Mechanical and electrical engineering and development agency RSGx has acquired an 80% curiosity in Perth-based BEC Engineering.
The deal continues RSGx’s enlargement into the power transition sector, capitalising on the rising personal and public demand in Western Australia for energy transmission infrastructure to satisfy decarbonisation targets and to assist new minerals mining and processing tasks.
Established in 1996 and headquartered in Perth, BEC Engineering is an engineering agency with about 50 workers.
RSGx Group Govt Director, Kris Caplice, mentioned BEC Engineering would proceed to function underneath its personal title as a part of the RSGx Group.
“BEC is massively revered in WA and nationally,” Caplice mentioned. “We are going to assist its continued progress, introducing BEC to our present buyer base, increasing to the East coast, and supporting the introduction of extra companies to BEC’s present portfolio.
“Working collectively, we are able to be certain that our purchasers obtain the perfect and most modern options proper the best way by means of {the electrical} asset lifecycle, from design, by means of development, commissioning, and upkeep. An end-to-end resolution.”
All BEC administration will stay, with Managing Director, Mike Drake-Brockman, persevering with to guide the BEC group.
“Having labored collectively over the previous few years, I do know RSGx is an ideal match for us and can guarantee we proceed to develop,” Drake-Brockman mentioned. “We’re dedicated to delivering the identical distinctive companies to our purchasers with whom we’ve got constructed a trusted relationship over the previous 30 years.
“Combining our experience implies that between the 2 firms, we are able to provide a whole vary of companies with price efficiencies that may profit our purchasers.
“The WA market is powerful, however we additionally see different alternatives nationally, and being part of the RSGx Group provides us the best platform from which to broaden.”
RSGx is Sydney headquartered with a serious workplace in Perth which oversees exercise throughout Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. It acquired Allied Energy in an analogous deal in 2023. RSGx, Allied Energy, and BEC will relocate to a brand new 800 sq.m facility in Burswood. Collectively, the businesses will make use of 230 individuals in WA.
The businesses have an inventory of purchasers, together with Fortescue, Westgold, AngloGold Ashanti, Water Corp, BHP, Newmont, Rio Tinto and Lynas Uncommon Earths.
