About Us
Creating Extraordinary Built Environments
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BG&E is a civil and structural engineering consultancy, celebrated for our innovative, award-winning designs that prioritise practicality and constructability.
Now part of the SYSTRA Group, we continue our decades-long commitment to delivering high-quality technical expertise to our clients – proud to support the ambitious growth of a sustainable and resilient international company.
Together, SYSTRA ANZ and BG&E ANZ comprise of a team of over 1,000 employees, with an additional 100 BG&E professionals based across the United Kingdom, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. Collectively, we deliver high-quality engineering solutions and technical expertise across a wide range of sectors and disciplines.
The BG&E Why
Our Purpose
At BG&E, we are united by a common purpose - we believe that truly great engineering takes curiosity, bravery and trust, and is the key to creating extraordinary built environments.
The BG&E Way
Our Values
Being proactive, adaptive and working together towards a common goal. Always doing what’s best for BG&E and showing respect for others.
Building and maintaining trust and mutual respect with clients, empathising with their outcomes, and caring for every BG&E family member's welfare and development.
Challenging the norm and thinking laterally, solving problems intelligently and efficiently and continuously learning and improving.
We never wanted to be the biggest, we just wanted to be the best.
Our founders, Peter Bruechle, Norm Gilchrist and Ernie Evans, proudly established a values-based business. Every day, our decisions, behaviour and actions are guided by shared values.
International Footprint
Our team of 745+ professionals span Australia, New Zealand (NZ), South East Asia, the United Kingdom (UK) and the Middle East. We deliver high-quality engineering solutions and technical expertise across a range of sectors and disciplines.
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General Information
BG&E specialises in civil and structural engineering supported by a range of complementary engineering disciplines. As part of the SYSTRA Group, BG&E clients also have access to additional specialist capabilities including Rail Systems, Signalling, Tunnelling, Trenchless Technologies and Mobility Solutions.
Our engineering expertise encompasses:
We are dedicated to offering solutions across multiple sectors, including the built environment (including mixed-use, heritage, and adaptive reuse), transport (including transport infrastructure, bridges, rail, and aviation), marine, defence, and energy and resources.
BG&E has been delivering innovative engineering solutions for over five decades. Our journey began with our first office in Perth, Western Australia, and over the past 53 years, we have steadily expanded our footprint - now reaching across Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia, the United Kingdom, and the Middle East.
Our differentiator is our people. With a workforce of 745+ diverse and talented individuals, our people are the lifeblood of BG&E and empower us to create extraordinary built environments and foster positive change in the communities we serve.
BG&E currently has offices in the following regions:
- Australia: Sydney, Newcastle, Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast
- New Zealand: Auckland, Christchurch, Whangarei
- United Kingdom: London
- Middle East: Abu Dhabi
- South East Asia: Singapore, Manilla
BG&E Ownership
Yes. BG&E became part of the SYSTRA Group in November 2025. SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consulting groups specialising in transport and mobility solutions, employing more than 10,000 people globally.
Becoming part of SYSTRA gives BG&E clients access to a broader range of specialist expertise, global experience and multidisciplinary engineering services, while continuing to work with the same local teams and trusted client relationships that have always been central to BG&E's success.
BG&E currently operates as "BG&E – Part of SYSTRA", reflecting both BG&E's strong market reputation and its position within the global SYSTRA Group.
No. BG&E continues to operate with the same local teams, leadership and client relationships, now supported by the additional expertise and global resources available through SYSTRA.
Through SYSTRA, BG&E clients now have access to additional specialist capabilities including Rail Systems, Signalling, Tunnelling, Trenchless Technologies, and Mobility Solutions, and other transport-related disciplines not previously offered locally by BG&E.
Yes. Access to SYSTRA's global network of technical specialists and international project experience enables BG&E to support larger, more complex and multidisciplinary projects across Australia, New Zealand and internationally.
While SYSTRA is internationally recognised for its expertise in rail and transport, the Group also provides engineering and consulting services across buildings, infrastructure, mobility, tunnelling, water and other multidisciplinary sectors.
SYSTRA operates in more than 80 countries and employs over 10,000 people worldwide, delivering projects across transport, mobility and infrastructure sectors.
BG&E and SYSTRA teams collaborate across projects where complementary expertise is required, allowing clients to benefit from both local knowledge and global technical capability.