Read time: 7 minutes Profit is a very topical word in our community and one of the most commonly used words in business management, but, in spite of ...

Read time: 12 minutes When establishing a practice with two or more partners it is appropriate to develop an agreement between the partners setting ...

Read time: 9 minutes Safety in design provides a system to formally document a process demonstrating systematic risk management. This process ...

Archiving project records has historically presented architects with significant storage demands for space and climate control to maintain access and ...

Read time: 7 minutes Damages is a sum of money which is awarded by the courts for the purpose of replacing the monetary value of property or rights ...

Read time: 9 minutes Architects must be able to distinguish between ethical and non-ethical situations, and make ethical decisions based on ...

Read time: 5 minutes It is imperative that employers correctly classify their employees as either permanent or casual. The primary differences ...

Read time: 11 minutes National workplace health and safety legislation imposes a duty on you when designing, to do all that is reasonably practicable ...

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

It is essential that architect fees reflect the true value of the services delivered. As a priority, first establish the scope of the service to be ...