481-490 of 545 results for 'building approval'

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Shop drawings

Published: 18 January 2023

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

Practice

Limitation of liability

Published: 15 November 2016 | Edited: 20 January 2021

It is possible for you to limit your liability in contract and in tort, but only between you and a client where you have signed an appropriately ...

Environment

Protecting against solar UVR

Published: 30 September 2005

This note, originally published in November 2000, was reviewed by John Greenwood in September 2005. This paper examines the issue of solar ...

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Security – bank guarantees and cash retention

Published: 2 December 2011 | Edited: 12 March 2020

Security in building contracts is provided by the contractor as an assurance that it will meet its obligations under the contract. The security may ...

Project

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’ ...

Practice

Safety in design guide

Published: 30 April 2020

Read time: 9 minutes Safety in design provides a system to formally document a process demonstrating systematic risk management. This process ...

Environment

The shade audit

Published: 31 May 2000 | Edited: 31 May 2005

This note, was originally published in May, 2000. It was reviewed by John Greenwood in March, 2005. The summary page includes recent updates to the ...

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Water conservation and harvesting in Adelaide, SA: four case studies

Published: 31 May 2011 | Edited: 10 September 2018

This note was reviewed and retained for legacy in September 2018. Adelaide has a relatively long history of innovation in wastewater treatment and ...

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Practice

Electronic document management

Published: 30 October 2015 | Edited: 15 January 2020

Archiving project records has historically presented architects with significant storage demands for space and climate control to maintain access and ...

Resources

COVID-19 project considerations

Published: 9 April 2020

This note was reviewed in July 2023, and has been retained for legacy. Read time: 4 minutes Architects, like many other professionals and business, ...

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