Guidelines and practice notes

Engineers Australia and its colleges, societies and committees, along with industry stakeholders, develop specialist guidance and resources for engineers.

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