431-440 of 545 results for 'building approval'

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Managing time during construction

Published: 22 May 2020 | Edited: 20 December 2023

Read time: 8 minutes  To enable an architect to monitor the contractor's performance, the contract documents require the contractor to submit a ...

Practice

Common risks for architects

Published: 28 February 2017

Common risk areas for architects include liability for free advice, partial services, design and documentation without contract administration, ...

Resources

Client note: Selecting an architect

Published: 29 August 2012 | Edited: 9 February 2022

Read time: 4 minutes The selection of the architect for a building project is an important first step in the process of realising the project. When ...

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, ...

Resources

Accessible tea point

Published: 2 March 2015

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

Practice

General practice insurance

Published: 21 July 2020 | Edited: 15 February 2023

Read time: 6 minutes Architectural practices, like any business, are vulnerable to risks associated with being in business and should consider taking ...

Project

Partition system acoustics

Published: 30 November 2011 | Edited: 23 February 2021

Acoustics in office partitioning Architects should be aware that there is often a significant gap between the owner's expectation of a partition ...

Project

Prime cost items and provisional sums

Published: 24 November 2011 | Edited: 14 September 2020

Most building contracts include provision for prime cost items and provisional sums. A prime cost item is an allowance in the contract for the supply ...

Practice

Filing systems

Published: 7 January 2013

Every architect's filing system is different and there is no single right way of doing it. There is, however, a plethora of wrong ways. A filing or ...

Practice

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 ...

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