Commercial · Office · Retail · Venue

Commercial Air Conditioning

Air conditioning for buildings that cannot stop trading. We scope the system to the space and the occupancy, install around your hours, and back it with a maintenance agreement and a breakdown line, so the only thing your customers notice is that it is comfortable.

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Scope

What this job includes.

  • Office, retail, hospitality and venue systems
  • Fit-out and tenancy air conditioning, coordinated with the builder
  • After-hours and staged installs to keep you trading
  • Three-phase systems, packaged units and rooftop plant
  • Planned-maintenance agreements and priority breakdown response
Our system: Specified per building and occupancy: split, multi-head, ducted or packaged plant, with a documented maintenance schedule and a 24/7 commercial breakdown line.
How we quote it

The same 7 lines, every time.

Whatever the surface, your quote splits the work the same honest way, so you can see exactly what you’re paying for.

The 7-line quote
  1. 1 Heat-load calculation. Room by room: floor area, glazing, orientation, ceiling height and insulation. The kW comes from the calc, not a guess.
  2. 2 Equipment named. Exact make, model, series and capacity on the quote. “A good Japanese one” is not a model number.
  3. 3 Placement plan. Where the indoor and outdoor units go: airflow, noise, service access and how far from the salt.
  4. 4 Coastal coil spec. Salt-zone installs get a blue-fin or anti-corrosion-treated condenser. The standard coil is what rusts out in three years.
  5. 5 Electrical + dedicated circuit. Single-phase or three-phase, the isolator, the circuit and the switchboard check. We hold the electrical licence, so it is our line, not yours.
  6. 6 Pipework, drainage + penetrations. Refrigerant line length and lagging, the condensate run, and every wall penetration sealed against weather and vermin.
  7. 7 Commissioning + compliance. Gas charge weighed and logged, system commissioned to spec, ARC paperwork issued and the manufacturer warranty registered.
If a quote doesn’t show these lines, you can’t compare it, and you don’t know what’s been cut.
How it runs

What happens, step by step.

1

Site visit + load calc

We measure the rooms, check the glazing and the switchboard, and run the heat-load calculation before we quote a kW.

2

Itemised quote

The seven-line install quote: sized equipment named, coil spec, electrical, pipework and commissioning each on their own line.

3

Equipment + contract

You sign off the model and the scope. We order, confirm the install window and take a deposit on letterhead.

4

Install day

Indoor and outdoor units mounted, lines run and lagged, penetrations sealed, condensate drained to fall. Drop sheets and a clean-down.

5

Electrical + commissioning

Dedicated circuit and isolator connected, system evacuated and charged by weight, then commissioned and tested under load.

6

Handover + paperwork

We walk you through the controls, hand over the ARC compliance paperwork, register the warranty and book the first service.

Licensed, covered, warranted

The paperwork behind the price.

ARC AU45782, QBCC and NSW licensed, Public liability to $20M, and a 6-year workmanship workmanship warranty, all in writing, all on request.

Mara walks through exactly what’s covered: the refrigerant authorisation you can verify, the licences for both sides of the border, the cover that protects your property, and the warranty that names its own exclusions instead of hiding them.

The licence, the cover, the warranty, and how to check each one.
Proof · recent work

Commercial Air Conditioning jobs we’ve done.

Before
After
Cafe AC fit-out, out of hours, Burleigh Heads. Two overnight stages, sized for a full room, zero closed trading days.
Before
After
Office system + maintenance plan, Southport. Three-phase packaged unit, sized for occupancy, on a service agreement.

Managing a building or a portfolio?

After-hours installs, maintenance agreements and a 24/7 breakdown line, with the paperwork your committee needs.

Commercial & strata
Questions, answered

Commercial Air Conditioning: common questions.

Can you install outside our trading hours? +
Yes. For shops, venues and tenanted offices we stage the work after hours or in sections so you keep operating. We agree the schedule with the manager before we start, and keep access and egress clear while we work.
Do you offer maintenance agreements? +
We do, and for commercial systems we recommend one. A planned-maintenance schedule (filter and coil cleaning, gas and electrical checks, drain flush) keeps the system efficient, holds the warranty valid, and catches a failing part before it becomes a breakdown in a heatwave.
What happens if our system fails mid-trade? +
Maintenance-agreement clients get priority response on the 24/7 commercial line. We carry common parts, and where a repair will take time we can talk through temporary cooling so you are not closed while we wait on a compressor.
Can you handle a full fit-out with the builder? +
Yes. We coordinate with the builder and the other trades, work to the program, and hand over the compliance paperwork and the as-installed details at the end. One mechanical contractor, accountable for the air conditioning scope.
Do commercial systems need three-phase power? +
Larger packaged and ducted systems usually do. We assess the switchboard and the available supply on the site visit and cost any electrical or supply upgrade up front, so the quote reflects the real job, not a best case.
How do you size a system for a busy venue? +
Occupancy is part of the load. A cafe full of people and a coffee machine has a very different heat load to an empty office of the same size, so we calculate for the busy state, not the floor area. Undersizing a venue for its peak is the most common commercial mistake we are called in to fix.
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