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Read time: 3 minutes For those architects requested by their clients to prepare estimates of the costs of replacing buildings it is necessary to have ...
Signs that indicate that the contractor may be financially unstable include: submission of a claim followed by a request for payment in a reduced ...
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 ...
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 ...
Designing for place that considers the environmental characteristics specific to the locale such as climate, topography, vistas, soils, ecology and ...
Building design and the selection of materials, appliances, equipment and technologies can all contribute to the minimisation of both operational and ...
Read time: 4 minutes The careful selection of building materials and products and their use in design has the potential to reduce life-cycle ...
Strategies and systems for creating, implementing, managing and maintaining sustainable and regenerative outcomes. Read more - introductory note block ...
Individual built projects critically examined in terms of their actual performance against various social, economic and environmental criteria.
This glossary has been reviewed and updated by the Environment Advisory Group for the 2021 edition, with the assistance and input of numerous members ...