This note considers the risk of a DDA complaint for existing buildings not undergoing building work and suggests practices which may be available to ...

In 1992 the Australian Federal Parliament enacted the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). The DDA is a civil rights law, activated by lodging a ...

The Premises Standards of the DDA are not the NCC and the NCC is not the Premises Standards. One is federal legislation, the other is an instrument ...

Read time: 5 minutes The following resource was prepared with reference to the Architecture, Building Design and Copyright (2016) publication by the ...

There are many reasons why architects might wish to retain office and job records. It is a legal requirement for companies, as per the Corporations ...

Read time: 5 minutes Checklists are an effective tool to achieve consistency in outputs in architectural practice and to improve the quality of those ...

Read time: 6 minutes Professionals such as architects owe a duty to their clients to perform work under a contract in a reasonably competent manner.

It is not unusual for practitioners to work on private commissions while they are employees in practice. This note provides some guidance and warning ...

Communication is an important part of securing payment of invoices. Issuing a fee forecast for all project stages at the commencement of a project ...

Read time: 6 minutes Architecture and construction – like other cyclical industries – are driven by a number of economic events that operate ...