Precise Air Group’s Newcastle/ Hunter team of 20 mechanical and fire technicians has been providing mechanical services to five Wests sites since 2020 and has just been awarded a further two sites.
Precise Air Group’s portfolio now includes Wests Mayfield, Wests Cardiff, Wests New Lambton, Newcastle Knights Training Facility and The Executive Inn, Balance Collective – Mayfield and The Gateway Inn.

If you are looking for a mechanical and fire service provided in the Newcastle / Hunter region, please contact James King on 1300 728 250.

The FM industry has moved on from its origins in the trades and into the realm of professional services, so Facility Managers have developed a different suite of skills to meet these demands. However, FMs still need a level of technical understanding to be able to assess and negotiate the best possible solution to improve the performance of their systems.

“Increasingly, we are finding that Facility Managers are becoming more reliant on the advice of their technical providers,” explained Precise Air’s Director Business Development, Sam La Rocca. “For example, they may not understand why they should replace a component instead of fixing it, or why it’s important to do a small upgrade now instead of being hit with a major failure in the future.”

To keep FMs up-to-date, Precise Air has developed a HVAC training for Facility Managers programme for our customers. The aim is to increase Facility Managers’ technical knowledge and confidence so that they understand the risks and benefits of maintenance and lifecycle planning.

Training includes an introduction to the various types of equipment, how the equipment works and its importance in the overall system, maintenance requirements according to Australia Standards, energy reduction tips and tricks, lifecycle management, costs of upgrades and replacements, and how to keep a system functioning efficiently.

The feedback from facility managers has been very positive.

“Our highest priority is to work in partnership with our clients so that we can work towards their financial, operation and environmental objectives,” Sam replied.

“On occasion, a Facility Manager has asked us for a second opinion because they have been told to replace an expensive system because one component has passed its useful life” said Sam. “We’ve been able to give the FM a lower cost alternative that will provide a better outcome, instead of replacing a perfectly good system. If the Facility Manager has some basic technical understanding, they will know the questions that they need to ask their service provider, to justify their approach.”

“It’s so important to build up trust between ourselves and the Facility Managers,” continued Sam. “If we educate them about their systems, then they can understand the advantages and disadvantages of going down a particular path.”

For more information about how Precise Air can help you manage your building’s HVAC systems, contact Sam La Rocca on 1300 728 250.

Precise Air has expanded operations in the West, moving into larger premises in Malaga north of the Perth CBD. Located just 11km to the north of the Perth CBD, the new office is centrally located.

“Our business in the West is growing rapidly due to our increasing number of National clients and the significant volume of work in the region,” explained Precise Air Managing Director, Nadeem Tayar. “Our new office has easy access to the Ring Road so that we can provide fast, responsive service,” continued Nadeem, “and is also closer to all of our main suppliers.”

WA State Manager Brayden Hay explained that expansion plans will contribute to the growth in local employment opportunities. “We aim to triple our technician base in the next 12 months and have recently increased our administration team, offering a Perth based call centre for local service management.”

Precise Air’s Perth operations currently delivers services to the Western Australian facilities of some of our largest national portfolios. These include ANZ and HSBC Retail Branches, GE National, Deutsche Bank, Microsoft, Virgin Australia and CGU Insurance.

Established in 2002, Precise Air provides clients throughout Australia with the full range of HVAC maintenance and installation services, bundled MFE and building services, 24/7 support and a fresh thinking approach to whole of life solutions.

For more information, please contact Brayden Hay, State Manager Western Australia on 1300 882 185.

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.

In the world of facilities management, nothing quite beats the excitement of running an airport. With its eclectic mix of people, traffic, public amenities, lounges and technology along with the noise and smell of aircrafts… there is never a dull day!

The FMA’s tour includes the new Qantas campus, an aircraft hangar (and if flight schedules and tour time permit, a tour of a large aircraft), the tri-gen plant and concludes at the Qantas Campus for an overview of the Qantas facilities’ scope being delivered by JLL and Precise Air.

