Aviva Insurance Ireland Designated Activity Company, trading as Aviva, is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. A private company limited by shares. Registered in Ireland No. 605769. Registered Office: Cherrywood Business Park, Dublin, Ireland, D18 W2P5.
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Engineering Inspection Guides
We have put together plant guides to assist in the identification of plant and equipment
Expert Team
Our team of dedicated, highly qualified Underwriters are available to help you
Our Products
Engineering
- Engineering inspection of work equipment / pressure / lifting / electrical plant
- Engineering Insurance on fixed plant & machinery
- Contractors mobile plant & machinery all-risks
- Computer Insurance – package or bespoke to suit the insured’s requirements
- Machinery contract works
- Machinery movement
- Deterioration of stock
- Machinery Consequential Loss
Construction
- Contract Works – Annual or Specific
- Owner Controlled Insurance Programmes (OCIP) and Contractor Controlled Insurance Programmes (CCIP) – designed for Property Owners / Contractors respectively during the construction or renovation of a property.
Marine
- Marine Cargo – imports / exports/ goods in transit cover
- Freight / hauliers movers liability
- Pleasure Craft
Legal Contingency
- Administration Bonds
- Defective title / lost title deeds
- Other legal contingency risks
- Lost share certificates
- Fidelity insurance
- Custom & excise bonds
- Loss of pub licence
- Non resident director bonds
Our Team
Underwriting Team
Our team of dedicated, highly qualified Underwriters are available to help you decide which of our policies are best suited to your customers business. With years of experience and working closely with the Engineer Surveyor team, they have built a deep knowledge and understanding of the needs of different businesses in the area of Engineering Inspection and cover requirements.
Engineer Surveyors
Our nationwide team of Engineer Surveyors supported by our Coordinator is at the core of our business and deal directly with plant owners in the field. They have expert knowledge of workplace and plant hazards and the safety requirements of the items being examined.
Our Engineers have vast experience in real world engineering disciplines covering the examination and operation of all types of Pressure, Lifting, Electrical and General Plant. We provide our Engineers with continuous in house training and are field / theoretically audited in accordance with ISO17020 to ensure they remain at the top of their profession.
We are also able to support any technical requirements by offering advice and specialist services through our Principal Engineers.
We want your customers to operate in the safest working environment possible. Working with us we will do everything we can to ensure that this happens.
Engineering Inspection Services
Engineering Examination/Inspections
Equipment owners and managers can typically have a diverse, complex and large number of plant and equipment types under their direct control and or supervision. With this comes legal responsibility to ensure equipment and plant is safe and that the necessary Health and Safety requirements are being satisfied.
Our website aims to explain the services that we offer to help keep equipment, plant and staff safe and to help to satisfy the necessary legislative requirements.
In the sections below, the term “General Application Regulations” refers to the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 299/2007) and the term “Pressure Regulations” refers to the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 445/2012).
Equipment
Identifying types of plant and the requirements for Inspection/examination can often be difficult. We have put together plant guides to assist in the identification of plant and equipment along with applicable legislation, frequency of inspection and industries where it might be used.
The Engineering Plant and Inspection Guide can be checked, downloaded and shared with others. You can of course still contact us directly for advice on any issue relating to your plant.
Simply click the links to go to the Engineering Plant and Inspection Guide and the Type of Business/Inspection Guide.
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Pressure items can require inspection/examination under the Pressure Regulations or General Application Regulations, depending on the type of fluid and/or the Pressure x Volume (bar/litres) value of the vessel.
All plant items containing steam require examination under the Pressure Regulations regardless of pressure.
We also inspect gas installations, piping, vessels and Road Tankers to relevant international standards.
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Lifting items are covered under various sections of the General Application Regulations and subsequent legislation. The examination frequency for an item depends on the type/use of that item. Examination frequencies are divided into six or twelve month cycles.
Examinations of items used for lifting people are generally required every six months. Examinations for lifting accessories which could be subjected to excessive wear and any item which hangs from a lifting hook also carry on a six month examination frequency. All lifts (whether passenger or goods lifts) have an examination frequency of 6 months.
Other machines which are not lifting machines but have a lifting function (for example manual pallet trucks, excavators etc.) also require inspection under the General Application Regulations with a twelve month frequency.
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General electrical equipment requires examination/inspection under the General Application Regulation. The type of inspection/examination required and their frequency depends on the type and size of the plant. Portable Appliances may require specific testing which is in addition to the type of inspection that we carry out.
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The definition of “work equipment” under the General Application Regulations is:
“Any machinery, appliance, apparatus, tool or installation for use at work”
As you can see, the definition of “work equipment” is very broad. The key thing is to have the proper inspection carried out by the right people. At Aviva, we will advise you as to the best way to cover your responsibilities under the Regulations for these items.
We work with owners of non-standard plant to develop agreed Scope of Inspection Documents (SID) for items that will ensure the plant is safe to use and that your inspection requirements per the Regulations for inspection have been covered.
Engineering Inspections Support
Engineering Team:
01 898 7476
engineering.services@aviva.com
Nothing on this webpage constitutes legal advice. Specialist legal advice should be taken in relation to specific circumstances.
The contents of this webpage are for general information purposes only. Whilst Aviva endeavours to ensure that the information on this site is correct, no warranty, express or implied, is given as to its accuracy and Aviva does not accept any liability for error or omission.
Aviva shall not be liable for any damage (including, without limitation, damage for loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise from the use of, or inability to use, this webpage or any material contained in it, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this webpage or any such material.
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Speciality Lines & Engineering Support
Engineering, Renewables & Legal Contingency Underwriting Manager
Matthew Wilson
Phone: 01 898 7739
Email: matthew.wilson1@aviva.com
Engineering / Construction Underwriting Manager
Hazel Keegan
Phone: 087 167 6614
Email: hazel.keegan@aviva.com
Construction & Engineering Specialist
Patrick DunneGeraghty
Phone: 01 898 8731 / 087 375 1220
Senior Construction Underwriter
Diane Cunningham
Phone: 01 898 6483
Email: diane.cunningham@aviva.com
Aviva Support
Legal Contingency & Guarantee Team
Accreditation and associations
As you would expect, our qualifications for providing these technical services in Ireland are second to none. We are accredited as a Type ‘A’ Inspection Body to provide ‘third party’ inspection services that are independent of any routine maintenance or servicing our customers’ equipment may require.
Our inspection services are accredited by the Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB – www.inab.ie) and we are also registered electrical contractors under the Safe Electric Qualified Certifier Scheme for Electrical Installations.
We also contribute to the Irish Electrical Technical Committee and the Crane Technical Committee, NSAI/TC 033.
We are a full member of the Safety Assessment Foundation (SAFed) www.safed.co.uk or www.safed.ie, the UK’s engineering inspection and certification umbrella body with direct access to the HSE in the UK, the HSA in Ireland and other European bodies dealing with standards and plant inspection.
