Read time: 7 minutes Preparation of accurate and well-organised construction drawings is one of the most important services provided during the ...

Read time: 5 minutes Shop drawings are ‘drawings prepared for a fabricator to use in a workshop’ (Standards Australia 2020). Common examples of shop ...

Read time: 2 minutes Architects will from time to time consider collaboration with other architects or practices for particular projects that would ...

Read time: 1 minute The relationship between the project manager, architect, design consultants and the client is critical to the success of ...

Read time: 4 minutes Working near a boundary may pose a myriad of complex legal problems or it may be straightforward. While the resolution of these ...

Read time: 4 minutes Architects may choose to provide building services to a client or for themselves. However, this often changes the traditional ...

Read time: 6 minutes The clerk of works is a full-time inspector of the works on behalf of the owner but exercises no executive authority and is ...

The Institute strongly recommends that architects should not give insurance advice. Owners should rely on insurance specialist advice only. A ...

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 ...

Before practical completion If the work is to be carried out before practical completion of the main building contract (that is, the building ...