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

Read time: 2 minutes Approval processes for buildings differ nationally. The following table briefly outlines the types of planning and construction ...

Read time: 4 minutes In the preparation of construction documents, the architect should endeavour to minimise the likelihood of cost adjustments to ...

Read time: 7 minutes Preparation of accurate and well-organised construction drawings is one of the most important services provided during the ...

Read time: 17 minutes The specification is a written description of the required quality of the built product and its component elements. It is an ...

Read time: 5 minutes Shop drawings are ‘drawings prepared for a fabricator to use in a workshop’ (Standards Australia 2020). Common examples of shop ...

Read time: 20 minutes Atenderis an offer to perform work and/or supply goods at a given price, usually made in writing. Most tenders for construction ...

Tender by negotiation is a process whereby the architect, on behalf of the client, negotiates a price with a preferred contractor rather than calling ...

An architect responsible for the administration of a construction contract should be aware of two legal concepts enforced by the courts. The first is ...

Read time: 3 minutes A progress payment is a payment under a contract or client-architect agreement for work partly completed. Under a building ...