UAPGA Update

Hey guys. Just want to clarify about the UAPGA post. Apparently, the design seminars are to be conducted by invited people like Ma'am Espina and a design prof in Bauhaus. The seminar on May 5 with the mock exam, that's when the board examiners would give a lecture.

laws updated

fyi, i added some more links to taz's post about the laws. most of the others are available (full text) in our arch 57 book (ramos).

UAPGA Seminar and Mock Exam

Hey guys, I just got wind from some guys from CDEP about a seminar and a mock up exam to be sponsored by the UAPGA (The United Architects of the Philippines Graduate Auxiliary) in coordination with the UAP and the Board of Architecture. One is a design seminar tackling hospitals, airports (see the poster) for two days (May 2-3) and the other, another seminar and a mock up exam at the end of the day. The guys giving the lectures are the members of the BOA themselves.



I'm posting this in case you guys haven't heard about it and you're interested about attending the seminars. You can download the application forms at uapga@yahoogroups.com. You can join the egroups even if you're not a member of UAPGA, so it'll enable you to access their files. It sounds like a good opportunity to hear design tips and strategies from the people who's probably gonna check our exams.

join our yahoo groups account!

hi folks!

since medyo hassle mag post ng files online for downloading, daan na lang natin sa yahoo groups account. joyce, taz, lesley, you can send messages directly to this account na. if you've uploaded files elsewhere, you can also upload them here.

again, spread the word people! mas nakakagana mag review pag may karamay!

btw, nag aaral na ako! haaay sa wakas!!! :D

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kwento ni neth tungkol sa board...

Tinanong ko si neth kung pwede kong ikwento sa bored review yung kanyang comedy na board experience. Here's her reply:

Hay nako, pwedeng pwede mo ikwento ang karanasan ko...hahaha. Parang walang umulit. Hehe. kaya lesson for anyone who is taking the board - magbasa kayo ng bulletin boards for announcement ha (hehehe). Alam mo naman ako laging OUT - I think I didnt go to PRC that
time eh to look where I will take my exam - pinatingin ko lang. So as usual clueless ako that you were supposed to wear a white shirt on the days of the exam. Thank God, nakapasa na ako and I dont have to go through it again - hehehe - kakaharass talaga yun.

First day - I came an hour or an hour and a half early wearing a navy blue shirt (NAVY BLUE PA HA! How dark can I get) and feeling ko pa ang aga ko sa Adamson - I had my breakfast, my sandwiches, my index cards and everthing. Sos! When I saw everyone in white, I had to
retreat and run down the street (at malayo sya BTW) to find a store selling a white shirt (buti na lang they have that typical pang-CAT shirt). Since it's a small store lang, I had to change at the backroom aka storage room with no mirrors (hahaha) but I called my sister to bring na rin a shirt for me since she lives in Makati and because I felt uncomfortable with the white shirt I bought.

I was sitting by the guard house waiting for her and looking at my watch since 20 minutes na lang time na. When she came, I went inside the car and she told me "Kaya pala uncomfortable ka kasi baliktad" - hahaha. The tag was in front - ay sos kaya pala hindi ako makahinga! Hehe. I changed inside the car and sprinted my way inside to look for my classroom. I came super
pawis just to find out na I didn't bring my brown envelope and plastic envelope with me - I thought you just use that when you are applying in PRC to keep all the requirements - not actually bring it during the exam since it says you should bring the blue paper (so yun lang ang dala ko - Nyak!) The proctor was asking the class pa if it was annouced that we should bring
it - and this KSP girl raised pa her hands to say Yes inaannouce - Grr! Hehe. Sobra na akong harassed - I had to rush back out to the store (which of course expert na ako where sya) to buy. To top it all off, nung start na ng exam, my pencil broke. Hay nako, buti na lang may dala akong extra. Hehe. The proctor asked me pa where ako from and I said UP - sabi ba naman yung pamangkin nya one take lang (ipressure pa ba naman ako!) Hay! Anyway, so when the proctor cued us that we can start the exam already, I spent 5 minutes doing nothing but calming myself with a fan before I could actually start reading the first question.

Sheesh! unforgetable talaga sa akin yang boards na yan. hehehe.

Lessons to be learned:

• read the bulletin boards for ANY announcements
• bring EVERYTHING you think you will possibly need
• bring water!
• bring food!!! (I brought rice 2nd day and it was so worth it!)
• bring lots of extra no.2 Mongol pencils (sharpened na ha!)
• bring long brown envelope and long plastic envelope! (can I stress that enough!) - which of course hindi naman talaga kailangan because they will give it back to you at the end of the day rin - they just use it to keep your valuables. pwede rin naman bag diba since nasa front naman lahat. Sos! Anyway, basta dalahin nyo pa rin.
• come early because you'll never know if you come across bloopers like mine (at least may time pa kayo to run - hehe)
• the most important tip - PRAY!!!! He will guide you always.

Good luck you guys!!! Kaya nyo yan! Study hard, pray and exercise (I am telling you, its so hard to lose that extra 10 lbs you gain during your review! See yah!

Neth

laws

Hi guys! Eto pala list ng laws as given by Lesley. I've encoded it and added a couple of laws. Hope maging beneficial sa review.

LAWS

REPUBLIC ACTS
RA 0386 An Act to Ordain and Institute the Civil Code of the Philippines
RA 0544 An Act to Regulate the Practice of Civil Engineering in the Philippines
RA 0545 An Act to Regulate the Practice of Architectecture in the Philippines (1950)
RA 1364 Sanitary Engineering Law
RA 1378 An Act to Regulate the Trade of Master Plumber (Plumbing Law) Revised 1999
RA 1582 Ammended Civil Engineering Law
RA 1586 Environmental Impact Statement System
RA 4566 Contractor's License Law
RA 4726 Condominium Act
RA 6541 Predecessor of PD 1096 (NBC)
RA 6846 An Act Creating the Abot Kaya Pabahay Fund,
Otherwise Known as The Special Housing Support Fund Act
RA 7160 Local Government Code of 1991 (by Pimentel)
RA 7277 Magna Carta for Disabled Persons
RA 7279 Urban Development Housing Act of 1992
RA 7835 Comprehensive and Integrated Shelter Financing Act of 1994 (CISFA)
RA 7920 Electrical Engineering Law
RA 8293 Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines
RA 8534 Interior Design Law
RA 8981 PRC Modernization Act of 2000
RA 9053 Philippines Landscape Architecture Act of 2000
RA 9266 The Architecture Act of 2004


PRESIDENTIAL DECREES
PD 0223 Professional Regulation Commission (June 1973)
PD 0957 Regulating the Sale of Subdivision Lots and Condominiums (1976)
PD 1067 Water Code of the Philippines
PD 1096 National Building Code (Jan. 1979);
Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations - IRR (2005)
PD 1151 Philippine Environmental Policy (June 1977)
PD 1152 Philippine Environmental Code (June 1977)
PD 1185 Fire Code of the Philippines (August 1977)
PD 1216 Defining Open Spaces in Residential Subidivisions
PD 1308 Regulating the Practice of Environmental Planning
PD 1594 Government Infrastructure Contracts
PD 1616 Architectural Guidelines for Intramuros

BATAS PAMBANSA / EO / LOI
BP 220 Economic and Socialized Housing
BP 344 Accessibility Law
EO 1008 Construction Industry Arbitration Law
LOI 1000 On Professional Organizations

Follow pala the link to the PRC MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2000. Added info lang, can't hurt to browse.:)