Read time: 4 minutes In most states and territories in Australia, architects are required to undertake Continuing professional development (CPD) to ...

The employment obligations when transferring a business or part of a business may differ between the two industrial relations systems. Please refer ...

Read time: 8 minutes Mental health is sometimes described as a continuum, where good mental health is at one end, and mild to severe mental illnesses ...

Read time: 1 minute In Australia, there are two industrial relations systems – the National System and the State System. It is important to know ...

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

Read time: 6 minutes Site safety for architects Designers or their staff may work closely with a principal contractor, or as a principal contractor ...

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

A significant part of an architect’s working day is spent in preparation for, or attendance at, meetings. Most meetings are project meetings (that is ...

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: 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 ...