News Articles for Building and Energy

An electrician has been fined $42,000 after failing to install a critical safety feature for a switchboard at a Floreat property.

A Perth company and its former director will fork out about $65,000 over failures to fix defective building work and providing non-compliant contracts.

Hillarys-based builder Tingey Development Group has collapsed and called in Hall Chadwick liquidators, documents from the corporate regulator reveal.

A collapsed contractor has been ordered to pay $60,000 in fines and compensation for building offences in addition to another hefty penalty handed down six months ago.

More than 80 unfinished projects have been left in the fallout from Inspired Homes calling in administrators, with the insurance pathway now open to impacted customers.

Western Power has been handed a $220,000 fine after two people received electric shocks after incorrect wiring wasn't fixed at a nearby home.

The head of the state's building sector watchdog says there's still some pain ahead, but the wheels aren't falling off despite some tough years.

Records show the newly appointed supervisor for Nicheliving's building arm had a run-in with the Building Commissioner eight years ago over negligent and misleading conduct.

The Building Services Board has knocked back Consbuild Development's registration renewal over inadequate financial requirements.

A former director of collapsed builder Opus Homes has been fined $40,000 over his failure to manage properties in Perth in his role as building supervisor.

A Perth electrician has been fined $15,000 after leaving switchboard components unprotected at a home in Mount Lawley, placing users at risk of severe injury or electrocution.

Customers of the Osborne Park builder, which entered liquidation this month, have been advised to access home indemnity insurance.

Shuttered residential building company Beyond Builders has been ordered to pay $55,000 after a homeowner launched legal action over construction delays.

Western Power has been fined $80,000 after pleading guilty to failing to ensure network safety, after confessing it was aware of the issue that caused the Wheatbelt bushfire.

A concrete business and its directors have been fined after the court found they failed to fix a defective driveway at a Secret Harbour property.

Two building surveyors formerly employed by a now collapsed company have been fined over a height dispute for an apartment project in Scarborough.

A South West electrician has been ordered to pay $11,000 after the industry watchdog found its “dangerous installation” could have caused a hydrogen explosion.

Perth builder Opus Homes has been ordered to pay more than half a million dollars in compensation to one of its customers over a building services dispute escalated to the State Administrative Tribunal.

Fletcher Building says the mass failure of plumbing pipes it manufactured are confined to the Perth market and asserted the problem lies with defective installation.

BGC Australia has estimated it will cost more than $700 million to fix burst pipes that were installed across thousands of homes in Western Australia.

Collapsed residential builder Babylon Homes and Construction has been fined $23,000 after it carried out work without a permit, supervisor or home indemnity insurance.

The Building Services Board has refused to renew FTD Construction's registration after the industry watchdog raised concerns about the Perth property developer.

The building industry watchdog will pursue the cancellation of Modco Residential's builders' registration following liquidators being appointed to wind up the failed building business.

The state government's Building and Energy department has released its findings from an investigation over pipe leaks across Perth homes, with the results welcomed by builder BGC.

A collapsed father and son building company has been hit with a $25,000 fine for carrying out unauthorised work and demanding premature payments for work on four Perth properties.

Perth builder City Residence has become the latest building company to fail, amid a tight construction market.

A Perth building company and its sole director have been fined almost $250,000 after conducting unauthorised and botched work on four properties.

Troubled builder Modco Residential is facing a court action lodged by a recruitment firm seeking to wind-up the company.

The state's building industry regulator has cautioned customers, subcontractors and suppliers over Modco Residential's ability to pay its debts.

Construction companies are struggling with cost blowouts and project delays, leading to questions about their levels of cover.

One of WA's largest construction groups has avoided a dispute over allegedly defective building work after arguing the work was undertaken by an entity in liquidation.

Local building contractor Archiapps has entered into voluntary administration, less than two weeks after the Building Commission issued a warning to consumers about the company.

The Building Commission has issued a warning to consumers about the financial status of registered building contractor ArchiApps, after receiving information prompting concerns over the company's capacity to pay its debts.

Cooper & Oxley Builders, which is one of the 10 largest construction companies in Perth, has suspended work on its projects while it reviews its financial viability.

An audit of the trouble-plagued Perth Children's Hospital firewalls has found some minor defects but no systemic issues posing an ongoing safety risk.

An inspection on 13 local building projects that sourced materials from the Chinese supplier of roof panels for the Perth Children's Hospital, which were later found to contain asbestos, has produced no trace of the deadly material.

The Western Australian Building Commission is expanding its audit of aluminium composite panels following the Grenfell Tower fire in London last month.

Western Australia's biggest builders are facing higher insurance costs, in some cases understood to be as high as 25 per cent more, as the Building Commission moves to reduce the reliance on taxpayers to foot the bill for failures in the sector.

Mount Hawthorn-based builder Talbot Le Page Homes has been placed into administration, just more than a month after the Building Commission warned consumers over its financial capacity.

UPDATED: Building commissioner Peter Gow has issued a clarifying statement today (Tuesday), essentially confirming the state government's view that lead leaching directly from brass fittings remains the only significant source of lead at Perth Children's Hospital.