January 30, 2026 By subbiesu Leave a Comment

South East Queensland construction firm Open Projects Group collapses into liquidation

An award-winning construction firm has been forced into liquidation, with creditors appointing an insolvency firm and trading immediately halted.

Andrew Hedgman less than 2 min read NewsWire

January 30, 2026 - 12:11PM

A major South East Queensland construction firm employing more than 75 staff has been forced into liquidation, abruptly shutting its doors and leaving workers facing an uncertain future.

Open Projects Group (OPG), described as the region’s largest full-service shop-fitting company, was placed into liquidation by creditors this week.

Director Kane McCarthy broke the news to employees in an email seen by the Gold Coast Bulletin, telling staff that “from this point forward, (liquidators) will be responsible for managing the business closure and all employee entitlements”.

He said Robson Cotter Insolvency Group, which has been appointed liquidator, would contact workers directly with details about “any remaining employee entitlements”, “the next steps in the process” and “how eligible employees can access the Fair Entitlements Guarantee for any outstanding amounts”.

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SubbiesUnited is not “anti builder”, we support strong builders.
We are “anti theft” of hard working subbies money.

It’s not just about the builders who go broke, businesses all over Australia Liquidate every day for a variety of reasons.

It’s about the ones that engage in calculated criminal behaviour such as providing false information to the regulators or inducing subbies to work on a site when they know they cannot or are not going to pay them because of a fraudulent scheme. Its about the participation of the banks, pre insolvency advisors and builder appointed Liquidators to fraudulently defeat creditors.

Liquidators should always be appointed by creditors to ensure a thorough investigation takes place.

We want the rogues investigated and prosecuted for fraud.

SubbiesUnited was created to provide subbies with collaborative information on building companies that are showing signs of insolvency or struggling to pay their creditors. The signs are always there, we just need to get the message to each other before it happens.
We provide subbies with up to date news on builders in Administration or Liquidation and the best strategies to get a return.
There are some extremely litigious builders out there who would rather sue you than pay you. Often they sue you so they don’t have to pay you. We will expose them.
The construction industry is renowned for building companies setting up illegal Phoenix operations, shifting assets, then liquidating sending subbies broke. We work with other subcontractor & supplier organisations & Governments to stop what amounts to legalised theft on a massive scale though pre packaged liquidations. Insolvency is used as a means to defraud Subbies.
Our aim is to limit the financial damage before it happens with our “members only forum”, an early warning system for the benefit of all our members.