Reduce risk and maintain compliance with our specialist risk management services.
We’re proud to be a leading provider of complete life cycle risk management solutions. From ensuring asset safety and legal compliance with our thorough engineering inspections to driving operational efficiency with our specialist non-destructive testing services, (and much more in between), we’re proud of the long-lasting partnerships we have formed with our customers over the last 160 years, based on the value of our solutions.
Sector
Buildings, Properties and Real Estate
Location
West Lothian
Services
Electrical Inspections
Our partnership with West Lothian Council
Project overview
The BES Group provides a whole host of technical support for West Lothian Council, including their essential electrical inspections.
The council includes more than 400 locations such as schools, community centres, council depots, tenanted properties, sports centres, nursing homes, cemeteries, multi-use locations, police stations, courts, office space and family centres.
The challenge
As with all our council partners, not only is the work spread across many locations, but more often than not, the sites are fully occupied.
This, coupled with restricted access, can cause some challenges when it comes to carrying out electrical wiring examinations.
Planning is key to managing these complexities. We work hard to make sure we’re working to all deadlines and inspections are completed on time, every time.
The solution
Requirements are outlined in a programme of works which means we can plan all inspections to take place before they’re due, keeping people safe and machinery and equipment productive at all times.
When it comes to electrical inspections, we take the time to review all previous reports in advance so that we know about any access or other issues. We then discuss these with the relevant people when booking inspections to make sure we have full access to everything we need and can give our customer a full and thorough suite of examinations.
To make sure our process meets the needs of everyone involved, we agree any client specific requirements at the start of the contract, ensuring anything we might need to discuss further is escalated to the right people, at the right time.
Transparency is important to us, and we make sure everyone specified has full access to their inspection reports whenever and wherever. On top of that, we hold regular meetings with the relevant people, where any upcoming events are also discussed. By doing this, we can plan around any maintenance and refurb work, for example, and minimise downtime.
Effective and direct communication with building managers/occupiers is integral to the services we provide. Due to the nature of the premises that we service for the council, safety and security is key. Everything we do is in line with the council’s instructions and planned sensitively around the environment in which they are conducted.
The results
There is no doubt that our team of Engineer Surveyors is the very best.
We’ve set the benchmark high when it comes to training our people and this is reflected in their technical knowledge, quality of examinations and their attitude to always meeting our customer’s needs. Where needed, our Engineer Surveyors are quick to act to changes in the inspection requirements and we’re able to focus resource exactly where it’s needed.
We’re proud of our accreditations. We do much more than tick every box which means one less thing for our partners to worry about.
Key outcomes
Electrical inspections completed at over 400 locations.
Our team met all deadlines for inspections on time, every time.
Full access to comprehensive reports given to key personnel.
Contact us to find out more about our electrical inspection services!
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