O.k. where to start,
I have only been working for my company for about a month now. I have come on board as QS but they've made me manager in that time. Now I could spend ages saying about the things they've not been doing but I guess thats another thread altogether.
Anyways, last year they were contacted by a customer who wanted a test done. This customer had some polish builder do his extension and a full rewire. They completed the job, got paid, went home for christmas, then never came back. So this gentleman has an extension done and can't get it notified. He went through all the channels in the first instance with planning etc.
This is when he called us in, we went in and did a periodic inspection. Now my director insists she said to the customer that 'we cant sign off the work, and wont be able to notify it', but from my understanding of how much the directors know about running a business I am slightly unimpressed.
So,
we went in, did a periodic report and sent it to building control. They sent it back saying they need an NICEIC company to do notification. 3 months later, we were NICEIC enrolled and an engineer was sent back to redo.
Sigh... He sat in their lounge and just copied results from one certificate to the other, copying it onto a NEW INSTALLATION CERT and actually writing 'test carried out by engineer no longer with company' on the limitations, this was then signed by the QS at the time and sent off.
The results of the periodic showed no gas bond, no earthing to lights and no fire hoods.
So as it currently stands,
All the certs stand for bo***cks, and they're asking me to notify the job.
I've told them the numerous reasons why I cant and was given the number for the building inspector. I discussed it with him, and he completley agreed with me and said that they have fallen into a trap.
He then went on to say that 'some' electricians would do a 'trace inspection' which involved tracing all the wiring and ensuring of no limitations what so ever, and then notifying upon satisfactory completion...
.... anyone else done this before???
I have only been working for my company for about a month now. I have come on board as QS but they've made me manager in that time. Now I could spend ages saying about the things they've not been doing but I guess thats another thread altogether.
Anyways, last year they were contacted by a customer who wanted a test done. This customer had some polish builder do his extension and a full rewire. They completed the job, got paid, went home for christmas, then never came back. So this gentleman has an extension done and can't get it notified. He went through all the channels in the first instance with planning etc.
This is when he called us in, we went in and did a periodic inspection. Now my director insists she said to the customer that 'we cant sign off the work, and wont be able to notify it', but from my understanding of how much the directors know about running a business I am slightly unimpressed.
So,
we went in, did a periodic report and sent it to building control. They sent it back saying they need an NICEIC company to do notification. 3 months later, we were NICEIC enrolled and an engineer was sent back to redo.
Sigh... He sat in their lounge and just copied results from one certificate to the other, copying it onto a NEW INSTALLATION CERT and actually writing 'test carried out by engineer no longer with company' on the limitations, this was then signed by the QS at the time and sent off.
The results of the periodic showed no gas bond, no earthing to lights and no fire hoods.
So as it currently stands,
All the certs stand for bo***cks, and they're asking me to notify the job.
I've told them the numerous reasons why I cant and was given the number for the building inspector. I discussed it with him, and he completley agreed with me and said that they have fallen into a trap.
He then went on to say that 'some' electricians would do a 'trace inspection' which involved tracing all the wiring and ensuring of no limitations what so ever, and then notifying upon satisfactory completion...
.... anyone else done this before???