An architect responsible for the administration of a construction contract should be aware of two legal concepts enforced by the courts. The first is ...

Read time: 4 minutes The costs of running an architectural practice consist of fixed and discretionary (controllable) technical and non-technical ...

Read time: 9 minutes As-built documentation captures the finished state of a project completed in accordance with the contract. It may include ...

Read time: 5 minutes Specialised matters such as legal, insurance and financing often have an effect on the architect's duty to the client but they ...

Read time: 5 minutes An expert witness is a witness with expertise in a particular field of study. The role of lay evidence in legal proceedings is ...

Read time: 8 minutes On occasion, architects will become involved in projects that will be delivered by non-traditional methods of procurement each ...

Read time: 5 minutes Contaminated land can result from many historical and ongoing activities. Land may have become contaminated by actions in the ...

Read time: 5 minutes Construction drawings provide accurately measured and detailed drawings of a resolved design, and its parts, to guide the ...

Read time: 5 minutes Alliancing is a project-execution approach, aimed at creating mutually beneficial relationships between all involved parties, to ...

Read time: 4 minutes Public Private Partnership (PPP) is a contract between the public and the private sector where the government pays the private ...