BaA Podcasts

Architect Iftekhar Abdullah On Contract Administration

Iftekhar Abdullah is one of the founder advisors and current President of the Bangladeshi Architects in Australia. He is a registered architect and the principal designer of ideas- iftekhar + design associates Pty Ltd in Australia. He graduated Architecture from BUET and has masters in urban design from Sydney University. He has extensive experience in architecture and urban design overseas and Australia particularly in residential, institutional and commercial developments. He is keen to design environmentally friendly and cost-effective structures. He is an A+ member of the Australian Institute of Architects and an accredited professional of Green Building Council Australia (GBCA).

In this episode of BaA podcast, Iftekhar Abdullah discusses  

• Contract Administration,

• What's in the Client-Architect Agreement,

• Building Contracts,

• Practice related advice i.e. why Security deposit is necessary,

• Some of the example of his works and

• Experiences with Councils and arbitration.

This talk or Presentation was recorded on 26 October 2019 at Macquarie Links Community Centre in Sydney arranged by Bangladeshi Architects in Australia (BaA).

This episode was recorded in Bangla(বাংলা) and music score - Until The Last Moment (Live at the Acropolis 25th Anniversary) Artist- Yanni from Album: In My Time, Released: 1993

Farhadur Reza

President, Build Bangladesh

Farhadur Reza, a Bangladeshi-Australian, Architect-Planner by training has extensive work experience in all levels of Australian governments and corporate sectors. He has a strong history of advocacy for justice and equality especially assisting disadvantaged groups by investing on their creative and innovative capitals. To complement his architectural and planning ‘genre’, Farhad’s work focus is at the nexus of capacity building, social entrepreneurship, economic empowerment, housing & health and environmental sustainability. As a Senior Executive for the Australian Government, he ensured $120bn worth of welfare payments being delivered to the eligible recipients. He also led the team at Infrastructure Australia to establish the first strategic policy on infrastructure for Australian remote Indigenous communities. He was the senior advisor to the Coordinator-General for Remote Indigenous Services involved in high-level policy development and national program delivery. He is a great lover of music and musicals, his dream is to have at least 'few minutes' with people from all over the world on their own soil to reconfirm 'human commonalities and to present that in a musical!