Arbitration decisions

The Régie du bâtiment du Québec (RBQ) provides two ways to consult the arbitration decisions rendered under the Regulation respecting the guarantee plan for new residential buildings.

To consult the decisions, you can search by subject or by contractor’s name:

• by subject
• contractor’s name.

The database contains the decisions sent to the RBQ by the arbitration bodies. Recourse to arbitration is available to beneficiaries (consumers) and contractors who do not agree with a decision made by the administrator of the Guarantee Plan. 

In accordance with a service agreement, the Société québécoise d’information juridique (SOQUIJ) has been designated by the RBQ, with the agreement of the arbitration bodies, to:

• summarize arbitration decisions
• summarize subsequent judgments rendered by the courts with respect to arbitration decisions
• index the content of decisions according to a predetermined list of subjects
• draft annotations to the Regulation based on the body of decisions that have been rendered
• make available the full text of the summarized decisions.

Full-text decisions can be downloaded using the search engine on the SOQUIJ website.