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Owner

Usually, the owner of the land. However, in some building contracts such as for a tenancy fit-out, one party is called 'the owner' but they do not ...

Environment

Energy saving technologies

Published: 17 December 2018

Energy saving technologies can significantly reduce building energy consumption, while enhancing thermal comfort and occupant health and wellbeing, ...

After 30 years of research into the health effects of indoor environment on occupants, there is now extensive research and assessment of the effects ...

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Resources

Client note: Your brief to your architect

Published: 29 August 2012 | Edited: 3 February 2022

Read time: 2 minutes Your brief is a document that describes your needs, aspirations and constraints for your building project. It forms the basis ...

Environment

A solar atlas for Tasmania

Published: 31 December 2012 | Edited: 6 November 2018

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in November 2018. This note was prepared by the Tasmanian Branch of the Australian Solar Energy ...

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Environment

On-site domestic wastewater treatment and reuse

Published: 28 February 2005

This note includes descriptions of the different systems used for the on-site treatment and disposal/reuse of domestic wastewaters from residential ...

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

Environment

QUT Peter Coaldrake Education Precinct

Published: 7 December 2022

Read time: 16 minutes T he Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Peter Coaldrake Education Precinct, designed by Wilson Architects and Danish ...

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Project

Procurement - alternative methods

Published: 2 June 2020 | Edited: 21 December 2023

Read time: 8 minutes On occasion, architects will become involved in projects that will be delivered by non-traditional methods of procurement each ...

Practice

Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)

Published: 23 November 2017

The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 is Commonwealth legislation which, in its simplest terms, makes it unlawful to treat a person with a ...

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