Tasmanian steel framer Prefab Steel Framing wound up by court

Prefab Steel Framing Pty Ltd (ACN 684 205 212), a company incorporated in Tasmania, was wound up by order of the Supreme Court on 29 October 2026, an ASIC notice published on 30 October shows. Anyone with open orders, deposits or invoices with the company now deals with a court-appointed liquidator rather than its directors.

The ASIC notice records Shelley-Maree Brooks of Rodgers Reidy (TAS) Pty Ltd in Hobart as liquidator. It was lodged under section 465A(2) of the Corporations Act and is recorded as a court liquidation, with the matter status listed as In Liquidation.

Why it matters

A court liquidation is different from a winding up voted through by a company’s own members or creditors. Once the order is made, control of the company passes to the liquidator, and legal action against the company generally needs the court’s permission to start or continue. For builders and trades, that changes who signs off on undelivered work, warranty questions and money owed in either direction.

The ASIC notice does not name the party that applied for the order, the amount owed or the number of creditors, and none of that is public yet. In a court liquidation the liquidator also investigates the company’s affairs and can report possible offences to ASIC. The directors stay on the register but their powers pass to the liquidator.

The order lands in a soft local market. The Australian Developer reported on 23 October that HIA data put Tasmanian home starts 12.7% below the 10-year average, the weakest of any state, even as approvals climbed 21.8% over the past year.

The numbers

• ACN: 684 205 212
• Winding up order and liquidator appointment: 29 October 2026
• ASIC notice published: 30 October 2026
• Provision: section 465A(2), Corporations Act
• Liquidator: Shelley-Maree Brooks, Rodgers Reidy (TAS) Pty Ltd, Hobart

What’s next

Creditors and customers should contact Rodgers Reidy’s Hobart office, Ground Floor, Cnr Bathurst and Argyle Street, to register claims. The liquidator’s reports to creditors will set out the company’s assets and liabilities, and further ASIC notices will follow as the liquidation moves through its stages. Those notices are searchable on ASIC’s published notices register under the company’s ACN.