Jeremy Coggins

APrf Jeremy Coggins

Associate Professor

School of Civil Engineering and Construction

College of Engineering and Information Technology

After attaining a first class honours degree in quantity surveying from the University of Reading, Jeremy worked as a professional quantity surveyor and management consultant to the construction industry in London for 8 years. Jeremy took up his current position at the University of South Australia in 2003, and completed a PhD in law (with Dean's commendation for excellence) from the University of Adelaide in 2012. He specialises in teaching and researching in the area of construction law and contract administration, and is lead author of the 'Understanding Construction Law' and 'Contract Administration for Construction Professionals' books published by LexisNexis. Jeremy has published extensively in the area of the building and construction industry security of payment legislation and his work in this respect has been referenced in legislative reviews commissioned by the Commonwealth, New South Wales, Western Australian, Northern Territory and Ontario governments. His current research focuses on how to alleviate the considerable insolvency problem facing the construction industry. Jeremy won the Society of Construction Law Australia's annual Brooking Prize in 2019 and 2023.     

Research Impact

I have authored two research papers which were awarded the Society of Construction Law Australia's annual Brooking Prize: 

  • ‘Levelling the Playing Field’ – A proposal for the regulation of unfair contract terms in construction contracts (2019 Brooking Prize winner).
  • Is there a compelling case for a prescribed Construction Code of Conduct to help correct market failure in the commercial sector of the Australian construction industry?, co-authored with Dr Jessica Viven-Wilksch (2023 Brooking Prize winner).  

My research has been referenced by:

  • The Hon Justice Peter Vickery, “Security of Payment Legislation in Australia: Differences between the States – Vive la Difference?” (address to the Building Dispute Practitioners’ Society, Melbourne, 12 October 2011).
  • Bruce Collins QC, Final Report of the Independent Inquiry into Construction Industry Insolvency in NSW, NSW Government, Nov 2012, at p 74.
  • The Hon Justice Vickery in SSC Plenty Road v Construction Engineering (Aust) & Anor [2015] VSC 631, at [90] and [92].
  • Senate Economic References Committee, 2015, ‘I just want to be paid’, Insolvency in the Australian Construction Industry, Commonwealth of Australia, December 2015, at p 154.
  • 'Striking the Balance: Expert Review of Ontario's Construction Lien Act', report prepared by Bruce Reynolds and Sharon Vogel for the Ministry of the Attorney General and the Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure, 30 April 2016. 
  • Professor Phil Evans, Report on the Operation and Effectiveness of the Construction Contracts Act 2004 (WA), August 2015.
  • John Murray AM, The final report of the Review of Security of Payment Laws, Department of Jobs and Small Business, Australian Government, Dec 2017.
  • John Fiocco, Final Report to the Minister for Commerce - Security of Payment Reform in the WA Building and Construction Industry, Oct 2018.

