Consult Australia Consultant Contract

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The pre-existing Consult Australia Short Form and Long Form Contracts were replaced with a more ‘consultant friendly’ new Consult Australia Contract dated November 2019, which was updated to the Consult Australia Consultant Contract in July 2022 (‘the Contract’). The Institute recommends that architects use the Architect-Specialist Consultant Agreement (ASCA) 2017 to engage subconsultants. 

This note considers two scenarios when using the Consult Australia Consultant Contract: