This expansion, in both size and scope of services (to include HVAC, fire, HVAC hygiene and building performance optimisation) is a result of the collaborative partnership formed with Abacus Group to help create exceptional value and experiences for their tenants.

“Abacus facility mangers actively engage in the management of their assets and encourage two way communication and collaboration,” said Sam La Rocca, Precise Air’s Director National Sales. “They look to us, as experts in our field, for advice, but they also understand that a solution can have many options and are keen to discuss and agree on the best alternative.”

Over the years, Precise Air has partnered with Abacus to help them achieve strategic goals, like helping to bridge gaps in AS 1851 compliance and working with them to bring new properties up to standard, particularly where previous owners were reluctant to spend/ have not spent money.

Monthly sustainability meetings between Precise Air’s Building Performance Optimisation Manager and Abacus Group’s Sustainability Manager focus on identifying trends and opportunities to improve energy efficiency and NABERS ratings through optimisation (which is part of our standard offering) and cost effective upgrades.

“Maintaining a comfortable and safe environment for our tenants and the community is our top priority,” says Paul Finney, Abacus Group’s National Operations & Facilities Manager. “Precise Air’s approach to lifecycle asset management and compliance, building optimisation and proactive maintenance programmes has helped us minimise downtime and ensure the smooth operation of our facilities.”

For facility managers, having a reliable and efficient mechanical and fire services provider is of utmost importance. These managers are responsible for overseeing a wide range of critical operations, including heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, electrical systems, plumbing, and fire safety equipment, forecasting and managing budgets.

“We understand the importance of creating optimal conditions within shopping centres and commercial buildings,” explains Sam La Rocca, Precise Air’s Director National Sales. “Our goal is to ensure that the mechanical and fire systems are operating at peak efficiency, providing optimal comfort levels while minimising energy consumption and environmental impact.”

With their proven track record, dedication to quality, and a shared vision for creating safe and comfortable environments, we look forward to continuing a positive, collaborative relationship with Abacus Group.

For more information, please contact Sam La Rocca on 1300 728 250.

What better way to celebrate our transition out of lock down than trackside at the world’s richest turf race!

“It’s fantastic to have the support of Precise Air & Precise Fire in getting our major plant up and running to cater for our biggest day of the Spring Carnival,” said Scott Kennedy, the Australian Turf Club’s General Manager Partnerships. ‘”They have also been great in supplying temporary a/c solutions to our Premium Marquees which are always an important function space,” providing a great atmosphere trackside.

“These services are critical to ATC delivering exceptional guest experiences which is always front of mind,” said Scott.

To find out how we can help you to manage and improve your entertainment venue’s HVAC and fire services, contact Sam La Rocca on 1300 728 250.

Customer experience is really important to us at Precise Air.

Twice a year we survey our customers to find out what they think of our service and how we can continue to develop and deliver outstanding, innovative services.

This year we have decided to partner with one of our long standing customers, Cancer Council, and donate $10 for every customer survey response that we receive.

On Friday morning we had the privilege of presenting Steve Ray, Cancer Council’s Property and Risk Manager with a cheque and certificate of appreciation for the wonderful work the Cancer Council does in cancer prevention, research, treatment and support. Our employees also showed their appreciation by raising funds at our Biggest Morning Tea.

“There’s lots that Precise do off the ball to help the Cancer Council…and as much as it is about what you want to give to us, we want to give to you and the community,” said Steve.

“The Cancer Council is the leading cancer charity in NSW. We are 97% community funded…we stand up for the rights that we believe are very important – research, 13 11 20 Information Services and a lot of advocacy and getting our message out there… to change behaviour to improve your health and the health of your families, because we don’t want you to get cancer.

“Thank you so much on behalf of the Cancer Council for the great work you do – it is performance first and everything else follows,” Steve said.

A special thanks to all of our customers who completed their surveys. It’s great to see that our responsiveness and Fresh Thinking approach is so highly valued by so many of you.

Security protocols and close contract management on this type of account are paramount.

“Due to our work over the years on portfolios with similar requirements, we have built high security protocols into our contract management frameworks,” explains Precise Air’s Director National Business Development, Sam La Rocca. “This has enabled our teams to quickly and easily transition into new contracts that require the highest levels of screening and induction.”

Precise Air Group has effectively established mechanical and fire services that deliver high quality PPM, ad hoc works and equipment upgrades to secure facilities including:

• NSW Police Force
• Commonwealth Department of Public Prosecutions
• Qantas domestic airports
• Long Bay Prison and Forensic Hospital
• Villawood Detention Centre
• Federal Member of Parliament offices.

For more information, please contact Sam La Rocca on 1300 728 250.

20 Martin Place has undergone a complete transformation over the last two years, from an outdated 1970’s office block to a spectacular new landmark building in the centre of Sydney.

Precise Air and Precise Fire worked closely with Built on a number of mechanical and fire fit outs during the upgrade and have now won the maintenance contracts for both of these services throughout the building.

“As we were the incumbent service provider for ANZ Retail’s flagship branch (which occupies three floors at 20 Martin Place) and had completed the mechanical and fire fit out projects, we were already familiar with the building,” explained Sam La Rocca, Precise Air Group’s National Business Director. “This gave us a competitive advantage not only on price, but the added value of having technicians that already had great experience with the systems and the onsite team. That meant there was no real transition period into the contract as our technicians had already built up experience working on the site during DLP.”

“The beauty of awarding both the fire and mechanical services to the Precise Air Group means that the Facility Manager only has to make one call for both services,” said Sam. “We can achieve synergies through the coordination of both services within the one office, which delivers savings and streamlined reporting to the FM.”

For more information, please contact Sam La Rocca on 1300 728 250.

Expedia, the global on line travel agency, has recently located its Australian Headquarters over three floors at 1 Martin Place, in the heart of Sydney’s new technology hub.

Precise Air and Precise Fire joined forces to complete the installation and coordination of mechanical and fire services fit outs in this Charter Hall property, on behalf of FDC Construction and Fit Out.

The Precise Fire team completed the installation, coordination and commissioning of the sprinkler services, fire detection, EWIS system and extinguishers, while the Precise Air team installed and commissioned the mechanical services.

“Appointing the Group to deliver both the Fire and Air services provides many benefits to our customers during the design, installation and commissioning phases,” explained Joe Mazza, Director National Business Development.

“It means that we can iron out many of the issues in the office that arise from positioning of the services and programming the installation – and we end up with fewer surprises out on site that could delay works,” Joe continued.

For more information, contact Joe Mazza on 1300 728 250.

Precise Air were thrilled to be awarded Spotlight’s inaugural Supplier of the Year – Facilities Management award.

“We were honoured to receive this award,” Joe said.  “We were nominated for a number of reasons, including our service delivery performance on the HVAC contract which began last year, and now the Fire contract this year, and how easy it is to do business with us.”

Grant Wheaton- General Manager, and John Callaway – Project Manager Facilities – Property and Store Development Spotlight Group, presented the award to Precise Air’s Director, Joe Mazza, and Account Manager, Brad Heppell.

Spotlight highlighted the great communication between Precise Air and Spotlight’s staff, our fresh thinking approach and innovative service delivery.

“Spotlight have recently taken facilities management back in-house so now, more than ever, they rely on their subcontractors to collaborate and work as an extension of their own staff,” explained Joe. “Both Precise Air and Spotlight have very similar philosophies in that we are both very flexible and open to new ideas and are prepared to try new approaches to traditional service delivery.”

For more information, please contact Joe Mazza on 1300 728 250.

Precise Air’s top form continues with the recent completion of the mechanical and fire services  fit out for the new Tabcorp Headquarters at 680 George St Sydney. Tabcorp’s consolidation and move of their Ultimo and Rosebery sites into the ultra-modern building in the heart of the city is part of their Group-wideproductivity project.

The Precise Air and Precise Fire Installation teams worked closely with Aston Consulting, the builder, architect and the Jones Lang La Salle project and development services team, to deliver a fit out that met Tabcorp’s need to support the modern work practices of a 24/7 operation whilst reducing Tabcorp’s environmental footprint.

Starting with a detailed design review, the Air and Fire teams completed a full refurbishment to accommodate the new partitioned office and detailed ceiling layouts.

“The high end fit out provided obstacles that required co-ordination and close collaboration with the builder and architect,” explained Theo Rigas, Precise Fire’s Project Manager. “Ceiling details like perforated gyprock with borders, magna grid and detailed lighting layouts required detailed co-ordination and meant that we had to spend a little longer on the installation, but we still delivered the project one week ahead of time.”

The Fire installation included flush mount sprinkler heads, EWIS speakers and smoke detection with the team liaising closely with the base building fire contractor for system isolation and panel programming.

The Air team installed a supplementary system to maintain services while completing the VRF system installation over the three floors.

Precise Air Group Director Sam La Rocca explains that the integrated approach of the Precise Fire and Precise Air teams helped secure the refit contract.  “We won this fit out on the back of a Fire and Mechanical upgrade that we completed on the Computer room earlier in 2014,” Sam explained. “Communications are vital for Tabcorp, so we installed a smoke detection and VESDA early warning smoke aspirating system that continually pulls in and tests air to provide early warning of fire, plus a condensor water system.”

“Having the Precise Air and Precise Fire teams work together helped the project run smoothly ,” said Precise Air’s Construction Manager Darren Miles, “streamlining many of the discussions and scheduling issues that frequently arise managing and coordinated multiple services.”

Precise Air’s fresh thinking team is proud to announce the launch of their new specialist fire services division ‘Precise Fire‘.

Precise Air Director Sam La Rocca comments, “We are extremely happy to have Geoff Moore and his team come aboard.  The team has decades of experience in providing fire services to the commercial, educational, health and industrial sectors, and all of the Fire team are highly regarded and well known in the sector.  We are now able to provide clients with a full range of Fire services which complement our HVAC service delivery.”

“I think that Precise are one of the few tier two companies that can truthfully say that we are driven by what our customers want, “ explains Geoff Moore, General Manager for Precise Fire. “For quite a while now Precise Air has been helping clients with their fire service requirements when they haven’t been satisfied with other providers. So we thought it was time to formalise our offering and introduce a substantial competitor into the market place, and that is what you see now with Precise Fire.”

Precise Fire will be providing a range of independent consulting, installation, commissioning, testing, inspection, audit and compliance services that are at the forefront of fire detection, suppression and emergency evacuation.

Precise Fire services are focused on risk mitigation, compliance with council fire orders and annual fire safety obligations through the use of the latest technology and maintenance regimes.

For more information about Precise Fire, please contact Geoff Moore on 1300 728 580 or Sam La Rocca or Joe Mazza on 1300 728 250.