251-260 of 545 results for 'building approval'

Practice

Understanding work health and safety (WHS) legislation

Published: 4 February 2021 | Edited: 15 August 2024

Read time: 7 minutes Under the Australian Constitution, each jurisdiction (Commonwealth, states and territories) has responsibility for work health ...

Project

ABIC contracts – Australian Capital Territory

Published: 20 August 2018

The 2018 revised editions of the Australian Building Industry Contracts (ABIC) Major Works (MW), Simple Works (SW) commercial and domestic are ...

Environment

Social sustainability: creating places and participatory processes that perform well for people

Published: 30 November 2013 | Edited: 4 September 2018

This note was reviewed in September 2018 and retained for legacy. Social sustainability is about ensuring the sustenance of the diverse social ...

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Special Conditions for HIA New Homes: Victoria

Published: 24 September 2020

(This note updates the previously issued 'New Homes (HIA) Special Conditions' for Victoria.) These Special Conditions have been prepared for use by ...

Project

Special Conditions for HIA New Homes: Queensland

Published: 24 September 2020

These Special Conditions have been prepared for use by the builder and the owner, as an alternative form of contract, where: the bank or financier ...

Resources

Guide letter 3: Advice to client - specialist consultants

Published: 20 December 2011 | Edited: 21 July 2021

Read time: 2 minutes Guide letters provide advice about matters architects should consider when composing letters to the parties involved in ...

Environment

Comparative service life assessment of window systems

Published: 30 November 2007 | Edited: 30 October 2018

This note was reviewed and approved in October 2018 - not applicable for update. The BRANZ research organisation investigated the environmental ...

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The benefits of green roofs have been well documented over the last twenty years and yet their implementation in Australia has been slower than in ...

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Indoor air quality (IAQ)

Published: 26 June 2014 | Edited: 25 May 2020

'Indoor air quality can be defined as the totality of attributes of indoor air that affect a person’s health and well being' (Department of ...

Environment

Residential passive design for temperate climates

Published: 28 February 1997 | Edited: 28 February 2011

The primary intention of passive design is to create a thermally comfortable building with reduced demand on mechanical (active) forms of heating, ...

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