Specialist contractor United AG has gone into voluntary liquidation
Olympics specialist contractor United AG has gone into voluntary liquidation.
The subcontractor – which has been working on the troubled final phase of the Olympic athletes’ village for main contractor Galliford Try – has called in administrator FRP Advisory to handle the process.
A source close to the athletes’ village project claimed the firm - an Essex-based windows and doors subcontractor - “still had work to do” on the Olympic scheme.
Ȧ reported last week that Galliford Try is in talks with three other subcontractors over financial disputes arising from lost time on the final two plots of the village – N13 and N26.
According to Companies House, United AG was exempt from filing full accounts, but owed creditors £1.3m at year end 30 September 2010.
Its failure comes just a week after Olympic cladding contractor Parry Bowen – which worked on other parts of the athletes’ village – went into administration, with the loss of 150 jobs.
Other subcontractor failures across the athlete’s village project include contractor P Elliott and specialist Trent Concrete.
Also earlier this year bathroom pod manufacturer EJ Badekabiner was rescued by Galliford Try and sold on as a going concern.
In February, the Olympic Delivery Authority said the overall cost of the village had gone up £11m to £709m, mainly due to the cost of paying for continued supply from companies that had gone bust.
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