221-230 of 536 results for 'Construction contract'

Environment

Optimising environmental performance using building performance simulation

Published: 31 October 2017 | Edited: 7 October 2018

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in October 2018. Computer simulation of a building’s environmental performance has been available as ...

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Project

Budget estimates – terminology

Published: 24 November 2011 | Edited: 6 October 2021

Read time: 3 minutes Terms used in the process of estimating project budgets should not be confused with similar terminology used by government or by ...

Project

Specialist consultants - agreements

Published: 6 March 2013 | Edited: 24 June 2024

Read time: 2 minutes Perhaps the most common cause of dispute between architects and specialist consultants results from a lack of understanding ...

Practice

Graduates - practical experience

Published: 3 November 2011

Read time: 2 minutes Employers need to provide practical experience and encouragement for architecture graduates to continue to develop their ...

Practice

Professional indemnity cover exclusions

Published: 23 July 2024 | Edited: 1 August 2024

Read time: 8 minutes Professional indemnity (PI) insurance does not provide (and is not intended to provide) complete protection against professional ...

Environment

Operating a building for the next 20 years

Published: 30 November 2004

The operational stage of a building accounts for up to 65 per cent of the life cycle cost.  However the ability of the Facility Manager to deliver a ...

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Environment

Life cycle assessment (LCA)

Published: 17 December 2018

Also known as life cycle analysis; LCA is an objective technique for assessing the potential impacts associated with a product or process by ...

Environment

Climate

Published: 17 December 2018

Solutions and approaches for climate responsive design, consideration of microclimate and place-specific responses, and strategies for climate change ...

Glossary Term

On account

On account Payments made 'on account' are payments that are provisional as a partial advance payment to the final price. In the construction context ...

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 ...

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