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

Effective employment agreements not only set out salary, employment conditions and other statutory entitlements but will also include provisions ...

Read time: 1 minute The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) notes that 'the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a broad-based tax of 10% on most goods, ...

Read time: 13 minutes  Given the risks posed to architects, the best protection for any professional in the construction industry is still their own ...

Human resources describes the combination of traditional administrative and professional personnel functions with performance, employee relations and ...

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

Read time: 6 minutes All architectural practices should seek to make a profit each financial year. Normally, a profit is achieved if there is a ...

Read time: 8 minutes It is not uncommon for architects to engage technical and professional staff as contractors rather than as employees. However, ...

The value of an architectural practice is usually determined by reference to its physical features (assets), the professional work done (work in ...

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