Useful Definitions for Building and Construction

Administration, Building - a range of activities connected with organizing and supervising the way that the building and grounds function, including oversight on operations and maintenance (O&M) activities. AFSU - amenities, facilities, services and utilities, whereby: an amenity may be a feature that increases attractiveness or value of a site or a building / structure or its grounds / site. This may include but are not limited to a special space of a highly public nature but which require huge investments in material and equipment such as an urban designed plaza, fountain, public sculpture, an auditorium, an infinity pool, a lush deck roof garden, a revolving restaurant, an executive lounge, an entertainment area and similar upscale provisions or spacious but expensive architectural...

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August 2014 Results of Board Examination for Teachers

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) and the Board for Professional Teachers (BPT) announces that 25,301 elementary teachers out of 70,786 examinees (35.74%) and 26,767 secondary teachers out of 77,803 examinees (34.40%) successfully passed the Licensure Examination for Teachers (L.E.T.) given last August 17, 2014 in Hong Kong and 24 testing centers all over the Philippines. It is further announced that of the 25,301 elementary teacher passers, 21,649 are first timers and 3,652 are repeaters. For the secondary teachers, 23,820 passers are first timers and 2,947 are repeaters. The Board for Professional Teachers is composed of Dr. Rosita...

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Leapfrog From Disaster

Organized and led by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)-USA and Leapfrog Project including the American Institute of Architects’ AIA NY Design for Risk and Reconstruction (DfRR) and AIA International,  Leapfrog From Disaster will be held in the Philippines on November 1 – 7, 2014 to bring together world-leading pioneers in Resilience, Architecture, and Ecology. More people are now living in natural disaster-prone areas resulting from climate change. In 2013, there were 22 million people displaced by natural disasters, as reported and backed by the UN in the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Center...

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October 2014 SPLBE for Electrical Engineers results (Middle East)

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 31 out of 87 Registered Electrical Engineers and 88 out of 202 Registered Master Electricians successfully passed the Electrical Engineer Licensure Examinations given by the Board of Electrical Engineering in: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Al-Khobar and Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and in Doha, Qatar this October 2014. The members of the Board of Electrical Engineering who gave the licensure examinations are Engr. Jaime V. Mendoza and Engr. Francis V. Mapile. Registration for the issuance of Professional Identification Card (ID) and Certificate of Registration will start on October...

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ASEAN Integration Primer for Architects

The UAP Commission on Professional Practice will host a forum on ASEAN Integration this Saturday, October 25. It will be the first comprehensive information sharing for architects. Architects are invited and the first Philippine ASEAN Architects to attend this Forum so that we are (as we should be) aware of the facts and information about ASEAN Integration.  It will be held at the UAP Headquarters, Tetro Arkitekto, 7th floor from 8:00am – 5:00pm. Limited seats on a first come first serve basis only. UNITED ARCHITECTS OF THE PHILIPPINES THE INTEGRATED AND ACCREDITED PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION OF ARCHITECTS COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL...

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