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

Read time: 13 minutes Professional services provided by architects to clients will normally include preparation of documents that, as contract ...

Architectural practices are increasingly providing diversified services to clients. However, when offering services beyond that which has ...

Project budget management is the process of managing the developing design against the project budget. It is part of the architect’s service to ...

Read time: 2 minutes It is not unusual for a client organisation, particularly one responsible for a large building program, to produce a special set ...

Alongside the 2019 Client Architect Agreement (CAA2019) the Institute also publishes the 2019 Client Architect Agreement for Limited Services ( ...

Read time: 2 minutes The pre-existing Consult Australia Short Form and Long Form Contracts were replaced with a more ‘consultant friendly’ new ...

On complex and large projects, architects are often engaged as a secondary or subconsultant. For example on major civil or landscape projects with a ...

Read time: 1 minute The following checklists provide prompts for architects providing advice on procurement options, in addition to prompts for when ...

An architect responsible for the administration of a construction contract should be aware of two legal concepts enforced by the courts. The first is ...