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

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

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 ...

It is becoming increasingly well understood that there is a widespread problem with building health issues in our modern built environment. Sealed, ...

(Previously known as Agreements that do not include full architectural services) It is essential that adequate and appropriate fees are negotiated ...

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

The building industry – including quantity surveyors, building owners and planning authorities – uses a variety of methods for measuring building ...

The third-party agreement should address the architect and any other person receiving the documents, including specialist consultants, the contractor ...

Read time: 1 minute This non-mandatory handbook produced by the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) was updated in 2023 due to new condensation ...