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Replacement costs

Published: 9 January 2013 | Edited: 2 December 2021

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 ...

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Insolvent contractor

Published: 24 November 2011 | Edited: 2 March 2020

Signs that indicate that the contractor may be financially unstable include: submission of a claim followed by a request for payment in a reduced ...

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Protection of adjoining property

Published: 9 March 2022

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 ...

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Performance Solutions

Published: 23 August 2023

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 ...

Environment

Place

Published: 17 December 2018

Designing for place that considers the environmental characteristics specific to the locale such as climate, topography, vistas, soils, ecology and ...

Environment

Energy

Published: 17 December 2018

Building design and the selection of materials, appliances, equipment and technologies can all contribute to the minimisation of both operational and ...

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Materials

Published: 11 April 2023 | Edited: 16 January 2024

Read time: 4 minutes The careful selection of building materials and products and their use in design has the potential to reduce life-cycle ...

Environment

Process

Published: 17 December 2018

Strategies and systems for creating, implementing, managing and maintaining sustainable and regenerative outcomes. Read more - introductory note block ...

Environment

Case studies

Published: 17 December 2018

Individual built projects critically examined in terms of their actual performance against various social, economic and environmental criteria.

Environment

Environment glossary

Published: 1 December 2021

This glossary has been reviewed and updated by the Environment Advisory Group for the 2021 edition, with the assistance and input of numerous members ...

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