBoA PRC
PRL
PS
PSO

R.A. 9266 RA
RAF
RLA/RLArRC

RTC
SEC
SC
SPP
TGFA
TLA
TRO
UAP
UAPGA
UAPSA
UD
UIA
UN
VT
WTO
ZO

Office of the Building Official at the LGU level

Office of the President of the PH
Office of the Solicitor-General (under the DoJ)
official zoning map (in support of the ZO, a local development control)
Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (under the DTI)
professional electrical engineer as defined under the pertinent PRL
Philippines
Philippine Institute of Architects
Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers
professional mechanical engineer as defined under the pertinent PRL
PH Institute of Interior Designers
PH Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
Presidential Management Staff of the OP
professional organization or peoples organization as defined by law
Philippine Reclamation Authority (formerly the Public Estate Authority/ PEA)
Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture as defined under R.A. No. 9266
Professional Regulation Commission as defined under R.A. No. 8981, The 2000 PRC
Modernization Act
professional regulatory law (such as R.A. No. 9266)
PH standard (for products) as monitored by DTI
percentage of site occupancy (i.e. AMBF in relation to TLA) as defined under the NBCP, its
IRR, RCs and DRs
The Architecture Act of 2004, its 2004 IRR and DRs
Registered Architect (i.e. a natural person who has not renewed the 3-year license to fully
practice architecture on PH soil and who may not be an IAPOA member)
registered architectural firm as define under R.A. No. 9266
registered and licensed architect, a natural person authorized to fully practice architecture on
PH soil under R.A. No. 9266 and who is an IAPOA member
referral code of the NBCP such as the National Structural Code of the PH (NSCP), the FCP,
B.P. No. 344 (Accessibility law), the Water Code, the Sanitation Code of the PH, etc.
regional trial court
Securities and Exchange Commission
Supreme Court
Standards of Professional Practice (of 2010) as defined under R.A. No. 9266 and its IRR
total gross floor area as defined under the NBCP, its IRR, RCs and DRs
total lot area as defined under the NBCP, its IRR, RCs and DRs
temporary restraining order
United Architects of the Philippines
UAP Graduate Auxiliary
UAP Student Auxiliary
urban design
French acronym for the International Union of Architects
United Nations
virtual trustee of the AAF (who shall be selected by polling)
World Trade Organization
zoning ordinance (a local development control)