The purpose of Electrical Installation Condition Reports (EICR), is to provide an assessment of the installation’s compliance with BS 7671 Wiring Regulations and to identify as far as reasonably practical any defects and departures from the requirements of the Regulations.
Periodic Electrical Inspection Frequencies
As a Duty Holder, it is important to know the frequency of when inspections should take place.
Commercial Premises
The frequency of inspection and testing for commercial premises is every 5 years. Some leaseholders and landlords choose to have their electrical testing completed once every 5 years, with 100% of the installation being inspected during one inspection.
Some larger sites choose to split the inspection, and have 20% completed every year. This can make the job more manageable to facilitate, as well as minimising the disruption to your site by completing small sections each year. This also spreads the cost of testing across five years by which point 100% of your installation will then have been inspected.
Remedial action during EICRs- Whilst onsite completing your EICR, our engineers are able to carry out certain remedial actions, depending on any electrical faults they find. If you require remedial works at your premises, this can be discussed with the team at the point of contract, and an agreed limit to funding for this can be put in place, allowing our engineer to carry out remedial actions at the time of testing. This can save your business time and money.
