The control of electrical installation work

Abstract

The paper examines the policy applied to-day to electrical installation work, from the inception of the scheme in the client's mind o the handing over of the completed installation to his maintenance organization.Suggestions are made as to where these fall short of requirements as regards the position of the electrical engineer, and as to where procedure might be improved in order to bring the electrical engineer into his rightful place in relation to all technical branches involved in building and civil engineering construction work to-day.In conclusion, it is suggested that the architect's organization usually set up for the execution of his commissions is open to much improvement and that the electrical contractors engaged on such works should not necessarily be nominated as sub-contractors and left under the direct control of the main contractor's agent. It is suggested also that the existing practice in regard to contracts could be improved, and that more attention should be given to the site organization responsible for supervising the installations in question. Work carried out must be treated with greater continuity from the first stages of design to the final handing over than has been common in the past.