If you are an FMA member and have ever wondered what it would be like to run an airport, please join us on the tour on Wednesday 22nd April.

To register or find out more information, just click here:

http://www.fma.com.au/cms/images/Events/20150422%20nsw%20qantas%20site%20visit%20flyernew.pdf

Precise Air Group has commenced service on its latest national mechanical, fire and electrical (MFE) service portfolio of 36 HSBC sites for Jones Lang LaSalle.

One of the largest banking and financial organisations globally, HSBC is the leading international bank in Australia and is committed to expanding their branch presence nationally. Jones Lang LaSalle awarded the contract to Precise Air last month, keen to achieve synergies with similar retail banking portfolios.

“Precise Air is fast becoming the ‘go-to’ company for some of Australia’s leading FM companies’ bundled MFE portfolio contracts”,” explained Sam La Rocca, Precise Air’s Director Business Development.

“We pride ourselves on thinking outside the box when it comes to creatively managing service contracts,” Sam continued,” finding ways to make it more cost effective for our customers to manage their facilities. Bundling services for HSBC will provide a range of efficiencies by eliminating duplication (and costs) associated with account management, site visits, administration and reporting.”

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

Precise Air has been named the winner of the 2014 award for Outstanding Service and Maintenance provider at the national ARBS (Air conditioning, Refrigeration and Building Services) Awards.

Managing Director Nadeem Tayar said “we were thrilled to be awarded this prestigious award… we’ve invested a lot of time in developing a culture that is customer focused, to the point where it is second nature to us.”

“This award recognises the efforts of our management team who have helped us to create a customer focused culture, and our technicians and support team who always go the extra mile to help our customers, regardless of whether the problem is their problem to fix,” Nadeem continued.

Precise Air was judged on the company’s commitment to customer service excellence, and the strategies we have in place to improve our customers’ energy efficiency, safety, equipment performance and sustainable innovations.

“This Award is confirmation that our ‘fresh thinking’ approach to solving our customers’ issues is the right way forward.” Nadeem continued.

For more information, please contact Nadeem Tayar on 1300 728 250.

The Goodman portfolio consists of five distribution centres and business parks in the South Eastern Queensland region, catering to some of Australia’s largest wholesale and retail companies. The state government contract expands on Precise Air’s experience with public service facilities and also extends throughout this region.

“Precise Air’s growth in Queensland is driven by our fresh thinking approach to portfolio management,” explained Mark Jenkins, State Manager Queensland. “We’ve taken the time to understand what our customers’ main objectives are and then use this knowledge to develop really flexible, innovative service solutions.”

For more information, please contact Mark Jenkins on 1300 728 143.

Facility Management Association of Australia offers a platform for professionals and organisations within the facility management spectrum to network and showcase their businesses. In addition to networking, FMA offers Professional Development seminars in fields relevant to the facilities management market.

As an active member of FMA, Precise Air Group and its Directors are excited for the opportunity to sponsor and support  the association’s annual golf days. As leaders in the HVAC & Building Services industry, we are consistently working with other facility managers to offer the most up-to-date, fresh thinking initiatives to improve their building(s) efficiency and increase profitability. We look forward to sharing a day with fellow industry professionals enjoying a round.

The Victoria event will be held on 21^st February at the Sandhurst Golf Club, just 35km outside of Melbourne. The state-of-the-art Sandhurst Club is home of The PGA of Australia.

The NSW event is to be held at the beautiful St. Michael’s Golf Club in Little Bay on 19^th March. St. Michael’s was recently named one of the top ten New South Wales courses by AusGolf, and also ranked in the top 50 across Australia.

All levels of golfers are welcome to participate; clubs are available for hire if needed. Come join us as a team or an individual for a fun, relaxing day of golf with others in our industry.

For more information or to register a team please visit:

VIC http://www.fma.com.au/cms/images/Events/2014/Events/20140221%20vicgolfdayflyer.pdf

*Registration closes 14^th February.

NSW http://www.fma.com.au/cms/images/Events/2014/Events/20140319%20nswgolfdayflyer.pdf

*Registration closes 12^th March.