POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

College of Engineering
Department of Railway Engineering

CIEN 30152:
CE Law, Ethics and Contracts

ACTIVITY NO. 1
MODULE 1
Introduction and Overview of Fundamental Laws

NAME OF STUDENT
REDFORD E. DONGUYA

NAME OF FACULTY
ENGR. JOSEPH RANIEL A. BIANES
 1. How do PCAB categories and classifies contractors? Explain

each.

The Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board or PCAB classifies contractors work

into four (4) categories. First, the General Engineering which is related to dams, flood
control, water supply, offshore engineering, and Highway and Railroad engineering. The
credit points need in this classification is 35 points to 10,300 points. Also, this category
requires the contractor must have a financial capacity of ₱ 2,000,000 to ₱ 1,000,000,000.
The second category is General Building which is related to Industrial plants, sewage
system, water treatment plant, recreational works, etc. The credit points and financial
capacity required in this category is similar with the General Engineering. The third
category is the specialty classification. This category features the most sub-categories,
including foundation work, water-proofing work etc. The credit points required in this
category is 35 points to 10,300 points, while the required financial capacity is ₱ 90, 000,
000 to ₱ 1,000,000,000. The last category that PCAB use to classify contractors is the
trade category. This category has the least points and financial capacity required with 1
point and only ₱ 45,000.
2. What are the different agencies/organizations that regulates the
construction industry? Explain each.
a. Construction Manpower Development Foundation- it executes
Competency Assessment Programs and Productivity Training
Development Programs to improve the competences and capabilities of
the construction industry's manpower resources, with the goal of making
the industry more globally competitive.
b. Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB) - RA 4566,
approved by Congress in 1965, established the Philippine Contractors
Accreditation Board (PCAB). It is in charge with approving public and
private construction contractors. The PCAB is committed to delivering
accurate and timely service to its constituents, notably in the issue of
contractor licenses.
 c. The Construction Industry Association of the Philippines (CIAP)- is a
government organization that regulates the construction industry in the
Philippines. The CIAP is made up of ex-official members from the
government's executive departments, such as the Secretary of Trade and
Industry, Secretary for Transportation, Secretary for Public Works and
Highways, and the Secretary of Department of Labor and Employment. In
addition, PD 1746 also requires the appointment of a representative from
the private construction sector to be part of the CIAP. The main role of the
CIAP includes the developing a principal strategy for the construction
industry's ideal development, monitoring, and studying the domestic and
foreign construction industries in order to discover areas for improvement
and to recommend and execute changes that would help the sector grow
and creating criteria for contractor classification and categorization which
show their contracting and performance capabilities.
d. The Philippine Domestic Construction Board (PDCB)- is one of the
CIAP's implementing boards, which is an agency attached to the
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The PDCB's responsibilities
include developing, recommending, and implementing policies, standards,
plans, and programs for the efficient implementation of public and private
construction projects throughout the Philippines.
e. The Philippine Overseas Construction Board (POCB) - was
established to expand and govern the country's abroad construction
sector. POCB develops strategies and programs to develop the Philippine
overseas construction industry, regulates and controls the participation of
construction contractors and consultants in overseas construction
projects, and manages the distribution of available incentives for overseas
construction-related activities.
3. What other design and construction codes are being used in the industry?
Briefly explain and differentiate each.
a. 2009 Philippine Standard Industrial Classification (PSIC) - includes
general construction and specialized construction activities for buildings
 and civil engineering works. It includes new work, repair, additions and
alterations, the erection of prefabricated buildings or structures on the site
and construction of a temporary nature.
b. Presidential Decree No. 1085- transferring as property of the public
estates authority the land reclaimed in the foreshore and offshore of
Manila Bay, as well as rights and interests with assumptions of obligations
in the reclamation contract covering areas of Manila Bay between the
Republic of the Philippines and the Construction and Development
Corporation of the Philippines.
c. Presidential Decree No. 1594- Prescribing policies, guidelines, rules, and
regulations for government infrastructure contracts.
d. Presidential Decree No. 1746- It amends the creation of the Construction
Industry Authority of the Philippines (CIAP).

4. In no less than 250 words, explain why you want to be an Engineer.

Why I want to an Engineer? This question might be easy to answer, but for me I do not even
know why I am currently taking an engineering degree. Maybe, the reason I am here is because
of my father’s influence. When I was a young boy, my father told me that if he can go back to
past he would go to college and be a successful civil engineer today; but extreme poverty
prevented it. So as return for raising me, I told myself that I should be a civil engineer in the
future so that my father would be proud of me. As I wrote this, I remembered I used to play a
mini game on a keypad phone on which it stacks a block to a form a building. I was fascinated
on that game that I wanted to know how or what are the processes to build a high-rise building.
As I grow up, I continued to hone my mathematical skill because my uncles, primarily worked as
a construction worker, told me that to be an engineer you need a good foundation in math. I
recalled that it is because I want to be my uncles’ boss, I dreamt of becoming a civil engineer.
Unluckily, I really sucked at English and greatly affected my PUPCET score, hence, I was not
able to be a CE student. Even though I currently a Railway Engineering student I am still
yearning to be a successful Civil Engineer. In conclusion, I think I now know why I want to be an
engineer; it is my curiosity on how the structures were made and I feel like my heart really
belongs to the construction industry.