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23/05/2019

Euro Auctions Announces Sale Date For DCHL Assets

Leading construction industry auctioneers Euro Auctions has announced sale dates for the assets of DCHL (Dawnus Construction Holdings Limited), following its administration earlier this year.

In conjunction with Hilco valuation services, the company will conduct a full site clearance on behalf of the administrators and other financers of DCHL on 13 and 14 June. The sale will include around 800 lots.

• 13 June 2019 – Players Industrial Estate, Clydach, Swansea, SA6 5BQ

• 14 June 2019 - Timed Auction: Llewellyns Quay, Port Talbot, SA13 1RF

• Viewing at both sites will be on 11th & 12th June, 9am - 4pm.

Items of note within the administration disposal sale include a range of excavators backhoe's, site dumpers, mini diggers, bulldozers, rollers, telehandlers, and other popular machinery. There is also a good compliment of 'site infrastructure' equipment and buildings, which are still being identified and catalogued. Also going under the hammer will be a myriad of buckets and attachments, powershift telehandlers, various configurations of lorries and crew vehicles, swivel skip dumper trucks, through to tower lighting units, diesel generators, mig welders, fuel bowsers plus a host of other equipment.

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"All the equipment going under the hammer has been well maintained and we expect interest to be strong. As with all our sales everything will be sold without reserve which results in competitive bidding," explained Neil McIlwaine, Director of Sales and Business Development at Euro Auctions.

Further details and catalogues for the Dawnus disposal sales appear on the Euro Auctions website at www.euroauctions.com and a Bidder Number will be required to bid on any of the lots either in person or via Euro Auctions' Free Internet Bidding Service.

Euro Auctions has a well-established network of buyers and consignors from around the globe as well as eight permanent auction sites in six countries, conducting over 60 sales per annum. This global market place, as well as good local knowledge, will be invaluable in securing market interest and the best price for all Dawnus Group assets.

The businesses in the Dawnus Group which entered into administration on 15 March, specialised in construction, development, commercial management, plant hire and recycling. With a £172m-turnover, the firm had a number of public contracts in Wales, including to build the £12m Kingsway redevelopment in Manchester, three schools in Powys and a flood defence scheme in Cardiff. Founded in 2001, Dawnus had a number of offices across the UK including London, Birmingham and Exeter.

For more information on this or any of the other upcoming auctions operated by Euro Auctions, visit www.euroauctions.com or contact Euro Auctions on +44 (0) 2882 898262.

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