Read time: 3 minutes A variation is generally defined as any change to the extent, quality and/or type of a service leading to a change in the cost ...

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

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

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

During the design development (developed design) phase, develop the approved concept design and provide documentation to explain it to the client; ...

Read time: 2 minutes The primary consultant, often the architect, is the consultant whose responsibilities include direction and coordination of the ...

Acoustics in office partitioning Architects should be aware that there is often a significant gap between the owner's expectation of a partition ...

Written records are essential to ensure that a client's requirements have been noted and to defend legal claims for professional negligence. They ...

Read time: 1 minute Clients may seek the services of an architect to assist in the preparation of a report on the economic viability of a project ...

A contingency sum is an amount of money, usually expressed as a percentage, included in the project budget to allow for the unknown or unresolved ...