Process
Your electrical contractor and the RIBA Plan of Work
Published · by Nyxion Ltd
Where to bring us in, what to ask for at each stage, and how to keep the lighting and control conversation off your critical path.
RIBA does not prescribe how you run a project — but it does give a shared vocabulary. Below is how we prefer to align electrical and smart-home scope so it does not become a late-stage rescue.
Stages 0–2 — early signals
You do not need full packages, but flag likely control platforms, EV capacity, three-phase assumptions and any conservation constraints. That is enough for sanity checks on intake space and containment strategy.
Stage 3 — the expensive mistakes are made here
This is where load schedules, spare ways, earthing architecture and lighting-control philosophy should be coherent before prices go out. If smart lighting is “TBC”, tender returns will be fiction.
Stages 4–5 — coordination, not heroics
We want one coordinated set of drawings: containment, penetration schedules, ceiling void strategy and intake positions. Changes are tracked so what gets built matches what you issued for tender.
Stage 6 — evidence, not anecdotes
Commissioning records, NICEIC certification, firmware baselines, backups and a short client walkthrough. If your client is an institution, assume an audit trail.
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