RJH has successfully represented Subcontractors in 100's of Adjudications.
For Further information on Adjudication click below, or call us on 01347 811155.
The Power of Adjudication
Richard Hildrick
THE POWER OF ADJUDICATION - FOR SUBCONTRACTORS
The Power of Adjudication in the Right Hands
Subcontractors often contact us only after months of wasted time and energy trying to get a Main Contractor to pay them - for Variations, for works completed, for extended prelims, or to release unjustified contra-charges or other deductions.
They are usually extremely frustrated and often angry. And rightly so.
Many Subcontractors even find that they can no longer even get hold of the Main Contractor’s staff who were previously so keen to talk to them about getting the work done. They are getting nowhere and in the meantime their cash remains in the Main Contractor’s hands.
Our Subcontractor Clients tell us that their best decision was to call us rather than make another time-wasting call to the Main Contractor’s QS, who never answers anyway. Main Contractors don’t ignore our correspondence, they know that they can’t, because we have the power of adjudication up our sleeve, to deploy quickly and effectively on behalf of our Subcontractor Clients. And we have the experience required to obtain the best result for Subcontractors, at the minimum cost.
A recent case for one of our Clients, a specialist Joinery Subcontractor, successfully addressed his inability to obtain payment of over £200,000 of contra-charge deductions from his account. Before our appointmant, the Main Contractor was adamant that he was entitled to keep all of this money, and wouldn’t entertain any of the Subcontractor’s efforts to resolve matters.
However, once the Subcontractor made the wise decision to call RJH, we had his case in Adjudication within a week, and obtained an Adjudication Award for him within just over a month. The Adjudicator awarded our Subcontractor Client every penny of his £200,000+ by the way.
Richard Hildrick - Founder
BSc(Hons) MSc MRICS MCIOB FCIArb
New to adjudication? This plain-English guide walks subcontractors through what it is, the 28-day timeline, costs, and how to get started.
How a Specialist Subcontractor Benefitted from Adding RJH to Its Team, and Upped its Commercial and Contractual Game Overnight.
Our workshops are tailored to each company’s requirements, ensuring you and your team get the most out of it, at a fixed price.
One previous attendee said the workshop was: “Vital to anyone working in a commercial or project management role in construction, to understand the workings and thinking of main contractors today.”
NEC Contracts Early Warnings v Compensation Events
A cautionary tale from RJH Consulting about a main contractor who levied unfair contra-charges on his subcontractor, and how the dispute was resolved.
For our latest client, boxxe, we managed a £1m+ office redesign project commercially and operationally.
The result was a sleek, modern and on-budget project, completed over a 30-week period.
Download RJH Consulting's free guide to the 20 most common commercial problems subcontractors face, with practical advice on how to resolve each one.
Template Documents to make Subcontractor's lives easier when managing their projects.
Find out how the construction industry's reverse charge VAT rules affect contractors and subcontractors, and what you need to do to stay compliant.
Case study update: how RJH Consulting supported Driffield Methodist Church as QS, project manager and contract administrator on its new church hall.