Laing O’Rourke has pulled 800 workers off a major gas project in Australia due to a payment dispute with construction partner, Japanese firm Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI).
The two companies are delivering four huge cryogenic tanks for the $35bn Ichthys LNG project in Darwin.
However, Laing O’Rourke claims KHI has not made payments for several months on the project, which is 90% complete.
In a statement released today, Laing O’Rourke, said: “KHI, which leads this phase, has not paid Laing O’Rourke for its work on this complex and resource-intensive remote engineering project for several months.
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