In this digital age it is expected that parties involved in a business transaction will largely exchange information and communicate by email. This ...

Read time: 2 minutes The construction program is generally a requirement of the contract but should not form part of the contract documentation.

Read time: 7 minutes Fire safety engineering and fire services engineering are not the same discipline. This note explains the difference between ...

Read time: 9 minutes This note explains the role of a fire safety engineer (fire engineer) at various stages of a project and the value they can add ...

Read time: 2 minutes A warranty is the contractual promise that certain things will be done or achieved, expressed in such certain and definite terms ...

A collateral warranty is a contract which gives a third party collateral, or running side by side, rights in an existing contract entered into by two ...

Read time: 2 minutes When providing a service on the basis of hours worked, it is necessary to establish a charge-out rate which reflects the total ...

Read time: 6 minutes Procedures for the selection of specialist consultant services in support of architectural services may require the client to ...

Read time: 4 minutes In the design and construction of buildings, architects will often require the services of specialist consultantsto provide ...

Read time: 3 minutes For those architects requested by their clients to prepare estimates of the costs of replacing buildings it is necessary to have ...