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160 rooms stripped to shell. Full ICT scope across the rebuild — CCTV, access control, FTA/satellite distribution with full recable and backbone equipment, headend systems, IP telephony replacing legacy analogue, and CAT6 structured cabling. The building was decades old — no modern cable pathways, no provisions for the technology going in. The ancient cabling topography in the roof space had to be read and worked with. There was no rebuilding it. Three days on hands and knees in the roof space, heat and humidity, linking new infrastructure into the existing building fabric without breaking what was already there. Stuart Reardon from Matchmaster — 30 years in the industry — called it "some of the best work I have seen… it was almost miraculous that you have been able to link into the ancient cabling topography and get the perfect results that you have." One of those projects where the bones of the old building decide what you can do, and you find a way through anyway. #ICTInfrastructure #StructuredCabling #HospitalityICT #AirlieBeach #PeteMorganTechnology

As part of building the championship golf course on Dent Island, a services pipeline had to span Dent Passage. The pipeline was engineered, bundled on concrete cradles, and staged along the active Hamilton Island airstrip. Initially, a microwave link from Qualia to the Dent Island landfall was planned to carry the technology needs of the island. Three months before deployment, the decision was taken to include fibre with the other services in the pipeline and the project landed on my desk. I designed two 24-core submarine fibre cables into the bundle — submarine-rated cable, pressure ratings at depth, duct protection. With lots of collaboration and teamwork across the Services dept, the Powerhouse dept and others, retrofitting and integration of the fibre ducting into a pipeline was achieved. You can see the fibre optic pipe running down the centre of the bundle, in blue. Sunset staging the evening before. First light next morning, the pipeline was hooked up — tug boat at one end, excavator at the other to stop it from running away as it entered the passage off the runway. All of us were manning the dollies, one at every concrete weight, carefully keeping the pipe straight as it was inched into the water. The tide had to be still, the weather had to hold, all the engineering had to work. Only one chance at the pull. The bundle crossed Dent Passage. The pipeline was kept afloat by the air in the pipes. When it reached the planned position spanning the passage, the seals were blown. The pipes filled with water and the pipeline sank to the bottom. Once all was stabilised, my team continued the fibre from landfall on Dent Island to the W5-rated disaster recovery and backup bunker I had included in the build design. The bunker housed the microwave backup equipment and dish, and the Citrix server replication farm establishing the much needed Hamilton Island offsite high-speed backup path. This is one of the many projects I am so grateful to have been part of. The skills I gained, the wonderful teamwork, the common goals — a truly amazing experience and project. #SubmarineFibre #FibreOptics #ICTInfrastructure #HamiltonIsland #PeteMorganTechnology

Designed, installed, and certified the FTA and Foxtel head-end and distribution systems across Hidden Cove Precinct — 22 luxury properties. A beautiful new luxury residential estate on Hamilton Island. As the estate was not permitted to use TV antennas & satellite dishes, a fully distributed solution from a single headend was required. The site is designed around fully elevated roads with no easements, ruling out traditional underground services distribution. There were no cable pathways installed and we were 4 months out from PC. With assistance from Xane Matsen of HiTechnologies, a Hamilton Island based technical contractor, and drawing on a partnership with Matchmaster, I designed a fully distributed TERRA S2C16P TDT system. Distribution ran over RG11 and RG6 Matchmaster quadshield coaxial cable, carried through 100mm and 50mm suspended conduit pathways I designed across the site, with markup handed to the builder for installation. At the head of it, I installed the Whitsunday region's first Foxtel TDT headend system — combining FTA & Foxtel distribution across all 22 properties. Certified the installation to Foxtel approval. Delivered within a 4-month deadline.

Windows 10 was going end of life. I designed a three-phase rollout in MCM — roughly 65 users per phase — scheduled over 11 months, with a clean-up period at the tail. Phase 1 triggered. Over in 2 weeks, no issues. Figures to the C-Suite, approval for phase 2. Same through phase 3. 100% of the fleet on Windows 11 in 3 months. Zero user issues. Not every migration needs 11 months. Sometimes it's three gated phases, clean numbers at each, and the fleet lands ahead of plan. #Windows11 #EndpointManagement #MCM #ChangeManagement #ICTInfrastructure petemorgantechnology.com.au

Collinsville and Hayman Solar Farms, North Queensland. Replacing MW-class SMA inverters across Collinsville and Hayman Solar Farms — working daily with electrical crews, performing shutdown and safety in 40-degree heat and the flies, well you have to learn to live with them. DMK Industries. #SolarEnergy #SolarFarm #ICTInfrastructure #NorthQueensland #PeteMorganTechnology petemorgantechnology.com.au

Daydream Island resort. 240 rooms stripped back to bare walls after Cyclone Debbie. Mission was to fit off and commission the ICT and guest services package across every room — in-room entertainment, telecommunications, satellite and TV distribution, Wi-Fi. Test and Sign-Off. Not every project starts with a clean room and a plan. Sometimes it starts with exposed cables and a deadline. petemorgantechnology.com.au #ICT #Infrastructure #Whitsundays #DaydreamIsland #Resort #Queensland #PeteMorganTechnology

20 pits and 2 manholes cleared and prepped before the haul could start. A 200-metre under-bore straight under the main railway tracks. Civil works, traffic management, and council coordination across a live main street. Whitsunday Regional Council fibre optic backbone renewal. On time. On budget. #FibreOptics #ICTInfrastructure #RegionalQueensland #ProjectDelivery #PeteMorganTechnology

This was part of a 2.4-kilometre fibre backbone renewal along Proserpine Main Street — twin 24-core cables pulled in a single continuous run from the Administration building to the Depot, no joints. Before we could pull a single metre of fibre, every pit and manhole across the route had to be cleared, cleaned, and prepared. The project ran under an electrical tender through DMK Industries, with me managing the full delivery— scoping, quoting, purchasing, permits, trade coordination, contractor management, risk and WH&S. Not every project is a server room. Sometimes it's a street cabinet, a fusion splicer, and getting the terminations right first time. #FibreOptics #RegionalQueensland #ICTInfrastructure #Proserpine #WhitsundayRegionalCouncil