Unlike financial records for taxation and company purposes which can be destroyed after seven years, project records should only be destroyed when ...

Delays in the supply of some parts or materials for building projects can cause delays to the building program with the result that completion of the ...

Contract documentation is a statement of responsibilities and results to be achieved. It wholly describes the outcome. A program, on the other hand, ...

Many building projects involve work for tenants, and there is a wide range of variables affecting the architect's approach to each individual tenancy ...

The Institute recommends that the architect and the client have a signed, written agreement that, as a minimum, clearly defines the services to be ...

It is not unusual for a client organisation, particularly one responsible for a large building program, to produce a special set of conditions of ...

The Institute's publication, Guiding Principles for Balanced and Insurable Client/Architect Agreements  was first published in 2005 and is intended ...

Often the first action undertaken by the architect is the preparation of the project brief. The success of a project will often depend on the quality ...

An enforceable contract between two parties contains both rights and obligations. A knowledge of the fundamental elements of a contract, which is ...

These Special Conditions have been prepared for use where: the Bank or financier imposes on the parties a Housing Industry Association HIA Victorian ...