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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 ...

Environment

Life cycle energy analysis

Published: 31 March 2012 | Edited: 2 November 2018

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in November 2018. Life cycle energy analysis (LCEA) is a method of assessing both the operational ...

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Practice

Architects standard of care

Published: 15 November 2016 | Edited: 30 June 2021

Read time: 6 minutes Professionals such as architects owe a duty to their clients to perform work under a contract in a reasonably competent manner.

Circulating fans are defined as a class of axial propeller fans, generally without an enclosing housing, and used for circulating air in a space. The ...

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Project management services – liability for

Published: 15 November 2016 | Edited: 20 May 2021

Read time: 3 minutes The role of the architect has always involved management and coordination of many of the activities required to complete a ...

Resources

Accessible fitting cubicle

Published: 15 December 2014

The access provisions of Premises Standards 2010 have been incorporated into NCC Volume 1 BCA, effective from 1 May 2011. In all public buildings, ...

Project

Project time management

Published: 4 August 2016 | Edited: 20 December 2023

Read time: 1 minute Project time management is essential in the architectural design and construction process. The techniques for managing time vary ...

Practice

Requests for issuing certificates

Published: 27 March 2019

Increasingly, owners, project managers and developers are asking architects to issue certificates to financial institutions and other regulatory ...

Resources

External stairs and ramps

Published: 10 January 2012

Designing external stairs, ramps and handrails for universal access This advice deals with universal access in the design of stairs, ramps and ...

Practice

Client commissions and moral rights

Published: 11 July 2018 | Edited: 9 February 2023

Read time: 9 minutes The moral rights provisions in the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) (the Act) mean that clients of architectural practices need to ...

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