Since the passing of the Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act in 2000, the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) (the Act) has protected the moral rights of ...

Read time: 2 minutes Your brief is a document that describes your needs, aspirations and constraints for your building project. It forms the basis ...

Read time: 3 minutes It is usual practice for the project design to be finalised and agreed before tenders are obtained or a building contract is ...

Practical completion is the date nominated in the contract for the works to be substantially completed and available for use. This may be subject to ...

Project management, in its broadest sense, implies management of a project from its inception as an idea, through predesign and feasibility studies, ...

If you are intending to have construction work – alterations and/or additions – done to an existing building, you should obtain advice from an ...

Read time: 3 minutes This advice is to assist clients in understanding the relationship between margin, the scope of works and variations. It also ...

Read time: 1 minute The access provisions of Premises Standards 2010 have been incorporated into NCC Volume 1 BCA, effective from 1 May 2011.  In all ...

This note was reviewed in July 2023, and has been retained for legacy. Read time: 5 minutes In the current pandemic, an architect’s projects may be ...

This note was reviewed in July 2023, and has been retained for legacy. Read time: 17 minutes Page contents: Assessing delays under ABIC In this ...