periodic on a commercial building

[IQ Electrical]

When looking at the job. One consumer unit was filthy. dirty mits all over it .Clearly using breakers as general switches. Do you think some switches should be added. Am i right in saying breakers should not be used by staff in this way?

Can a BS 60898/61009 device be used as a functional switch?

You are the inspector....

 

[Farmelectrics]

good luck hope you get the job i usually charge 18 20 pound per circut so if you can get 25 fair play let us no if you win the job might put my prices up

 

[sp4rk13]

company came in at £2500 per premises. 1 year contract to do all their premises. i think there are 11 or 12 nationwide. cant compete with that.

 

[morph]

pretty close with my estimate then was'nt i

 

[sp4rk13]

went in at 3200. but for just one building.

 

[IQ Electrical]

pretty close with my estimate then was'nt i

You were but £8.77 per circuit on a national contract?

Frightening, there'll be hotel and travelling costs in that figure too!

 

[sp4rk13]

I know absolutely frightening. must have sparks up and down the country.

 

[IQ Electrical]

I know absolutely frightening. must have sparks up and down the country.

Or subbies on £4.00 per circuit doing a stirling job!

 

[72-van]

Hi Sp4rk13 If you win this fife job and would like a wee hand on the job i would value some first hand on site experience ,i am currently doing the 2391 course and based in kirkcaldy.Good goffa and splosh maker and could maybe assist with writing doon test results etc.

72-van

 

[morph]

think its more likely that they are either just after remedial work , or that theey consider it to economicaly viable due to the age of installation and apparent documentation available , but i know that companies will do it for this sort of low price , it wont be good work of course

 

[Roger]

interesting thread,trying to price something similar but not such a large scale although if i counted every circuit on site probably not far of the 285 count.
I have job on a day rate although most of it will be weekends.
I do some work at a secondary school about 1500 kids,they are going with a cost of just over 8k for a full periodic.Its a mixture of buildings old and new and everyboard seems to be Crabtree Polstar.Saw some of the previous results and they failed to pick up a 3 phase DB board only actually having a single phase supply.Although conductor size was large enough to handle current demand the fact that the line had just been linked from L1 to L2and then to L3 ,I thought should have been highlighted.
Shame you lost out

 

[IQ Electrical]

Which regulation would you quote for a 3-phase DB with the phases linked?

Absolutely nothing wrong with this and I'd be suspicious if I saw that 'coded' or even mentioned on a PIR!

 

[High Tower]

Which regulation would you quote for a 3-phase DB with the phases linked?

Absolutely nothing wrong with this and I'd be suspicious if I saw that 'coded' or even mentioned on a PIR!

If the conductor is adequately sized at the the board labeled to identify this, i really cant see the problem!

 

[IQ Electrical]

There is no requirement even for a label, I notice Square D no longer supply a label with their linking kit.

 

[topquark]

There is no requirement even for a label, I notice Square D no longer supply a label with their linking kit.

Another one of today's lessons, thanks IQ!