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Practice

Safety during construction

Published: 17 March 2021 | Edited: 28 August 2024

Read time: 6 minutes Site safety for architects Designers or their staff may work closely with a principal contractor, or as a principal contractor ...

Project

Particular persons

Published: 31 May 2023

Read time: 6 minutes Particular person refers to an individual or company selected by the owner and specifically identified in the building contract ...

Project

Brief

Published: 1 December 2015 | Edited: 29 September 2022

Read time: 4 minutes At the inception of a project the architect needs to establish the project brief or how the brief is to be prepared. A design ...

Resources

Client note: Variations to construction scope

Published: 3 October 2017 | Edited: 28 June 2023

Read time: 3 minutes It is usual practice for the project design to be finalised and agreed before tenders are obtained or a building contract is ...

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Guaranteed maximum price

Published: 24 August 2022

Read time: 4 minutes Guaranteed maximum price (GMP) contracts provide an alternative pricing model to the more traditional fixed price (or 'lump sum’ ...

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Certificates

Published: 17 January 2017 | Edited: 22 July 2020

Under most standard-form building contracts the contractor receives regular payment for the work as it progresses. Progress certificates are issued ...

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Specification writing

Published: 23 June 2022

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 ...

Project

Public Private Partnerships (PPP)

Published: 11 May 2022

Read time: 4 minutes Public Private Partnership (PPP) is a contract between the public and the private sector where the government pays the private ...

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Environment

Sustainability framework for practice

Published: 12 June 2024

Issue 02 June 2024 Read time: 17 minutes This note replaces the June 2020 edition.  Abstract There is an urgent need to address the pressing social ...

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