Register Now for the Security Of Payments Act Workshop – 8 November 2016

Discussion Paper – December 2015 released by Fair Trading NSW Govt.
Among other things, let the Government know how ineffective the Subcontractor Statement is and demand that they amend the law to include severe penalties for falsifying it and to make Directors personally liable for debts covered by it.

According to QBCC statistics approximately 70% of adjudication applications lodged by claimants are being found to be invalid based on jurisdictional issues that are easily avoided with the right know how.

In the coming months we will be featuring a series of articles that will speak into your world in a way that will bring new meaning to the dreaded words ‘paper work’, and revitalise not only your desire for, and commitment to, a competent and professional approach to your construction projects, but the very attitudes, processes and structures that you currently use to “get the job done”.

We will be calling this series: ‘Contract Administration 2016’, and will consist of 8 installments jam packed with tips that, if implemented consistently, will boost your profitability significantly.

Are Directors and management at Townsend Group Pty Ltd untruthful, or incompetent, or both?

Mr Russ Hill (Director): “we are not in trouble – keep working” – 2 September 215

Ms Daila Jansons (Director): “we are most definitely not in trouble” – 3 September 2015

Mr David Christie: (General Manager): “we are paying you tomorrow” – 9 November 2015

Alukat Facade Pty Ltd is the second Alukat entity to go into liquidation within the space of a year.

Building & Construction contracts can be a real minefield. They can be very one sided and unfair. They can be poorly drafted / constructed and cause more difficulty in resolving disputes than they solve. But at the end of the day once you sign a contract you’re bound by its terms and conditions.