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DRS Open for Business in Victoria

‘RICS Dispute Resolution Service open for business in Victoria as an Authorised Nominating Authority under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002′. Tony Arnel, Building Commissioner for Victoria has authorised RICS DRS as an ANA for the purposes of the Act effective from 30th August 2010. RICS DRS will be able to accept [...]

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DRS Open for Adjudication Business in Australian Capital Territory.

On the 1st July 2010, David Middlemiss, Constructions Occupations Registar of ACT Planning and Land Authority, approved RICS DRS as an Authorised Nominating Authority (ANA) under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act (2009). We are now available to receive adjudication applications for this jurisdiction. The RICS DRS is the world’s largest provider of [...]

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Expert Determination Agreement and Guidance Notes

The RICS DRS have recently uploaded their Expert Determination Agreement and Guidance Notes. This document will give you required information about being on the RICS DRS expert determination panel plus some other guidance notes. The document is available by clicking here or by accessing our expert determination page.

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DRS Xmas and Holiday Opening Hours

Christmas at the DRS. The DRS would like to take this opportunity to thank your for your support throughout the year. It has been an exciting and busy year around the office which culminated in our registration as an Authorised Nominating Authority in New South Wales during September 2009. We hope you all have a safe [...]

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Domestic Adjudication: The Way Forward?

RICS DRS adjudicator and construction law expert Andrew Wallace has recently returned from a trip to Melbourne where he presented a paper entitled “Domestic Adjudication: The Way Forward?” which discussed the advantages of having a domestic adjudication process included with Queensland’s Building and Construction Industry Payments Act (BCIPA). Andrew looked at the success of the BCIP [...]

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DRS in the Media: Bellrise Investments v Ipswich City Council

Local Ipswich paper, the Queensland Times, featured an article on a recent decision undertaken by RICS DRS adjudicator Russell Welsh. The article commented on a recent RICS DRS Queensland adjudication decision involving Bellrise Investments and the Ipswich City Council over a dispute involving a number of projects in the Ipswich area. You can read the entire [...]

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New DRS Oceania Website

Welcome to the newest evolution of the RICS DRS (Oceania) website. We have been hard at work updating all of site information as well as adding new content in what we hope is an easy to read, easy to navigate and multipurpose web portal. A few new features have been added and a few more [...]

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