Liverpool FC have resumed work on finishing off the redevelopment of their £80m Anfield Road Stand after contractors Buckingham Group went into administration.
The club have appointed Rayner Rowen Construction, along with several other contractors, to resume the final works which were due to be fully completed in October.
No new date has been set for the full reopening but matches against West Ham, Leicester and Union SG will be played with the upper tier remaining closed, after which time it is anticipated the capacity will be incrementally phased in after the next three home games.
READ MORE: Click here to sign up to the BusinessLive North West newsletter
"Work will begin now to fully assess the construction programme and Rayner Rowen will work swiftly with our internal team to produce a revised project completion programme, which will give us certainty on capacity and phasing," said a Liverpool statement.
Liverpool will also seek to engage as many of Buckingham’s existing sub-contractors as possible.
The move comes hundreds of jobs were lost after Buckingham Group collapsed into administration
Buckingham Group Contracting had previously ceased trading and issued a notice of intention to appoint administrators on . Liverpool are still waiting to open the upper tier of their new stand, which will increase Anfield's capacity to 61,000.
Most Read
Grant Thornton was appointed as administrator of the £700m-turnover group. The firm also announced a deal to sell the group's rail assets and its HS2 contract to Kier for £9.6m, rescuing around 180 jobs.
However, 446 employees were made redundant after a buyer for the building, civil engineering, demolition, major projects and sport and leisure operations was not found.
The Buckingham Group was the principal contractor on the
The £80m project had already been already been hit by delays, with a current target of mid-October for completion.
Work on Liverpool's Anfield Road Stand began in September 2021, with hopes that it would have been be ready in time for the start of the new 2023/24 season.
A previous setback came when Essex-based cladding contractor SD Samuels - which was working on the roofing and cladding for the new stand - filed for administration in January.