Read time: 11 minutes The Building & Construction Industry Security of Payments Act 2009 (TAS) came into operation on 17 December 2009. It applies to ...

Read time: 2 minutes Architectural records may be kept for heritage purposes, as technical precedents or to facilitate alterations, additions or ...

Read time: 2 minutes Asbestos claims are not generally covered Since early 2003, professional indemnity insurance policies have routinely excluded ...

Increasingly, owners, project managers and developers are asking architects to issue certificates to financial institutions and other regulatory ...

Liability, the obligation to compensate someone else for loss or damage, is a major concern for architects. The main types of architects' liability ...

Read time: 15 minutes The Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002 (VIC) applies to almost all contracts for construction work ...

Read time: 4 minutes The Copyright Act 1968 gives architects (as 'authors' of an 'artistic work') three separate moral rights: the right of ...

(This note updates and replaces Occupational health and safety - safe design) The Work Health and Safety (WHS) legislation is being harmonised across ...

Common risk areas for architects include liability for free advice, partial services, design and documentation without contract administration, ...

Read time: 3 minutes Risk management is activity directed towards the assessing, mitigating (to an acceptable level) and monitoring of risks. In some ...