{"id":127071,"date":"2023-05-24T11:07:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T10:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=127071"},"modified":"2023-06-02T23:43:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T22:43:25","slug":"me-construction-enter-administration-leaving-subcontractors-debts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/me-construction-enter-administration-leaving-subcontractors-debts\/127071\/","title":{"rendered":"ME Construction administration leaves subcontractors and suppliers with \u00a34m debts\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The building specialist, ME Construction, has gone into administration as they owe subcontractors and suppliers close to \u00a34m<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">FRP Advisory, the administrator for ME Construction, \u202frevealed that more than 300 trade creditors were owed \u00a33.8m after the firm went under in March 2023.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">MEC Groundworks, the civil arm of ME Construction, also went into liquidation, owing over \u00a3100,000 to unsecured creditors. Twelve jobs were lost after the collapse of MEC Groundworks. \u202fSuppliers have been left with unpaid invoices and are unlikely to receive any payment for their debts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ME Construction was founded by Barry O\u2019Sullivan and Dennis Bernard, Barry O\u2019Sullivan, and Dennis Bernard, in 2007. They both left the business three years ago.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>ME Construction has experienced success in the past<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The company specialised in small to medium heritage, residential, commercial, healthcare and school projects within the M25 area. The company\u2019s revenue peaked at around \u00a323m before the pandemic. Management accounts from December 2021 showed a turnover of \u00a317m and a net profit of \u00a3177,000.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ME Construction Ltd was recognised as the UK\u2019s fastest-growing privately owned construction company in 2012. They were also included in the Fast Track 100 list, published in The Sunday Times.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Under the management of Wesley Lever, <a href=\"https:\/\/meconstruction.co.uk\/about\/overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ME Construction<\/a> formed a specialised works division to focus on projects with values ranging from \u00a350k to \u00a3250k.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to FRP, Me Construction was affected by reduced margins and an unsuccessful acquisition which subjected the business to significant liabilities. The management of the business was impacted when managing director Sean O\u2019Connor took an extended period of leave following health issues.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>23 jobs were lost after the collapse of the business<\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Directors tried to sell the business, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/directors-duties-in-the-event-of-a-construction-company-insolvency\/120700\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">company was placed into administration<\/a> after they failed to find a bidder. After being placed into administration, all 23 employees were made redundant, and ME Construction ceased to trade.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cME Construction was trading well and had an encouraging pipeline. But challenging circumstances for the leadership team meant that urgent investment was needed,\u201d said joint administrator Nathan Jones.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWithout any viable transaction to secure the future of the business, trading has stopped, and we are moving towards a wind-down of its operations,\u201d He added.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-industry-accounted-for-16-of-administrations-in-2022-survey-reveals\/121416\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ME Construction is one of a number of construction companies that filed for insolvency<\/a> in May. Atlas Building &amp; Civil Engineering Limited, Ambivent Limited, SNM Pipelines Limited, Feerick Ltd, Oairo Alliance Limited, D&amp;A Architectural Limited, Howard Russell Construction Limited, Harris Pye Power Services Limited, Provost Management Limited, Structal (UK) Limited have all filed for insolvency.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The building specialist, ME Construction, has gone into administration as they owe subcontractors and suppliers close to \u00a34m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[20347,908,882],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-127071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-administration","8":"tag-economy","9":"tag-employment"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ME Construction enter administration<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ME Construction goes into administration, with subcontractors, suppliers, and over 300 trade creditors being owed \u00a33.8m\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/me-construction-enter-administration-leaving-subcontractors-debts\/127071\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ME Construction administration leaves subcontractors and suppliers with \u00a34m debts\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The building specialist, ME Construction, has gone into administration as they owe subcontractors and suppliers close to \u00a34m.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/me-construction-enter-administration-leaving-subcontractors-debts\/127071\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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