ASSURANCE PLAN FOR By Engr.

Franklyn Onyene

ELECRICAL FACILITIES
ASSURANCE PLANS
 Assurance Plans are a combination of Control Plans
 Quality/Safety Control Plan or Inspection and Test Plan (ITP)
 It defines the controls to be established to ensure that deliverables meet or exceed the
requirement (expectation or objectives) set by relevant stakeholders. Put simply, a
Control Plan is a defined method of doing a job in a controlled way.
 Engineers must ensure that they plan for all work activities that create significant
technical risk like inspecting an electrical facility.
 Failure to plan is planning to fail.
 Final Acceptance Report (Final Inspection Report, etc.) is a document which serves as a
proof that the control plan was followed correctly and that a responsible party verified
critical areas of the facility as well as validated its integrity
DOCUMENTATION REVIEW
 Basis of Electrical System Design, Protection and Control Philosophy,
 Single line Diagrams,
 Area Classification Lay out,
 Earthing Grid Sizing Note, DEPENDS ON SIZE
 Referenced normative document list, AND COMPLEXITY
OF THE ELECTRICAL
 Interlocking and Inter-tripping Diagrams,
FACILITY
 Load Flow and Short Circuit Calculations,
 Selectivity study and protection setting booklet,
 Cable Schedule,
 Cable Sizing Calculation note and Charts,
DOCUMENTATION REVIEW…
CONT’D
 Earthing and Lightning Layout,
 Typical Installation standard drawings (Earthing, Power, Lighting, Control),
 Project Particular Specifications,
 Equipment Data Sheets, MATERIAL
CERTIFICATES OF
 Motor Starting Study,
OFF-THE-SHELVE
 Electrical Lay out. EQUIPMENT MUST
BE AVAILABLE FOR
REVIEW
SITE SURVEY – VISUAL
INSPECTION
 Method of protection against electric shocks (adequate isolation of all live parts, and
proper segregation between power and control circuits),
 Presence of fire barriers and other precautions against :
o fire propagation,
o thermal effects,
 Choice and setting of protective and monitoring devices,
 Correct location of suitable isolating and switching devices (including for Emergency
Shut Down),
 Selection of equipment and protective measures appropriate to external influences,
 Neutral and protective conductors correctly identified,
 Presence of diagrams, warning notices or other similar information,
SITE SURVEY – VISUAL
INSPECTION …CONT’D
 Identification of circuits, overcurrent protective devices, switches, terminals, etc…
 Adequacy of connection of conductors,
 Presence and adequacy of protective conductors, including main and supplementary
equipotential bonding conductors,
 Accessibility of equipment for convenience of operation, identification and maintenance,
 Tagging and labelling conformity with drawings,
 Proper fixation and mechanical appearance,
 Isolation and Emergency Stop Devices

This item is mainly a check of existence and access to the Emergency Stop Device.
SITE SURVEY – TESTING
 Test operation of Emergency Stop Devices.
 Ensure adequacy of testing apparatus in conformity with IEC 61557-1.
 Insulation resistance test (test voltage below the maximum accepted voltage specified by
OEM)
o Establish control of several circuits with one measure for global insulations otherwise
check for each fault circuit.
 Protective conductor continuity (equipment earthing network to the main earthing loop)
o Plumbing earthing in bathroom, in kitchen,
o All electrical equipment earthing etc…,
o Earthing network system o Neutral connections and earth resistors,
o Bonding to structures, o Connections to earth of lightning arrestors and
o Earth resistance measure, surge diverters.
SITE SURVEY – TESTING…
CONT’D
 Other Tests
o Measurement of the insulation resistance for protection by SELV (Safety Extra Low
Voltage), PELV (Protective Extra Low Voltage) or by electrical separation,
o • Automatic disconnection of supply (RCDs),
o • Test of the order of the phases,
o • Functional and operational tests as described in IEC 60364-6,
o • Voltage drop
 Items

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and emergency stop devices (existence and

xation and mechanical appearance (visual)

n against electric shock

cleanliness
Visual Inspections

g of connections (visual and not energized)

SITE SURVEY – MATRIX

and switch-over arrangement

akage and level

n tests

l continuity tests
Testing

g Test
SITE SURVEY – MATRIX …
CONT’D
Technical rooms (electrical/ # # # # # #
instrumentation/telecommunicatio
n)
Batteries – UPS’s # # # # # # # # # #
Switchboards and distribution # # # # # # # # #
boards (AC and DC)
Electrical panels (lighting, mimic # # # # # # # # #
panel, packages)
Earth fault protections, permanent # # # # # # # # # #
insulation monitoring,
Circuit breakers, fuses, earth # # # # # # # #
current limitation devices, etc…
No electrical protective device # # # # # # #
(temperature, pressure, leakage,
air drying etc…)
Cables trays # # # #
SITE SURVEY – MATRIX …
CONT’D
Cables # # #
Junction boxes # # # # # # #
Transitional source of # # # # # # # #
essential/emergency power
Lighting and small power sub- # # # # # # # #
circuit and socket outlets
Normal lighting # # # # # # #
Emergency lighting # # # # # # # #
Interlocking system # # # # # # # #
Cable gland, etc… # # #
MCT # # # #
Cathodic protection # # # # # # #
SITE SURVEY – MATRIX …
CONT’D
Public address, navigational aids, # # # # # # # #
beacon light
Electrical Heat tracing # # # # # # # #
Electrical safety kit # # #
Structure, tubing, plumbing, etc… # # # #
FINAL REPORT
 Executive Summary,
 An abbreviation notice,
 General information about the control (site name, control and redaction dates, inspector and
stakeholder’s representative names, etc…),
 The main electrical installation characteristics:
oname and situation of each unities/technical room,
oschematic site layout with all HV cabin and generators set,
ofor each generator (manufacturer, series number, power, voltage, short-circuit voltage),
ofor each HV/LV transformer (manufacturer, series number, power, primary and secondary voltage, coupling, short-circuit
voltage, dielectric nature, overvoltage limiter, earthing system),
ofor each HV/LV switchboard (manufacturer, series number, voltage, rated current, short time withstand current),
oearth resistance value (specified if it is connected or disconnected to earth network),
ofor each network the earthing system selected.
FINAL REPORT …CONT’D
 The exhaustive list of referenced normative documents used
 The exhaustive list of checked equipment with:
o apparatus tag and location,
o rated current,
o insulation class for class II and class III apparatus,
o overcurrent protection value with type and calibration,
o if any the nonconformities with a specific numbering.

 The punch list of all nonconformities with reference to relevant standards and the corrective
actions to be done. The punch list shall have:
oapparatus tag and location
othe HV and LV in separated parts,
othe same specific number as found in equipment check list for each nonconformities,
FINAL REPORT …CONT’D
 A detailed list of tests which have been done with:
o measuring goal and methodology,
o result evaluation criteria,
o used testing apparatus (manufacturer and type),
o value of each measure,
o value unity,
o status (conform or not).

 A final certificate of compliance.

REFERENCES
 IEC 61557-1
 IEC 60364-6
 IEC 61010-1
 IEC 61010-031
 IEC 61326-2-2
 IEC 61326-2-4
 IEC 61557-8
 IEC 61557-9
 IEC 61936-1
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