What should a warehouse or workshop send before an inspection?

An occupied warehouse or workshop is planned around industrial distribution, plant, loading or working areas, and when those places can actually be opened.

Use the commercial EICR enquiry and include the industrial-site details needed to plan the visit.

Warehouses and industrial units receive a site quotation reflecting the installation and agreed testing arrangements.

If the premises are primarily an office, use the occupied-office planning guidance instead.

The inspection covers the fixed installation in the extent that is agreed.

Name the distribution boards that serve the warehouse, workshop or unit, including boards in plant rooms, mezzanines or loading areas.

A three-phase supply, where it exists, is a type of supply. It does not by itself decide the codes or the price.

A classification code should not be inferred from a building type, a photograph or a description of plant. The inspector attributes codes from the inspection and testing evidence.

Say which plant rooms, machinery supplies or process equipment must stay on, and who can open those rooms.

Say which loading bays, working floors or yards are in the visit, and whether vehicles or operations will still be using them.

Access to a locked board, a plant room or a working area is agreed before that place is opened.

Isolation, where it is needed, has to be planned around the equipment that must stay on. Agree the isolation plan with the electrician and the responsible site contact before testing.

Agree the testing window, any shutdowns and operational arrangements with the office and responsible site contact.

• Boards

  Name the distribution boards that serve the warehouse, workshop or unit, including boards in plant rooms, mezzanines or loading areas.

• Plant

  Say which plant rooms, machinery supplies or process equipment must stay on, and who can open those rooms.

• Loading and working areas

  Say which loading bays, working floors or yards are in the visit, and whether vehicles or operations will still be using them.

• Access

  Access to a locked board, a plant room or a working area is agreed before that place is opened.

This guide does not describe a specific Codeex customer, warehouse or completed industrial job.

This guide does not present warehouse failure rates or industrial-stock statistics.

For advice on your legal obligations or agreement, consult a qualified adviser.

Send that list with the commercial EICR enquiry: the boards, the plant, the loading or working areas, and any access or isolation limit.

• Commercial EICR certificates
• Occupied office planning
• What three-phase changes

Describe the installation and the working environment before the office quotes the inspection.