Bundle 5: The Practice Leader

10 Formal CPD Points

Overview

We have selected ten hours of CPD from the most popular courses that practice leaders (principals, directors etc) have registered for over the past year. The selection has been curated to cover key areas for practice leaders: legislation updates, contract administration, AI and innovation, First Nations competencies and how to win more work. Whether you are a practice leader or want to know what the practice leaders know, this is the bundle for you.    

This bundle includes:

Legislation

• NCC 2025 Update

Contract administration

• Contract Administration Essentials: Effective Contract Management for Best Practice

AI and Innovation

• Research into Practice: Modern Methods of Construction
• AI: Doing Architecture at the Next Tech Frontier
• Introduction to AI-driven visualisation for architects

• Understanding NSCA Competencies - Country and First Nations

• Ground Matters: Kerstin Thompson, Timothy Hill 

• Creating a Pipeline: How to Win More Work
  

NCC 2025 Update

1 Formal CPD Point

The NCC 2025 Update webinar provides a clear, practical overview of the key changes introduced in the National Construction Code 2025—changes that will directly impact the way buildings are designed, documented and delivered across Australia.

This essential session is designed for architects and built environment professionals who need to confidently navigate upcoming regulatory requirements while improving safety, sustainability and performance outcomes in their projects. Led by nationally recognised experts, the webinar translates complex code updates into clear, real-world insights you can immediately apply in practice.

Contract Administration Essentials: Effective Contract Management for Best Practice

1 Formal CPD Point

This CPD session will explore the essentials of contract administration, from the specifics of contract management to risk and claims management. By the end of this session, architects and designers will be better able to ensure that contractual commitments and obligations are efficiently met, by delivering value for money and managing inherent risk.  

Research into Practice: Modern Methods of Construction

1 Formal CPD Point

In this CPD session, Industrialised Construction otherwise known as Modern Methods of Construction  (MMC) is presented through the lens of Building 4.0 CRC – a Commonwealth-funded, collaborative industry and academic research hub that since 2021 has executed more than 80 research projects under the broad umbrella of “Industry 4.0” and its potential to transform building through increased digitalisation, industrialisation, sustainability and new ways of working. 

1 Formal CPD Point

AI is already changing the landscape of design and construction – from concept development to documentation, practice management, and fabrication – raising technological, commercial and ethical questions. What defines AI? How can it be leveraged to push the boundaries of creativity and efficiency? What are the risks, the opportunities, the impacts and incentives of generative AI? And what does this mean for creators and consumers, for the architecture profession and architecture?

1 Formal CPD Point

This presentation provides an overview of the fundamentals of AI-driven visualisation tools and offers guidance on how to evaluate and compare some of the leading tools available today. Brice suggests possible workflows for integrating AI into architectural workflows for conceptual designs and client presentations and highlights some of the risks and considerations when using these tools.

Understanding NSCA First Nation Competencies

2 Formal CPD Points

Developed in consultation with the Institute's First Nations Advisory Working Group and Cultural Reference Panel, this course covers each aspect of the NSCA 2021 competencies relating to Country and First Nations peoples. 

Further resources are also available from the First Nations Resources Hub, The Institute's dedicated platform for built environment professionals seeking to deepen their understanding and practice of culturally respectful and appropriate design for First Nations peoples. 

Ground Matters: Kerstin Thompson, Timothy Hill 

1 Formal CPD Point

Kerstin Thompson discusses how ground matters have been foundational to KTA’s practice. The ways in which our architecture critically relates to Australia’s diverse landscapes - and to disciplinary, theoretical and historical groundings - will be explored in Kerstin’s reflection upon a number of projects.

Timothy Hill speaks on architecture's profound ability to evoke powerful responses. It can heighten our awareness of the intrinsic aspects of habitation and the landscape. Creating an appropriate 'ground' for occupation is crucial, reshaping the site's boundaries and topography to enrich the experience and mitigate any surrounding challenges.

Creating a Pipeline: How to Win More Work

1 Formal CPD Point

In this program presented by Lindy Johnson, Lindy Johnson Creative, and MC'd by Monique Woodward, WOWOWA, we cover how to undertake successful business development, connect with more clients, and create a pipeline of work. 

Bundle Price

Members: $407
Non-members: $694

FAQs

What Do I Do Next? 

1. You will receive an automated registration email upon purchase. Follow the link in this email to take you to the course.
2. Accept the T&Cs if it is your first time on the online platform and hit “my dashboard” to find your purchased course.

Note: You’ll receive a confirmation email of your bundle purchase. You will also receive confirmation emails of your registration for each course within the bundle, which will include a link to each CPD course’s content. Please note confirmation can take 15 minutes to process.

Cancellations and Refunds

Generally, the Institute will not agree to a refund if the request is received less than 14 days before the event starts, unless otherwise stated in the cancellations and refunds policy.