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Read time: 1 minute During the course of construction on some projects, it may be necessary to identify mandatory inspections, that is, a point in ...
Read time: 5 minutes The National Construction Code (NCC) is a performance-based code and while it defines what is Deemed-to-Satisfy (DtS), an ...
One way of anticipating and identifying up-front potential delays and avoiding undue surprises of costs after clients have made a financial ...
Project management - responsibilities, liabilities and fees
Published: 7 December 2011 | Edited: 26 October 2023Read time: 1 minute Responsibilities The responsibility of a project manager extends beyond the construction role of a contractor and the designing ...
Read time: 1 minute The relationship between the project manager, architect, design consultants and the client is critical to the success of ...
Adapting building designs for climate change is about managing the unavoidable. While there is debate around what level of adaptation is needed, ...
During the twentieth century the earth warmed by about 0.6°C, primarily due to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Consequent to ...
In Australia, heatwaves are the deadliest natural hazard and a major driver of peak electricity demand and blackouts. Heatwaves are exacerbated by ...
Bushfire has long been a part of Australian landscape ecology and mythology, but climate change is now driving an increase in fire emergencies and a ...
The note describes a new procedure for Land Resource Assessment (LRA). It uses Multi-Criteria Evaluation methods (MCE) in a Geographic Systems (GIS) ...