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64 E L EC TR I C AL CONNEC T I ON

AU T UMN 20 1 7

AN ENLIGHTENING EXPERIENCE

F

rom its beginnings as just two

qualified electricians in 1999, Steven

Orr Electrical has grown to employ

a team of 10 skilled staff members who

live and work in the Echuca Moama district

of Victoria. The business recently won a

‘Highly Commended’ award in the ‘Lighting

Project’ category of the NECA Victoria

Excellence Awards. The award was for

the supply and delivery of light towers

and fittings to Echuca Vic Park Recreation

Reserve and Echuca South Oval.

“The Vic Park precinct is the main

football ground here in the Goulburn

Valley competition. It’s used by about

10 teams plus Auskick [an AFL coaching

program] as well as a secondary school

that uses it as its sporting oval. There’s

even a couple of netball courts. It’s the

primary sporting hub in the shire of

Campaspe,” says Steven Orr.

The upgrading of lighting at Echuca

Vic Park Recreation Reserve and Echuca

South Oval – which included the design,

supply and delivery of sports lighting

towers, and the removal of old light towers

– was a public tender formatted by the

Campaspe Shire Council and was awarded

based on points criteria, which outlined

specific outcomes.

On winning the tender, Steven Orr

Electrical commenced work in late March

of 2015 and managed to complete the job

within six weeks – no small feat for an

outfit with just seven guys on the tools.

“We had done some bowling green

and tennis court lighting prior to this but

we hadn’t really had a crack at a project

of this size. We supplied and installed

lighting towers to three brightness levels:

50lux, 100lux and 300lux. This gives user

groups the ability to use the facilities

in any capacity from training through

to game day as per the AFL country

standards. We also installed a Halytech

Illuminator floodlight control and

facility monitoring system which allows

authorised users to control lights with

their smart phones,” says Steven.

Within just four days the teamwas able

to dismantle the existing lighting before

constructing, assembling and erecting four

poles and a total of 72 lights. They also

supplied and installed underground cabling

to the four pole locations with minimal

impact on the site thanks to underground

horizontal boring.

During the works, the site had to remain

closed to multiple user groups including

schools, sporting bodies and the general

public. The grounds being the main hub for

exercise and sporting activities in the town

heightened the importance of completing

the job as quickly as possible.

Before they started the work, Steven

and his team had to communicate with

all the different user groups to make

sure they were all aware the site was

going to be closed down for a period

of time. They were able to coordinate

access for short periods to try and keep

everyone happy (rather than just lock the

site down for six weeks).

As it turns out, coordination (and not

just of user groups) proved to be one of the

project’s major challenges.

STEVEN ORR ELECTRICAL

RECENTLY COMPLETED AN AWARD-

WINNING LIGHTING JOB AT ITS

LOCAL SPORTSGROUND. STEVEN

CAUGHT UPWITH

JACOBHARRIS

FOR A FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT.

The Vic Park precinct is the main football ground in the Goulburn Valley competition. It nowmeets AFL country standards for lighting.

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