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Staged practical completion

Published: 17 August 2017 | Edited: 22 May 2020

When the project involves a series of handover stages for separable parts of the building work or some form of staged practical completion, ...

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Post-occupancy evaluation (POE)

Published: 27 August 2012 | Edited: 27 March 2017

Post-occupancy evaluation (POE) is a structured and systematic analysis of the performance of a building measured against specified objectives or ...

All members are governed by the Institute's Articles of Association, regulations and code of conduct. Read more about the Institute's Governance here ...

Practice

NSW Code of conduct

Published: 4 March 2020 | Edited: 29 November 2023

Read time: 3 minutes Schedule 2 of the Architects Regulation 2017 under the Architects Act 2003 (New South Wales (NSW)) contains the NSW Architects ...

Resources

Junior ambulant toilets - design guide

Published: 7 January 2020 | Edited: 21 July 2020

For the purpose of this note, junior ambulant toilets are defined as toilets in early childhood centres for children who have a mobility disability ...

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Waterproofing

Published: 17 November 2021 | Edited: 21 November 2022

Read time: 2 minutes Water penetration into buildings continues to be a significant issue for architects and their professional indemnity insurers.

Practice

Victorian Code of conduct

Published: 17 February 2017

In May 2015, new regulations under the Victorian Architects Act introduced a mandatory Architects Code of Professional Conduct for all Victorian ...

Project

Final completion and certificate

Published: 23 January 2020

In this phase, the architect will assess and determine final completion and issue the final certificate. This is granted by the architect typically ...

Project

Protection of adjoining property

Published: 9 March 2022

Read time: 8 minutes As part of the building permit/consent process, when carrying out building work on or near title boundaries certain state and ...

Environment

Materials

Published: 11 April 2023 | Edited: 16 January 2024

Read time: 4 minutes The careful selection of building materials and products and their use in design has the potential to reduce life-cycle ...

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