Architects who regularly provide inspection services will often use checklists as guides for the inspections.  Page contents:  General information ...

'Indoor air quality can be defined as the totality of attributes of indoor air that affect a person’s health and well being' (Department of ...

An expert witness is a witness in arbitration proceedings who is either subpoenaed to give expert evidence on matters of fact of which the witness ...

Following is a checklist of the types of records that should be made and kept throughout the phases of a commission. 1. Initial client-architect ...

The architect is generally responsible for preparing the contract documents to fully define the design intent. The architect will then often be ...

Under most standard-form building contracts the contractor receives regular payment for the work as it progresses. Progress certificates are issued ...

Once the contractor has been selected the architect must prepare the contract for execution (signing). The owner and the contractor should sign the ...

The depreciation potential of buildings or parts of buildings can have an important impact on the feasibility of a project, particularly in the areas ...

The National Construction Code (NCC) is written and maintained by the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) on behalf of the Australian State and ...

Where an architect provides a service on the basis of hours worked it is necessary to establish a charge out rate which reflects the total cost per ...