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Debt Recovery for the Building & Construction Industry

Specialist debt recovery for contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and consultants

If you’ve done the work, you should be paid for it. SECURITY OF PAYMENT Services recovers money owed for construction work and related goods and services, using laws written for the building and construction industry. We work Australia-wide, with a 98% success rate.

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Why the Security of Payment Act beats ordinary debt collection

An ordinary invoice has no enforceable deadline, and a traditional collection agency or court case can take months and cost thousands. A claim under the Security of Payment Act is different:

  • Fast: strict time limits apply from the moment your payment claim is served. The respondent must pay or respond, or they become liable for the full amount.
  • Low cost: adjudication is decided on paper. There are no court hearings and no lawyers billing in six-minute blocks.
  • Enforceable: an adjudicator’s determination can be filed in court as a judgment and enforced.

What we do, from start to finish

  1. Payment claim: we prepare a claim for every dollar you’re owed, plus interest, and serve it correctly. More on payment claims.
  2. Adjudication: if it isn’t paid, we prepare, lodge and serve the adjudication application with strong supporting evidence. More on adjudication.
  3. Judgment and enforcement: we turn the determination into a court judgment and enforce it.
  4. Debt collection: we follow it through until the money is in your bank.

We handle claims from a few thousand dollars to tens of millions.

Secure the money before it disappears

In NSW and Queensland, once we apply for adjudication we can also serve a payment withholding request on the principal (your debtor’s client). This requires the principal to hold back money owed to your debtor so it can be paid to you once you succeed at adjudication. It keeps the money out of the hands of the party that won’t pay you.

In NSW, the Contractors Debts Act 1997 can also let you recover an unpaid judgment directly from the principal. See Claims on the principal.

Act early

The sooner you act, the better your chances. Debtors in trouble pay whoever pushes hardest first, and once a company goes into administration the money is often gone. See our adjudication case studies.

Fees

Our fees are fixed for each step. Payment claims start from $560 + GST and adjudication applications from $840 + GST. See Our fees.

Where we work

We act for contractors in every state and territory, including Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Melbourne, Hobart, Launceston, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth and Darwin, and in regional areas.

Find your state: NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT and NT.

Need help?

Call or contact us and we’ll tell you the fastest way to get paid.