SECTION 2.

5: Special Services for Construction Projects

5. Mill, shop, or laboratory inspections of the materials and equipment.

6. Additional copies of reports, construction drawings, specifications, and other documents as required for bidding and
construction beyond the number specified in the Basic Services agreement.

7. Extra travel and subsistence as defined by the agreement for engineering services.

8. Value engineering – including review of the work of other engineers, either within the same organization or in other firms to
determine whether a proposed solution is optimum and, if not, to suggest a better approach for meeting the project’s
functional and financial criteria.

9. Redesign to reflect changes requested by the client or necessitated by the client’s acceptance of substitutions proposed by
the contractor.

10. Assistance to the client as an expert witness in litigation in connection with the project or in hearings before approving and
regulatory agencies.

11. Final investigations involving detailed consideration of operation, maintenance, and overhead expenses; preparation of
final rate schedules, and earning and expense statements; appraisals, valuations, and material audits or inventories
required for certification of force account construction performed by the client or for extra work done by the contractor.
SECTION 2.5: Special Services for Construction Projects
12. Preparation of detailed applications and supporting documents grants or advances for public works projects.

13. Plotting, computing, and filing of subdivision plans, staking of lots, and other land planning and partitioning activities.

14. Preparation of environmental assessment and impact statements and other assistance to the client in connection with
public hearings.

15. Additional studies and design efforts to meet special conditions encountered during construction.

16. Assistance to the client in the selection and engagement of architects, other engineers, contractors and subcontractors, and
observation and approval of their services or work; contacts with governmental agencies to obtain permits and documents;
and other services related to project development.

17. Assessment of a completed project’s ability to meet its design intent relative to capacity, maintainability, operability, or
reliability.

18. Computer simulation and modeling.

SECTION 2.6: Engineering Support Services
The professional services described above often require engineering support services. Geotechnical
engineering, for example, frequently requires services such as taking soil and rock borings, excavating test
pits sampling and identifying soil and earth materials, field and laboratory tests and geophysical
measurements and observations. The engineering support services in general civil engineering practice may
involve drafting, land and construction surveying, and other data gathering activities for specialized
purposes. Although persons who are not Civil Engineers sometimes accomplish some of these tasks, the
procurement of adequate and correct data usually requires professional Civil Engineering judgment and
guidance. Since soundness of any engineering decision is dependent upon the accuracy and suitability of
data obtained in field and laboratory investigations these supporting services must be under the guidance
of the Civil Engineer whose decisions will be based upon those data.
SECTION 2.7: Academic Services
These services involve full or part time teaching or training of prospective professionals and also the
upgrading of knowledge and skills of fellow professionals. Academic services may include:
a) Teaching of civil engineering courses in engineering colleges/universities on part/full time basis. As per
RA 8981, all subjects for licensure examinations shall be taught by persons who are holders of valid
certificates of registration/professional licenses and professional identification cards, or special
temporary permits, or a valid certificate of competency for the profession issued by the Commission,
and who comply with the other requirements of the CHED.
b) Lecturing in civil engineering courses designed by the Philippines Institute of Civil Engineers for
practicing engineers who want to obtain CPD credits.
c) Conducting tutorials/refresher courses on civil engineering concepts and related subjects.
d) Serving as a Resource Speaker in Technical Session.
e) Writing technical articles and pamphlets.
SECTION 2.8: Services As Employee
This is a condition when a Civil Engineer engages to perform work or fulfill duties regularly for wages or
salary being paid by an employer.
A Civil Engineer may be employed for any position or function in any commercial or institutional
organization. Where he is performing civil engineering functions, he is required to follow the code of ethics
for Civil Engineers and comply with the standards and guidelines of this manual. A licensed Civil Engineer
may not allow his licensed to be used by the company that employs him without the proper agreement for
his professional services. Where the firm he is working for uses his license to sign and seal the plans,
specification and contract document, the Civil Engineer much charge the professional fee for said services.
A Civil Engineer in part time employment with a firm is considered to be an employee and at the same time
a consultant of the firm.
The standards for an employee and an individual consultant as defined in this manual apply to this Civil
Engineer.
SECTION 2.8: Services As Employee
Any Civil Engineer employed as an individual consultant of any firm, whether the firm is performing
engineering, commercial, administrative, management or financial services is required to comply with the
requirements and the standards herein established for a consulting Civil Engineering firm or consulting Civil
Engineer.
All Government Civil Engineers employed by the instrumentalities of the Government e.g. national and
local, shall be governed by pertinent existing laws and regularities and particularly to those prescribed by
the Civil Service Commission. In case of any conflict with any of the provisions of this Manual of Practice,
such pertinent laws and regulations shall take precedence and shall govern.
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