Read time: 4 minutes The key to a successful event is to understand your audience. Select your venue and keynotes based on the needs and interests of ...

This duty of the architect to exercise due care, skill and diligence may extend not only to the architect's client, but also to a person who, after a ...

Read time: 15 minutes Claims by contractors made under Security of Payment (SOP) legislation can have various implications for architects ...

The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 is Commonwealth legislation which, in its simplest terms, makes it unlawful to treat a person with a ...

Setting profit goals and striving to achieve them would be pointless if there were no means of checking results against targets. This is one of the ...

There are several elements which may combine to provide an increase to an employee's remuneration. Each year, Fair Work Australia's Annual Wage ...

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

Read time: 3 minutes 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 ...

Read time: 11 minutes Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) refers to methods of dispute resolution that are an alternative to litigation. ADR methods ...

Read time: 3 minutes Changes to Australian Standard AS 4122 General conditions of contract for engagement of consultants and the introduction of ...