Adjudication Activity Statistics
The Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 was introduced to reform payment behaviour in the construction industry by creating a statutory right to claim, and recover, progress payments. The adjudication system established by the Act operates in parallel to the rights of parties under their construction contracts.
The Department of Finance & Services is the primary supporter of the Adjudication Research + Reporting Unit (ARRU) which is hosted by the Faculty of the Built Environment UNSW.
The purpose of the ARRU is to undertake socio-legal research in the field of security of payment in the building and construction industry. The ARRU will also generate periodic reports for the Department of Finance & Services on the progress of the statutory adjudication process created under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999.
Based on raw adjudication data collected and prepared by the Department of Finance & Services, the ARRU has now prepared and issued the first, second and third quarterly adjudication reports. They comprise tabulated and graphical representations of NSW adjudication data for the period July 2011 to March 2012.