When the project involves a series of handover stages for separable parts of the building work or some form of staged practical completion, ...

Guarantees A guarantee is an arrangement involving three parties. One party (the guarantor) promises to be responsible for the obligations which a ...

This note provides an introduction and explanation of BIM and can be used as guidance for architectural practices who have implemented or intend to ...

Comprehensive site survey information provided by a licensed surveyor is preferable, and in many cases essential, in the implementation of any ...

Read time: 13 minutes There are a number of contracts available for use in commercial construction which are published by Standards Australia for ...

Read time: 4 minutes The level of accuracy of a project budget estimate is in part a product of the method of estimating that is applied. Architects ...

The following five key principles provide the foundation for the establishment of balanced, equitable and insurable client–architect agreements.

Read time: 5 minutes Alliancing is a project-execution approach, aimed at creating mutually beneficial relationships between all involved parties, to ...

Read time: 5 minutes In order to calculate project costs, staff costs and charge-out rates, accurate knowledge is required of the way in which time ...

Read time: 4 minutes At the inception of a project the architect needs to establish the project brief or how the brief is to be prepared. A design ...