Urban Trend Construction leaves Mackay based Aero and Airlie Beach Ash Electrical in the lurch
An award-winning but now defunct Queensland building company has left local contractors - two of whom are owed more than $140,000 combined - in the lurch as the construction watchdog weighs in.
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New details on a Mackay builder’s liquidation reveal they may be excluded from holding construction licences indefinitely while contractors and suppliers have been stuck with the bill.
Urban Trend Construction, an award-winning but now defunct company run by Kenneth and Kathryn Ogilvie of Blacks Beach , owes more than $1.5 million to multiple creditors across the region and has had its licence revoked by the Queensland Building and Construction Commission for a period of up to three years following their liquidation.
Among the unsecured creditors still owed money by UTC are contractors Ash Electrical Whitsundays and Aero Glass and Aluminium.
Ash Electrical is a small business owned and operated by Airlie Beach native Ashley Ogden.
Mr Ogden is owed $7,500 by UTC, but when contacted he declined to comment.
Aero is owned by Michael Lynch, who employs 80 staff at his Paget business and specialises in the installation and manufacturing of windows and doors for commercial and residential purposes.
Aero is owed $140,000 by UTC and Mr Lynch has been contacted for comment.
Brett Azzopardi, who works at HMA Group in Mackay, was one creditor whose house was reportedly under construction at the time UTC went into liquidation.
It’s unclear how much money Mr Azzopardi is owed and he has also declined to comment.
A QBCC spokesman this week confirmed UTC’s licence was suspended on May 12 and was likely undergoing the process towards exclusion.
“This is likely to result in the subject company being excluded from holding or obtaining a QBCC licence for a period of three years,” the spokesman said.
A lifetime exclusion could be on the cards for the company if it undergoes other instances of insolvency.
The QBCC also confirmed that such exclusions would potentially extend to Mr and Mrs Ogilvie who are understood to be currently working with other Mackay builders.
The Ogilvies may appeal any exclusions proposed by the QBCC which may delay any final action.
They have been contacted for comment.
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