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: 3 minutes The role of the architect has always involved management and coordination of many of the activities required to complete a ...

Achieving effective organisational performance requires a strategy that delivers motivated people with the right attitudes, skills, knowledge and ...

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

(This replaces the note Taxation Administration Act) Taxable payments annual report (TPAR) is a form by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), asking ...

Read time: 3 minutes One of the most valuable services architects provide is design, yet some clients or potential clients attempt to obtain design ...

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

The Construction Contracts Act 2004 (WA) came into operation on 1 January 2005. It applied to almost all contracts for construction work in Western ...

Read time: 9 minutes Modern slavery is an umbrella term for a series of human rights abuses including human trafficking, slavery and forced labour.

Read time: 8 minutes Professional indemnity (PI) insurance does not provide (and is not intended to provide) complete protection against professional ...