Architects are often required to commission the services and fee proposals from geotechnical engineers. As we are not experts in this field it is ...

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 ...

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

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

Post-occupancy evaluation (POE) is a structured and systematic analysis of the performance of a building measured against specified objectives or ...

In this phase, the architect will assess and determine final completion and issue the final certificate. This is granted by the architect typically ...

'Indoor air quality can be defined as the totality of attributes of indoor air that affect a person’s health and well being' (Department of ...

Read time: 2 minutes Water penetration into buildings continues to be a significant issue for architects and their professional indemnity insurers.

Read time: 6 minutes Slip resistance refers to the frictional characteristics of a surface and how it interacts with footwear or bare feet to prevent ...

Delays in the supply of some parts or materials for building projects can cause delays to the building program with the result that completion of the ...