DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Course Units Prerequisite Semester/SY Instructor & Department Head Dean : : : : : : CE 56-CE Laws, Contracts and Specification 3 5th Year Standing Second Semester, 2001-2002 Engr. Tomas U. Ganiron Jr, MSCE Engr. Jose M. Segovia, MSEE

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 Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to do the following: 1. 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. 2. Understand the legal procedure in the practice of civil engineering in the Philippines, relation of an engineer with professional clients, and general public 3. Develop, design and construct a specification for CE works. 4. To know the different types of contract and its elements.
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Introduction 1. Professional and ethical relationsLimitation of enacted law, formation of individual principles, specs of a man, Code of professional ethics, Canon of ethics for Engineers, Application of ethics. 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. 3. Legal Relation, rights and responsibilities of technical menEmployment in general Professional Employment, the engineer of an agent and arbiter, The engineering legal proceeding. 4. Elements of contractClassification 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 from penalties, and liquidated damages, discharge of contracts, remedies for breach of contract preparing the contract. Prelim Examination Elements of contractClassification 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

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contrary to small policy, legal requirements as to from penalties, and liquidated damages, discharge of contracts, remedies for breach of contract preparing the contract. 5. ObligationRequisites of an obligation, sources of an obligation, arising from how contract, quasi contract, crime and quasi delete, kinds of obligation, modes of extinguishing obligation, modes of extinguishing obligation 6. SpecificationSpecification definition, Technical specs, material\ process Machinery, design and specs, for civil works. Midterm Examination 7. Civil Engineering Law of the PhilippinesPD 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). 8. National Building Code of the Philippines--- PD 1096 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. 9. Labor Code of The Philippines Final Examination

References

Engg Ethics by: Charles Fledderman, 1997 Engg Contract, Specs, and Ethics by: Mendoza 1995 The National Building Code of The Philippines, 1997 Civil Engineering Laws in the Philippines by the PRC
Grades Distribution Components Seatworks/Short Quizzes Projects Assignments Attendance Prelim Exam Midterm Exam Final Exam Total % Distribution 10 4 4 2 15 15 50 100