fast track adjudication process
the challenge:
A Housing Trust entered into an agreement with a
maintenance contractor to carry out day to day repairs and planned
maintenance to the Trust’s social housing stock. A dispute
arose over an alleged failure by the Trust to make payments against
interim invoices and the contractor commenced adjudication
proceedings.
our approach:
The Trust’s main concern was that it didn’t have enough
supporting information to verify the invoiced sums and so was
unable to pay them. The Trust processed and made part
payments against some invoices and queried others. We
responded quickly so the client did not fall foul of the fast track
adjudication timetable. We reviewed and evaluated a large
volume of documents held by the Trust, project managed the
gathering of evidence and information and ran the adjudication.
the result:
The adjudicator rejected the adjudication, agreeing with the Trust
that the maintenance company had not proven their entitlement to
further payment; the Trust was able to meet the fast track
adjudication timetable.