The following five key principles provide the foundation for the establishment of balanced, equitable and insurable client–architect agreements.

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 ...

During the design-development phase the architect will develop the approved concept design and provide documentation to explain it to the client, ...

During construction documentation the architect will prepare drawings and specifications that will be used in the construction process. These ...