Swansea-based contractor Dawnus Group is understood to be facing administration, with work on its sites grinding to a halt and workers reportedly called to meetings this morning before being sent home.
Work on the company’s £12m Kingsway redevelopment in Swansea and a road project in Manchester’s Regent Road both halted this week.
Meanwhile, Dawnus workers took to social media in a bid to look for new jobs. Section engineer Alan Goran, who has worked for the firm for nearly five years, posted on LinkedIn: “I lost my job overnight as Dawnus Construction [has] gone into administration. Please keep me updated if you have any jobs coming up.”
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According to the firm’s latest financial accounts for the year to 31 December 2017, filed in Companies House, turnover was £170.4m, while the firm made a £1.4m pre-tax loss, down from a £3.6m pre-tax profit the year before, amid what the directors called a “competitive and challenging economic environment”.
Dawnus undertakes projects in the commercial, education, health, leisure, residential and retail sectors.
Late last year, its completed £3.6m extension of the Cox Green School in Maidenhead, which involved the construction of a new two-storey teaching block with kitchen and dining area, was visited by prime minister Theresa May.
Earlier last year, it also launched a BIM-ready Passivhaus-compliant model for the delivery of schools in Wales and was awarded a £23m design and build contract to deliver the new Passivhaus-accredited Ysgol Bro Hyddgen replacement all-through school in Machynlleth for Powys County Council.
Construction Manager has attempted to contact Dawnus Group for comment.
