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CLIENT GUIDES
& TOOLS

Architect-led guidance for people commissioning design and construction work — whether it is your first project or your fifth.

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YOUR PROJECT, YOUR GUIDE

Answer five questions about your project and we assemble a stage-by-stage guide calibrated to it — what happens when, what you are responsible for, what to watch for, and which tools help at each point.

5 questions
5 project stages
29 deliverables tracked
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Interactive tools

Work through a specific question with your own numbers and site details. Each produces something you can keep, export, or take to a consultant.

Feasibility Feasibility Evaluator Pressure-test brief, site and cost before committing to a direction. Budget Budget Planner Model a realistic cost range for a residential project, including the costs people forget. Brief Space Calculator Sanity-check the areas in your brief against how you actually intend to live. Brief Project Brief Builder Structure and record the brief — the document your architect designs against. Brief Client Room Brief Capture requirements room by room, so nothing is assumed. Sustainability ESD Brief Builder Set sustainability targets for the design team before design begins. Heritage Heritage Analyser Understand what a heritage listing means for what you can do. Heritage Burra Charter Assessment Assess significance against the Burra Charter before proposing change. Bushfire BAL Compliance Work out the Bushfire Attack Level rating and what it requires of the build.
THE DECISIONS THAT COST THE MOST
ARE MADE THE EARLIEST.

Most of what determines a project's cost, programme and quality is settled before anything is built — in the brief, the site assessment, the consultant team and the approvals path. These tools exist to make those decisions deliberately rather than by default.

Reference guides

Plain-language explanations of the parts of a project that catch people out. Read one on its own, or follow them from the guide as they become relevant.

Guide Town Planning Zones, overlays, permits and objections — what triggers what. Guide Building Permits The separate approval most people do not realise they need. Guide Heritage What a heritage listing actually restricts, and what it does not. Guide Budgets & Costs Where the money goes, and the contingency you should be carrying. Guide Consultants Who you need on the team, and when each one should be engaged. Guide Procurement & Construction How work is tendered, contracted and administered on site. Guide Energy & Sustainability Ratings, requirements and the decisions that matter early.
A SECOND OPINION COSTS LESS THAN A WRONG TURN.

These tools will take you a long way on your own. If you would rather talk it through — a site you are considering, a brief you are unsure about, or an approval path that looks complicated — we are happy to help. No obligation.