Evenin' all

I was told at least a year ago that "new" building regulations in the UK meant that for Building Control to "sign off" a project, a completion certificate was mandatory, and have since used this as a selling point.

I am now told by a building that he checked up on this, found out it was untrue, and feels cheated that I used this.

If indeed I am wrong, I will need to make an offering to him - I really don't want to loose any clients :-)

Anyone have any knowledge of this ?

Regards to all

Steve

Steve,
If it were untrue, I'd be pretty peeved if I were you!.

You'd be suprised. It certainly wasn't a requirement a few years back - it's just I was informed that around 2001 it became a requirement.

If anyone in the UK could confirm, I'd be grateful.

Steve

Steve,

I'm not aware of any official requirement for a final certificate at this time, although I'm not involved with new buildings. The contractor/developer may require one as part of the contract, of course.

There are plans afoot to include electrical work in the building regs. Have a look here for a discussion we had about this a couple of months ago. The thread contains a link to a long PDF government proposal document.

Thanks for the reply, Paul.

Having spoken to a friend of mine, who is a building surveyor, it would appear that no formal certificate is required for building regulations !!!!!

Ooops.... I appear to a dropped a right b****ck.......

Time to suck up to the client, and amend our sales pitch.

Cheers for now

Steve

Steve,
Building Regs in England & Wales may not yet require you to provide an Electrical Installation Certificate, but for your work to comply with BS 7671 a certificate should be issued.
If you want to join the NICEIC or ECA/SELECT you are required to certify your work and keep copies for your records.
Keep up the good work, it sets you apart from the cowboys.

Yes, IEE Regs. (BS7671) require the issue of a certificate and it gives a good impression to issue one, even though we know that in 95% of cases the customer will probably lose it within a week!

We certify all of our work - and keep copies of same as PDF documents.

What I find annoying is that anyone can still call themselves an electrician and get away with it !!!!

It's onlu going to kill all the real electrical contractors.

Steve

Oh yes it will, Part P will enforce BS7671 and a Certification will be mandatory.

Check the ODPM Building Regs page and find the page on electrical safety or do a search on Building Regs Part P