Read time: 4 minutes Many building projects involve work for tenants, and there is a wide range of variables affecting the architect's approach to ...

Read time: 4 minutes Public Private Partnership (PPP) is a contract between the public and the private sector where the government pays the private ...

Read time: 1 minute The relationship between the project manager, architect, design consultants and the client is critical to the success of ...

One way of anticipating and identifying up-front potential delays and avoiding undue surprises of costs after clients have made a financial ...

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 ...

Read time: 4 minutes The aim of project management in an architectural context is to ensure that all aspects of a proposed project are successfully ...

Read time: 9 minutes In recent years there has been an increase in government- and client-generated contracts that have introduced direct or indirect ...

Read time: 13 minutes This note is primarily directed to the issues faced in one-off residential projects; however, the guidance can apply to all ...

Most standard-form building contracts allow the security to be in the form of cash retention or a bank guarantee. Under ABIC contracts, there is a ...