Commercial Buildings - Thermal Imaging Job

[wwilliams5 (Walter Williams, CMI)]

I have a possible client that wants me to do a Thermal Imaging Scan on two warehouses concerning their electrical systems. The square footage on one building is 29000 sq ft and 21000 sq ft.

My questions are…

• What should I look for when doing a electrical inspection with IR.
• How much should I charge for the project
• Are there other resource that I can access to better educate myself before I meet with the client.
• I already taken and passed the Infrared Thermography Inspection Training Course

[lkage (Larry Kage, CMI)]

@wwilliams5

I have a possible client that wants me to do a Thermal Imaging Scan on two warehouses concerning their electrical systems. The square footage on one building is 29000 sq ft and 21000 sq ft.

My questions are…

• What should I look for when doing a electrical inspection with IR.
• How much should I charge for the project
• Are there other resource that I can access to better educate myself before I meet with the client.
• I already taken and passed the Infrared Thermography Inspection Training Course.

Walter, before taking on something like this, you should consider taking the Level I & II courses from:

https://infraspection.com

or

https://courses.infraredtraining.com/index.cfm?action=registration.schedule&courseId=1&creative=327325798760&keyword=%2Binfrared%20imaging%20%2Btraining&matchtype=b&network=g&device=c&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn-jcjZfy5gIViobACh2pFgmFEAAYASAAEgIfD_D_BwE

or

Infrared Training | Monroe Infrared Technology

as well as:

IR Inspection of Electrical Systems Distance Learning

Maybe you can get together with a Level II (minimum) thermographer and accompany them to see what is involved.

It is WAY MORE than InterNACHI provides.

[cbottger1 (Charley Bottger, CMI Ok. St. Lic # 130)]

As a retired level lll I would highly recommend you not even consider this type of work until you are at least a level ll

[cevans (Chuck Evans, CMI)]

As Charlie said, you should be at least a Level-II Thermographer to undertake this job. If it’s for insurance purposes, as most of these jobs are, the insurer will almost surely specify a Level-II minimum qualification. You absolutely, positively must have the appropriate electrical safety qualifications too (OSHA), not to mention insurance for commercial thermography.

As far as bidding commercial electrical inspections, the square footage doesn’t really matter very much. What matters is how much and what type of electrical equipment is in scope, whether you are documenting all equipment or exceptions only and who is providing the electrician(s) to strip and recover enclosures. I did one that required 800+ pages to document.