Starting a practice notepack

Practice
Practice

Guidance and advice on the day-to-day running of an architectural practice including an overview of business types, risk management, insurance and legislation requirements, managing staff, tailored marketing tips for the profession and office procedures and manuals.
Business structure and planning

Ethics

Fees

Human resources

Indigenous matters in architectural practice

Legislation

Marketing and communications

Negotiation and dispute resolution

Office administration

Quality management

Risk management and insurances

Work health and safety (WHS)
Project
Project

Guidance and advice on managing a project, from briefing and agreements to contracts, procurement methods, engagement of consultants and core services. Includes downloadable reference copies of the ABIC contracts and the Institute's Architect–Specialist Consultant Agreement, and digital versions of the Institute's Client Architect Agreement and the Client Architect Agreement for Limited Services.
Agreements

BIM – Building information modelling

Brief

Building contracts

Client and architect relationship

Core architectural services

Other architectural services

Procurement

Project bid

Project control

Specialist consultants
Resources
Resources

Resources to assist your day-to-day practice and management of projects, including extensive Guide letters for all stages of a project, Client information notes (designed to share with your client), Access design considerations, topical guidance and access to the free legal reference service.
Access design guide

Advocacy

Client information notes

Construction industry legal comment

COVID-19 project considerations

Free legal reference service

Glossary of terms

Guide letters
Environment
Environment

A database of over 175 peer-reviewed design notes covering guidance, tools and case studies of built environment sustainability for the architectural profession, including designing for resource and climate change considerations, and best practice regenerative and biophilic design.
Case studies

Energy

Equity

Glossary

Health and happiness

Materials

Place

Process

Water
Notepacks
Notepacks

Curated content across the Acumen database that puts topic-related notes in one convenient place.
Building procurement

Bushfire response

Construction documentation

COVID-19

Embodied energy

Office manual

Social media

Starting a practice
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Thinking about starting a practice? Curated by EmAGN (Emerging Architects and Graduates Network), this notepack collates some essential reading.