Materials for examination
We first agree what is needed. Preserve the originals and the history of how copies were obtained.
What to send with your initial enquiry
Describe the object and the disputed issue, the purpose of the examination, and the object’s location and availability. A description and a few relevant documents are usually sufficient for an initial assessment.
The list depends on the type of examination
- Data sheet and manual
- Contract and work completion records
- Maintenance and service request logs
- Photographs and fault records
- Design and working diagrams
- Equipment data sheets
- Commissioning records
- Room plans and complaints
- Design and calculations
- Instrument data sheets
- Start-up and pressure test records
- Temperature logs and enquiries
- Network diagrams
- Incident or water damage report
- Contract and as-built work records
- Removed components and photographs
- Design and as-built diagram
- Records from the specialist organisation
- Photographs and information about the event
- Data sheet and operating characteristic
- Connection diagram
- Operating condition and failure logs
- Repair and defect assessment records
- Contract and appendices
- Working documentation
- Estimates and completion records
- Concealed-work documentation
- Complete report text
- Questions posed
- Original documentation
- Comments identifying page numbers
Submitting files
Attach materials to the enquiry form. When you select files, a separate confirmation of the terms for submitting them appears. Originals, samples and documents containing sensitive information are submitted under arrangements agreed in advance.
Let’s discuss your task
Describe the situation and the materials you have. We will agree the questions, scope of work and format of the result.