Fuel systems should be engaged during concept or schematic design to reduce redesign risk and protect the critical path.
Design
Safely Store Fuel in Any Building
We integrate fire, compliance and structural requirements early, protecting programme certainty and ensuring mission-critical fuel systems perform exactly as intended.
Fuelchief in numbers
500+
Projects Completed
Across fuel storage and critical power generation
40+
Years of Experience
Deep industry expertise & proven track record
9001
ISO-Certified
Committed to consistent quality, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement
400+
SuperVault Tanks Installed
Experience across every major industry
Design Out Risk
In mission-critical projects, fuel storage is shaped by fire strategy, hazardous compliance, seismic design and the project’s critical path. Through early contractor engagement (ECI), we align these interfaces upfront. In high-risk industries, we can simplifying specification and reduce risk during the design phase. The result is clearer documentation, smoother coordination, and increased confidence.
Why design first
Design is The Critical Path
Often, by the time the tank is considered, the plant room is already set, and access is tight. The tank doesn’t fit, or the fire rating doesn’t work. That forces redesign, slows consent, and puts the fuel system on the critical path.
Why design first
Align Compliance and Avoid Rework
Fuelchief works with the design team early to size the tank, confirm fire rating, check access, and align compliance. We resolve these against real site conditions so the system fits, gets approved, and installs without rework.
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Programme certainty
Keeps fuel systems off the critical path and avoids late-stage delays.
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Fewer redesigns & RFIs
Integrated engineering reduces comms issues and costly rework.
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Compliance clarity
Clear fire, seismic and hazardous documentation ready for review.
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First-time commissioning confidence
Systems perform as specified under load, without last-minute surprises.
Integrated approach
Remove Risk at Every Stage
The Fuelchief approach connects design, manufacture, and installation under one accountable partner. We engineer out risk early, manufacture to your exact site constraints, and simplify the path to installation and compliance, meaning projects are often completed faster and with greater certainty.
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Design
Engineer fuel solutions around your site constraints, uptime requirements, and long-term operational realities. Align early to ensure buildability and risk management.
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Manufacture
We manufacture fuel systems with the precision high-risk environments demand, built exactly to spec and highly tested.
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Installation
Install fuel systems confidently in complex, tight, or challenging sites. We’ll keep things straightforward on site, bringing regulatory expertise at the compliance stage.
Case Studies
Nelson City Council
A precision placed series of SuperVault’s measured and constructed to the millimetre for the allocated space available. The tanks have been functioning successfully for the plant.
RD Petroleum Aviation Fuel Upgrade at Franz Josef Glacier
Replacing five ageing tanks with one, RD Petroleum needed a 60,000L aviation fuel tank transported clear across New Zealand to Franz Josef Glacier. Here's how a custom SuperVault made the journey and now keeps helicopter tour operators refuelled on-site.
Lockwood Homes SuperVault Case Study
A regulation change nearly stopped Lockwood Homes' Rotorua plant in its tracks. Here's how two SuperVault tanks solved the compliance problem and gave the 76-year-old manufacturer extra breathing room on production.
Spark Data Centre
Fuelchief collaborated with a series of suppliers to place a custom Fuelchief SuperVault into a brand new data centre facility for Spark.
Spark Telecom Exchange Building
Fuelchief collaborated with Aurecon engineers to place a customised Fuelchief SuperVault for Spark's telecommunications building.
Powerco
Fuelchief teamed up with Terra Cat to provide a Fuelchief DCD100 diesel fuel tank to Powerco for critical power backup.
Relocatable SuperVault For Client
See how our SuperVault was the ideal solution because of it's relocatable design and compliance that it proved to be a real asset.
University Of Canterbury
Our latest SuperVault case study on a how our 4-hour fire rated tank replaced an underground fuel tank for the University.
Sandspit Marina
Fuelchief supplies tank to Sandspit Marina, view the latest results of the transaction and why the manager is looking for another tank from us.
Airways: Critical Control Tower Upgrades
The Fuelchief SuperVault 4 hour fire rated fuel tank was custom made to ensure the critical environment of a aviation control tower was met.
NZ Bus Auckland Depot Upgrade
See how the SuperVault Cylindrical 4 hour fire rated tank ensured refuelling compliance for NZ Bus. Check out the latest case study.
Air New Zealand Jet Engine Testing Facility
Fuelchief supplied Air New Zealand, one of the most recognised global airlines in the world, a SuperVault for their new testing facility.
Christchurch Hospital
Chirstchurch Hospital, consultants needed a SuperVault tank to back up critical generators to ensure continual power in an outage.
Allied Petroleum iTank in Invercargill
The Fuelchief SuperVault 4 hour fire rated fuel tank was custom made to ensure the critical environment of a aviation control tower was met.
Downer Bitumen Plant Upgrade Project
Up at Port Whangarei Downer recently took delivery of a SuperVault SVR-4999 and also a DC100 Diesel tank – both supplied via Z Energy for Downers bitumen plant upgrade.
Citibank Gets a SuperVault
ECL Group were engaged by their client Citibank to supply and install a suitable diesel tank system to supply fuel to a large generator in a multi-storey building in downtown Auckland.
Terra Cat Praxis Generator Base Tanks
ECL Group were engaged by their client Citibank to supply and install a suitable diesel tank system to supply fuel to a large generator in a multi-storey building in downtown Auckland.
Air BP Queenstown Airport Project
Queenstown Airport is a pristine location with the importance of environmentally secure and safe storage of fuel. For Air BP the SuperVault’s have been providing this for several years and will continue to do so for many years to come.
Higgins Group Case Study
The SuperVault solution provided a certified compliant tank for the Test Certifier to sign off on without any issues.
Specialists In Mission-Critical Fuel
Our experienced engineers lead design, coordinate trades, navigate compliance, and protect system integrity at every stage.
Joe Deck
Director - Corporate
Hamish McLean
Director - Technical
Guthrie Deck
Director - Business Partnerships
Rowan Smithers
Key Account Manager
Barney McLean
Project Sales
Casey Brosnahan
Marketing & Executive Assistant
Dan Clark
Operations Manager
Allan Palmer
Factory Manager
David Sweney
Logistics & Inventory Controller
Mike Harris
Engineering & Project Manager
Common Questions
In many projects, yes. A compliant fire-rated tank can simplify the building layout and reduce footprint.
We align fire rating, hazardous area classification and seismic requirements into one coordinated engineering solution.
Consent typically requires fire certification, seismic producer statements, hazardous compliance documentation and engineered drawings.
By resolving structural loads, venting, access and compliance interfaces during early design and ECI stages.
We align tank sizing, fuel interfaces, reticulation and commissioning requirements to ensure seamless integration.
If you need critical power and a partner you can rely on, let’s talk.
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Phone
NZ / INT +64 3 384 2380
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Postal address
P.O Box 160175
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Customer support
info@fuelchieftanks.com
We are here to help. Contact our friendly team any time.