Running an industrial, mining, or commercial facility in Western Australia means your electrical equipment works hard. Often mechanical maintenance gets the focus and electrical maintenance is added in when something breaks. Just as you wouldn't wait for your car to break down so to you shouldn't just wait for your equipment to break. The good news is that a significant proportion of unplanned electrical failures are preventable and many of the best prevention habits cost nothing but...

Western Australia runs some of the most process-intensive industrial operations on the planet. From iron ore processing in the Pilbara to grain handling in the Wheatbelt and water treatment plants across the metro area, the control systems keeping those operations running are under constant pressure and increasingly, they're ageing. If you're a maintenance manager, operations engineer, or facilities lead in WA, you've probably already had the conversation: the legacy PLC is getting harder to...

Lece teams are finding that for many industrial and commercial operations, maintenance is still approached reactively. Something fails, production is interrupted, the pressure is on, and teams scramble to patch the problem. It is an unwanted interruption and cost to operations. There are companies and facilities that execute electrical maintenance really well. Think BHP, RIO, FMG, CBH, Water Corp and The Ports - they have tight regime's that are tracked and monitored. These are not the...