CEE3

CEE3 is a niche consulting and project management resource for the Australian retail, commercial and industrial property management industry. Its specialised testing services are integral to maintaining high standards of fire safety and compliance in the property management industry, ensuring fire protection systems are both effective and reliable.

With a team of consulting and project management experts, CEE3 ensures all the properties it is involved with meet all regulatory requirements and function optimally to safeguard people and property.

The organisation differentiates itself by providing Facilities Management Services for the properties it’s involved with. This enables the team to get intricately involved with each property, not only identifying compliance issues, but also providing the solutions and management capabilities to resolve the issues.

Les Oates is National Operations Manager with CEE3. He manages the organisation’s corporate services, compliance program management, and all ICT systems.

“We look after the compliance requirements of over 200 buildings nationally. This means working with clients like AMP, Dexus and Lend Lease.

“Whereas many of our competitors will do a simple ‘tick and flick’ compliance service to its clients, we deliver a very diligent and quality service. We’re honest and thorough and promise to guide our clients to successful compliance outcomes in the most effective way.”

A collaborative relationship with Turbineers ensures SharePoint delivers the right functionality.

Forming the foundation of the operations is Microsoft SharePoint. Les Oates and his team use the platform as a centralised repository for all documentation relating to the building’s fire systems, including testing results, compliance records, and maintenance schedules. This centralised system ensures all information is accessible to authorized personnel and is consistently updated.

And pivotal in the process of developing SharePoint so it supports CEE3 in its operations is the relationship Les and his team has with the Turbineers.

In the initial development, Les Oate’s team at CEE3 will develop a customised SharePoint system for one site. This system includes all the necessary features and configurations to meet the site’s unique requirements for managing data and documents related to fire system compliance.

The Turbineers will then take this template and replicate it across all the other sites. This ensures that each site benefits from the same optimised platform, maintaining consistency and efficiency.

In this way, CEE3 and The Turbineers work together to ensure that the SharePoint system template meets the needs of all sites. The two teams collaborate to address any issues, make improvements, and refine the system as necessary based on feedback and operational requirements.

After deployment, both CEE3 and the Turbineers provide ongoing support to ensure that the SharePoint system functions effectively at all sites. They work together to handle updates, troubleshoot issues, and make necessary adjustments.

“the Turbineers are a trusted partner who guides and advises us. Many technology businesses don’t get the bespoke nature of what we build and what it needs to do. Tej and his team are very engaged and are really insightful advisors.

“They’ll listen to what we need, then explain the best approach, explain why it’s the best approach, and enable us to do it ourselves next time.”

Integrating SharePoint and Power BI,the Turbineers transforms CEE3’s operations.

Microsoft’s SharePoint and Power BI have a complementary relationship where SharePoint provides a central location for facility management related data and documents. Power BI then provides the user interface to provide advanced data analytics tools, which enables easy viewing and analysis.

Power Automate then acts as the catalyst between SharePoint and Power BI, automating workflows and data updates between the systems. Because it can automatically refresh Power BI dashboards when new data is added to SharePoint, new properties can be added to the system, without any intervention or administration from the CEE3 team.

Power Apps allows for custom data entry and management directly into SharePoint, which then feeds into Power BI for reporting and analysis. This integration ensures that data collected through Power Apps is seamlessly integrated into the SharePoint repository so it can be viewed in the Power BI dashboards.

“Thanks to this set-up, we enjoy a more seamless operations management experience. By automating these key operations and processes,the Turbineers are enabling CEE3 to get better outcomes with limited budgets.”

What Turbineers is delivering, is a state-of-the-art integrated business intelligence platform that can effortlessly scale as the business grows.

“Our clients rely on us to keep their data alive and accessible at all times. And in this process,The Turbineers are the ultimate enabler – they give us our unique point of difference. They understand exactly what will work for our clients and enable us to cover many more bases for them.

“I can say ‘yes’ more to clients and colleagues because I have the Turbineers supporting me. I can deliver high quality outcomes to all our property owners, and I have the operational efficiency to extend my capabilities, with the same operational budget.”

Thanks to the integrations the Turbineers are delivering for Les and his team, CEE3 is able to deliver multiple, specialised reports to clients with the automated PowerBI functionality.The Turbineers consolidates and apply parameters of testing, which CEE3’s teams can review and send onto its clients.

With 20-30 sites all providing different detail, these systems consolidate and present data in a way that CEE3’s clients can get meaning and make effective decisions.

“The key business outcome for CEE3 is experienced in the effectiveness and stability of our SharePoint system. I can now go into client meetings completely confident that my data is correct.

“Also, the quality of our Power BI reporting has evolved with the Turbineers now adding their expertise to our development process. Every client we have is very impressed with the format, because it delivers accurate, insightful data, in real time.

“Now, when I’m presenting to people like Lend Lease, I’m doing it with an effective data analysis and reporting system behind me, which builds confidence in our business. This is an essential characteristic for an organisation that delivers essential services and compliance programs to the world’s leading property developers and owners.”