CE LAWS and ETHICS

By: Engr. Earl John C. Villamora, RCE, REB

 Course Description

• Study of code of ethics, legal procedure in the practice of Civil Engineers in

the Philippines, ethical relations of an engineer with fellow professionals,
clients, and obligations, specs, CE laws, National Building Code and labor
laws.
 Course Objectives

• Appreciate the importance of the code of ethics, CE laws and specs, national
building code, and labor laws in the practice of CE laws in the Philippines.
• Understand the legal procedure in the practice of civil engineering in the
Philippines, relation of an engineer with professional clients, and general
public.
• Develop, design and construct a specification for CE works.
• To know the different types of contract and its elements.
 LESSON 1:
PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL RELATIONS

Limitation of enacted law, formation of individual principles, specs of a man, code of

professional ethics, canon of ethics for engineers, application of ethics.
 LESSON 2:
LEGAL PROCEDURE IN THE PRACTICE OF CE IN THE
PHILIPPINE ETHICAL RELATION

Relation to the general public, relation to the profession and engineering society, relationship
to clients and employer, relationship with engineer.
 LESSON 3:
LEGAL RELATION, RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF
TECHNICAL MEN

Employment in general professional employment, the engineer of an agent and arbiter, the
engineering legal proceeding.
 LESSON 4:
Elements of Contract

Classification of contract, essential of a contract, competency of contracting parties, agency,

mutual agreement. There must be a lawful and sufficient valuable, subject matter of a contract
must be lawful and not contrary to small policy, legal requirements as to form penalties, and
liquidated damages, discharge of contracts, remedies for breach of contract preparing the
contract.
 LESSON 5:
OBLIGATION

Requisites of an obligation, sources of an obligation, arising from how contract, quasi

contract, crime and quasi delete, kinds of obligation, modes of extinguishing obligation.
 LESSON 6:
SPECIFICATION

Specification definition, technical specs, material/process machinery, design and specs for civil
works.
 LESSON 7:
CIVIL ENGINEERING LAW OF THE PHILIPPINES

PD 544, Qualification of the members of the board of examiner, qualification of admission

from registration, Panel provision, power and duties of the board, the CE board examiner, and
duties of Philippines Institute of Civil Engineers Inc. (PICE).
 LESSON 8:
NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND
LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

PD 1066 General Provision, Administration and enforcement, permits and inspection, types of
construction, classification and general requirement of all building be use or occupancy, light
and ventilation, sanitation, building projection and demolition, general design and
construction requirements.