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Why do CPD with the Institute

Your client just asked how you’re using AI. Your insurer is asking what controls you have. Your peers are already across it.

The profession is moving. Our CPD moves with it. On demand courses for built environment professionals who want to lead the conversation, not trail behind.

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Not sure where to start?

Your context. Your starting point. 

Different roles carry different risks and different professional priorities.
Find your entry point.

Sole Practitioner

Start with Compliance 

You carry the full weight of PI exposure. NCC 2022 compliance documentation is your first priority before any other CPD this year.

Risk & compliance course

Mid-career, employed  

Start with AI & Workflow 

Lead the AI & Workflow transition. Shift from reacting to technology to controlling its output.

Future-ready practice courses

Practice Director 

Start with Risk & Contracts 

Your practice liability runs deeper than your specifications. Contract administration and PI exposure are the two CPD areas with the most direct commercial consequence. 

Risk & Contracts courses

Start with the essentials 

Graduate | Emerging
The NCC Update Series and the First Nations Crash Course cover your two most immediate professional obligations, and both are on-demand.
 

Start with the essentials

Bestsellers

Popular topics

These are the sessions architects consistently prioritise when risk and time matter. 

NCC 2022 UPDATE SERIES

The go-to starting point for compliance documentation. One of the most consistently selected series in the catalogue over the years, for good reason: regulatory change doesn’t wait for convenient timing.

Member: $350
Non-Member: $530

8 Formal CPD Points

HERITAGE SERIES 2025

Sustainability, compliance, inclusivity and climate resilience in heritage contexts. Practical, confidence-building skills for delivering projects that balance conservation with current performance standards and best practice decision making.

Members: $350
Non-Member: $700

8 Formal CPD Points

MEETING HIGHER BASIX STANDARDS

Practical strategies to meet performance requirements without design compromise.

Member: $99
Non-Member: $149

2 Formal CPD Points

FIRST NATIONS COMETENCY CRASH COURSE

Applied cultural methodology beyond statements and policy language.

Member: $399
Non-Member: $599

8 Formal CPD Points

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AI and the future of the built environment

AI is already embedded in documentation workflows. Clients expect to see how it improves delivery; insurers expect to see how it’s governed. These courses equip you to apply AI with control, compliance and commercial confidence, strengthening productivity while protecting professional risk.

2 Formal CPD Points

Understand what AI is, how generative models work, and how emerging tools can be critically applied in practice – balancing creative potential with ethical, legal and commercial considerations. 

Member: $99
Non-Member: $149

1 Formal CPD Point

The knowledge to assess, compare and responsibly integrate AI visualisation tools into design and presentation workflows, while understanding their technical capabilities, limitations and risks. 

Members: $49
Non-Member: $98

How AI is being practically applied across the full lifecycle of architectural projects – using real case studies to improve design quality, sustainability outcomes, risk management and regulatory response in ways that are realistic for small‑to‑medium practices. 

Members: $79
Non-Members: $149

1 Formal CPD Point

Risk, Compliance and the Bulletproof Practice

The NCC continues to evolve. Your PI insurer is paying attention. These courses exist so that a missed detail on a waterproofing spec or a contract ambiguity doesn’t become the most expensive lesson of your career. 

8 Formal CPD Points

The go-to starting point for compliance documentation. One of the most consistently selected series in the catalogue over the years, for good reason: regulatory change doesn’t wait for convenient timing.

Member: $350
Non-Member: $530

2 Formal CPD Points

Identify ambiguity early and reduce exposure before signing.

Members: $99
Non-Member: $149



X Formal CPD Points

Clarify compliance obligations in high-liability categories. 

Member: $245
Non-member: $371

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Designing for Country and Cultural Practical

Essential CPD, but not a checkbox. Government and institutional clients increasingly expect genuine cultural competency. 
This course moves beyond statements into applied competency in practice.

8 Formal CPD Points

Applied cultural methodology beyond statements and policy language.

Members: $399
Non-Members: $599

1 Formal CPD Point

Historical and contemporary context that informs applied design decisions.

Members: $49
Non-Members: $74

X Formal CPD Points

Integrating relational and site-specific approaches into project thinking. 

Members: $245
Non-Members: $371

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Join your peers in real time. Ask questions directly. Leave with immediate next steps. 

Every live session counts toward your annual CPD requirement from the moment you log on. 

Seats are limited.

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Education is an investment; membership is the subsidy.

On average, members save $120 per Formal CPD course. If you complete your 10 Formal points with us, your membership effectively pays for itself through education savings alone, before you even access our advocacy, HR Hub, and legal resources.

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