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ARTICLE · 31 MARCH 2023

Adjudication: ODACC Releases Third Annual Report

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Ontario Dispute Adjudication for Construction Contracts (ODACC) has issued its third Annual Report (the report) for the 2022 fiscal year, running from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2022.

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Ontario Dispute Adjudication for Construction Contracts (ODACC) has issued its third Annual Report (the report) for the 2022 fiscal year, running from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2022. See our previous blog posts for a discussion of the 2020 Annual Report and the 2021 Annual Report.

The report highlights an overall increase in the construction industry's use of adjudication during ODACC's third year of operation: 121 adjudications were commenced (compared to 50 in 2021); 24 of the 121 adjudications were terminated; and 67 determinations were rendered (compared to 34 in 2021).

Of the 67 determinations rendered during the 2022 fiscal year, 75% were rendered within the 30-day timeline prescribed by section 13.13(1) of the Construction Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.30 (the Act).

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