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Environment

A summary of urban assessment tools for application in Australia

Published: 29 February 2016 | Edited: 28 August 2018

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in August 2018.  With increasing world population, urbanization, and climatic changes impacting ...

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Geotechnical reports

Published: 15 December 2011 | Edited: 31 March 2021

Architects are often required to commission the services and fee proposals from geotechnical engineers. As we are not experts in this field it is ...

Project

Staged practical completion

Published: 17 August 2017 | Edited: 22 May 2020

When the project involves a series of handover stages for separable parts of the building work or some form of staged practical completion, ...

Practice

Professional indemnity insurance basics

Published: 28 February 2017 | Edited: 30 November 2022

Read time: 13 minutes  Given the risks posed to architects, the best protection for any professional in the construction industry is still their own ...

Practice

Engagement of contract staff

Published: 3 November 2011 | Edited: 21 October 2021

Read time: 8 minutes It is not uncommon for architects to engage technical and professional staff as contractors rather than as employees. However, ...

Practice

Employee private commissions and liability

Published: 9 June 2009 | Edited: 12 May 2020

It is not unusual for practitioners to work on private commissions while they are employees in practice. This note provides some guidance and warning ...

Practice

Copyright and confidentiality - employees

Published: 8 November 2018

Employees of architectural practices often work for several firms in order to gain experience before ultimately starting up their own practice. A ...

Practice

Managing professional indemnity claims

Published: 15 November 2019 | Edited: 16 February 2023

Read time: 3 minutes Normally when a problem arises in a construction project the natural and commercially sensible approach is to try to resolve it.

Project

Mandatory inspections

Published: 2 December 2011 | Edited: 21 November 2022

Read time: 1 minute During the course of construction on some projects, it may be necessary to identify mandatory inspections, that is, a point in ...

Project

Remote sites - contract administration

Published: 31 August 2015 | Edited: 5 March 2020

With the development of digital technology and the availability of the internet, architects and their specialist consultants can satisfy themselves ...

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