3. Contents
Message from the director 02
About us 03
Our approach 05
Services 06
> Quality design reviews 07
> Process management 08
> Post construction services 10
> Consulting and engineering 11
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Message
from the
director
Engineering is an important and learned profession that has a direct impact
on the quality of life for all humans and ultimately can enhance the welfare,
health and safety of the community. At the same time, the community places
its trust in the judgment and actions of all Engineers that they conduct their
business with dignity, integrity and professional code of ethics.
With ever-decreasing budgets, competition in the market place and reduced
resources, designers constantly face a balancing act between competing
pressures of time and cost. As a result project quality seems to be affected
regardless of the designers experience level.
The good news for clients is that the risk factors contributing to poor
quality problems are largely within their design team’s power to control or
influence. If not properly addressed, these issues could result in variation
costs, time extension claims and ultimately compromise safety.
Managing, time, cost, quality and safety are the key drivers of our business.
At Belco Electrical, we strive to become a reliable partner on your project
team, serving as an extension of management and professional teams. What
differentiates us is our ability to not only provide recommendations that
will assist you in making the correct choices for your project, but indeed
personally stand by them.
Vladimir Poposki
Managing Director
5. Belco Electrical is a Melbourne based engineering
consulting firm set up to achieve high quality
in engineering and design. We provide reliable,
independent advice that represents the interest of
the owner and the end user.
Our ability to manage quality and safety in design
ensures that our clients confidently bridge the gap from
the initial design phase through to takeover by the
operation’s group.
As a member of your project team, our aim is to
provide expert, constructive, un-biased advice that
will assist you in making the correct choices for your
project, with the end result being a compliant, safe
and workable system.
About us
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7. Independent Advice
We are independent advisors
who provide unbiased advice,
solely focused on our client’s
interests. We strive to
become a reliable partner on
your project team, serving as
an extension of management
and professional teams.
Tailored Solutions
Understanding client needs
are forefront in our business
and our approach to design.
We take enormous pride
in delivering a design that
answers the brief and, just
as importantly, advise you
of any foreseen implications
before any project funds
are committed. We ensure
that our design solutions are
specifically tailored to your
needs and the buildings we
visit, and promise to never
use general templates for
specifications and reports.
Accountable
We understand our roles
and responsibility for the
services we provide and we
take accountability for our
work. At Belco Electrical,
we are committed and
obliged to apply and
uphold the Professional
Engineers Code of Ethics.
We are a business founded
on integrity, efficiency
and accountability in
order to merit the trust
of the community and the
profession that enables our
clients to focus on what
matters to them.
Focus on Quality
Belco Electrical believes
that our key responsibility
to our clients is to manage
the risk associated with
poor quality in design and
construction.
We promise to:
Provide quality
service and
advice and not
disappear.
What differentiates us is that we have low overheads
and our business model is not set up to compete with
other consulting firms.
Managing, time, cost, quality and safety are the key
drivers of our business.
At Belco Electrical, we
approach things, much
differently:
Our approach
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8. Services
Managing the design services gap with confidence
At Belco Electrical, we are committed to deliver unique exceptional client
service within each of the following fields of expertise.
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9. The design review is a valuable and worth having conversation. Below are some key benefits:
• Provides an objective, informed and constructive criticism from an expert professional panel which lends support
and innovative suggestions to the external engineers in their final proposed design.
• Design issues are identified and resolved early in the project stages, thus saving time and money by avoiding
possible cost variations and delays.
• Identifies issues that could affect the final operations by users and maintenance personnel. These are flagged
early in the design as recommendations to the project team.
Quality design reviews
A complete check with quick turnaround
Our design review process is structured to control any potential issues that may have a negative impact on a project’s
cost, quality, environment, safety and compliance, thus ensuring its success.
Our team will ensure that the procedures, decisions and actions taken by the external engineering team working on
your project at any stage of the design are uniform, correct and meet the project design brief.
“A consultant is someone who saves his
client almost enough to pay his fee”
Arnold H. Glasow
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10. Process management
At Belco Electrical, we work collaborative with your project management team to deliver all projects on time and on
budget. Helping steer projects from design to construction, we assist in resolving any challenges or issues along the
way and harness opportunities that will ensure the final result is a success.
