About Total Insulation
Total Insulation has been insulating and cladding mechanical services since 1983, for mechanical contractors and builders in every state and territory.
Over 40 years on site
Total Insulation started in 1983 insulating pipework and ductwork in Melbourne. Over four decades the company has grown into a national contractor, with offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and the Gold Coast, sheet metal factories in Melbourne and Perth, and crews working in every state and territory. The work has changed a lot in that time, from the materials to the energy standards, but the job is the same: get the insulation right, finish it properly and leave it looking like it should.
What we do
We do one thing and we do it properly: insulate and clad mechanical services. That means chilled and heating hot water, steam and condensate, refrigeration, supply and return ductwork, fire rated duct, acoustic lagging, tanks and plant. Our jobs are on hospitals, data centres, office towers, universities, tunnels and rail, defence sites and industrial plant, and range from a weekend chiller changeover to whole hospital packages run over years.
Most of our work comes from mechanical contractors who have used us before. That repeat work is the best measure we have, and it comes from simple things done every time: turning up when we say, pricing what is on the drawings, telling the client early when something does not add up, and finishing the job without a list of defects.
How we run every job
Every job is run in our own system, from ordering materials and rostering the crew to SWMS sign on, the site diary, photos and handover. It means our state managers and the office see the same picture as the crew on site, and our clients get answers and records quickly.
Cladding made by us, not bought in.
Our Melbourne and Perth factories make the straights, bends, tees, reducers, end caps and removable valve and flange covers for our jobs, in Zincalume, galvanised steel, aluminium, stainless steel and Colorbond.
Making it ourselves means it fits the pipe and the duct exactly, matches the specification, and turns up when the crew needs it instead of when a supplier can fit it in. When something changes on site, a new bend or a cover for a valve that was moved, the factory turns it around in days.
How we work
The same way on every job, big or small.
Price
We read the mechanical drawings, specification and acoustic report, and give you a clear, itemised price.
Plan
Materials ordered, cladding scheduled in our factory and the crew lined up with your program.
Install
Trained crews, signed on to the SWMS, run by a state manager who is on site.
Hand over
Neat finishes, photos and records for the certifier, and defects closed out quickly.
Safety first
Every worker signs on to the job's SWMS before starting, toolbox talks are recorded, and inductions are tracked for every site.
Done right
Installed to the specification, NCC Section J and the manufacturer's tested system, with neat finishes, and photos and records for the certifier at handover.
Straight talking
Clear itemised prices, honest programs, and variations agreed and signed before the work is done.
Trained crews
Experienced laggers and sheet metal workers, trained in the fire rated systems they install.
Local management
A state manager runs the work in each state and is on site, not on the end of a phone interstate.
Union sites
We hold a union EBA with the plumbers union in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, so our crews can start on union sites without delay.
The Total Insulation team
The people who will price, run and finish your job.
Jordan Wallace
Managing DirectorJordan runs the company nationally. He came up on the tools in mechanical insulation and cladding, so he knows what a job takes on site, not only on paper. He sets how we price, how we run jobs and the standard we hand over to, and is the person to call about anything at company level.
Brad Yates
State Manager and Director, VICBrad runs our Victorian projects, from data centres and hospitals to large commercial towers. He plans the crews, the materials and the program with the mechanical contractor, and is on site through the job so problems get sorted where they happen.
Trevor Yates
State Manager and Shareholder, VICTrevor manages our Victorian operations and mentors the site teams. He brings years of hands on experience to the crews, looks after the quality of the work on site and makes sure the next generation of laggers learns it the right way.
Tom Young
State Manager and Director, WATom leads our Western Australian division from Perth. He looks after WA clients and projects from the first price to handover, across hospitals, defence, data centres and heavy industrial work.
Mark Beauchamp
State Manager and Shareholder, WAMark runs project delivery in WA and our Perth factory. He makes sure the cladding and fittings are made to suit each job and are on site when the crew needs them, and keeps WA jobs running to program.
Leigh Slater
State Manager, NSWLeigh runs our New South Wales projects from the Sydney office, from Sydney towers and hospitals to regional jobs, and looks after our work in the ACT.
Matt Burraston
State Manager, QLDMatt runs our Queensland projects, from Brisbane to the Gold Coast and up the coast, where getting the vapour seal on chilled water right is everything.
Nelson Tillman
Commercial ManagerNelson looks after contracts, progress claims, variations and reporting across every state, so the paperwork is right and on time and our clients always know where a job stands.
Margie Vega
Senior EstimatorMargie leads our tendering and estimating. She reads the drawings and specification, prices the scope line by line and flags what is missing or unclear before it becomes a problem on site.
Benjamin Wallace
EstimatorBenjamin prices tenders and supports the estimating team, from take offs to the final quote.
Our offices
Brisbane
PO Box 2350
Brisbane QLD 4001
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