Identify the equipment
Agree the appliance inventory, locations and equipment types. Understand how items are used, moved or exposed to damage.
Commercial building services
A practical approach
to appliance safety.
Discuss inspection and testing for the electrical appliances used in your workplace. Build a sensible approach around the equipment, environment and previous findings.
Define the work
A scope you can understand.
Agree the requirements and deliverables before the work is arranged.
Use a suitable assessment
User checks, visual inspections and testing play different roles. The approach and frequency should reflect the actual risk rather than a blanket annual promise.
Make results usable
Agree how items will be identified, how unsafe equipment is reported and how replacement, repair and future checks will be managed.
A useful record
Make the evidence
part of the agreement.
Confirm what will be provided for the service you choose.
- An agreed inventory and inspection/testing scope.
- Results that identify the equipment assessed and relevant findings.
- A record of failed items and an agreed response.
Company project archive
Building services experience.
Explore recorded M&E installations at Rudding Park Hotel, the Bowes Museum and Washburn Heritage Centre.
Review the archived project scopesEvidence for your requirements.
Ask for the current certificates and scope information relevant to the work you are considering.
Request supplier evidencePrepare the conversation
Start with what you know.
Share the postcode, approximate appliance count, building use and preferred working window. Explain whether equipment can be made available together.
Speak to Robinsons.
Share your postcode and requirements. The team will confirm coverage, scope and the next step.
Discuss your requirementsBefore you enquire
A few things made clear.
Is annual PAT legally required for every appliance?
HSE says the law requires equipment to be maintained to prevent danger, but does not prescribe annual PAT for every appliance. The method and interval depend on risk.
Does PAT cover the building wiring?
No. Fixed installation inspection and testing should be considered separately.
Can you work around an occupied workplace?
Discuss access and equipment availability so the scope and working arrangements can be confirmed. Attendance and timing are agreed rather than assumed.
Continue with the right detail