Observations and Recommendations

Observations and Recommendations

Any Periodic Inspection Report should include details of 'Observations and Recommendations for Actions to be Taken', sometimes referred to as remedial actions.

The NICEIC format for reporting observations and recommendations is as follows:

Where observations are made the inspector will have entered one of the following codes against each observation to indicate the action (if any) recommended

1. 'requires urgent attention'
2. 'requires improvement'
3. 'requires further investigaton'
4. 'does not comply with BS 7671:2001 (as amended)' This does not imply that the electrical installation is unsafe.
   

Many companies that specialise in providing electrical testing services do not carry out remedial works. These companies will have no interest in carrying out the remedial actions detailed in the Periodic Inspection Report and this may act as an assurance to the client that any observations and recommendations detailed will be objective and unbiased.