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Name & Shame – BCIPA

The Building & Construction Industry Payments Act (BCIPA) is a dispute resolution process which is an alternative to court action to resolve disputes.

It's more likely to occur with subcontractors than suppliers, where there is more room for disagreement over the quality or specifications of the work.

As an example, say you supplied glass with specifications to a particular standard – thickness and manufactured to AS2208.

If that glass was installed and then the builder or the claim certifier for the builder’s progress claim subsequently deemed the glass to be the wrong specification, the builder may refuse to pay you.

In that case, you would need to sue the builder if you believed you had supplied in accordance with the order or contract.

On the other hand, if your invoice was issued as a BCIPA claim, the builder would have 14 days to reply regarding any dispute. If they didn’t reply then they would not have grounds to raise any dispute and your invoice/payment claim would be treated as agreed to.

If the builder didn’t pay, the BCIPA process provides what is intended to be a faster and cheaper process than court action to get you a judgement debt.

1                     ( A list of companies and individuals who regularly appear in BCIPA proceedings with links to their cases)

This resource is for the subcontractor about to enter into a contract with a builder. By typing their details into the link, published cases for that builder will be shown.

  • Do I want to work for this company?
  • Will I get paid from this company?
  • Will I end up like the others who have suffered at the hands of this company?

Click here for Queensland search (choose decision search)

Click here for other states (Choose your state, Qld no longer nominates authorities)

BCIPA SEARCH

http://xweb.bcipa.qld.gov.au/ars_xweb/Pages/det_search.aspx (type in name of Head Contractor or employee in both areas, Claimant and Respondent but not at the same time, do separate searches).

VICTORIA

http://www.vcat.vic.gov.au/

NEW SOUTH WALES

http://transition.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/288077/fromItemId/815972/whichType/org

SOUT H AUSTRALIA

http://transition.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/288081/fromItemId/815972/whichType/org

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

http://transition.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/287535/fromItemId/815972/whichType/org

TASMANIA

http://transition.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/288065/fromItemId/815972/whichType/org

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

http://transition.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/288085/fromItemId/815972/whichType/org

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ABOUT US

SubbiesUnited is not “anti builder”, we support strong builders.
We are “anti theft” of hard working subbies money.

It’s not just about the builders who go broke, businesses all over Australia Liquidate every day for a variety of reasons.

It’s about the ones that engage in calculated criminal behaviour such as providing false information to the regulators or inducing subbies to work on a site when they know they cannot or are not going to pay them because of a fraudulent scheme. Its about the participation of the banks, pre insolvency advisors and builder appointed Liquidators to fraudulently defeat creditors.

Liquidators should always be appointed by creditors to ensure a thorough investigation takes place.

We want the rogues investigated and prosecuted for fraud. 


  • SubbiesUnited was created to provide subbies with collaborative information on building companies that are showing signs of insolvency or struggling to pay their creditors. The signs are always there, we just need to get the message to each other before it happens.
  • We provide subbies with up to date news on builders in Administration or Liquidation and the best strategies to get a return.
  • There are some extremely litigious builders out there who would rather sue you than pay you. Often they sue you so they don’t have to pay you. We will expose them.
  • The construction industry is renowned for building companies setting up illegal Phoenix operations, shifting assets, then liquidating sending subbies broke. We work with other subcontractor & supplier organisations & Governments to stop what amounts to legalised theft on a massive scale though pre packaged liquidations. Insolvency is used as a means to defraud Subbies.
  • Our aim is to limit the financial damage before it happens with our “members only forum”, an early warning system for the benefit of all our members.

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