Bathla further work, materials and retentions

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Should I keep working on a Bathla project?

There is no single answer for every contractor or site. Keep a request for new work separate from your existing unpaid account, and clarify the proposed arrangement before agreeing. This page does not confirm that any particular Bathla site has funding or authority to restart.

The Bathla overview explains the dated event position. Use Teneo’s official documents for current company-specific instructions, rather than assuming a group-wide announcement answers your contract question.

What questions should I ask about a new work request?

Write down the request and the response to each of these questions:

• Which legal company is asking for the work or materials?
• Who is authorising the order, and how can that authority be confirmed?
• What exact scope, site and start date are proposed?
• What rates, variations and payment terms are proposed?
• Who will receive and approve invoices for this new supply?
• Does the request address the existing debt, or is that being dealt with separately?

Keep written confirmations with the new order. If someone refers to a notice or approval, obtain that document and check it relates to your company and proposed work. A familiar site contact is not, by itself, a complete explanation of the payment arrangement.

ASIC distinguishes debts incurred under an administrator’s authority from existing debts. Whether a particular order falls within that position needs careful checking. ASIC guidance. Do not interpret this general explanation as a guarantee of payment for your work.

Can I collect tools or materials from a site?

Do not assume that ownership alone settles whether you can enter a site or remove goods. ASIC describes restrictions on recovering property during administration. Individual rights and exceptions need advice. ASIC guidance.

For a useful discussion, prepare an inventory identifying the goods, location, quantities, serial numbers where relevant, ownership evidence and the contract or hire terms. Include delivery records and any security documents. Record whether goods have been installed, used or moved if you know; mark anything uncertain as uncertain.

This inventory is preparation for a conversation, not permission to enter a site, remove property or enforce security. Confirm access and the appropriate process with the relevant parties before acting.

What should I gather about retentions?

Bring the contract wording, retention schedule, relevant payment certificates, amounts withheld and correspondence about release. Record any milestones or conditions mentioned in the documents. Keep this separate from ordinary overdue invoices so an adviser can see what each amount represents.

This review does not establish whether a particular Bathla retention is held in trust, secured, currently payable or recoverable. Those questions need the relevant contract and facts. The unpaid invoice guide explains how to organise the wider account without double-counting.

What should I avoid assuming?

Avoid treating a proposed funding arrangement as a promise about your own invoices. Avoid combining the old debt and a new supply arrangement without understanding both. Avoid relying on a general group name when the paperwork names a particular company. And avoid treating this checklist as advice to stop work: stopping, continuing or changing supply can each have contractual consequences requiring individual advice.

If a decision is time-sensitive, tell your adviser what is due and provide the underlying notice or contract. Do not assume that waiting for a return call suspends a deadline.

What if continuing or stopping would affect my own business?

Prepare the commercial picture as well as the contract questions: upcoming wages, supplier orders, expected receipts and work you have committed to elsewhere. The business cash-flow guide helps you organise those facts for a first conversation, without trying to diagnose your position.

Keep the questions in separate groups

Using separate notes prevents a conversation about a new order from obscuring an unresolved old account. Keep original emails and attachments with each topic.

How can I record a discussion without losing the detail?

Note the date, the person you spoke with, their role and what was said. Identify anything still awaiting confirmation. If you request written clarification, be precise about the company, site and proposed work. A note of a conversation is useful context, but it is not a substitute for checking authority or obtaining advice on the arrangement.

Review and limits

5 September 2026: checked Teneo’s public portal and ASIC general guidance. No new site-specific funding, supply authority, retention entitlement or property recovery right has been verified. This page provides questions to prepare, not instructions to exercise legal rights.