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The effect on architects

Published: 10 July 2012

Security-of-payment legislation can, under certain circumstances, have an impact on an architect administering a building contract. This advice ...

Practice

Electronic document management

Published: 30 October 2015 | Edited: 15 January 2020

Archiving project records has historically presented architects with significant storage demands for space and climate control to maintain access and ...

Practice

Report writing

Published: 7 January 2013

Written reports are an integral part of architectural practice. Producing a report that communicates clearly and completely with the intended reader ...

Project

Occupational health and safety - safe design

Published: 3 August 2015

Safe Work Australia, in association with state bodies and other relevant stakeholders, has developed a draft national framework for OHS improvement, ...

Project

Workplace health and safety - Queensland

Published: 28 July 2016

Designers' obligations under Section 30B of the Workplace Health and Safety Act (Queensland) Architects practising in Queensland have obligations ...

Project

Feasibility study

Published: 30 June 2009 | Edited: 27 March 2017

A feasibility study is typically undertaken to determine the present value or dollar worth of a project, or to assist in comparing different projects ...

Practice

Architects standard of care

Published: 15 November 2016

Professionals such as architects owe a duty to their clients to perform work under a contract in a reasonably competent manner. In other words, ...

Project

Salaries and overheads

Published: 17 November 2011

The costs of running an architectural practice consist of fixed and discretionary (controllable) technical and non-technical staff salaries and  ...

Practice

Asbestos

Published: 9 February 2017

Assessment and management of asbestos risks Most professional indemnity insurance policies no longer provide cover for asbestos-related claims and ...

Project

Contingency sum

Published: 9 January 2013

A contingency sum is an amount of money, usually expressed as a percentage, included in the project budget to allow for the unknown or unresolved ...

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