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COMPANY: Jager ElectricalBASED: KentFOUNDED: 2011MAJOR PROJECTS: Mayford Business Centre in Surrey; East Kent CollegeSTAFF NUMBERS: 15

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Friendly businessJager Electrical has only been trading for four years but its roots go back much further, with its two founders having been friends since childhood

CONTRACTOR PROFILE // JAGER ELECTRICAL

By Nick Martindale

B usinesses are often forged in wider relationships, whether that’s family, colleagues or, as in the case of Kent-based Jager Electrical, long-established friendships. The company was set up in 2011, although it wasn’t until 2013 that its founders felt able to commit to it full-time, but its origins date back much further,

to a time when James Goble and Elliott Riseley (the company name comes from the duo’s initials) were schoolboys.

“We’ve been friends since we were about 10 or 11,” says James, now 31. “I was a year above Elliott at school and then when I left I went straight to college and got my apprenticeship, and Elliott did the same the next year.”

The pair both went on to work for the businesses that had put them through their apprenticeships – James with Ashford firm Terry Baker Electrical and Elliott with G. W. & E. Wright – before both started sub-contracting for E. W. Gee. But it was during the downturn and work was hard to come by, and before long the duo decided to focus on their own operation full-time.

“When we first set the company up, we worked evenings and weekends to build up some clients and save some money,” says James. “But when we ran out of work with Gee, we went for it. We had about six weeks in front of us to start with.”

Building a baseThe initial focus for the business was domestic, but it soon started to move into working for main contractors on newbuild houses. “In our first year, we managed to get quite a bit of work with a big building firm called Walker Construction,” he says. “Ever since then, we’ve had regular work with them, and that’s helped us grow a lot.” Both he and Elliott moved off the tools a year ago, which has created more time to actively seek work, he says.

To date, the biggest project the business has been involved in was at the Mayford Business Centre in Surrey, which involved

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construction companies now,” says James. The company would be capable of taking on a job worth up to £500,000, says Elliott, depending on the timeframe, although it also continues to take on work for domestic customers. “We could probably keep an electrician and a van going purely on working for the public,” he says.

Periodic testing is also a growing part of the business. “We have some leisure contracts with Ashford Leisure Trust at The Stour Centre, where we do all the periodic testing, and that’s direct with them,” says Elliott. “We’ve also started doing some periodic testing in Canterbury for student houses through a local letting agency.”

Geographically, Jager Electrical covers all of Kent as well as London and Sussex, but tends to keep work within a two-hour drive if possible. “We have had people staying away in the past, but that was more with London and solely because of the traff ic,” says James. “It can take ages to get in sometimes.”

Growing up fastThe business has grown rapidly since 2013, and turned over around £830,000 last financial year, up from £650,000 and £250,000 in previous years. “I think this year we will do £1 million,” says James. “We got big quick, but we want to keep grounded and level-headed and make sure we can fulfil our customers’ needs.”

Jager Electrical currently employs 10 full-time electricians

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upgrading all lighting and installing a new fire alarm system across the whole campus, including some external buildings. “We ended up upgrading all the lighting and doing all the fuseboards, so it was a big project for us,” says James. “That was worth around £400,000.”

Another prominent project was at East Kent College, worth £240,000. “That was through Walker Construction and was a renovation of one of the buildings and an extension to the Achieve Building,” says Elliott. “That was a full electrical installation, so distribution, small power, LED lighting, data and fire and security alarms. There was a lot going on.” It has also recently won three contracts to work on extensions at schools in the local area, including two through another main contractor, Kier Construction, on the Isle of Sheppey.

Currently, a major focus is on 44 newbuild flats, where the value has grown to around £320,000, as well as seven houses in Hampton Hill. “The majority of our work is through

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Undertaking the temporary power installation for the British Summer Time festival comes with several challenges, from planning and testing to making sure the toilets remain operationalBy Andrew Brister

T here’s no such thing as a typical electrical installation. From a simple domestic rewire through to electrical services at a nuclear power station and everything in between, no two projects are the same. Yet few firms will get to experience projects of the sort carried out by Wiltshire-based contractor Power Logistics.

The company is a specialist in the provision of temporary events power. Its expertise in stage power, site electrics, distribution, project management and lighting for big events has seen it win contracts at a host of concerts, festivals, exhibitions, conferences, parties, award ceremonies and sporting events globally.

Power Logistics is a trusted contractor for some of the most significant entertainments in the calendar, such as the End of the Road, British Summer Time, V and Bestival music festivals, and the Cheltenham Festival and Grand National sporting events. It also operates a full project management and consultancy service to London’s New Year’s Eve celebrations.

