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Under most standard-form building contracts the contractor receives regular payment for the work as it progresses. Progress certificates are issued ...
A contingency sum is an amount of money, usually expressed as a percentage, included in the project budget to allow for the unknown or unresolved ...
Specialist consultants during construction
Published: 18 January 2012 | Edited: 25 November 2021Read time: 4 minutes Lines of communication It is essential to maintain correct lines of communication between client, specialist consultant, ...
Read time: 6 minutes This note is about errors, ambiguities or omissions which may occur from time to time and need to be rectified. for the purpose ...
Alongside the 2019 Client Architect Agreement (CAA2019) the Institute also publishes the 2019 Client Architect Agreement for Limited Services ( ...
Read time: 2 minutes Architects will from time to time consider collaboration with other architects or practices for particular projects that would ...
Read time: 7 minutes Preparation of accurate and well-organised construction drawings is one of the most important services provided during the ...
Read time: 5 minutes Shop drawings are ‘drawings prepared for a fabricator to use in a workshop’ (Standards Australia 2020). Common examples of shop ...
Read time: 2 minutes When approached by a client to do work that may affect a heritage building, architects must carefully consider their ...
Prime cost items and provisional sums
Published: 24 November 2011 | Edited: 14 September 2020Most building contracts include provision for prime cost items and provisional sums. A prime cost item is an allowance in the contract for the supply ...