New South Wales · ABIC SW 2018 H
ABIC SW 2018 H NSW - Monthly Progress Payments + Supply Chain + Force Majeure Special Conditions
The full package: monthly progress payments, supply chain cost protection, and force majeure cover.
This is the most comprehensive of the ABIC SW 2018 H NSW options, combining every amendment in the family into a single set of Special Conditions: monthly progress payments, a controlled supply chain cost-increase mechanism, and a force majeure regime for events beyond the control of the parties.
It suits projects where cash flow, cost volatility, and program disruption are all live concerns and the parties want one coherent, pre-agreed framework rather than three separate conversations. Every mechanism is drafted to work together against the ABIC SW 2018 H document, keeping assessment and certification with the architect.
Christopher Larcos, a solicitor and registered architect, drafted the three modules as one document so their interactions are already resolved: how a force majeure delay bears on a monthly claim, and on a cost adjustment.
$320.00AUD
One-off licence · watermarked PDF
Digital and paper conditions are not interchangeable, so pick the format that matches your underlying ABIC contract.
What this covers
Replaces the ABIC stage payment schedule with monthly progress claims.
Caps exposure to global cost shocks: only international-supply-dependent overruns above ten percent qualify, claimed on an open-book basis within twenty business days.
Suspends affected obligations during natural disasters, pandemics, war, or government acts; lets either party walk away after sixty continuous days of delay.
Best suited to
- Larger or longer NSW residential projects carrying multiple risks
- Builders wanting cash flow, cost, and delay cover in one document
- Parties who prefer a single, coherent set of Special Conditions
New South Wales context
Christopher Larcos drafted these Special Conditions for use in New South Wales, framed around the Home Building Act 1989 (NSW). They supplement the standard ABIC contract and should be read together with it.
How are these Special Conditions added to your ABIC contract?
All three sets of changes come as one document, so you add one thing rather than three. There is nothing separate to sign.
What you receive
A licensed PDF covering monthly payments, supply chain cost increases and force majeure together in one set.
How it goes in
Add it to the contract’s list of documents at item 3 of schedule 1, and fill in the schedule figures the cost clauses point to. Clause B2 is the ABIC provision that ranks the contract documents, and these Special Conditions are drafted to take effect through it.
When it starts working
Once the contract is signed with the Special Conditions listed. Because the three sets were written together, the drafting addresses how they interact rather than leaving that to be worked out later.
Choose the edition matching your contract
Digital ABIC contract
Typeset against the digital ABIC contract, following that edition’s defined-term notation and matched to its schedule set.
Paper ABIC contract
Typeset against the paper ABIC contract, using the asterisk convention for defined terms and matched to its printed schedules.
The two editions are not interchangeable. These Special Conditions supplement the ABIC contract rather than replacing it, and you obtain that contract from the publisher, Australian Building Industry Contracts.
This describes how the document is designed to be incorporated. It is general information about the product, not legal advice on your project, and not a representation about how any particular contract will operate.
Have it reviewed with your contractImportant information
- All documents are provided as watermarked PDFs under licence
- The licence permits use for project documentation in accordance with the licence terms
- These Special Conditions are intended to supplement standard ABIC contracts and should be read in conjunction with them
Common questions
What is included in the full package?
These Special Conditions combine monthly progress payments, the supply chain cost-increase mechanism, and force majeure protection into one document for ABIC SW 2018 H NSW contracts.
Why choose this over the individual options?
When a project faces cash flow, cost volatility, and delay risk together, a single integrated set of Special Conditions is simpler to administer than layering separate amendments, and helps keep the mechanisms consistent with one another.
Is it specific to New South Wales?
Yes. These Special Conditions are drafted for ABIC SW 2018 H contracts used on residential building work in New South Wales.
Do the three sets of changes go in separately?
No. They come as one document and go in as one, added to the contract’s list of documents at item 3 of schedule 1. Writing them together is what lets the drafting address how they interact.