Capability statement
Elevator, smart building and
E&I engineering capability.
Elevator, escalator and smart building systems, alongside electrical, instrumentation and automation consultancy for industrial and oil and gas clients.
A Nigeria-based technical services provider
Binateks has two related lines of work: an established elevator and smart building business, and a growing consultancy in electrical, instrumentation, control and automation design for industrial and oil and gas clients. We are a small team of seasoned people, and we usually bring in specialist discipline support as a project needs it.
The management team
Our E&I consultancy is led by the Binateks management team, with E&I design management across a brownfield gas network in Australia, earlier design-management experience with a major utility in the United Kingdom, and instrumentation consultancy work in Nigeria.
EPCs, operators and larger contractors
Clients who need dedicated E&I design or design-management support on a project, rather than carrying that capability in-house full time.
Elevators & Smart Buildings
Where the company got its start
Lift sales, installation and maintenance, now extending into building automation and smart systems work for new and refurbished developments.
Elevator & escalator supply
Passenger and goods lifts, plus escalators, specified and installed for new builds and major refurbishments.
Modernisation & maintenance
Upgrading older lift installations and keeping them running through scheduled maintenance.
Smart building integration
Tying lifts and other building systems into a building management platform, including monitoring and energy use.
Access control & security
Card and biometric access, CCTV and the wider building security setup that usually comes with a smart building fit-out.
Engineering Capability
Electrical
Organised roughly the way an EPC's own E&I package usually is: the areas where we can take direct design or design-verification responsibility.
Power system studies
Load flow, short circuit, motor starting and arc-flash, sized against the site's actual supply: grid, generator, or solar/hybrid for a remote location.
HV/LV distribution
Switchboards, MCCs and transformer specification; UPS and DC sizing for essential and safety-related loads.
Earthing & lightning protection
Design that accounts for difficult ground conditions: high soil resistivity, flooding, corrosive environments.
Hazardous-area electrical design
To IEC 60079-14, with equipment certified to IECEx or ATEX as the supply chain requires.
Engineering Capability
Instrumentation & Control
Field instrument selection
Hook-up and installation design for process measurement, control valves and package interfaces, with the right corrosion and service allowances for the environment.
Process control narratives
Cause-and-effect matrices and DCS/PLC architecture, including package-PLC-to-host integration for compression, metering and process skids.
Fiscal & allocation metering
Ultrasonic meters, gas chromatography and flow computation, designed to the export or custody-transfer spec agreed with the receiving system.
Engineering Capability
Safety & Remote Monitoring
Safety Instrumented Systems
IEC 61511 lifecycle work: SIL target allocation support, SRS development, logic solver and final-element specification, proof-test regimes.
Fire & gas detection
Philosophy and device layout derived from hazard and ventilation studies, not a generic device count.
SCADA & remote telemetry
RTU/SCADA network design, protocol selection and data-point mapping, sized for low-power operation where grid supply isn't available.
Cybersecurity boundary definition
For vendor and remote-access connections into the SCADA host, as more field devices carry their own network interfaces.
We take E&I design and design-verification responsibility for approved safety requirements. HAZOP leadership, LOPA and independent functional-safety assessment sit with the specialists appointed under the project's own functional-safety plan.
Engineering Capability
Electro-Mechanical
Motor & rotating-equipment interfaces
Starting method, protection coordination and package interlocks for compression, pumping and utility packages.
Actuated valve & isolation systems
Including line-break and rate-of-pressure-drop detection logic for remote pipeline or process sections.
Vendor package review
Cause-and-effect verification for compression, metering and utility skids ahead of factory acceptance testing.
Typical deliverables
The documents and drawings a project carries into construction
| Discipline | Typical deliverables |
|---|---|
| Electrical | Single line diagrams (HV/LV); load list and power system studies; cable schedule and block diagram; earthing and lightning protection layout; hazardous-area drawings; UPS/DC sizing calculations. |
| Instrumentation and Control | Instrument index and datasheets; hook-up and installation drawings; control narratives and cause-and-effect matrices; DCS/PLC I/O list and architecture diagram; metering design package. |
| Safety & Safeguarding | Safety Requirements Specification and SIL verification report; fire and gas detection philosophy and device layout; alarm philosophy and rationalisation. |
| SCADA and Remote Telemetry | SCADA architecture diagram; RTU signal and data-point list; communications network diagram; cybersecurity boundary diagram. |
| Electro-Mechanical | Motor and rotating-equipment datasheets and protection-coordination studies; actuated valve schedule; vendor package interface register; FAT procedures and test records. |
Deliverable scope, format and numbering are confirmed against the client's own document control procedure once a work package is agreed. This is our default set, not a fixed list.
