Capabilities
Over the short period the company has been operating, four projects have been completed with several other opportunity’s pending including Solomon Islands Maritime Authority with an audit and design of a port Navigation system, and design of new day marks including a list of spares and estimates for tower replacements for Transport Safety Victoria (TSV).
Projects Completed
May 2023
Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), Little Ramme Head 90m walkway, this involved removing the walkway destroyed by bushfires, design, build and install the new walkway in a remote area by helicopter. Seen by AMSA to be included as a preferred tenderer. This included quoting and submitting the tender submission for the work, project managing the project from the start to completion. Detailed project report was completed to ISO format and approved with the finial site inspection having high praise on the workmanship and innovation while complying and meeting all Australian standards. See below two images for information and detail of the scale and level of work carried out in this project.
June 2023
Provided radar dome and structural tower inspection at Tindal Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) radar site. This work was under BAE Systems who currently hold this site contract. BAE requested LCLE to perform work due to experience and site knowledge which led to the completion of several services including resealing and repainting the dome.
August 2023
Radar works at Townsville, as a direct contract with LCLE and Raytheon Australia, work was completed with all safety compliance and documentation, including a detailed completion report.
July to Dec 2024
Supply of 12 day markers, engineered with marine grade aluminium, 1400 x 2800mm to the Solomon Island Maritime Safety Authority. The markers have florescent orange diamond grade reflective at IALA standards and include vandal proof stainless steel power supply and lantern support boxes.
Skills and Strengths Synopsis to Project Delivery
- 40 years in leadership and project management
- Wide-ranging experience in Aids to Navigation (AtoN), defence and Bureau of Meteorology equipment, remote solar and mains powered systems.
- Extensive quoting, project management and completion of over 85 Bureau of Meteorology
- Auditing, planning, coordinating and evaluating maritime systems
- Go-to person for difficult and high-risk projects
- Extensive engineering and regulation understanding and capability to work with qualified engineers to deliver efficiently and effective project outcomes
- Fabrication knowledge and capability including engineering and design
- Stakeholder liaison and relationship management
- Strong work ethic
- Ability to work on time, on budget, and importantly to work to and often above client expectation
Qualifications
- Trade Fitter and Turner
- Advanced Certificate in Maritime Aids to Navigation, Technician, Electrical and Mechanical 20 modules
- Advanced Scaffold
- Intermediate Rigger
- Industrial Painter
- Dogman
- Forklift
- Twin Ropes or Industrial Rope Access
- Parchem Approved Applicator
- White Card
- Working at Heights
- Tower Rescue
- First Aid
Fields of Special Competence
- Detailed knowledge of a wide Aid to Navigation equipment, structural and associated infrastructure and maintenance requirements
- Well-developed problem-solving skills, and extensive experience in hazard analysis and risk assessment
- Radar maintenances, removals, bearing changes
- Successful project manager, with strong organisational skills
- Remote area projects and maintenance
- Experience in contract management
- Solar systems, 40 years’ experience of simple stand alone to more complex systems, completing work with designs and installs of over 400 sites
- Development of operational and safety plans
- Management of construction and demolition works
- Oil pollution control and spill clean-up strategies
- Accomplished supervisor with good people skills
Achievements
- Successfully completed 100s of projects with a turnkey solution, including liaising with client’s, complete project costings, design, engineering, fabrication, delivery of the on-site work, and completion reporting
- Fabrication and erection of Aids to Navigation (AtoN), solar systems and other assets for Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), Bureau of Meteorology, Parks Victoria, Marine and Safety Victoria, and Melbourne Ports Authority
- Radar maintenance and bearing changes BAE of Australia, Raytheon
- Managed restoration work for heritage listed lighthouses; Point Hicks, Cape Nelson (Parks Victoria) Cape Otway (Cape Otway light station Ltd.), AMSA
- Managed demolition and construction work for 85 new Automatic weather stations and sea level stations for Bureau of Meteorology over a 25-year period in all states and Pacific Islands.