Assist in preparing a clear and precise brief in line
with the project mandate.
Monitor change order claims from contractors and
responses from consultants.
Assist in tender assessment and in setting criteria to prequalify
contractors which include recommendations on bid ability.
Provide advice and expectations on all aspects of the
commissioning stage.
Ensure the design team are performing within their
roles and responsibility.
Assist in the resolution of disputes and contractual
obligations.
Assist in selecting and managing the design team.
Monitor requests for information from contractors
and responses from consultants.
Design stage
Construction stage
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12. These Include:
• Submission of functional ‘As Installed’
Documents and Operations and
Maintenance Manuals
Equipment data sheets and some drawings
arranged together do not form an operations and
maintenance manual. For them to be functional,
they shall provide clear step-by-step instructions
and procedures detailing how the client or any
of their representatives can safely operate and
maintain the systems installed.
Belco Electrical will ensure that the contractor
submits practical operations and maintenance
manuals and that the services engineer has
completed their part in verifying and signing off the
works against their design.
• Project Closure Audit
At this phase of your project, you want to avoid
any surprises. A successful commissioning is crucial
for ensuring the equipment and systems operate
as intended and the personnel receive the training
required to safely operate them.
Upon completion of the project, prior to the final
project payment retention is released and the
project teams are dismissed, Belco Electrical will
complete an audit in five stages:
• Stage 1: Verify all systems have been installed as
designed, functioning as intended and ensure there
are no outstanding works.
• Stage 2: Identify and prepare a defect list of all
incomplete or unsatisfactory items that need to be
rectified within the defect and liability period.
• Stage 3: Assure that all relevant documentation
have been provided and signed off by all
professionals involved. This includes all relevant
warranties that are needed if a building defect
becomes apparent.
• Stage 4: Assure all necessary training has been
provided to the end users and the operational
personnel so they have a full knowledge of the
building systems and equipment installed.
• Stage 5: Establish a “Lessons Learned” report that
evaluates the success of the project and identifies
key lessons that can be transferred to ensure
future project’s success. The report will include
assessment of key project personnel performance
to assist in determining whether to continue the
service of engineers or contractors, particularly if
there have been issues with non-performance.
Post construction services
Commissioning, Handover, Takeover
Plan, design, construct and commission – if only it was that easy. Bringing the last stages of the project and the
handover to the end user is the most vital part of any project prior to disbursing the project team.
Our post construction services are critical to the end user and maintenance personnel. They are a series of processes
that ensure project works are built as designed and operate safely and as expected prior to the project being closed off.
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13. Our key
capabilities
include:
• Feasibility studies
• Electrical system design
• Lighting design –
new and retrofit
• Consultation and advice
• Inspections and verifications
• Quality design reviews
• Building audits for code
compliance
• Dispute resolution
Consulting and
engineering
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We take enormous pride in delivering a design
that answers the brief as well as provide advice
and solutions that are tailored to fit your business
requirements.
At Belco Electrical, we believe that specifications and
deign reports should be treated as unique and never
copied across from previous projects.
Our approach to design is to visit the site to get
familiar with the existing services, speak to the people
that will use and maintain the facilities and then
provide clear, specific solutions.
We provide a full range of engineering services from
concept design through to client handover.
“I never design a building before I’ve seen the
site and met the people who will be using it.”
Frank Lloyd Wright
14. Whether you are starting a new
project or facing an issue on an
existing one and you pause to think,
“Where to from here?”... “Does this
comply with relevant codes?”... This
is where we can help.
If you have a specific design or general project
question, you can call on us for FREE advice.
With our current professional personnel
network, even if your question doesn’t relate
to the services we provide, we will provide
you with contacts that can, and help guide
you with the next steps you need to take.
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15. Consulting & Engineering
Design Review
Process Management
Post Construction Services
phone. 0431 753 093
email. info@belcoelectrical.com.au
web. belcoelectrical.com.au
director. Vladimir Poposki
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical)
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