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About Empower3D

Engineers and
Electricians.
Every Engagement.

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. The people who design the work are the people who understand how it gets built.

Registered Engineering & Electrical Contracting
Empower3D
RPEQ-Certified  ·  Trade-Qualified  ·  Brisbane
RPEQ No. 34525
Electrical Licence 1507107
ABN 23 684 621 190
Site Photography
Live environment — switchboard or substation.
PPE present. Two people working preferred.
Operational, not promotional. No posed shots.
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Built for Operational Environments
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.
Driven by What's Next
From digital twins to live asset monitoring, the team actively pursues the technologies that move clients from reactive maintenance to informed, continuous oversight.
From Spec to Site
RPEQ-certified engineering authority alongside trade-qualified field experience. The gap between what gets designed and what gets built doesn't exist here.
Local Precision. National Scale.
Brisbane-based and nationally capable — with project experience spanning Queensland, interstate infrastructure, and cross-border commissioning across Asia Pacific.
The Team

Who Designs It.
Who Builds It.
Same Answer.

Justin Patman
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Director · Principal Engineer
Justin Patman
RPEQ No. 34525  ·  Lic No. 1507107

With over two decades of experience across the electrical trade, engineering design, and project delivery, Justin has worked on critical infrastructure across some of Australia's most complex built environments. From main switchboard upgrades and apron lighting to LV audits and capital works, he brings practical insight and regulatory depth to every engagement.

He is passionate about bridging the gap between technical design and real-world delivery — helping clients navigate complexity with confidence. Every project is scoped, delivered, and signed by Justin personally.

MIEAust CPEng NER · APRC · INTPE(AUS) Adv Dip. Industrial Automation QLD Electrical Licence
Matt Collard
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National Manager · High Energy Systems & Critical Infrastructure
Matt Collard
MD, Collard Group  ·  Asia Pacific Advisor

Two decades of leadership across transmission, distribution, heavy industry, and high-voltage systems. From complex multi-disciplinary projects in mining and power generation to national safety programs and cross-border commissioning, Matt extends Empower3D's reach into large-scale HV and critical infrastructure — combining hands-on delivery experience with high-level commercial acumen across Asia Pacific.

As Managing Director of Collard Group and a trusted advisor across Asia Pacific, he brings strategic foresight and operational depth to engagements where scale and complexity demand it.

Diploma High Performance Management QLD Electrical Licence Hazardous Area Classification HVSO Design & Installation Cert.
Technical Background

The Depth
Behind the Work.

Justin Patman
Deep Technical
Authority.
No Generalists.

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.

Empower3D was established to make that level of technical capability available to asset owners and project teams without the overhead and handoff risk of a large firm.

Brisbane  ·  Queensland  ·  National Projects
ETAP Power Systems Modelling
Load flow, short circuit, protection coordination, and arc flash studies. Models are built to AS/NZS 3000 and 2067 — not generic templates. Justin has produced ETAP models used directly for capital investment decisions on assets exceeding $10M in replacement value.
Load Flow Arc Flash Protection Coordination Short Circuit
01
LV Auditing & Switchboard Assessment
Condition assessment, AS/NZS 61439 compliance, and switchboard verification for industrial and commercial facilities. Audit outputs are built for maintenance schedules and capital submissions — not filing.
AS/NZS 61439 Condition Assessment Capital Planning
02
Digital Twins & EcoStruxure Integration
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.
EcoStruxure Live Monitoring Asset Documentation
03
Capital Works & Project Advisory
From scope definition through to commissioning — with a focus on live environments. Justin has led shutdowns and staged energisations in constrained, high-consequence settings, understanding both the engineering and the operational risk.
Shutdown Planning Commissioning Live Environment Works
04
Matt Collard
High Energy.
High Stakes.
High Voltage.

Matt has spent two decades operating at the intersection of large-scale infrastructure and complex commercial delivery — transmission networks, mining operations, power generation, and cross-border commissioning programs that most engineers never encounter.

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.

National  ·  Asia Pacific  ·  Critical Infrastructure
Transmission & High Voltage Systems
End-to-end experience across HV transmission and distribution networks — from design and construction through to commissioning and live operations. Delivered within utility environments where fault risk and uptime are non-negotiable.
HV Transmission Distribution Networks HVSO Commissioning
01
Heavy Industry & Resources
Multi-disciplinary project delivery across mining and power generation — coordinating electrical works within environments where operational continuity, hazardous area classification, and contractor interfaces demand a different level of oversight.
Mining Power Generation Hazardous Areas Multi-Discipline
02
National Safety Programs
Led and contributed to national-scale safety programs across critical infrastructure — developing frameworks that hold across jurisdictions, contractor boundaries, and operational risk profiles. Not advisory from a distance; embedded and accountable.
Safety Frameworks Risk Management National Programs
03
Strategic & Commercial Advisory
As MD of Collard Group and an Asia Pacific advisor, Matt brings commercial acumen alongside technical authority — lifecycle performance, asset strategy, and innovation programs that connect engineering decisions to business outcomes.
Asset Strategy Lifecycle Performance Asia Pacific
04

Design Authority
and Trade Knowledge.
Same Firm.

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.

RPEQ Registration  ·  Trade-Qualified Electricians  ·  End-to-End Accountability
How We Work

What Engaging
Empower3D Looks Like

Whether it's an audit, a capital works programme, a power systems study, 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. We scale up and down as the project demands — drawing on a network of trusted local and national resources without compromising the quality or continuity of delivery.

01
Direct
Conversation
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.
Scoping Brief
02
Clear Scope,
Fixed Programme
A 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.
Proposal + Programme
03
Right People,
Right Scale
The technical core is always delivered by the same team that scoped the work. Where the project demands more — additional trades, specialist subconsultants, or national resources — we scale accordingly. The right capability for the job, not whoever's available.
Technical Work Product
04
Reviewed Against
the Real World
Every 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.
Reviewed Deliverable
05
Certified
Sign-Off
Reports, drawings, and certification documents are issued under RPEQ registration. Legally valid, actionable, and signed by the engineer who was accountable for the work from day one.
RPEQ-Certified Output
Working Principles

How Empower3D
Runs Every Job

These 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.

01
Every Output Gets Used
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 of work gets challenged before it's started.
02
Access to the Principal
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, not filtered through a project manager.
03
Constructibility Over Theory
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. We account for the site, not just the standard.
Ready to Work Together?
Brisbane-based. Available for complex infrastructure projects across Queensland and nationally. Speak directly with the principal from the first call.