A missed lien deadline costs 10% of the contract.
BC's payment rules are changing. LienClock turns your project dates into every statutory deadline, under today's law and under the incoming Construction Prompt Payment Act.
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[ from Certificate of Completion · 2026-06-01 ]
Lien filing deadline
Thursday, July 16 · Builders Lien Act, s. 20
Holdback period expires
Sunday, July 26 · Builders Lien Act, s. 8
Payment due on proper invoice
After CPPA · 28-day clock
[ the problem ]
Statutory clocks don't wait for your spreadsheet
Tracked by memory
- — Trigger dates buried in email threads
- — The 45-day window closes silently
- — Holdback money nobody invoices for
Rules mid-change
- — CPPA passed, in-force date pending
- — New 7, 14, and 28-day clocks
- — Old payment terms become breaches
LienClck
- ✦ Every deadline from dates you know
- ✦ Both regimes, side by side
- ✦ Alerts before anything expires
[ what's changing ]
Bill 20 rewrites how money moves
Royal Assent November 27, 2025. In force once regulations are finalized, and the transition will be short.
| Today | After CPPA | |
|---|---|---|
| Holdback period | 55 days | 46 days |
| Owner must pay a proper invoice | Whatever the contract says | 28 days, by statute |
| Disputing an invoice | Withhold and negotiate | Notice of non-payment within 14 days, or you owe it all |
| Paying subs after you're paid | Contract terms (often 30-60 days) | 7 days |
| Payment disputes resolved by | Courts (months to years) | Adjudication (35 days) |
| Lien filing window | 45 days | 45 days (unchanged) |
[ how it works ]
From project dates to protected money
Enter your project dates
Certificate of Completion, invoice dates, payments received. The dates you already know.
See every statutory deadline
Lien filing, holdback release, payment clocks, notice windows. Each with its legal basis, under both regimes.
Lien filing deadline
Thursday, July 16 · = 2026-06-01 + 45 days
Holdback period expires
Sunday, July 26 · = 2026-06-01 + 55 days
Get alerts before they hit
The tracker (launching soon) watches every project and emails or texts you at 7, 3, and 1 days out.
Weekly digest: 4 deadlines across 3 projects this month
[ stay ahead ]
Be first to know when the CPPA gets an in-force date
We watch the regulations so you don't have to. One email the day the date is announced, and early access to the deadline tracker before the new rules apply to your projects.