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Government + PolicyGuidelines and practice notes
Engineers Australia and its colleges, societies and committees, along with industry stakeholders, develop specialist guidance and resources for engineers.
Construction
- Construction engineer learning and development guide, 1st edition 2021 (8.7MB PDF) – Engineers Australia and the Australian Constructors Association
Contracts and insurance
- Guide for design practitioners and engineers: contract terms, professional indemnity insurance and the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (NSW), 1st edition 2021 (PDF 10.8MB) – Consult Australia, Engineers Australia and the Australian Institute of Architects
Fire
- Practice guide for facade/external wall fire safety design, 2nd edition 2019 (PDF 1.02MB) – Society of Fire Safety
- Practice note for design fires, 1st edition 2012 (PDF 11.1MB) – Society of Fire Safety, NSW Chapter
- Practice note for fire and life safety in existing buildings during construction, 1st edition 2012 (PDF 8.2MB) – Society of Fire Safety, NSW Chapter
Risk
- Contingency guideline, 2nd edition 2019 (PDF 2.6MB) – Risk Engineering Society
Safety
- Safety case guideline, 3rd edition 2016 (PDF 6.2MB) – Risk Engineering Society
Structural design
- Special provisions for the design of residential slabs and footings and structural design of small structures, South Australian conditions, 14 November 2019 (PDF 776KB) – The Footings Group, Engineers Australia South Australia Division
Sustainability
- Implementing sustainability: principles and practice, 2017 (PDF 4.8MB) – Engineers Australia
Water
- Australian runoff quality: a guide to Water Sensitive Urban Design, 2006 (PDF 15.7MB) – Australian Runoff Quality Authorship Team
- Guidelines for responding to the effects of climate change in coastal and ocean engineering, 4th edition 2017 (PDF 1.88MB) – National Committee on Coastal and Ocean Engineering
- Coastal engineering guidelines for working with the Australian coast in an ecologically sustainable way, 3rd edition 2017(PDF 4.3MB) – National Committee on Coastal and Ocean Engineering