Acumen, the online resource of architectural practice advisory material, provides an extensive database of advisory notes on managing architectural practice and projects.

Under the direction of the Acumen Content Review Panel, Acumen continues to be updated year-round with new and revised notes, including downloadable resources such as ABIC contracts and guide letters. Acumen covers three primary streams: Practice, Project and Resource.

This month, we are happy to introduce two newly published notes:

 

New Notes

 

OHS Safe Design Requirements – Victoria

Practice > Legislation > Occupational health and safety

National workplace health and safety legislation imposes a duty on you when designing, to do all that is reasonably practicable to ensure the design of a building to be used as a workplace, is safe and without risk to the people that will use the building. Read more.

 

Electronic Communications

Project > Project control > Project records

In this digital age it is expected that parties involved in a business transaction will largely exchange information and communicate by email. This is the case whether you, as an architect, are communicating with your client in respect of a design you are developing or with the builder while administering a building contract. Read more.

 

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