Employing students of architecture can be a rewarding experience for both the employing practice and the student. A primary pathway to registration ...

The High Court clarified whether a professional who gives advice on construction or design of a building owes a duty of care, and is therefore liable ...

Directors and officers insurance This type of insurance is only applicable to practices organised as a company. It covers the personal liability of ...

In order to calculate the cost of time, it is essential for all staff to record the time spent actually generating income and to distinguish this ...

Employers need to recognise their obligations to new staff entering a practice and make sure new staff fully understand their role and the workings ...

(Previously known as Minimum wage review 2016 and other HR news) Employers and employees are increasingly at loggerheads when it comes to employees ...

It is not uncommon for a client to ask an architect or firm to sign a general ‘waiver’ of moral rights (eg, “I agree to waive all moral rights in ...

Staff social functions can be an important team-building exercise. They reward staff for their hard work and provide them the opportunity to relax ...

The risk to architects of specifying standards needs to be managed. Proprietary specification systems such as NATSPEC regularly review all standards ...

As the term 'sole practitioner' (or 'sole trader') suggests, this is a type of architectural practice with only one individual. A sole practitioner ...