Installation includes cranage planning, positioning, structural verification, vent routing, pipework connection, hazardous compliance checks and documentation for sign-off.
Installation
Built Right. Installed Right.
We coordinate installation carefully, aligning site constraints, compliance requirements and commissioning needs. Critical fuel installation is what we do.
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
Reduce Installation Risk
Installation risk lives in the details, like alignment, documentation, compliance and coordination between trades. We handle it all with care and discipline, verifying every interface and closing every compliance loop. The result is a fuel system that integrates cleanly onsite without headaches and hiccups that put commissioning at risk.
Partner with Fuelchief
Organise And Coordinate
Make continuous power a reality. By choosing Fuelchief as the installation partner, the fuel system fits into the required space. We organise and coordinate with trades so that all facets of the installation is taken care of, including health and safety and cranage.
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Controlled site integration
Verified alignment across structural, mechanical and electrical interfaces.
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Reduced coordination friction
Proactive planning limits clashes, RFIs and installation rework.
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Sequenced delivery
Installation activities aligned precisely to construction milestones.
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Commissioning readiness
Documented compliance and installation checks completed before startup.
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.
Installation expertise
Getting It Right On Site
What happens when engineered drawings meet a constrained plant room or live site?
Clearances are tight. Lifting plans matter. Health and safety can’t be compromised. It’s likely we’ve met your on-site challenges before. We work carefully within confined spaces, coordinate closely with other trades and verify every connection ready for commissioning, delivering a compliant system without disrupting the environment.
SuperVault Tank Installation
It doesn’t get more precise than this. This 22,000L SuperVault tank was installed for Spark New Zealand through Aurecon. Not only is the SuperVault able to be customised for such tight quarters, but the tank is multi-hazard certified and SwRI95-03 compliant.
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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 Fuel Tank Installation
Fuelchief’s team of specialist engineers, project managers, and service technicians are proven at delivering critical fuel systems for critical power into the highest-stakes environments.
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
We review access, lifting methodology, clearances and sequencing early, coordinating with other trades to reduce interface risk before equipment arrives on site.
Installation follows approved drawings and specifications, with fire integrity, seismic anchoring and hazardous requirements checked and documented prior to handover.
We coordinate connection points, reticulation layout, venting and controls to ensure the fuel system integrates cleanly with the generator package.
As-built drawings, compliance certifications, fire-rating documentation and commissioning records are prepared to support consent and final approval.
Most risks occur at trade interfaces — vent routing, penetrations, slab loads or sequencing — which are controlled through early coordination and verification.
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.