Lawyers for thousands of disgruntled customers and BGC have returned to court to hash out initial issues before heading towards a resolution of the major dispute.
BGC Australia has reported another big operating loss as the restructuring of the group continues but also disclosed a strong operating result in its core building materials business.
This week's appointments include Michael Allan, Penny Fielding, Michael Veletta, Perenti leadership changes, new director appointments at Mineral Resources, and others.
The competition watchdog has cleared BGC Australia's sale of its cementitious division, with the business carved up between Cement Australia and Adbri.
BGC Australia has announced its largest asset sale, with its cementitious division being sold to industry heavyweight Cement Australia in a deal worth close to $800 million.
BGC has started construction on tens of millions of dollars' worth of infrastructure in a bid to start producing “green cement” after inking a deal with a lithium heavyweight.
BGC Australia has returned to the black after two years of big losses, helped by major asset sales, but acknowledged its continuing operations are still trading in the red.
The Silvestro family-led company has almost doubled its volume of home starts in the past 12 months, in a shake-up of the state's residential building industry.
The boss of residential building company JWH has criticised the state government's proposed legislation around the Iplex pipes issue, echoing concerns of industry.
Automotive retailer Regent Motors has pushed homebuilder BGC Australia out of the top 10 private companies based in Western Australia after cracking the $1 billion revenue milestone.
Iplex Pipelines and the state government have agreed to provide up to $150 million as part of an industry deal to repair damaged houses but BGC Australia is not participating.
The Perth home builder's legal move is additional to a class action against pipe manufacturer Iplex and comes after it spent $18 million repairing damaged properties.
The company at the centre of a long-running dispute with Perth home builder BGC over responsibility for thousands of burst pipes has been hit with a class action.
A class action lawsuit against three BGC Housing Group companies has commenced in the Supreme Court of WA on behalf of thousands of aggrieved homeowners.
Tradition and history are strong motivators driving the state's WAFL clubs, which are exploring new revenue streams and shoring up supporter engagement.
BGC Australia has disclosed a flurry of changes to its board and senior executive team including Andrew Buckeridge stepping down as a non-executive director.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes Sophie Hancock, Sabina Shugg, Cliff Winby, Matt Fulton, Steve Lawrence, Neil Hamilton, Jennifer Seabrook and Stuart MacNaughton.
BGC chairman Neil Hamilton has stepped down after more than five years in the role, with Jennifer Seabrook taking his place as the board continues to pursue a sale of the business.
Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss BGC results; home building incentives; housing price hikes; Rio royalty payments; Harvest Road's loss; all the action in lithium; Satterley's LWP deal and Cottesloe preselection.
The proposed class action lawsuit against Perth builder BGC is set to commence in the new year with thousands of delay hampered homeowners having registered.
BGC is concerned its employees could be targeted by abusive behaviour on social media after an aggrieved customer uploaded a parody video about building delays.
