These Special Conditions have been prepared for use by the builder and the owner, as an alternative form of contract, for situations where:
- the bank or financier imposes on the parties a Housing Industry Association HIA Queensland Alteration, Addition and Renovation Contract (November 2017 version) as a condition of approving finance, but
- where the parties had already agreed to include the role and functions of the Architect administering a contract under the ABIC Simple Works 2018 H Queensland contract.
The Special Conditions include the role and functions of the Architect under the ABIC SW 2018 H QLD contract and introduce a number of the familiar definitions and mechanisms from the ABIC SW 2018 H QLD contract into the HIA QLD Alteration, Addition and Renovation contract.