Industrial electrical projects and installations
Machinery installations, production line modifications, switchboard and MCC work, distribution, motors, drives and control alterations, delivered on sites that are still running.
Manufacturing, food production and processing sites across South East Queensland and Northern NSW.
Project work
What we install
Electrical project work on operating industrial sites, from a single machine through to staged work across a production area.
Machinery and equipment installation
Electrical installation, connection and commissioning of new production machinery and process equipment, including supplies, isolation and control connections.
Production line modifications
Changes to existing lines, equipment relocations, additions to running plant and the electrical alterations that go with them.
Power distribution
Sub-mains, distribution, supplies to new equipment and additional capacity for expanding plant.
Switchboards and MCCs
Fitting off, installing, connecting and modifying switchboards and motor control centres, additional circuits and upgrades to existing boards.
Motors and drives
Motor and drive installation, connection, configuration and commissioning, including starters, overloads and motor control circuits.
Controls and field wiring
Control circuit modifications, field devices, sensors, actuators and field wiring installation and alteration.
Cabling and containment
Cable routes, tray, ladder, conduit and containment, installed for the environment the plant actually runs in.
Equipment we work across regularly:
Why it matters who installs it
Installed by people who maintain plant
Industrial installations are easier to maintain when they are built with the next fault, inspection or modification in mind. Sparktech's extensive fault-finding and maintenance experience gives us a practical view of what makes an installation straightforward, or painful, to work on later.
Working within the project design and your site requirements, that experience shows up in the practical detail:
- Labelling and identification that still makes sense to someone in two years
- Terminations, glanding and containment suited to the environment the plant runs in
- Cable routes that can be traced and equipment that can be accessed for testing
- Clear labelling, test documentation and marked-up information where it forms part of the project handover
- Practical input raised during the project on access, maintainability and installation detail
Where we can see something that would cause problems for whoever maintains the plant later, we raise it with you or your engineer as part of the project rather than changing an engineered design on our own initiative.
How the scope works
Specification, switchboards and scale
Electrical specification
For normal electrical installation work we can size and specify what the scope requires: circuits, protection, cabling, isolators, supplies and the associated installation requirements. We can also give practical input on installation, access and maintainability as the work is planned.
Where engineered designs are required, we install to designs supplied by your engineer or an appointed specialist.
Switchboards and MCCs
We fit off, install, connect and modify supplied switchboards and motor control centres. Where a project needs a new manufactured board, we can coordinate that through a specialist board builder as part of the overall project rather than leaving you to arrange it separately.
Project size
Projects range from a single machinery installation or modification through to production line work, switchboard and distribution work, controls and larger staged electrical projects. Where a project needs more labour than we carry day to day, we scale using trusted electricians and subcontractors.
Whether we take a project on depends on the scope, the programme, site requirements and current resourcing. Tell us what is involved and we will give you a straight answer.
Controls and automation
Where automation is part of the project
Sparktech provides the electrical and controls work directly, including control panel modifications, field wiring, sensors and actuators, drives and the commissioning of electrical and control components.
Where specialist PLC or HMI programming is required, we can engage trusted automation partners and coordinate that work as part of the overall project. Depending on how the project is structured, Sparktech can carry the overall scope so you are not running an electrical contractor and a programmer in parallel.
More detail on the controls side is on the PLC, VSD, motors and controls page.
On site
Working around production
Most industrial projects happen on a site that still has to make product. How the work is staged usually matters as much as how it is installed.
- Work staged around production requirements, including planned return-to-service points where the project requires them
- Using planned downtime and shutdown windows where that is the more efficient approach
- Isolation and permit requirements worked out ahead of the work rather than on the day
- Coordination with your maintenance team, production and other trades on site
- Site inductions, permit to work systems and your electrical safety procedures
- Progress and problems raised as they come up rather than at handover
On commissioning and handover we complete the testing the work requires, and issue certificates of testing and compliance, test result sheets and job reports with photos.
Related
Related services
Shutdowns & planned maintenance
Project and installation work scheduled into planned downtime.
PLC, VSD, motors & controls
Drives, motors, sensors and control circuits, with programming coordinated through automation partners.
Industrial electrical maintenance
Ongoing electrical maintenance once the plant is installed and running.
Where we work
Sites we work on
South East Queensland and Northern NSW, from Tweed Heads through the Gold Coast, Yatala, Beenleigh and Logan to Brisbane. Licensed in both states, so sites either side of the border are equally in scope.
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Get in touch
Have a project coming up?
Tell us the site, the scope and roughly when it needs to happen, and we will tell you whether it is a fit and what we would need to price it.
0434 059 952