WESTERN AUSTRALIA Right to Arbitration under HIA Contracts upheld by State Administrative Tribunal A recent decision of the State Administrative Tribunal has confirmed that it does not have jurisdiction to deal with building service and home building contract complaints in circumstances where the parties have already activated the dispute resolution clause of their Housing Industry Association (HIA) standard form residential building contract to refer their ...
Table. HIA WA Lump Sum Building Contract provisions as amended by the Special Conditions Description of Provision ABIC SW 2018 H Amended HIA WA Lump Contract (WA) Sum Building Contract Definitions Section S Changed Clause 25.2 Security Section C New Clause 6 Obligations of the Builder Clause A2 New Clauses 3(d) and 3.1 Owner to appoint an Architect Clause A4 New Clause 2A ...
Table. Special Conditions to the HIA Tasmanian Residential Building Contract Description of Provision Amended HIA ABIC SW 2018 H Contract Tasmanian Residential Building Security New Clause 8A Part C Obligations of the Builder New Clauses 10.2, 10.5 Clause A2 and 11B.6 Owner to appoint an Architect New Clauses 11A and Clause A4.1(d), (e) and (f) 10.0A and A4.2 Architect ...
Price increases Q&A and delays Members have been letting us know that COVID-19 is causing delays in the supply of building materials from both local and overseas sources across the country. Combined with the unexpected increase in uptake of the HomeBuilder grants, there is now significant pressure on the availability of labour and price increases are emerging across the building supply chain. While ...