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Read time: 7 minutes Architect’s fees are a matter for negotiation: there is no standard basis for calculation. The fee will reflect the degree of ...
Client note: What are an architect's moral rights?
Published: 21 December 2011 | Edited: 12 March 2020Since the passing of the Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act in 2000, the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) (the Act) has protected the moral rights of ...
Client note: Your brief to your architect
Published: 29 August 2012 | Edited: 3 February 2022Read time: 2 minutes Your brief is a document that describes your needs, aspirations and constraints for your building project. It forms the basis ...
Client note: Variations to construction scope
Published: 3 October 2017 | Edited: 28 June 2023Read 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 ...
Practical completion is the date nominated in the contract for the works to be substantially completed and available for use. This may be subject to ...
Project management, in its broadest sense, implies management of a project from its inception as an idea, through predesign and feasibility studies, ...
Client note: Insurance for work to existing buildings
Published: 23 December 2011 | Edited: 27 March 2017If you are intending to have construction work – alterations and/or additions – done to an existing building, you should obtain advice from an ...
Read time: 3 minutes This advice is to assist clients in understanding the relationship between margin, the scope of works and variations. It also ...
Read time: 2 minutes Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the construction industry has been significantly impacted by supply chain and ...
Read time: 1 minute The access provisions of Premises Standards 2010 have been incorporated into NCC Volume 1 BCA, effective from 1 May 2011. In all ...