A buyer for the business is being sought. In the meantime, 300 jobs are at risk.
Insolvency specialists from BDO are now running the affairs of group companies Hewlett Civil Engineering, Hewlett Rail, Hewlett Plant Hire and Portford Homes.
The company was founded in 1987 by John Duffy, who remained an active chairman at time of the collapse.
Current projects include: a new car park at Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire for the Forestry Commission; and site remediation for a Bellway housing development in Sheffield on the site of the former Psalter Lane Campus.
Recently the company opened a Middle East branch in Oman.
Construction union UCATT have described the news that Leeds based Hewlett Civil Engineering has today entered administration as a “fresh blow” for the industry.
Rob Morris, acting Yorkshire regional secretary for construction union Ucatt, said: “This is a fresh blow for the construction industry in Yorkshire. We had hoped to have seen the end of the closure of longstanding companies and that the industry was beginning to turn the corner. Sadly, this is not the case.
“It is currently unclear what the intentions of the administrators are. Ucatt will support all attempts to preserve the jobs of the company’s workforce. If members are laid off then we will ensure that they receive everything that they are entitled to.”
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