Advanced Roofing Sydney in liquidation owing almost $300,000 after fine over school work
A Sydney construction business, that was previously fined for illegal work on a school, has gone into liquidation owing hundreds of thousands.
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A Sydney construction business, that was previously fined for illegal work on a school, has gone into liquidation owing hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Liquidators have been appointed to Ryde-based company Advanced Roofing Sydney, which ceased trading in early April, with debts mounting to the Australian Taxation Office and multiple NSW government bodies.
The business previously made headlines when it was fined $150,000 in September 2022, three years after a 22-year-old worker fell more than eight metres through a hole in the roof of St Joseph’s College in Hunters Hill.
The court found the company had failed to implement basic fall prevention measures during what was classified as “high-risk construction work”.
The worker, Austin Humphreys, suffered multiple traumatic injuries, including to his face, limbs and spine, and was hospitalised for three weeks.
According to the liquidator’s report filed with ASIC, the company had preliminary estimated debts of nearly $300,000, including $144,900 to the Australian Taxation Office, $107,714 to Revenue NSW, $30,250 to SafeWork NSW and $4385 to NSW government agency iCare.
Liquidator Mohammed Najjar, from Vanguard Insolvency Australia, said the company had ceased trading shortly before liquidation and was operating on a “scaled-back” basis. He said the collapse had likely occurred due to unmanageable debts.
The company is solely directed by Zamarai Latif, 81, who was appointed less than a fortnight before the liquidation, has never held an individual contractor’s licence or qualified supervisor certificate.
Former director, Ajmal Aziz Zazy, did hold a contractor’s licence during his tenure, valid from November 2018 till November 2029.
Mr Zazy declined to comment on the matter and Mr Latif did not respond to questions.
A spokesman for Revenue NSW and Safe NSW could not say whether those debts were related to the 2022 fine.
“Revenue NSW does not comment on individual circumstances (debts/other tax matters) as it would be a breach of the relevant privacy provisions set out in legislation.”
The liquidation is the latest in a run of recent construction company failures, including the $6m collapse of Melbourne-based builder Kenik, which had operated for over 25 years and had projects across Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland.
South Australian home builder Xtraordinary Constructions, which was involved in fast-tracking the troubled Dock One housing development at Port Adelaide, collapsed on May 9 leaving more than $2 million in debts and more than 40 projects in limbo.
Queensland builder Stokes Wheeler slipped into liquidation in April owing $20m.
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