ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTING The Association of Consulting Civil ACCEP

CIVIL ENGINEERS OF THE PHILIPPINES Engineers of the Philippines (ACCEP) is

(ACCEP) premised upon the conviction that civil
engineering is a matter of practicing the
Date Established: profession, not of conducting a business.
1986
Date of COFILCO Membership: ACCEP was formed to reinforce Republic
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Act 9184, which states that corporations
Key Officer: cannot practice civil engineering. Sole
Reynaldo Viray proprietorships and partnerships for the
President civil engineering profession were thus
Membership Base: organized in compliance with the law.
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Milestones: The association was instrumental in
Formed in support of the Civil asking the court to strictly implement
Engineering Law (Republic Act the Civil Engineering Law. ACCEP
9184) President Reynaldo Viray explains “we
are technical people; we do not want to
see our colleagues being exploited by move by writing to them, saying that it
becoming workers in a corporation. But shouldn’t be the case and that we were
I do support corporations provided that going to bring it up to the Ombudsman
all of its principals are civil engineers.” to file charges against them. They didn’t
push through with the plan, and now, it’s
Viray says ACCEP will continue to abide an all-Filipino project.”
and fight for this law, even if—as he
himself acknowledges—this may incur the Part of ACCEP’s goals is to put the Filipino
displeasure of some people. consultant at the vanguard of the local
consulting industry. “It’s good that local
Not only will ACCEP stand by the civil consultants are getting projects from
engineer, it aims to uplift the Filipino abroad without leaving the country. They
consultant in general. Viray shares one close the deals and work here. Thus,
incident when the management of one taking in foreign projects can also be a
project placed an advertisement to call on good thing. This means that we have
foreign firms. “I, together with Dr. Angel proven our worth. Filipinos can be
Lazaro, protested and countered that innovative and generate great new ideas.
 ACCEP Members

A.M. Geoconsult and Associates

Angel Lazaro & Associates (ALA)

A. S. Enriquez Engineering Consultancy

Selected Projects
BB Engineers Co.
ACCEP ACCEP will strive to steer the Filipino ACCEP
engineering firms towards becoming lead Eduardo C. Arrojado & Associates
consultants in local projects,” Viray vows.
E. H. Sison Engineers Company
He believes the number of ACCEP
members will eventually grow from the EM2A Partners & Co.
present roster of 14 firms. “Government
agencies adhere to the RA 9184 law, E.S. de Castro & Associates (ESCA Inc.)
and they award most of their projects to
ACCEP’s member firms. We protect and Heuristics Technology & Management
nurture our members.” Consultants, Inc. (HTMCI)

Viray urges his fellow consultants to come J. F. Cancio & Associates (JFCA)
together and participate in COFILCO’s
activities, regardless of the prevailing Megatech Designers & Consultants Int’l.
consulting climate.
MIKI Engineers Co.(MECO)

Proconsult Engineers Co.

R. A. Rebaldo & Associates

R.R. Gison Engineering

R. S. Ison & Associates

R.S. Jardin & Associates

R. S. Montoya & Associates, Inc.

TandeM Engineering Consultancy

TSI Core Engineering Consultancy

United Technologies Consolidated

Partnership (UTCP)

Urban Engineers (UE)