Empower3D is where engineering registration and trade qualification sit under the same roof. We carry an in-house RPEQ alongside electricians who have worked the tools — a combination that is genuinely uncommon in the consultancy space.
Between them, Justin and Matt have delivered within airports, hospitals, utilities, and heavy industry — where continuity of supply isn't negotiable and shutdowns require more than a method statement.
From digital twins to live asset monitoring, the team actively pursues the technologies that move clients from reactive maintenance to informed, continuous oversight.
RPEQ-certified engineering authority alongside trade-qualified field experience. The gap between what gets designed and what gets built doesn't exist here.
Brisbane-based and nationally capable — with project experience spanning Queensland, interstate infrastructure, and cross-border commissioning across Asia Pacific.
Director · Principal Engineer
RPEQ No. 34525 · Lic No. 1507107
Over two decades across the electrical trade, engineering design, and project delivery. Passionate about bridging the gap between technical design and real-world delivery. Every project is scoped, delivered, and signed by Justin personally.
Justin brings a combination of trade-qualified background and engineering registration that is uncommon at the consultancy level. He has led complex capital works in live environments — airports, hospitals, utility substations — where getting the analysis wrong has real consequences.
Load flow, short circuit, protection coordination, and arc flash studies. Models built to AS/NZS 3000 and 2067 — not generic templates. Produced ETAP models used directly for capital investment decisions on assets exceeding $10M in replacement value.
Condition assessment, AS/NZS 61439 compliance, and switchboard verification for industrial and commercial facilities. Audit outputs built for maintenance schedules and capital submissions — not filing.
Physical asset documentation connected to live monitoring via Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure platform. Models that are maintained, not delivered once and abandoned — a live operational picture, not a snapshot in time.
From scope definition through to commissioning — with a focus on live environments. Led shutdowns and staged energisations in constrained, high-consequence settings.
National Manager · High Energy Systems
MD, Collard Group · Asia Pacific Advisor
Two decades of leadership across transmission, distribution, heavy industry, and high-voltage systems. Combines hands-on delivery experience with high-level commercial acumen across Asia Pacific.
Where Justin brings precision at the LV and design level, Matt brings the strategic and operational depth for engagements where national scale, HV systems, or Asia Pacific reach is required.
End-to-end experience across HV transmission and distribution networks — from design and construction through to commissioning and live operations where fault risk and uptime are non-negotiable.
Multi-disciplinary project delivery across mining and power generation — coordinating electrical works within environments where operational continuity and hazardous area classification demand a different level of oversight.
Led and contributed to national-scale safety programs across critical infrastructure — developing frameworks that hold across jurisdictions, contractor boundaries, and operational risk profiles. Embedded and accountable.
As MD of Collard Group and Asia Pacific advisor — lifecycle performance, asset strategy, and innovation programs that connect engineering decisions to business outcomes.
Most consultancies hand over a specification and leave site to someone else. Most contractors build to the spec without questioning it. Empower3D carries both capabilities in-house — a registered engineer who can certify the design and electricians who have worked the tools. That combination closes the gap where most projects go wrong.
Whether it's an audit, a capital works programme, or an advisory engagement — the structure is the same. Direct access, clear scope, and a certified sign-off from the engineer accountable for the work.
First contact goes straight to the team — no intake forms, no junior screening. The project context, constraints, and risk profile are understood before any proposal is drafted.
Deliverable: Scoping BriefA proposal with defined deliverables, a named programme, and no ambiguity about who does the work. Scope creep starts with vague proposals — we don't write them.
Deliverable: Proposal + ProgrammeThe technical core is always delivered by the same team that scoped the work. Where the project demands more — additional trades, specialist subconsultants — we scale accordingly.
Deliverable: Technical Work ProductEvery output is reviewed with a trade-qualified lens before it leaves. If a design can't be built within the actual access, budget, and shutdown windows available — it gets challenged internally, not on site.
Deliverable: Reviewed DeliverableReports, drawings, and certification documents are issued under RPEQ registration. Legally valid, actionable, and signed by the engineer who was accountable from day one.
Deliverable: RPEQ-Certified OutputThese aren't values on a wall. They're the operating commitments we bring to every engagement — the things clients notice when they've worked with larger firms before.
Reports, models, and drawings are built to be actionable — not to satisfy a checklist. If a deliverable isn't going to be used in maintenance planning, a capital submission, or construction, the scope gets challenged before it's started.
Our team is reachable throughout the engagement — not just at kickoff and delivery. When a constraint changes mid-project or a site condition doesn't match the brief, the response is immediate and technical.
Every design is reviewed with a trade-qualified lens. Specifications that can't be built within the actual access, budget, and shutdown windows available don't leave the office.
Brisbane-based. Available for complex infrastructure projects across Queensland and nationally. Speak directly with the principal from the first call.