181-190 of 567 results for 'working drawings'

Environment

Building materials selection – greenhouse strategies

Published: 30 June 2005

This note, originally published in August 2000, was reviewed by Dr Graham Treloar in June 2005. This summary page includes recent updates to the ...

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Practice

Managing people

Published: 10 May 2017 | Edited: 22 November 2023

Read time: 4 minutes The successful management of people in a design-focused environment such as architectural practice should produce a more ...

Project

Salaries and overheads

Published: 1 December 2015 | Edited: 17 August 2022

Read time: 4 minutes The costs of running an architectural practice consist of fixed and discretionary (controllable) technical and non-technical ...

Practice

Mental health in the profession

Published: 20 November 2019

Read time: 8 minutes Mental health is sometimes described as a continuum, where good mental health is at one end, and mild to severe mental illnesses ...

Environment

Lead hazards in construction – a designer's guide

Published: 30 September 2004

This note, originally published in November 1998, was reviewed by Nigel Bell in September 2004. This summary page includes recent updates to the ...

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Environment

Winning hearts and minds: the role of emotion and logic in sustainable design decision making

Published: 31 August 2014 | Edited: 29 August 2018

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in August 2018. Tougher economic times have led to an increasing scrutiny of sustainability ...

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This note discusses the difficulties currently being experienced in implementing Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) from a development ...

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Environment

Adjusting building thermostats for environmental gains – a pilot study

Published: 30 November 2008 | Edited: 3 October 2018

This note was reviewed and retained for legacy in November 2018. This paper discusses a pilot study which involved altering the thermostat set-points ...

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This paper explores the evidence that another factor to be considered in Sick Building Syndrome and Indoor Environment Quality is exposure to ...

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Project

Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB)

Published: 20 July 2017 | Edited: 7 December 2022

Read time: 2 minutes About the ABCB The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) is a joint initiative of the Commonwealth and state and territory ...

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