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Acoustics in office partitioning Architects should be aware that there is often a significant gap between the owner's expectation of a partition ...
Timber and wood products – applications and ESD decision making
Published: 30 November 2003Wood products are a staple of the construction sector, and are important in delivering environmentally preferable projects. However the ...
Urine-separation and dry composting toilet trial – agricultural use of residues
Published: 31 August 2009 | Edited: 11 October 2018This note was reviewed in October 2018 and retained for legacy. This paper and its companion paper summarise reports published by the consulting firm ...
Although sustaining biodiversity features in the environment policies of BDP members, few EDG notes have addressed the issue directly, yet buildings ...
Read time: 1 minute The relationship between the project manager, architect, design consultants and the client is critical to the success of ...
Read time: 3 minutes In calculating a fee for partial services, consideration should be given to the additional work and higher risk involved. Work ...
Subconsultant or secondary consultant engagement
Published: 25 November 2021 | Edited: 13 June 2023Read time: 4 minutes In the design and construction of buildings, architects will often require the services of specialist consultantsto provide ...
Quality control is a method for ensuring that all the activities necessary to design, develop and implement a product or service are effective and ...
Residential retrofitting: current practice and emerging directions – summary of a BEIIC report
Published: 31 August 2010Residential buildings account for around 13 per cent of the Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions, and numerous studies have identified energy ...
This note considers the risk of a DDA complaint for existing buildings not undergoing building work and suggests practices which may be available to ...