Don't Run an Adjudication Until You've Done This First
Before you adjudicate against a builder, use the stand down right in your state's Security of Payment Act. Done properly, with the right written notice, you can legally stop work for non-payment and stay protected if the builder threatens delay or termination costs. Done with a phone call, it can backfire.
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I wouldn't actually recommend running an adjudication against your builder unless you've a statutory stand down first. Statutory stand down, what does this mean? That's just my fancy word for using your Security of Payment Act, the legislation in your state legally down your tools than just giving a phone call to the project manager or the director of the builder and saying, hey mate, up now or we're not rocking up to site next week.
Can do this professionally and in a legal way that will actually protect you and to ensure that it doesn't backfire and cost you delay costs, termination costs, whatever it happens to be, if and when the builder threatens it because they will. I'll cover in another video the exact process you need to follow to do this, but it is a lot simpler than it sounds. You just have to make sure you send one notice basically they aren't paying you for a certain invoice and then will be protected.
Your act of course, this isn't legal advice, it is commercial advice and I'm here to support you. So all the best.
General information about Australian subcontracts, not legal advice. Get advice on your own contract and facts.