A Few Words About Us
Vecta is an Australian owned and operated company, that provides engineering, construction and project management services to various industrial sectors. Our working principals have many years of experience across a number of industry sectors. We have teamed up to respond to the market demand and provide added value at lower cost.
Our delivery is founded on a fit for purpose quality system certified to AS/NZS ISO 9001 Standard.
Phil Furnari – Director
Phil has over 30 years of experience working across various industry sectors on greenfield and brownfield projects both nationally and internationally.
Phil has held senior positions on major projects and has lead 100+ strong teams for Tier 1 companies.
He has strong Project Management skills and has provided mentoring for project teams at various levels.
He has worked on numerous projects from concept stage to commissioning and has gained skills in project management, estimating, customer liaison, cost control and cost based risk assessment, scheduling, specification writing and procurement, resource management and supervision.
Phil has excellent staff and team management skills as well as strong stakeholder management. Phil is committed to delivering cost effective and lean solutions to customers.
Chris Alexiou - Director
Chris has over 35 years experience in the Oil and Gas industry in both upstream and downstream facilities, both onshore and offshore. Chris is also experienced in mineral processing and petrochemicals.
Chris initially worked for 5 years at a major Australian refinery, with 3 years as supervisor directly in charge of process units. His subsequent years were in the consulting industry as a process design engineer, study manager, business development and managing business units.
His experience has been gained working throughout mainland Australia and overseas: in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Germany.
Chris has experience in a range of areas, including feasibility and conceptual studies, front end and detail engineering, technology assessment, licensor selections, agreements & negotiations, economic evaluations, plant operations, validation & due diligence auditing, and business development & marketing and general management.
Tony Sirsen – Director | Growth & Development
Tony has over 30 years’ asset management and construction delivery experience in the Energy, Resources and Infrastructure sectors both nationally and internationally.
Over the past 20 years Tony has held senior roles with one of Australasia’s largest engineering, construction and maintenance companies accountable for the delivery of Asset Management, Shutdowns & Turnarounds and Construction.
He has well - established customer networks and is fully conversant and experienced with the deliverables associated with Engineer Procure and Construct requirements from early contractor involvement, bid management, constructability reviews and delivery.
Tony has strong customer facing attributes underpinned by a track record in stakeholder management. Tony believes in always testing traditional contracting principles to at least get insight in what innovation is available to deliver cost effective and lean solutions to our Customers.
What We Do
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
EPC
EPCM
Reimbursable Rates
Early Contractor Involvement
Project life cycle scheduling and planning
CONCEPT & FRONT END
Bottom-up project estimates
Risk based estimate sensitivity analysis which delivers probabilistic estimates.
Process and Production optimisation which forms the basis for Value Engineering
Scheduling and programming that supports contingency and duration management with outcomes that provides certainty
Field Development Strategies and Planning
Feasibility and Conceptual Studies
Front End Engineering Design
DETAIL DESIGN
Multi-discipline engineering process, mechanical & piping, pipelines, electrical, instrumentation and control systems, civil and structural
2D or 3D designs
Technical and commercial tender review and selection
RAM Analysis
CONSTRUCTION & COMMISSIONING
Sub-Contract preparation and market pricing analysis
Vendor and material procurement management
Modularisation and logistics management, offshore expediting, inspection and receipting.
Contract management, cost tracking and forecasting.
Site management and technical project engineering.
Multi-discipline construction management and delivery: civil, structural, mechanical, piping, electrical, instrumentation and controls.
Constructability, safety risk assessments.
Plans, procedures, work packs, JHAs / safe work method statements.
Construction documentation and records.
Punchlisting & System pre-commissioning
Preparation of commissioning plans and procedures
Provision of information and training
Commissioning and start-up logic
MAINTENANCE SERVICES & TURNAROUNDS
Provide trades labour for brownfield maintenance
Complete Turnaround planning and execution
Turnaround Readiness Audit reviews