291-300 of 688 results for 'form of insurance'

Project

Partial services - agreements

Published: 7 February 2020 | Edited: 5 September 2024

Read time: 5 minutes It is essential that adequate and appropriate fees are negotiated for the services to be provided by the architect. While ...

Practice

Profitability

Published: 28 October 2015 | Edited: 29 July 2021

Setting profit goals and striving to achieve them would be pointless if there were no means of checking results against targets. This is one of the ...

Environment

Land use

Published: 17 December 2018

Strategies for optimising the use of land with respect to social, economic and environmental criteria. Includes consideration of urban form: the ...

Resources

COVID-19 site inspection considerations

Published: 5 May 2020 | Edited: 9 June 2020

This note was reviewed in October 2023, and has been retained for legacy. Read time: 8 minutes Architects, like many other professionals and ...

Environment

Urban air quality

Published: 30 November 2000 | Edited: 30 November 2005

This note, originally published in November 2000, was reviewed by John Todd in August 2005. This summary page includes recent updates to the topic ...

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Environment

Adjusting building thermostats for environmental gains – understanding the issues

Published: 30 November 2008 | Edited: 3 October 2018

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in October 2018. There has been increasing reliance on mechanical heating, ventilation and ...

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Practice

Projects in bushfire-prone areas

Published: 15 October 2018

When asked to design a 'fire bunker', ‘fire-shelter’, ‘fire refuge’, or the like, it is wise to be extremely careful and risk adverse about what you ...

Resources

Guide letter 24: Successful tenderer - request for information

Published: 20 December 2011 | Edited: 30 June 2022

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

Environment

Double-skin facades

Published: 28 February 2009 | Edited: 17 September 2018

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in September 2018.  The use of double-skin facades has increased significantly over the last 10 to ...

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Project

Building Act (Tasmania) certification

Published: 13 November 2019

The Building Act 2016 (Tas) (the Act) and the Building Regulations 2016 (the Regulations) are the main pieces of legislation that regulate building, ...

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