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The Institute would like to acknowledge the contribution of the following members, committees and organisations to recently updated and/or new Acumen ...
One way of anticipating and identifying up-front potential delays and avoiding undue surprises of costs after clients have made a financial ...
Liability, the obligation to compensate someone else for loss or damage, is a major concern for architects. The main types of architects' liability ...
Client note: Opening up and testing the works
Published: 3 October 2017 | Edited: 28 March 2022Read 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 ...
Contract administration refers to the task or function of ensuring that a construction contract (the contract between the client and the contractor) ...
Read time: 10 minutes Under most standard-form building contracts the contractoris responsible for the rectification of defects in the works prior to ...
Professional indemnity insurance cover and asbestos
Published: 13 November 2019 | Edited: 2 March 2023Read time: 2 minutes Asbestos claims are not generally covered Since early 2003, professional indemnity insurance policies have routinely excluded ...
This year we are celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Acumen Practice Notes. On this dedicated page, take a look back at a timeline of Acumen’s ...
This lighting guide aims to inform architects in achieving better design outcomes, based on the needs of all users including people with a disability ...
Client note: What are an architect's moral rights?
Published: 21 December 2011 | Edited: 12 March 2020Since the passing of the Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act in 2000, the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) (the Act) has protected the moral rights of ...