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: 5 minutes Checklists are an effective tool to achieve consistency in outputs in architectural practice and to improve the quality of those ...

As participants in the construction industry, architects are exposed to a highly litigious environment. They are exposed to the risk of claims and ...

As the term 'sole practitioner' (or 'sole trader') suggests, this is a type of architectural practice with only one individual. A sole practitioner ...

Read time: 7 minutes Quality management is a process which seeks to enhance business processes, leading to improved project outcomes and increased ...

Read time: 10 minutes In Australia, businesses must retain certain documents for specific statutory minimum periods of time and there can be serious ...

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

Read time: 6 minutes Architecture and construction – like other cyclical industries – are driven by a number of economic events that operate ...

This duty of the architect to exercise due care, skill and diligence may extend not only to the architect's client, but also to a person who, after a ...

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