Bugardi Contracting enters voluntary administration

Bugardi Contracting Pty Ltd entered voluntary administration on 27 October 2026, according to a notice published on the ASIC Published Notices register on 30 October.

Why it matters

The notice, lodged under the provisions covering administrator appointments and the first meeting of creditors, names Robert Michael Kirman and Shane Henry Hurst of McGrathNicol as the administrators of the company, ACN 658 318 597. McGrathNicol’s Perth team regularly handles Western Australian corporate administrations, and the firm’s involvement points to a formal creditor process now underway rather than an informal wind-down.

For anyone who has contracted with, supplied, or been engaged by Bugardi Contracting, the appointment of administrators changes who controls the company’s affairs. Directors lose control of day-to-day operations once administrators are in place, and creditors, including any subcontractors or suppliers owed money, will need to deal with McGrathNicol rather than the company’s management from this point.

The numbers

The notice sets the appointment date at 27 October 2026, with the ASIC publication following on 30 October. The company’s full legal identity on the public record is Bugardi Contracting Pty Ltd, ACN 658 318 597, registered in Western Australia. The published notice is a combined one, covering both the administrators’ appointment and the first meeting of creditors under the relevant Corporations Act provisions, which is the standard mechanism ASIC uses to put the market on notice of a new administration.

The notice itself does not disclose a debt figure, a creditor count, or the nature of Bugardi Contracting’s trading operations, and no further detail on the company’s scale or project history was found through an outlet search at the time of writing. Those figures, where they exist, typically surface later through administrators’ reports to creditors.

What’s next

The combined notice signals that a first meeting of creditors has been convened, the point at which creditors are updated on the company’s financial position and vote on its future, including whether it proceeds to liquidation, a deed of company arrangement, or is returned to the directors. McGrathNicol has not yet published a detailed creditors’ report through ASIC’s notice system beyond this appointment.

Any additional detail on Bugardi Contracting’s creditor position, workforce, or outstanding contracts will depend on further filings from the administrators, which The Australian Developer will track through the ASIC notice system. The appointment adds to a mixed week for WA’s building sector, which has also seen established builders report both growth and strain: see our coverage of the Perth market.