Dubbo Regional Council has defended its original decision to appoint Shearer Contracting Pty Ltd which has now been placed in voluntary administration to deliver the Boundary Road extension.
Work on the project was suspended this week, after Mitchell Griffiths and Chad Rapsey, of Rapsey Griffiths Insolvency and Advisory, were appointed joint and several administrators of Shearer Contracting Pty Limited on April 4.
The administrators have started an urgent assessment of the companys financial position, performance and work-in-progress.
Councils director infrastructure and operations Chris Devitt said the company was awarded the $2.754 million tender for stage one of the project following a competitive tender process following councils poli…
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