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Understanding work health and safety (WHS) legislation
Published: 4 February 2021 | Edited: 15 August 2024Read time: 7 minutes Under the Australian Constitution, each jurisdiction (Commonwealth, states and territories) has responsibility for work health ...
The 2018 revised editions of the Australian Building Industry Contracts (ABIC) Major Works (MW), Simple Works (SW) commercial and domestic are ...
Social sustainability: creating places and participatory processes that perform well for people
Published: 30 November 2013 | Edited: 4 September 2018This note was reviewed in September 2018 and retained for legacy. Social sustainability is about ensuring the sustenance of the diverse social ...
(This note updates the previously issued 'New Homes (HIA) Special Conditions' for Victoria.) These Special Conditions have been prepared for use by ...
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 ...
Guide letter 3: Advice to client - specialist consultants
Published: 20 December 2011 | Edited: 21 July 2021Read time: 2 minutes Guide letters provide advice about matters architects should consider when composing letters to the parties involved in ...
Comparative service life assessment of window systems
Published: 30 November 2007 | Edited: 30 October 2018This note was reviewed and approved in October 2018 - not applicable for update. The BRANZ research organisation investigated the environmental ...
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 ...
'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 ...
Residential passive design for temperate climates
Published: 28 February 1997 | Edited: 28 February 2011The primary intention of passive design is to create a thermally comfortable building with reduced demand on mechanical (active) forms of heating, ...