Year Citation
2025 Thompson, D., Chileshe, N., Coggins, J., & Stevels, A. (2025). COVID-19 challenges on construction-related SMEs and response strategies - a scoping review. The International Journal of Construction Management, online(14), 1-11.
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2025 Coggins, J. (2025). Unearthing a minefield of uncertainty: the impact of site information disclaimers on latent conditions risk allocation. International Construction Law Review, 106-122.
2024 Viven Wilksch, J., & Coggins, J. (2024). Is there a compelling case for a prescribed construction code of conduct to help correct market failure in the commercial sector of the Australian construction industry?. Building and Construction Law Journal, 39(4), 368-378.
2023 Coggins, J., & Francis, M. (2023). Is there a place for retention in today's construction industry?. International Construction Law Review, 2, 82-96.
2023 Teng, B. W. J., Coggins, J., Rameezdeen, R., Waye, V., & Ma, T. (2023). Statutory payment trusts in the Australian construction industry - Is it time to stop "kicking the can down the road"?. Insolvency Law Journal, 31(1), 23-45.
2022 Nguyen, D., Rameezdeen, R., Chileshe, N., & Coggins, J. (2022). Effect of customer cooperative behavior on reverse logistics outsourcing performance in the construction industry - a partial least squares structural equation modeling approach. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 29(9), 3345-3362.
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2021 Nguyen, D. T., Rameezdeen, R., Chileshe, N., & Coggins, J. (2021). Third-party reverse logistics service provider selection approaches and criteria: a literature review. International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 40(3), 396-422.
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2020 Waye, V., & Coggins, J. (2020). Squeezing out the market for lemons: the case for extending unfair contract terms regulation in the commercial context. Journal of Contract Law, 36(3), 230-254.
2020 Teng, B. W. J., & Coggins, J. (2020). In which payment trust should the Australian construction industry place its trust?. Insolvency Law Journal, 28(3), 113-124.
2019 Coggins, J. (2019). "Levelling the playing field" - a proposal for the regulation of unfair contract terms in construction contracts. Construction law journal, 35(5), 271-283.
2018 Coggins, J., & Donohoe, S. (2018). Strength from diversity: A refined proposal for unifying Australian security of payment laws in light of the Murray review. Construction law journal, 34(1), 19-46.
2017 Griffiths, R., Lord, W., & Coggins, J. (2017). Project bank accounts: the second wave of security of payment?. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 22(3), 322-338.
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2016 Skaik, S., Coggins, J., & Mills, A. (2016). The big picture: causes of compromised outcome of complex statutory adjudications in Australia. International Construction Law Review, 33(2), 123-147.
2016 Skaik, S., Coggins, J., & Mills, A. (2016). Towards diminishing judicial intervention in statutory adjudication: a pragmatic proposal. Construction law journal, 32(6), 659-675.
2016 Coggins, J., Teng, B., & Rameezdeen, R. (2016). Construction insolvency in Australia: reining in the beast. Construction economics and building, 16(3), 38-56.
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2015 Coggins, J., & Bell, M. (2015). Australia's security of payment experience: A crystal ball for Malaysia and Hong Kong?. International Construction Law Review, 32(4), 420-454.
2015 Bell, M., & Coggins, J. (2015). Beyond the Nutcracker Suite: International Harmonisation of Construction Industry Payment Legislation. International construction law review, 32(2), 186-213.
2014 Coggins, J., & Lord, W. (2014). Towards the reduction of construction insolvency: examining the 'supporting statement' requirement in New South Wales. Building and construction law journal, 30(4), 224-237.
2013 Coggins, J. K. (2013). Breaches of natural justice in alternative dispute resolution of construction disputes. Building and Construction Law Journal, 29(3), 247-255.
2012 Coggins, J. K., & Donohue, S. (2012). The validity of adjudicators' determinations containing errors of law: a comparison of the judicial approach in England and New South Wales. International journal of law in the built environment, 4(2), 116-125.
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2012 Coggins, J., & Donohoe, S. (2012). A comparative review of international construction industry payment legislation, and observations from the Australian experience. International construction law review, 29(part 2), 195-230.
2011 Coggins, J. K. (2011). From disparity to harmonisation of construction industry payment legislation in Australia: a proposal for a dual process of adjudication based upon Size of Progress payment claim. Australasian journal of construction economics and building, 11(2), 34-59.
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2011 Coggins, J. (2011). Dispute resolution in the Australian construction industry: is there hope for arbitration?. Building and construction law journal, 27(5), 292-304.
2010 Coggins, J. K., Elliott, R., & Bell, M. G. H. (2010). Towards harmonisation of construction industry payment legislation: a consideration of the success afforded by the East and West Coast Models in Australia - plus addendum. Australasian journal of construction economics and building, 10(3), 14-35.
2009 Coggins, J. K. (2009). The application of the prevention principle in Australia : part one. Australian Construction Law Bulletin, 21(3 and 4), 30-35.
2008 Coggins, J. K. (2008). Freedom of contract under the NSW building and construction industry security of payment act 1999 - the impact of the section 34 'contracting out' provisions. Australian construction law bulletin, 20(1), 2-7.
2007 Elliott, R., & Coggins, J. K. (2007). Adjudication down under : a survey of the adjudication legislation in Australia. Construction Law Journal.
2006 Coggins, J. K. (2006). Letters of intent and legal issues relating to their use. International construction law review.

