In the current financial environment, some lenders have changed their lending practices for residential projects where financing is being given under ...

Read time: 7 minutes Clients seek a variety of methods to select an architect. Accepting a commission requires careful consideration and ...

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

Read time: 2 minutes In the early stages of the project (often as part of the architect's initial proposal to the prospective client), the architect ...

Read time: 1 minute It is essential to clearly identify the scope and responsibility of the specialist consultant/s for the lifecycle of the project, ...

The Institute recommends that the architect and the client have a signed, written agreement that, as a minimum, clearly defines the services to be ...

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

The Institute's publication, Guiding Principles for Balanced and Insurable Client/Architect Agreements was first published in 2005 and is intended to ...

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