Europe
Speed and documentation
- Typical lead time
- 2–5 weeks for standard cross-sections; rarer types and long runs are made to order.
Supplies
Every line arrives with the document the committee asks for.
Cables and electrical materials
The line where the paperwork goes wrong most often. Few people realise that cables are construction products under the CPR and need a DoP with a declared reaction-to-fire class — and the committee asks for it.
What we supply
If your item is not on the list, send it anyway — the list is a guide, not a limit.
What is in this group?
- LV power cables
- with copper and aluminium conductors
- MV cables
- for 10 and 20 kV, XLPE insulated
- Data and signal cables
- LAN, coaxial, signalling, fire alarm
- Distribution boards
- ready-built and to configuration
- Switchgear
- circuit breakers, RCDs, contactors, fuses
- Luminaires
- indoor, outdoor, street and emergency
- Cable management
- trays, trunking, conduit, flexible tubing
- Earthing materials
- rods, tape, clamps, lightning protection
Standards
The standard in the BoQ decides what can and cannot be delivered.
Which standards prove conformity?
We check which standard is written into the contract documents and confirm in writing that what we propose meets it. Where the written requirement does not exist on the market in that form, we say so before ordering, not after delivery.
- Regulation (EU) 305/2011 and BDS EN 50575
- Cables fall within the scope of the CPR. A DoP with a reaction-to-fire class is required — Aca, B1ca, B2ca, Cca, Dca, Eca or Fca.
- HD 603 / HD 604
- Harmonised documents for power cables with rated voltage up to 1 kV.
- BDS EN 61439
- Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies — the boards.
- BDS EN 60598
- Luminaires — general requirements and tests.
- BDS EN 62305
- Protection against lightning — principles and risk management.
Documents
A missing document is declared missing.
Which documents does the acceptance committee receive?
- A DoP with the declared reaction-to-fire class for every cable type
- EU declaration of conformity for switchgear and boards
- Test reports
- Technical data sheets with cross-section, core count and rated voltage
The documents arrive with the goods, organised line by line. We do not go looking for them once the committee asks.
Lead times
Indicative. A binding deadline is given only in a written quote.
Europe or Asia — which makes sense for this group?
Asia
Price and volume
- When it makes sense
- Viable for luminaires, cable management and switchgear at volume. On cables themselves we require a proven CPR class before ordering — otherwise we don't take it on.
Getting started
What should you send to get a quote?
- The cable schedule with cross-sections and lengths
- The required reaction-to-fire class, if the design states one
- The single-line diagram if boards need configuring
- Delivery phases
Send the items and you will get a concrete answer within 48 hours. We charge the contractor nothing — our margin sits with the manufacturer.
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