Year Citation
2023 Thompson, D., Chileshe, N., Coggins, J., & Stevels, A. (2023). Strategic management practices and opportunities for adapting SMEs to construction industry conditions: towards a qualitative grounded conceptual framework. In A. Neilson (Ed.), Proceedings of the 39th Annual ARCOM Conference (pp. 659-668). UK: Association of Researchers in Construction Management.
2016 Donohoe, S., & Coggins, J. K. (2016). Framework Agreements in a post-recession economy. In P. W. Chan, & C. J. Neilson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd Annual ARCOM Conference Vol. 1 (pp. 259-268). UK: Association of Researchers in Construction Management.
2015 Skaik, S., Coggins, J., & Mills, A. (2015). How should adjudicators deal with expert reports in Australia?. In A. Cripps (Ed.), Proceedings of the Construction, Building and Real Estate Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors & The Australasian Universities’ Building Educators Association Conference (COBRA AUBEA 2015). UK: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
2015 Skaik, S., Coggins, J., & Mills, A. (2015). Investigating the factors influencing the quality of adjudication of complex payment disputes in Australia. In A. Raidén, & E. Aboagye-Nimo (Eds.), Proceedings 31st Annual ARCOM Conference Vol. 1 (pp. 83-92). UK: Association of Researchers in Construction Management.
2015 Donohoe, S., & Coggins, J. K. (2015). Soft Landings or a bumpy touch down?. In C. Chan, & P. W (Eds.), Proceedings 31st Annual ARCOM Conference (pp. 43-52). UK: Association of Researchers in Construction Management.
2015 Skaik, S., Coggins, J. K., & Mills, A. (2015). A proposed roadmap to optimise the adjudication of complex payment disputes in Australia. In A. Raidén, & E. Aboagye-Nimo (Eds.), Proceedings 31st Annual ARCOM Conference Vol. 1 (pp. 93-102). UK: Association of Researchers in Construction Management.
2013 Donohoe, S., & Coggins, J. K. (2013). Enforceability of exemption clauses in construction contracts: a comparative study of approaches in England and Australia. In S. D. Smith, & D. D. Ahiaga-Dagbui (Eds.), Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) : proceedings of the 29th annual conference Vol. 2 (pp. 739-744). UK: Association of Researchers in Construction Management.
2011 Donohoe, S., & Coggins, J. (2011). Liquidated damages in construction contracts: is there a schism between the Australian and English courts?. In Proceedings of the 27th annual ARCOM conference (pp. 633-640). UK: ARCOM.
2011 Coggins, J. (2011). Harmonisation of construction industry payment legislation in Australia: a survey of construction lawyers. In Proceedings of the 36th AUBEA Conference - Getting a Building Degree...the end of the beginning? (pp. 146-169). Australia: Bond University.
2009 Coggins, J. K. (2009). Has mission drift rendered statutory adjudication in NSW open to valid criticisms?. In B. Brown, & S. Stephen (Eds.), Proceedings of the construction and building research conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (COBRA 2009) (pp. 1505-1518). South Africa: RICS.
2009 Coggins, J. K. (2009). A review of statutory adjudication in the Australian building and construction industry, and a proposal for a national approach. In B. Brown, & S. Stephen (Eds.), Proceedings of the construction and building research conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (COBRA 2009). South Africa: RICS.
2009 Coggins, J. (2009). How much building measurement is it appropriate to teach quantity surveying students in an undergraduate degree program in Australia. In G. Zullante (Ed.), 34th Australasian Universities Building Educators Conference (AUBEA 2009) (pp. 1-20). Australia: AUBEA & UniSA.
2008 Coggins, J. K., & O'Leary, T. R. (2008). The softening stance of the Australian courts towards liquidated damages provisions in construction contracts. In Proceeding of the construction and building research conference of the royal institute of chartered surveyors, COBRA 2008 (pp. 1-10). London: RICS.
2008 Coggins, J. K., & O'Leary, T. R. (2008). The validity of adjudicators' determinations containing errors of law: the NSW judicial approach. In Proceedings of the 24th annual conference of association of researchers in construction management ARCOM (pp. 841-850). Reading, UK: ARCOM, Association of Researchers in Construction Management.
2007 Coggins, J. K. (2007). House buying : is caveat emptor 'alive and kicking' in South Australia?. In Transitions '07 : 2007 Australian Institute of Building Surveyors (AIBS) International Transitions Conference. Australia: AIBS.
2006 Haese, J., & Coggins, J. K. (2006). The use of project management processes to reduce conflict on construction projects. In BEAR 2006, construction sustainability and innovation : CIB W89 International Conference on Building Education and Research. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

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