The partnership between the ADR Institute of Alberta (ADRIA), The ADR Institute of Canada, Inc. (ADRIC) and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) as the ADR Institutes / RICS Construction Adjudication Nominating Authority (Alberta) [ARCANA (AB)] brings together three organizations with long-established records of performance in the development and implementation of dispute resolution services in many commercial sectors, notably construction.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is a global leader in the provision of adjudication services to the construction industry and has nominated in excess of 20,000 adjudicators over the past 24 years pursuant to statutory and contractual regimes in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Southern Africa and the Republic of Ireland. The RICS training, accreditation and performance monitoring programs for construction adjudicators are regarded as the gold standard by industry professionals and users of adjudication globally.  https://www.rics.org/

The ADR Institute of Canada (ADRIC) is Canada’s leading ADR professional organization and presides as the national body of the seven regional affiliate bodies of the ADR Institutes in Canada. It has established benchmarks for best practice for ADR professionals across Canada and offers highly respected and sought-after professional designations. ADRIC members include Canada’s top dispute resolution professionals many of whom are skilled and experienced in construction industry law and practice.  ADRIC and RICS have also partnered at the Federal level with the intent of responding to the Canadian Government’s Prompt Payment Adjudication legislation, and are working with individual Affiliates across Canada to support existing and future Provincial Construction Adjudication initiatives.  https://adric.ca/

The ADR Institute of Alberta (ADRIA) is well known to the Provincial Government as Alberta’s professional association of mediators, arbitrators, adjudicators and other ADR practitioners, and the source of ADR expertise in Alberta.  ADRIA functions as an independent Regional Affiliate of ADRIC in the delivery of highly qualified and credentialed ADR professionals in all sectors of Alberta’s economic and civil life.  For over 20 years ADRIA has administered the Canadian Motor Vehicle Arbitration Plan (CAMVAP) in Western Canada, in partnership with the CAMVAP national body.  ADRIA has represented the new ARCANA (AB) partnership throughout Service Alberta’s consultation process and the drafting of prompt payment adjudication legislation and directives.  https://adralberta.com/