Buckeridge Group of Companies

BGC (Australia) Pty Ltd

Type	Private
Industry	Building
Founded	1960
Headquarters	Perth, Western Australia
Area served	Western Australia
Key people	Len Buckeridge
Products	concrete, windows, roofing, bricks
Services	home building
Operating income	$163,218,319,402 AUD
Slogan	Building Success
Website	www.bgc.com.au

Buckeridge Group of Companies commonly known as BGC is a private corporate group of construction and building-related companies operating primarily in Western Australia. It is one of the largest privately owned companies in Australia, and was owned entirely by its founder, Leonard Buckeridge, until his death in 2014.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Group structure

BGC consists of the following companies:

BGC Asphalt
BGC Blokpave
BGC Blokstone
BGC Builders Supplies
BGC Cement
BGC Cemtech
BGC Clay
BGC Commercial Windows
BGC Concrete
BGC Construction
BGC Contracting
BGC Fibre Cement
BGC Insulation
BGC Metal Roofing
BGC Plasterboard
BGC Plumbing
BGC Quarries
BGC Steel
BGC Transport
Brikmakers
Affinity Windows
Australian Gypsum Industries
Automated Surveys
Harmony Roof Tiles

The varied nature of the companies that make up BGC mean that the company is largely self-sufficient, able to carry out building projects without needing to purchase materials or labour from other companies. They were the largest home builders in Australia for six straight years,^[4] through their subsidiary companies including National Homes, Designer Homes, JCP Construction, Impressions the Home Builder, Commodore Homes, Perceptions The Two-Storey Builder, Stratawise, HomeStart, WA Housing Centre and BGC Modular.

References

↑ "BGC Homepage (pc: 2007):Homepage". BGC. Archived from the original on 2014-01-14. Retrieved September 7, 2007.
↑ Orr, Aleisha (11 March 2014). "Perth billionaire Len Buckeridge dead". WA Today. Archived from the original on 2014-03-11. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
↑ Burrell, Andrew (11 March 2014). "Len Buckeridge, founder of builder BGC, has died age 77". The Australian. Archived from the original on 2014-03-11. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
↑ "Big firms increase new homes share". 30 September 2009.

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