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Collateral warranties

Published: 22 November 2011 | Edited: 6 July 2020

A collateral warranty is a contract which gives a third party collateral, or running side by side, rights in an existing contract entered into by two ...

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Charge-out rate

Published: 20 April 2012 | Edited: 25 November 2021

Read time: 2 minutes When providing a service on the basis of hours worked, it is necessary to establish a charge-out rate which reflects the total ...

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Specialist consultants - selection

Published: 9 October 2017 | Edited: 13 June 2023

Read time: 6 minutes Procedures for the selection of specialist consultant services in support of architectural services may require the client to ...

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Subconsultant or secondary consultant engagement

Published: 25 November 2021 | Edited: 13 June 2023

Read time: 4 minutes In the design and construction of buildings, architects will often require the services of specialist consultantsto provide ...

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Profit

Published: 23 October 2015 | Edited: 19 May 2022

Read time: 6 minutes All architectural practices should seek to make a profit each financial year. Normally, a profit is achieved if there is a ...

Practice

Consent and moral rights infringement

Published: 7 August 2018 | Edited: 9 February 2023

Read time: 8 minutes An author may consent to the use of their moral rights and therefore avoid any infringements. If an author provides consent, it ...

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DDA overview - building access

Published: 25 November 2014

In 1992 the Australian Federal Parliament enacted the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). The DDA is a civil rights law, activated by lodging a ...

There is a stated concern that 'alternative solutions' are accepted under the BCA but not available in the Premises Standard, except perhaps as may ...

Practice

DDA – Existing Buildings not undergoing building work

Published: 19 February 2015

This note considers the risk of a DDA complaint for existing buildings not undergoing building work and suggests practices which may be available to ...

Practice

Document retention and destruction

Published: 30 November 2022

Read time: 10 minutes In Australia, businesses must retain certain documents for specific statutory minimum periods of time and there can be serious ...

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