381-390 of 480 results for 'design brief'

Practice

Moral rights FAQs

Published: 11 July 2018 | Edited: 22 December 2022

Read time: 9 minutes What are moral rights? Moral rights are the reputational rights of an author such as an architect. They are separate and ...

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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 ...

Practice

Quality Management System (QMS) certification

Published: 2 June 2022

Read time: 7 minutes Quality management is a process which seeks to enhance business processes, leading to improved project outcomes and increased ...

Resources

Access to heritage places

Published: 3 July 2019 | Edited: 9 October 2024

Read time: 4 minutes This note provides information to assist in providing disability access to heritage places. It sets out the statutory ...

Project

Architect–Specialist Consultant Agreement (ASCA) 2017

Published: 28 June 2017 | Edited: 3 May 2019

Read time: 1 minute The Institute's Architect–Specialist Consultant Agreement (ASCA2017) is intended for use where the Architect is directly engaging ...

Project

Master planning

Published: 18 April 2017

A master plan is a document that describes the long-term vision for the development of a project, a particular site, an area or even a city. Master ...

Project

Commissioning tenancy works

Published: 22 November 2011

Before practical completion If the work is to be carried out before practical completion of the main building contract (that is, the building ...

Project

Building contracts

Published: 28 August 2012 | Edited: 22 June 2020

Read time: 4 minutes The architect is generally responsible for preparing the contract documents to fully define the design intent. The architect ...

Project

Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB)

Published: 20 July 2017 | Edited: 7 December 2022

Read time: 2 minutes About the ABCB The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) is a joint initiative of the Commonwealth and state and territory ...

Practice

Standards - risk management

Published: 11 October 2017

The risk to architects of specifying standards needs to be managed. Proprietary specification systems such as NATSPEC regularly review all standards ...

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