391-400 of 545 results for 'building approval'

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Access guides for fit out

Published: 8 February 2017

Read time: 1 minute The access provisions of Premises Standards 2010 have been incorporated into NCC Volume 1 BCA, effective from 1 May 2011.  In all ...

Resources

Accessible adult change facilities

Published: 28 October 2019 | Edited: 22 July 2024

Read time: 1 minute An accessible adult change facility is a type of sanitary compartment that provides a suitable toilet for people with a complex ...

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 ...

Project

Project alliancing

Published: 28 August 2012 | Edited: 21 November 2022

Read time: 5 minutes Alliancing is a project-execution approach, aimed at creating mutually beneficial relationships between all involved parties, to ...

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Provisional periods for delay

Published: 6 December 2011 | Edited: 22 May 2020

One way of anticipating and identifying up-front potential delays and avoiding undue surprises of costs after clients have made a financial ...

Practice

Architects' liability

Published: 8 February 2017 | Edited: 15 April 2021

Liability, the obligation to compensate someone else for loss or damage, is a major concern for architects. The main types of architects' liability ...

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Client note: Opening up and testing the works

Published: 3 October 2017 | Edited: 28 March 2022

Read time: 3 minutes Occasionally, work which has been done by the contractor needs to be opened up for testing or inspection. If this is necessary ...

Project

Contract administration

Published: 28 August 2015 | Edited: 6 July 2020

Contract administration refers to the task or function of ensuring that a construction contract (the contract between the client and the contractor) ...

Project

Inspections

Published: 18 May 2022 | Edited: 8 November 2023

Read time: 8 minutes Inspection is an area of architects' work that can give rise to a significant number of claims for professional negligence. It ...

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