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Environment

Life cycle energy analysis

Published: 31 March 2012 | Edited: 2 November 2018

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in November 2018. Life cycle energy analysis (LCEA) is a method of assessing both the operational ...

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Environment

Sustainable metropolitan transport – design strategies

Published: 31 August 2006

This note outlines how architects can use the design of buildings to help create sustainable transport systems and a more vibrant public domain.

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Practice

Copyright and confidentiality - employees

Published: 8 November 2018 | Edited: 9 October 2024

Read time: 7 minutes Employees of architectural practices often work for several firms in order to gain experience before ultimately starting up ...

Project

Architects engaged as secondary or subconsultants

Published: 8 November 2011 | Edited: 7 February 2020

On complex and large projects, architects are often engaged as a secondary or subconsultant. For example on major civil or landscape projects with a ...

Project

Substitutions

Published: 8 April 2020 | Edited: 22 May 2024

Read time: 7 minutes During construction, the contractor may propose substituting materials and products specified in the contract documents. Caution ...

Practice

Meetings

Published: 14 November 2011 | Edited: 17 June 2020

A significant part of an architect’s working day is spent in preparation for, or attendance at, meetings. Most meetings are project meetings (that is ...

Practice

Fee disputes

Published: 23 September 2021

Read time: 7 minutes In most jurisdictions a written client-architect agreement is compulsory and this is the simplest method of minimising fee ...

Project

Managing time during construction

Published: 22 May 2020 | Edited: 20 December 2023

Read time: 8 minutes  To enable an architect to monitor the contractor's performance, the contract documents require the contractor to submit a ...

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

Common risks for architects

Published: 28 February 2017

Common risk areas for architects include liability for free advice, partial services, design and documentation without contract administration, ...

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