Queensland / Northern Territory

The Queensland / Northern Territory Branch is an active community of architectural practices and provides a platform for members to create one-to-one relationships with peers, and to learn and grow in all stages of a practice’s journey.

Your ACA experience is built on your engagement to connect with other like-minded people in the profession, and to broaden your knowledge and skills through participation at events, webinars, roundtables, forums, and social activities.

ACA leaders

Members step up to serve on the Committee of Management, which includes representatives from small, medium, and large practices. They volunteer their time to serve as leaders for the wider profession and are responsible for the branch’s activities, financial management and initiatives to advocate and cultivate meaningful change.

Events

ACA –  QLD / NT has conducted face-to-face activities such as lunch forums and site tours for many years. With COVID restrictions, the 2020 program was delivered through a series of webinars, enabling us to reach members throughout Queensland, Northern Territory and nationally. The program included:

• Site Tour – Brisbane North State Secondary College, Fortitude Valley
• Lunch Forum – The Architect’s Role in Industry Reforms presented by Bronwyn Weir, co-author of the Building Confidence Report (Shergold Weir Report)
• Seminar – NCC Training for Architects (two sessions)
• Five Roundtable Discussions – Post COVID-19, WHS returning to the Office, Resilience and the Road to Recovery, Conversation with the Queensland Government Architect
• Six Webinars – Know Your Award Update, Risky Business 2020, Making Carbon Matter, Section J Understand the NCC requirements, Succession Planning – prepare for the unexpected, Cracking the Code by Board of Architects Queensland
• Seven Architects Mental Wellbeing Forums

ACA National Salary Survey

ACA – QLD/NT has driven the annual National Salary Survey since 2013. This provides members with vital information about their position within the broader marketplace and develops important longitudinal data about architectural remuneration. The survey gathers data on 31 different roles, along with details on salary packages and conditions and geographic location. Architects are in a competitive market for both labour and projects, and the better informed we are the better we can strategise and respond.

Advocacy

The ACA is a leading industry body representing architectural practices to government and other organisations. We aim to raise the standing of the architectural profession in the broader community through our engagement with government and other industry bodies. Committee members are represented on a range of industry groups including:

• Office of the Queensland Government Architect – Robert Wesener
• AACA Expert Reference Group – Charmaine Kai
• Pathway to Registration Project – Denis Waring
• Risk Working Party – Robert Wesener
• AIA Practice Committee – David Porgand

Priority issues include:

• National Registration framework
• Stimulus package
• Procurement
• BAFO
• Risk allocation

Queensland / NT Partners

We would like to thank our Corporate Partners for their ongoing support of the ACA QLD/NT branch and our activities. Some of our Corporate Partners offer a range of formal and informal CPD presentations. Contact them directly for their range of CPD presentations.

• Alspec – Bernie San Diego, 0416 292 071
• ArcPanel – Nadia Potts, 0422 304 091
• Armstrong Ceiling Solutions – Kirsten Moore, 0401 451 826
• Ashburner Francis – Darren Cardy, 0488 091 541
• Caroma – Jodie Wallace – 0473 433 016
• Geberit – Renton Powell, 0417 452 382
• Interface Australia – Felicity Beaumont, 0429 108 568
• Laminex – David Dwight – 0407 750 012
• Kennedy’s Timbers – Michael Kennedy, 0417 817 597
• Stokes Wheeler – Damien Stokes, 0413 700 940

Find out more about ACA – QLD/NT activities and events