The company first provided a complete power solution to Barclaycard presents British Summer Time in 2014. The popular festival is held in London’s Hyde Park and takes place across the first two weekends in July, with the 2016 event seeing Olly Murs, Mumford & Sons, Take That and Stevie Wonder all taking to the stage to perform to sell-out crowds. Power Logistics has a long history of working in Hyde Park and provided the power for the famous Live 8 concert and the Wireless and Hard Rock Calling festivals.

“We provide all the site and show power for the British Summer Time festival, which encompasses all stages, backstage artist and production areas, toilets, hospitality and bars and concessions,” says Power Logistics’ project manager Dan Pratt. “Most of the equipment is supplied direct from our own fleet. More than 50 generators, in a variety of sizes from 30kVA right up to 500kVA, are installed to power the festival. We also provide all the cabling and distribution for the

event, along with 26 tower lights and additional lighting around the site.”

Designing the power solution for a project of this size requires careful planning, taking the entire site layout into consideration. For example, certain generators

that power the ‘delay towers’ – the towers that are set up at large live events for the diff usion of sound over extended distances away from the stage – are sited to the exact millimetre so as not to interfere with audience sight lines to the stage. “A schematic drawing is produced for the distribution system that includes everything from the largest 500kVA generator to each 13A socket,” says Dan.

BS 7909 in actionThe scope of the works that Power Logistics carries out generally falls within BS 7909. Equipment used to form a temporary electrical system should be supplied as pre-assembled units that have been tested and are known to be safe and suitable for use. The standard doesn’t prohibit the manufacture on site of simple units that might be necessary, but it does consider this should be the exception rather than the rule.

If a system plugs together without recourse to using tools to make terminations, then it falls within the scope of BS 7909. However, if a system (temporary or not) needs building, with wiring accessories having to be fitted, cables terminated and so on, then BS 7671 alone applies. BS 7909 does require systems to be designed in accordance with BS 7671, but it makes provision for simplified testing based on the specific recommendations for equipment being followed.

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> The British Summer Time festival, clockwise: the stage, installing cables, Dan Pratt on site, power-monitoring equipment

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in specialist monitoring equipment, which was fitted to the relevant generator sets during the 2015 and 2016 events, enabling it to create a power log across the main stage and several key generator sites. The analysis from 2015 helped the Power Logistics team to monitor and log power consumption during the 2016 event across four areas. Once again, this will inform the planning and provision of power for the 2017 British Summer Time festival.

Behind the scenesOnce an event is fully installed and operational, key members of the Power Logistics team will remain onsite, including the project manager, to ensure that everything runs smoothly during rehearsals and show days.

“At British Summer Time, lighting checks are carried out once it is dark. As the event is held at the height of summer, this can be as late as 11pm and often means the team are onsite from 8am to 1am for five days straight,” says Dan. While they do get to enjoy the on-stage action, if the acts are to their taste, they are always at the end of a radio in case there are any minor problems to deal with.

It’s not all fun in the sun. “As you would imagine, festival toilets are the downside of working at any event and none more so than when you’re the electrician,” he says.

Power Logistics is responsible for wiring the entire area – a task that is challenging enough during the build because the toilets are all trailers or cabin units rather than Portaloos. They require a lot of power, and any failure can lead to a fairly rapid build-up of ‘waste’. “And load out is far worse,” says Dan. “This year, it required elbow-length rubber gloves.”

» Andrew Brister is a freelance journalist specialising in the electrical industry

From a health and safety perspective, the entire site operates under the CDM Regulations, so it’s imperative that the whole Power Logistics team adheres to this, be it completing site inductions, wearing the appropriate personal protective equipment, using banksmen when driving forklifts or fencing off areas when working at height.

Energy eff iciency Power saving, reducing fuel bills and energy eff iciency are important aspects at all big events. “We will always look to provide the correct-size generators for the event and continuously monitor loads and timings,” says Dan. “Our bespoke power management solution allows generators to be synchronised in pairs, trios, fours, fives and so on.

“Generators then always supply the minimum requirement, but are programmed to turn themselves on or off , depending on the increases or decreases in load. This enables the generators to be operated on a power-by-demand system.” This approach was used at British Summer Time, with synchronised generator sets supplied to main stages, bars and concessions and the toilets.

AEG Live, the event’s organiser and promoter, is also keen to reduce energy consumption, and Power Logistics recently invested

‘Generators always supply the minimum requirement, but are programmed to turn themselves on or off , depending on the increases or decreases in load’

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