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Fixed Wiring Inspections cost

Carl Haycock

hi all,

Looking for some guidance. We carry out fixed wiring inspections on our Uk commercial properties every 5 years.  These are mixed office, warehouse and assembly / lab spaces within 3 buildings.  

We have an on site electrician for the general maintenance / small jobs as well as a separate service for PAT testing.  Our regular competent contractor has quoted nearly £100k to carry out the testing which seems massive to all the costs I see quoted online and I find it hard to believe our competitors abroad are spending this kind of sum every 5 years.  i know it is hard to give an opinion without size and we use circa 2300Mwh per annum but any thoughts as to whether this is completely off track or not?

regards

Carl

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    As others have said, its hard to give an opinion without knowing more, but to give some input...

    The last EICR on our Factory in the East Midlands cost £12k and took one guy around two weeks full time. There were no out-of-hours works or shutdowns involved (not working Friday afternoons proved useful here!). This price did not include any remedials which were done in-house (it was made clear to the Contractor upfront that he would not be awarded remedial works).

    This building is a mix of office space, light assembly space & a machine shop. Its home to around 90 people over 2.5 floors. We use around 30,000 kwh a month, our incomer is 400A/phase 400V and there are around 20 TPN distribution boards around the place. Most of these DBs are 24 TPN MCB ways (some BS88 DBs remain) with a mixture of local lighting, 13A socket rings & Ceeform sockets. CNC machines etc are hard wired to dedicated DBs. Wiring system is predominately singles in trunking/conduit with SWA sub-mains. Wiring is a mixture of Rd+We+Be, Rd+Yw+Be & Bn+Bk+Gy. There is a also a separately derived distribution system supplying 120/208V 60Hz.

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    As others have said, its hard to give an opinion without knowing more, but to give some input...

    The last EICR on our Factory in the East Midlands cost £12k and took one guy around two weeks full time. There were no out-of-hours works or shutdowns involved (not working Friday afternoons proved useful here!). This price did not include any remedials which were done in-house (it was made clear to the Contractor upfront that he would not be awarded remedial works).

    This building is a mix of office space, light assembly space & a machine shop. Its home to around 90 people over 2.5 floors. We use around 30,000 kwh a month, our incomer is 400A/phase 400V and there are around 20 TPN distribution boards around the place. Most of these DBs are 24 TPN MCB ways (some BS88 DBs remain) with a mixture of local lighting, 13A socket rings & Ceeform sockets. CNC machines etc are hard wired to dedicated DBs. Wiring system is predominately singles in trunking/conduit with SWA sub-mains. Wiring is a mixture of Rd+We+Be, Rd+Yw+Be & Bn+Bk+Gy. There is a also a separately derived distribution system supplying 120/208V 60Hz.

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