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Substitutions

Published: 8 April 2020 | Edited: 22 May 2024

Read time: 7 minutes During construction, the contractor may propose substituting materials and products specified in the contract documents. Caution ...

Project

Practical completion

Published: 6 December 2011 | Edited: 3 February 2022

Read time: 2 minutes Practical completion typically refers to the stage of a construction contract when the works are determined to be fit for use ...

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Provisional periods for delay

Published: 6 December 2011 | Edited: 22 May 2020

One way of anticipating and identifying up-front potential delays and avoiding undue surprises of costs after clients have made a financial ...

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Project management - responsibilities, liabilities and fees

Published: 7 December 2011 | Edited: 26 October 2023

Read time: 1 minute Responsibilities The responsibility of a project manager extends beyond the construction role of a contractor and the designing ...

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Project manager - working with

Published: 27 October 2021 | Edited: 6 October 2024

Read time: 1 minute The relationship between the project manager, architect, design consultants and the client is critical to the success of ...

Environment

Climate change adaptation for building designers

Published: 28 February 2011

Adapting building designs for climate change is about managing the unavoidable. While there is debate around what level of adaptation is needed, ...

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Climate change and sustainability

Published: 31 August 2005

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 ...

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Heat stress resistant residential design in Australia

Published: 16 May 2019

In Australia, heatwaves are the deadliest natural hazard and a major driver of peak electricity demand and blackouts. Heatwaves are exacerbated by ...

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Development in Australian bushfire prone areas

Published: 17 October 2019

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 ...

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Land resource assessment

Published: 28 February 2006

The note describes a new procedure for Land Resource Assessment (LRA).  It uses Multi-Criteria Evaluation methods (MCE) in a Geographic Systems (GIS) ...

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