Read time: 1 minute Procurement is the act or process of bringing about or bringing into existence buildings. It may also refer to the acquiring of ...

The Australian Institute of Architects supports the use of architectural competitions for the design and completion of certain types of buildings as ...

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 ...

Read time: 4 minutes Value management can be an effective technique to assist the architect to identify the critical aspects of a design brief and to ...

During the design development (developed design) phase, develop the approved concept design and provide documentation to explain it to the client; ...

During the process of building, it is common for substantial noise to emanate from the building site. Personnel should be informed about the need to ...

Read time: 1 minute If the client does not have a brief, and the architect is asked to control and document the briefing process, the time and cost ...

Facilities management has adapted processes developed by other professions and enterprises for its own use. These processes include quality ...

Fee calculation requires a method of analysing the cost of time, calculating the expenses of a business and determining minimum charge out rates for ...

Acoustics in office partitioning Architects should be aware that there is often a significant gap between the owner's expectation of a partition ...