Science Park & tech offices
EICRs on tenant demises across Cambridge Science Park, St John's Innovation Centre and Granta Park — coordinated with landlord's engineers where sub-metering is shared.
EICR · Cambridge
EICR testing in Cambridge — for sensitive sites and sharp deadlines.
Cambridge sites are rarely simple — a lab that can't lose power to a freezer, a college with a listed distribution board, a Science Park tenant with a same-week landlord deadline. We plan the isolation sequence around your building before we quote it, and our certificates read like they were written for the person who has to file them.
- Cambridge Science Park, Biomedical Campus and CB1 offices
- Colleges and listed-building sensitivity as standard
- Lab and server-room isolation planned in advance
- Same-week completion for tenant/landlord deadlines
- Reports written for FMs, insurers and college bursars
- Certificates uploaded to your compliance system
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What we cover
Lab & biomed premises
Freezer, incubator and fume-hood circuits identified before testing begins. We build a written isolation plan for anything on a critical circuit.
College & school estates
Sensitive testing on college buildings — including listed structures where surface wiring, junction access and cable routes need care. Bursar-friendly reporting.
City-centre offices
Occupied testing in CB1, CB2 and around the Grand Arcade — evening and early-morning slots to keep tenant desks powered.
Retail & hospitality
EICRs on independent shops, restaurants and cafés around Mill Road, King's Parade and the Grafton — booked around trading hours.
Remedial planning
Cambridge estates rarely tolerate returned trips — we specify materials, book access, and close remedials in one visit where possible.
What an electrical installation condition report covers
The EICR is a periodic inspection and test of a building's fixed wiring against BS 7671 — boards and protective devices, insulation resistance, continuity and polarity, earthing and bonding, RCD operation, containment and accessories. Portable equipment is a separate PAT exercise.
Cambridge sites often mix eras in one building: a listed frontage, a 1970s rewire and a lab fit-out on the same supply. We record what is actually there rather than assuming the drawings are current, and code each item C1, C2, C3 or FI.
What a Cambridge commercial EICR costs
Cost is a function of circuit count and access, not floor area. Science Park and Cambridge Research Park units with dense sub-distribution take longer than an open-plan office of the same size, and out-of-hours lab testing is scheduled rather than squeezed.
We give a fixed price from the board schedule before testing begins, with CB-wide travel included. Remedials are quoted separately within 48 hours so you can take them to a facilities budget line with real numbers attached.
Compliance intervals for Cambridge premises
The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 require the installation to be maintained safe; BS 7671 periodic inspection is how that gets demonstrated. Offices and retail commonly sit on five years, industrial and workshop space on three, and labs, kitchens and pools on annual cycles.
For college and University-managed property, the estates team usually sets a tighter internal standard than the statutory baseline. We work to whichever is stricter and note the interval on the certificate.
Where we test in Cambridge
From CB1 offices to CB25 industrial units — commercial testing only.
Science Park tenantsCambridge BiomedicalCollege estatesCB1 tech officesCity-centre retailListed buildingsIndependent hospitalityCambridgeshire logistics
Questions we get asked
Is an EICR a legal requirement for commercial property?+
No regulation names the EICR itself, but the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 require the installation to be kept safe, and periodic inspection to BS 7671 is the accepted evidence. Insurers and estates teams usually make it mandatory in practice.
How is a Cambridge EICR priced?+
On circuit count and access, not floor area. Dense sub-distribution on Science Park units takes longer than an equivalent-sized office. You get a fixed figure before testing, CB travel included.
Is an EICR the same as an electrical safety certificate?+
Yes — electrical safety certificate and electrical test certificate are the everyday names for a satisfactory electrical installation condition report.
Can you test around a live lab or server room?+
Yes — we build an isolation plan in writing before we start. Critical circuits (freezers, UPS-backed servers, environmental control) are excluded or scheduled for planned windows with your team.
Do you have experience with listed college buildings?+
Yes. We work with existing surface containment, avoid new penetrations without consent, and coordinate with the college's own maintenance office where required.
Can you meet a landlord deadline this week?+
Often yes — send the deadline date and the demise size and we'll tell you honestly what's possible. We prioritise Cambridge tenant EICRs with fixed dilapidation windows.
Do reports satisfy University Estates and college bursars?+
Yes — coded to BS 7671, remedials priced flat, and formatted so an FM or bursar can hand it straight to their insurer or governing body.
Do you charge extra to reach Cambridge from Peterborough?+
No — Cambridge is a core service area. Flat-rate pricing for CB postcodes.
Selected clients
Trusted on estates that can't afford downtime.
Book a Cambridge EICR.
Tell us the building and the deadline — we'll come back with a plan and a fixed price the same day.