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Project - Launceston Aquatic Centre (Launceston | TAS)

Description:
Contact Electrical was awarded the contract for the installation of electrical and communications infrastructure for what is the largest The project included a Olympic size swimming pool, 3 smaller sub pools varying in size a depth, one spa, indoor interactive children’s water play gym, one outdoor pool, one outdoor dive pool and a cafe including indoor and outdoor alfresco dining.

• Conson light control system
• Access control and security system throughout
• Complete Panduit Cat 6 and fibre optic communications
• Fire detection and warning system throughout
• All emergency and evacuation lighting
• Closed Circuit Television System (CCTV)
• Public Address system / EWIS system
• Microwave network Launceston City Council located - town hall
• Master Antenna Television System (MATV)
• Lightning protection system
• Earthing system was designed in conjunction with specialist earthing company
• All the pool slab reo was bonded with thousands of joints within the reo structure, looping around expansion joints

Management:
At Contact Electrical Pty Ltd we are structured in the following way with the following employees utilized on this project.
Project Manager: Sean Melray
Leading Hand / ‘A’ Grade Electrician: Stuart Styles
‘A’ Grade Electrician: Rick Considine
Apprentice: Steve Main and Don Anderson

Project - Cimitere House (Launceston | TAS)

Project: Cimitere House
Duration: March 2007 – April 2009
Contract Value: $1,200,000
Architect: Glen Smith & Associates
Engineer: E.S.T
Building Contractor: Fairbrother Constructions

Description:
Cimitiere House is Tasmania’s first Green Building design and represents a fantastic opportunity for Launceston’s business community. Committed to achieving a 5 Green Star rating design, this building is situated in the CBD, and is a wonderful environment for business owners and employees to work.

Tenants can save up to 70% on power costs through the smart design and construction of the building so money can be allocated to more important areas. 

Cimitiere House has been designed to be a healthy building with clean, fresh air helping staff stay happy, alert and more effective at work, increasing productivity and reducing sick days and staff turnover. 

The atrium and a series of outdoor spaces are available to share and mingle with clients and adjacent businesses. Build your referral network and enjoy meeting clients in these stylish and practical areas.

- New four story building to be used as professional offices.
- Completed building to meet and be approved for a level five green star energy rating.
- New Clipsal C-Bus lighting control system interfaced with Dali addressable light fittings throughout all tenancies.  Including a total of five C-Bus networks and fourteen separate Dali networks all interfaced together to create a streamlined control system.
- All new lighting, general power and 3 phase power.
- Supply and installation of new mains, main switchboard with separate metering for each tenancy, sub-mains and multiple distribution boards on each level.
 

Control System Overview:
As mentioned previously the main scope of works was that the building needed to meet the strict guide lines set out by level five green star energy rating guide. C-Bus was used as the control system for the Dali light fittings. Integrating these two system meant that the lighting design could be changed by system programming only as the customer’s requirements changed from tenant to tenant. Each new tenant is not restricted to what was left behind by the previous tenant; all that is required is a reconfiguration of the system via a computer on site.  

Movement sensors were used throughout the building to ensure lighting was only on while that particular area was occupied. The movement sensors were used in conjunction with lux level sensors to also ensure lighting was turned on if the lux level was below a variable pre defined amount. This design was also used to ensure the system complied with the guidelines set out in the Australian Building Code, section J6.

Project - News Limited (Hobart)

Project: News Limited
Duration: April 2008 – February 2009
Contract value: $1,000,000
Engineer: GHD
Building Contractor: Bells Constructions

Description:
Contact Electrical was awarded the contract for the installation of electrical, communications, security, access control, CCTV, fire detection and EWIS infrastructure for News Limited

At the machinery install stage we worked directly for News Limited to complete the ink tank room, the two Polaris plate etching machines, cyclone trimming extraction system, internal plant CCTV, forklift proximity warning system with local area control and worked closely with Ferag from Sydney on the packaging system and KBA from Germany on the press install.

With such a diverse range of areas, Contact Electrical were able to integrate all high end systems to provide a complete building management system that is both a state of the art and a requirement in this day and age for this type of building complex.

The following was achieved:

• New Printing, Packaging, Workshop and Administration Building
• New Mains and sub-mains.
• Supply and installation of site main switchboard and 12 distribution boards 
• All lighting, general power and 3 phase power.
• Security and access control throughout.
• Data/Telephone cabling and rack installation.
• Supply and installation of new CCTV system throughout
• Fire detection and warning system throughout.
• All emergency and evacuation lighting on computer controlled axium system.
• Supply and installation of UPS.
• Supply and installation of power factor correction unit.
• Integrating the emergency/evacuation lighting, UPS, power factor correction, security & fire detection into the buildings BMS system.

Project - ATC Burnie (Tasmania) 

Project: Australian Technical Collage - Burnie
Duration: February 2008 – January 2009
Contract value: $684,290
Engineer: E.S.T
Building Contractor: Mathews Constructions

Description:
Contact Electrical was awarded the contract for the installation of electrical, communications, security, access control, fire detection and EWIS infrastructure for the new Australian technical College Burnie Campus.

Major areas on the ground floor, which are workshops, did not have any ceiling spaces and all cabling was either installed on cable tray or in surface conduit. This required a tremendous amount of planning as the finished product would be visual for all to see and also is used by the Technical College for training purposes in their electrical courses.

The feature polystyrene ceiling in the major learning area on the first floor certainly presented some problems with mounting of electrical equipment and required some major planning in regard to mounting fixtures in the roof space as well as mounting on the underside due to its rails formation and light weight design.

• New four story building to be used as professional offices.
• Supply and installation of main switchboard & sub-switchboards.
• All lighting and general power.
• Wiring and connection of workshop machines.
• Security system.
• Fire detection and warning system.
• All emergency and evacuation lighting.
• CCTV system.
• Data system.
• Audio / Visual system.

Structured Cabling:
With the Cat 6A being a new caballing standard for data systems in Australia, we sent our Senior Technician to Panduit in Melbourne for training on the requirements for this system to be passed and certified to such a high level. Contact Electrical purchased a state of the art Fluke Cat 6A tester. With this training and test equipment we successfully installed and tested all data caballing to the Cat 6A standard.

System overview:

• 286, Cat 6A Panduit Data outlets.
• 2, 45RU Panduit Data cabinets.
• 620, Cat 6A terminations