Senate Bill No. 2770 (March 31, 2011) RA 544
Senate Bill No. 2770 (March 31, 2011) RA 544
Senate Bill No. 2770 (March 31, 2011) RA 544
Article I
TITLE OF THE ACT AND DEFINITION OF TERMS
Section 1. This Act shall be known as the "Civil Engineering Law of 2011."
Section 2:
a. The practice of Civil Engineering shall embrace services.
b. Civil Engineer as used in this Act shall mean a person duly registered with
the Board of Civil Engineering in the manner as hereinafter provided.
Article II
BOARD OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
Sec. 3. Composition of The Board
- Create three (3) months after the approval
- Commission to be composed of a chairman and four members
- (1) year as member of the Board shall be qualified to be appointed as chairman.
Sec. 4. Terms of Office of Board Members
- three years after appointment or until their successors shall have been
appointed and shall have duly qualified.
- the chairman: three years; two members: two years; and two members: one
year.
Sec. 5. Powers and Duties of the Board
- to administer oaths, issue, suspend and revoke certificates of the registration for
the practice of civil engineering.
- To issues certificates of recognition to civil engineers
- To investigate at least once a year educational institutions offering courses in
civil engineering, civil engineering works, projects or corporations.
- To discharge such other powers and duties as may affect ethical and
technological CE standards.
Sec. 6. Promulgation of Implementing Rules and Regulations
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- The PICE shall prepare a code of ethics in the practice of Civil Engineering, which
shall also be part of the implementing rules and regulations upon approval by
the Board. The Board shall also adopt an official seal to authenticate its official
documents.
Sec. 7. Qualifications of Board Members
- Be a citizen and resident of the Philippines;
- Be at least thirty (30) years of age and of good moral character;
- Be a holder of a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from a recognized and
legally constituted school, institute, college, or university;
- Be a Civil Engineer duly qualified to practice Civil Engineering in the Philippines;
- Has practiced Civil Engineering, with a certificate as such, for a period of not less
than ten (10) years prior to his appointment. At least five (5) years of such
practice must be as either Civil Engineer-of-Record, Civil Engineer In-charge of
Construction, or Civil Engineer Prime Professional;
- Not be a member of the faculty of any school, institute, college, or university
where Civil Engineering course is taught, nor have a pecuniary interest in such
institutions;
- Be an active member in good standing of the PICE.
Sec. 8. Compensation of The Board
- 100 php per examiner
- Another 50 php for certificate of registration
- Each member of the board shall receive 15 php for every applicant examinee.
Sec. 9. Annual Report - The Board shall, at the end of each fiscal year, submit to
the Commission a detailed report of its activities and proceedings during the period
covered by the fiscal year ended.
ARTICLE III
EXAMINATION, REGISTRATION AND CERTIFICATION
Sec. 10. Examination Requirement - All applicants for registration for the
practice of Civil Engineering shall be required to pass a technical examination as
hereinafter provided. "
Sec. 11. Holding of Examination - shall be conducted at such places and on such
dates determined, fixed, and announced by the Commission in accordance with the
laws, rules, and regulations governing the conduct of licensure examinations for all
existing professional regulatory boards under the Commission.
Sec. 12. Subjects of Examination - Applicants for registration for the practice of
Civil Engineering shall be examined, in the discretion of the Board, on the following
subjects:
(a) General Civil Engineering including, but not limited to project planning, designs and management, manual of practice,
codes and regulations, economics, environmental impact assessment; materials testing and inspection, surveying, highway and
railroad surveying; plane, topographic and hydrographic surveying, and advanced surveying; numerical methods for computer
application; mathematics such as algebra, plane and spherical trigonometry, analytic, descriptive and solid geometry, differential
and integral calculus, and rational and applied mechanics.
(b) Construction management and engineering including, but not limited to contracts, environment, cost estimates, unit
cost development, construction schedule, manpower and equipment scheduling and control, material control, pert-cpm, bar chart
schedule, project monitoring, s-curve, network analysis, time scheduling, project activities, project cost, project control, quality
assurance, bidding, tender doclll1lents, specifications, construction supervision.
(c) Transportation engineering including, but not limited to theory and practice of transportation engineering,
transportation and traffic engineering studies, pla1111ing, design and construction of highways including pedestrian facilities,
railways, ports and harbors, and airports.
(d) Structural engineering including, but not limited to theory of structures, properties of materials, lateral load analysis,
earthquake engineering, wind engineering, fW1ctional planning, floor plans, elevations, sections, utilities, design of wooden,
reinforced concrete, steel, and composite buildings, bridges, towers, walls, foundations, silos, and masonry structures.
(e) Geotechnical engineering including, but not limited to soil composition, classification of soils, compaction of soils, flow
of water in soils, permeability, seepage, flow nets, effective stress, compressibility of soil, shear strengths of soil, lateral earth
pressure, soil bearing capacity, slope stability, solid waste disposal systems and ground improvement.
(f) Water resources and hydraulics engineering including, but not limited to hydrology, hydraulics, design of piers, ports,
wharves, aqueducts, reservoirs, spillways, open channels, pressure conduits, navigation canals and locks, sanitary engineering
works, water supply system, dikes, dams, and irrigation and drainage canals, hydropower.
Sec. 14. Oath of Civil Engineers - All successful candidates in the examination
shall be required to take a professional oath
Sec. 15. Certificate of Registration - Individual certificates of registration shall
be issued by the Board and the Commission to all successful candidates in the
examinations and who have taken the professional oath, subject to payment of
required fees prescribed by the Commission.
Sec. 16. Membership in The PICE - All registered Civil Engineers shall
automatically become members of the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE)
Sec. 17. Professional Identification Card - Individual professional identification
cards shall be issued by the Commission to all registered Civil Engineers, each card
to bear the name and picture of the registrant, registration number, date of
issuance of card, expiry date of card, and signature of the chairman of the
Commission.
Sec. 18. Indication of Certificate of Registration Professional Identification
Card and Professional Tax Receipt - The Civil Engineer shall be required to
indicate his/her Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card, its
date of issuance and the duration of validity, including the professional tax receipt
number, on the plans and documents he/she signs, uses or issues in connection
with the practice of his/her profession.
Sec. 19. Seal and Use of Seal- he serial number of the certificate issued by the
Board shall be included in the design of the seal. Plans and specifications prepared
by, or under the direct supervision of a Civil Engineer shall be stamped with said
seal during the life of the registrant's certificate, and it shall be unlawful for anyone
to stamp or seal any documents with said seal after the certificate of the registrant
named thereon has expired or has been suspended or has been revoked, unless
said certificate shall have been renewed or re-issued