Queensland-wide commercial switchboard project delivery
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Switchboards, MCCs and plant distribution for manufacturing and processing sites. We coordinate the investigation, board selection, protection coordination, staged changeovers and the documentation your plant runs on.
SITES WE DELIVER FOR
Process lines, refrigeration and washdown environments where supply continuity is non-negotiable.
Machine shops, fabrication and assembly plants with heavy motor loads and welding supplies.
Continuous lines, VSD-heavy plant and control integration where a trip stops everything.
Service workshops, yards and heavy equipment facilities running cranes, hoists and compressors.
The Real Problem
Most manufacturing boards were sized for the plant as it was years ago. Every new machine since has been added to whatever way was spare, by whoever was available that week. The result is a board at capacity, drawings that stopped matching reality long ago and protection that was never coordinated for the loads it now carries.
Nuisance tripping that stops a line. An MCC bucket with no spare parts. A thermal scan finding from the insurer. A new machine with nowhere to connect it. These start as production interruptions and end as infrastructure projects when nobody owns the whole picture.
Manufacturing switchboards and MCCs are built to AS/NZS 61439, with motor control, soft starters and PLC interfaces sized to the plant. Manufacturing switchboards work is staged around production so the line keeps running.
Whether it is a single line upgrade or a full plant fit-out, manufacturing switchboards are scoped to the process, and manufacturing switchboards are documented so maintenance teams keep accurate drawings.
Nuisance tripping stopping production / MCC buckets with no replacement parts / Boards at capacity with new plant coming / Drawings that no longer match the board
WHAT TRIGGERS THE ENQUIRY
Most plant switchboard projects start as a production interruption or an audit finding. The work is identifying which is a repair, which is a staged upgrade and which is a plant infrastructure project.
Sector Constraints
A changeover that costs a retail site an evening costs a factory a production run. Every project is planned backwards from the windows the plant can actually give us.
Boards and MCC sections are pre-built and tested in the workshop wherever possible, so the production outage covers changeover only, not construction.
Project Delivery
We manage the moving parts so maintenance and production managers are not coordinating electricians, engineers and suppliers between shifts.
Photos, drawings if they exist, known issues and your production constraints.
Board condition, loads, protection, MCC state and staged options documented.
Protection coordination, engineering input where required and supply authority requirements.
Manufacturer-independent selection from Schneider, NHP, IPD or custom builders, pre-built and tested in the workshop where possible.
Works in agreed production windows with temporary supply for critical plant.
Certificates, test results, as-built drawings and schedules your maintenance team runs on.
Coordinated cabling on an industrial board
Relevant Services
From MCC works to thermal baselines and emergency response, these are the switchboard services most commonly required across manufacturing, processing and heavy equipment sites.
Plant main boards replaced or upgraded in staged works, certified to AS/NZS 61439.
More capacity for plant expansion, coordinated with Energex and Ergon end to end.
11kV infrastructure, RMUs and substations for larger plants with on-site HV.
Hotspots found under real production load, with reports for insurers and maintenance planning.
Failed switchgear, fault investigation and emergency response when production stops.
Scheduled inspections, torque checks and thermal baselines that keep boards off the breakdown list.
MCC sections, buckets, starters, VSDs and plant distribution built around production.
OUR APPROACH
A manufacturing switchboard project touches the whole plant: machines, refrigeration, compressed air, lighting and every shift that runs while the work happens. Poor planning creates stopped lines, missed orders and expensive rework. We design every project around the plant: works staged into the windows production can give, critical loads carried on temporary supply, boards pre-built so site time stays short, and documentation handed over so the maintenance team inherits a known asset. Projects delivered across Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Logan, Ipswich and broader Queensland, with regional and remote sites by arrangement.
What We Design Around
Who This Page Is For
This page is for production managers, maintenance managers, plant engineers, operations managers and factory owners across food and beverage, fabrication, plastics, packaging, processing and heavy equipment facilities.
Related Industries
Plant distribution boards typically run $15,000 to $60,000 installed. MCC works range from $20,000 for bucket and starter replacements to $250,000 and above for full multi-section MCC replacements. Main board upgrades on plant sites typically sit $20,000 to $80,000. Fixed pricing follows the plant assessment, with staged options where the budget needs them.
Yes. Works are staged into the windows the plant can give: weekend shutdowns, planned maintenance windows, seasonal closures or compressed overnight changeovers with temporary supply on critical loads. The staging plan starts with your production calendar, not our availability.
Often, yes. Where the MCC design allows bucket-level isolation, individual drives are swapped with only that machine offline. Where it does not, the work is compressed into the shortest practical window. The plant assessment confirms which applies before anything is scheduled.
Typical plant board projects run 6 to 14 weeks from assessment to energisation, with board manufacture the longest stage. Workshop pre-build means most of that time passes with production unaffected, and the site outage is measured in hours or a weekend rather than weeks.
That is the design goal. Temporary supply for critical machines, refrigeration and process loads, staged changeovers by section and pre-built boards keep the plant running through the program, with any full outages compressed and scheduled with production.
Three paths: retrofit kits and current-equivalent gear adapted into the existing board, replacement of the worst sections while the rest stays in service, or a staged full replacement. The right path depends on condition, parts availability and how much downtime the plant can take. The assessment confirms it with staged pricing.
Yes. As-installed drawings, circuit schedules and labelling are part of every plant handover. Where the site has no current drawings, the works include documenting what exists, so the next breakdown starts from facts instead of folklore.
We deliver the boards, distribution and supply to each machine’s isolator. Machine internals, OEM control systems and machine-side wiring stay with your machine specialist or OEM technician. Clean boundary, no overlap, no gaps.
Yes. Thermal scans under real production load, scheduled inspections, torque checks and baselines keep plant boards off the breakdown list, with reports written for insurers, auditors and your maintenance system.
Yes. Site inductions, permits, isolation procedures and contractor management requirements are part of normal delivery on manufacturing and industrial sites. Send your requirements with the site details and they get built into the program.
No. Commercial Switchboards delivers commercial and industrial switchboard work only. Manufacturing, processing and heavy equipment sites are core territory. Residential work belongs with a general electrical contractor.
Send through photos of the boards, drawings if they exist, the known issues and your production constraints. We review within one business day and come back with the practical next step, usually a plant assessment scheduled around your shifts.
Send through photos, drawings if you have them and your production constraints. We review the details and advise the next practical step within one business day.
