An Essex based construction company has taken the drastic action of digging up its own work when its employer went into administration and it materialised they were not going to get paid for work they had completed to a local leisure centre.
Unidig, based in Benfleet, helped complete work to build a brand new all-weather pitch for the Waterside Farm Leisure Centre on Canvey Island. Castle Point Borough Council hired the Morgan Sindall construction company to oversee a £4m renovation of the leisure centre. As is common in the construction industry Morgan Sindall subcontracted some of the works out to A P Thompson who in turn employed local firm Unidig to assist with the contract.
Unidig are reported to have been on site for three weeks completing work to refurbish the all-weather pitch. Soon after completion A P Thompson declared they had gone into administration and would therefore be unable to pay Unidig for the work they had completed. Facing a £12,000 loss on the contract Roger Downs, director of Unidig, decided to retrieve the materials that had been used on the project so they could be used on another contract for which they were going to get paid.
Both Morgan Sindall and Castle Point Borough Council declined to involve themselves in a dispute involving a contract neither of them were party to.
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