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

Read time: 9 minutes What are moral rights? Moral rights are the reputational rights of an author such as an architect. They are separate and ...

Read time: 18 minutes There are times when architects and architectural firms come together to collaborate or form joint ventures to work together.

Read time: 7 minutes Asbestos presents a health risk for those working with or being in proximity to asbestos, particularly friable asbestos. For ...

When asked to design a 'fire bunker', ‘fire-shelter’, ‘fire refuge’, or the like, it is wise to be extremely careful and risk adverse about what you ...

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

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

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

The introduction of proportionate liability legislation is good news for professionals (and their professional indemnity insurers). It means that ...