Vorick Group, Confidence through quality
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Frequently asked questions

Straight answers about who we are, where we work, our licences and how to send us a tender.

About Vorick Group

What does Vorick Group do?

Vorick Group is a commercial and industrial electrical contractor. We deliver the whole electrical package for builders, developers and industrial clients: design, switchboards built in our own workshop, installation, testing, certification and handover, then maintenance.

Where is Vorick Group based?

Our office and switchboard workshop is at Unit 2, 7 Precision Place, Mulgrave NSW 2756, in the Hawkesbury in north-west Sydney. That is Mulgrave in New South Wales, not the Mulgrave in Victoria.

Is Vorick Group a commercial electrician in Western Sydney?

Yes. Our commercial and industrial electricians work from Mulgrave NSW. Recent Western Sydney projects include the Cranebrook retail precinct and the BMW dealership at Penrith, 2 Ultimo Place at Marsden Park, Blacktown Medical Specialist Centre and Unitas Business Park at Rouse Hill.

What areas do you cover?

Western Sydney and greater Sydney, the Hawkesbury and the Hills District, Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Hunter, Illawarra and Southern Highlands. Recent projects are at Penrith, Cranebrook, Marsden Park, Blacktown, Rouse Hill, Windsor, Lane Cove, Bowral and Soldiers Point. Industrial projects run interstate by arrangement.

How long has Vorick Group been operating?

Since August 2014, when Dean Houghton and Joshua Attard started the company. They still run its projects.

Who owns Vorick Group?

Dean Houghton and Joshua Attard, the two directors, who started the company in August 2014.

How big is Vorick Group?

30 people: licensed electricians, apprentices and management staff, with our own switchboard workshop at Mulgrave NSW.

What are Vorick Group's office hours?

7 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday, on (02) 7233 1895. Evenings and weekends are after hours: for a call-out then, call Dean Houghton on 0416 143 428 or Joshua Attard on 0405 708 627.

Who do you work for?

Builders and developers such as DSD Group, Paynter Dixon, Rogers Construction Group and Farindon Constructions; industrial clients such as Bosch Rexroth, BlastOne International and PF Formation; and clubs, schools, medical and aged care operators.

What is Vorick Group's legal name and ABN?

Vorick Group Asset Maintenance Pty Limited, trading as Vorick Group, ABN 44 601 045 872.

Licences, insurance and safety

Are you licensed and insured?

Yes. NSW electrical contractor licence 319114C and NSW master security licence 000109301, NECA member N037467, $20 million public and products liability, professional indemnity and workers compensation. Certificates of currency come with every tender.

Is Vorick Group a NECA member?

Yes. Vorick Group is member N037467 of the National Electrical and Communications Association.

What safety system do you work under?

A documented WHS policy and safe work method statements for low-voltage electrical work, working at heights, work near overhead and underground services and work that may disturb asbestos, reviewed annually and for each site. Every job has site inductions and SWMS sign-on, daily prestarts, toolbox meetings and test and tag to AS/NZS 3760.

How do you manage work in live switchrooms?

Under an isolation register and a permit for the work.

Are your staff cleared to work in schools and childcare centres?

Vorick Group is registered as an employer for working with children checks with the NSW Office of the Children's Guardian. Our staff licences and certificates register, checked monthly, covers working with children checks alongside electrical licences, white cards, high-risk work licences and first aid. We have worked at Arndell Anglican College and Chifley College Dunheved.

Do you test and certify your work?

Yes. Installations are tested to AS/NZS 3000, with test records for every circuit, and a Certificate of Compliance for Electrical Work is lodged for every job.

Tenders and prequalification

How do I invite Vorick Group to tender?

Email the drawings and specification to estimating@vorickgroup.com or call (02) 7233 1895. A director answers the phone. Vorick Group is also on EstimateOne.

What comes with a Vorick Group tender?

Certificates of currency and the NSW licence register extract come with every tender and prequalification submission. Licence and competency records are supplied for prequalification and site inductions, and referees are available on request.

What size projects does Vorick Group take on?

From tenancy fit-outs and switchboard upgrades to whole electrical packages: retail precincts, a three-level medical centre with a 100-space basement, a 17-unit business park and a seven-storey, 62-unit seniors living building.

Questions by service

Each question is answered on its service page.

Commercial and retail construction

Industrial plant and equipment

Switchboards

Security and communications

Dry fire, standby power and automation

Service and maintenance

Tendering a project?

Send the drawings and specification to estimating@vorickgroup.com, or call (02) 7233 1895.