Safety Rule Assessment & Compliance

Every type of engineering-related issue over the whole life of assets – all under one roof.

Our Specialist Power Engineering services are designed to complement your in-house capabilities and resources. Our expertise covers every type of engineering-related issue over the whole life of assets: from initial design, through sourcing and monitoring manufacturers, to fault and failure investigations.

EA Technology have an in-house team of experienced and knowledgeable power engineers that cover a broad range of technical areas, including:

• Overhead lines
• Underground cables
• Power transformers
• Switchgear
• Protection and control
• Legislation and regulation
• System engineering and future networks

We are influential thinkers, providing key contributions in standards working groups, and globally recognised innovation activities. We have experience in supporting organisations/agencies in investigating incidents (including fatalities), providing clarification of the evidence and comparing it to industry best practice.

We have used our specialist power engineering knowledge to:

• Represent clients in court, inquests and newton hearings
• Assist new areas of the Power Engineering industry, such as:
  • Distributed generation / renewables integration
  • Electric vehicle charging systems
  • Smart Grid technology
• Review, revise and create Policy and Standards for companies, national committees and international standards bodies.
• Review, editing and developing organisation’s electrical safety rules against best industry practice including:
  • The UK’s Model Distribution Safety Rules
  • International organisation’s safety rules
  • Legislation/Regulation (Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 etc.)
  • Best practices from other sectors

Benefits

• Ensure compliance of legislation/regulation requirements
• Optimise asset specification and sourcing to ensure assets are designed and manufactured to the highest standards
• Ensure installation techniques, guidelines, Method Statements and supporting material are safe and aligned with extracting full value from the assets, maximising asset performance and life
• Ensure operational safety through the implementation of industry best practice electrical safety rules

Features

• Auditing of manufacturers and suppliers;
• Independent monitoring and testing during manufacture;
• Fault and failure investigations to support claims;
• Representation during investigations and court cases
• Electrical Safety Rules Review