Work has stopped on rebuilding the £7.4m Fair Isle Bird Observatory after the contractors introduced they have been contemplating going into administration.
Builders Lighthouse/IDMH have lodged a discover to nominate an administrator and have stopped working on the web site.
The Fair Isle Bird Observatory Trust mentioned the internationally-renowned analysis centre in Shetland wouldn’t now reopen later this 12 months, as deliberate.
The earlier building was destroyed by fire in March 2019.
The new facility was being constructed on the identical web site, after an preliminary £2.35m funding bundle from the Scottish authorities and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).
Douglas Barr, chairman of the belief, mentioned the latest setback was “notably irritating” as a result of the building is now “wind and watertight”.
Work was underneath solution to full the interior works, which have been scheduled to be completed this autumn.
Mr Barr mentioned the contractors should not but in administration however “are contemplating their choices on how they go ahead as an organization”.
“Before we in a position to proceed, there are a selection of authorized, monetary and practical points that must be attended to,” he added.
“This implies that sadly we is not going to be reopening this 12 months.”
The challenge has suffered weather-related delays when transporting the building’s modular models to the island.
The fowl observatory is a serious contributor to tourism on Fair Isle, which lies half approach between Shetland and Orkney.
The island is three miles lengthy, one-and-a-half miles large, and has a inhabitants of about 50.
It is considered being top-of-the-line locations in Europe to see uncommon birds, which cease off to relaxation and feed alongside their migration routes.
