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Office fit-out projects

Published: 29 November 2011 | Edited: 26 May 2022

Read time: 8 minutes The fitting out of a tenancy within a commercial building occupied by a number of different tenants has the potential for ...

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Designing for building health

Published: 29 November 2011 | Edited: 14 January 2020

It is becoming increasingly well understood that there is a widespread problem with building health issues in our modern built environment. Sealed, ...

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Partial services - agreements

Published: 8 November 2011 | Edited: 7 February 2020

(Previously known as Agreements that do not include full architectural services) It is essential that adequate and appropriate fees are negotiated ...

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Queensland Code of conduct

Published: 13 July 2020 | Edited: 6 December 2023

Read time: 8 minutes The Architects Act 2002 (Qld) requires the Board of Architects of Queensland to make a code of practice to provide guidance to ...

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Architects engaged as secondary or subconsultants

Published: 8 November 2011 | Edited: 7 February 2020

On complex and large projects, architects are often engaged as a secondary or subconsultant. For example on major civil or landscape projects with a ...

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Measurement of buildings

Published: 24 November 2011 | Edited: 23 November 2020

The building industry – including quantity surveyors, building owners and planning authorities – uses a variety of methods for measuring building ...

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Electronic data transfer - third-party agreement

Published: 24 November 2011 | Edited: 29 September 2020

The third-party agreement should address the architect and any other person receiving the documents, including specialist consultants, the contractor ...

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Condensation in Buildings Handbook

Published: 6 August 2019 | Edited: 25 January 2023

Read time: 1 minute This non-mandatory handbook produced by the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) was updated in 2023 due to new condensation ...

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Certificates

Published: 17 January 2017 | Edited: 22 July 2020

Under most standard-form building contracts the contractor receives regular payment for the work as it progresses. Progress certificates are issued ...

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Substitutions

Published: 6 December 2011 | Edited: 8 April 2020

Read time: 4 minutes During construction the contractor may propose substituting materials and products specified in the contract documents. The ...

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