How we manage design work
A staged engineering baseline
Technical knowledge only goes so far without a controlled process behind it. We structure design work around five stages.
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01
Concept / early FEED
Design basis, load estimate, safeguarding philosophy and key risks.
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02
FEED complete
Confirmed architectures, equipment specifications and load list.
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03
Detailed design 60% - 90%
Vendor data incorporated, interfaces largely resolved.
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04
IFC readiness
Approved vendor data, interdisciplinary checks closed.
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05
Handover
Redlines incorporated, test records complete, dossier accepted.
A design-input and data-gap register, an interface register, a technical decision and deviation record, and a design-change record, carried from scope confirmation through to issue. Each gate checks input maturity, unresolved risk, interface status and readiness for the next step, aligned with the client's own quality system.
Representative experience
International gas network design experience in mechanical, electrical and instrumentation systems for oil and gas
Client and project references are generalised for confidentiality.
E&I design management: brownfield gas programme
Design management across a brownfield upgrade portfolio, from concept/FEED through detailed design to IFC readiness, owning the interface register and chairing technical decision and deviation records.
TRS & PRS facilities obsolescence
Defining scope and design-verification requirements for E&I obsolescence upgrades across multiple gas facilities, ahead of consultant award.
Instrument air system modernisation
Design verification authority for a multi-site compressor replacement programme, checking control panel wiring, interlock logic and safety tie-ins.
Mainline valve automation
Remote-actuated line isolation loops, rate-of-pressure-drop detection logic and solar charging for critical remote pipeline assets.
Crude tank level monitoring, Nigeria
Continuous level monitoring and high/low alarm system proposed for a 16-tank crude storage facility in Warri, Delta State.
Terminology cross-reference
International terms mapped to Nigerian sector usage
Our Australian gas-network experience uses Australian terms. Mapped against Nigerian sector usage, the underlying engineering scope is closely comparable.
| Australian / International | Nigerian sector equivalent | Underlying function |
|---|---|---|
| Trunk Receiving Station (TRS) | Gas receiving / city gate station | Filtration, metering, pressure reduction, heating and odorisation |
| Pressure Regulating Station (PRS) | PRMS / pressure reduction and metering skid | Pressure reduction, preheating, metering where fitted |
| Instrument Air Modernisation | Instrument Air & Utility Gas Retrofit | Pneumatic-to-digital automation, closed-loop air |
| Mainline Valve (MLV) Automation | Sectionalizing / Block Valve (SV/BVS) Automation | Full-bore piggable line valves with SCADA-linked actuators |
| Actuated Line Break Valve (ALBV) | Emergency Shutdown / Isolation Valve (ESDV/EIV) | ROPD-triggered fail-safe closure, independent of DCS |
| I.S. Junction Box (Ex ia) | Hazardous-area (Zone 1/2) Junction Box | Ex-equipment substitution under IEC 60079 |
| Electrical Hazard Assessment (EHA) | Area Classification Study | Defines hazardous zones so electrical equipment is selected and certified to suit |
| Crude Tank Level & Alarm | Tank level gauging with HH/LL alarms and overfill protection | Continuous level monitoring, alarm philosophy |
About the team
A small team with specialists brought in per scope
A Nigeria-based team built on an established elevator, escalator and smart building business, now also offering electrical, instrumentation and automation consultancy to industrial and oil and gas clients. We bring in specialist discipline engineers against the specific scope of a project rather than keeping a large bench on standby.
Offices: Head Office in Effurun (Warri), Delta State, at Office 6, Success Plaza, 2 Beavakon Close, DSC/NPA Expressway; and a Lagos office at 32 Adebola Street, Surulere, Lagos State.
Let's talk
Where we might be useful to you
This statement isn't a bid for a specific piece of work. It shows what Binateks does across both lines of business and opens a conversation. Good starting points:
- A project that needs dedicated E&I design or design-management support, in addition to your own in-house capacity.
- A building or facility project where elevator, smart building or access-control work could sit alongside your own civil and construction scope.
- Simply comparing notes on what each of us is currently working on, before anything is formally scoped.
Effurun (Warri): +234 702 611 9292 · Lagos: +234 903 947 0523