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Bye 2020! + Closing Dates

Well that’s (almost) it for one of the hardest years of our lives. We’ve been through highs (YAY lockdown is over!) and lows (oops not quite, back in we go), but through it all, we achieved something great. We stuck toge...

Team Alykan for Movember!

You’ve probably heard of Movember, right? That charity where men grow their facial hair to excess for a month to the (occasional) disdain of their partners? Well, this year, Team Alykan is taking part! It’s all for a g...

LED Strip Lighting

Seen everywhere from cafes to clothes retailers, home offices to wardrobes, LED strip lighting can be used in both commercial and residential projects. Installed correctly, LED lighting can subtly set the mood in a space...

Emergency Exit Lighting

There are many things to consider when designing your office fit-out; the layout needs to be designed in a way that ensures navigation is easy, and that your operational structure is clear; the colour palette will need t...

National Safe Work Month

Electricity is invisible. That is why being an Electrician is one of the most dangerous trades out there. You aren’t able to hear, see, or smell live electricity, so it’s easy to make a fatal mistake if the proper precau...

Circuit Overload in Office Kitchens

Have you ever gone to grab that 3rd coffee (or 4th - this is Melbourne after all) for the day at lunch time, only to get halfway through pouring your double shot espresso and machine shuts down? Who did this?! You look a...

Pendant Lighting In The Office

If you’ve been following our blog for a while, you’d know we love our office lighting. We’ve covered off the design, functionality and practicality of office lighting, and the ways it can impact productivity, but we can ...

Floor Boxes - Accessing Power With Convenience

You’d be forgiven for not noticing them due to their discreet nature, but floor boxes have proven to be an essential part of commercial spaces. Particularly useful for running cables uniformly, floor boxes are a compact ...

How To Obtain The Best Quote

If you’re a fitout company, you’ll more than likely have a list of Electrical Contractors you like to use, and it’s part of your job to find the best out of the bunch for any given job. This will very likely include obta...

The Art Of Exposed Ceilings Is All In The Planning

Sure, they look incredible, but there’s a lot more that goes into exposed ceilings than what first meets the eye. There are many things electricians need to consider that they normally wouldn’t have to with a closed cei...