VB Arc360 Arc Flash Program in Saudi Arabia

Q: What is VB Arc360 and how is it different from a standard arc flash study?

VB Arc360 is a five-stage arc flash risk management program: Assess, Label, Train, Enforce, Renew. A standard arc flash study delivers only the assessment phase. VB Arc360 closes the loop by also engineering and installing NFPA 70E warning labels at site, training and certifying your Qualified Persons through TeXeT, deploying VR immersive training with the supplied headset, enforcing PPE compliance through VijAI's PPEAI vision platform, and renewing the program to the mandated five-year re-study.

Q: How does VB Arc360 solve the brownfield bad-data problem?

Most brownfield arc flash studies fail at the input layer with 22 to 40 percent discrepancy between SLD-as-marketed and SLD-as-installed. VB Arc360 closes that gap with a photographic walkdown of every data point · nameplates, relay HMI settings, cable schedules, utility short-circuit letter · all uploaded to the VB Tantra cloud verification platform and approved by your engineers before a single calculation runs. Typical legacy discrepancy reduced to under 2 percent. The audit trail is the deliverable.

Q: How does TeXeT QP Portal satisfy NFPA 70E 110.6 training requirements?

TeXeT is the Qualified Person Training and Certification Portal. It runs structured online assessments aligned to NFPA 70E 110.6, issues certificates (Safety Hero GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE, Participation tiers), maintains training records and scores as documented proof of due diligence, and supports the three-year retraining cycle. Unlimited trainees, multilingual, audit-log enabled.

Q: What does the VR immersive training module include and why does it matter?

The VR module is a perpetual licence including the VR headset device, pre-loaded with realistic arc flash hazard simulation, PPE selection scenarios, and safe-work-practice drills. It teaches risk-free, experiential, memorable lessons. Workers practise correct response to arc events in virtual reality before they ever face the real risk. NFPA 70E expects competency, not just attendance.

Q: How does VijAI's PPEAI vision platform close the compliance loop?

PPEAI is the AI vision platform from VB Group's VijAI suite. It connects to your existing CCTV, identifies arc-rated PPE compliance in real time inside the electrical rooms your study flagged, alerts EHS supervisors on violations, and logs every event for audit. NFPA 70E expects the employer to audit field work and verify procedures are actually followed. PPEAI automates that duty.

Q: Does VB Arc360 satisfy Aramco SAES-P-104 + IEC + SEC requirements and NFPA 70E together?

Yes. The technical method is NFPA 70E 2024 + IEEE 1584 2018 + IEC 60909. The Saudi regulatory layer is Aramco SAES-P-104 + IEC + SEC requirements · the country regulatory acceptance layer. Reports are signed by Chartered Engineers (CEng MIE FIE) and have been accepted in Saudi Aramco · SEC · SASO · MODON · Ministry of Energy audits.

Q: What happens at the year-five re-study point under NFPA 70E?

NFPA 70E requires the arc flash study to be reviewed at intervals not exceeding five years, or upon any material modification of the electrical system. VB Arc360 starts the re-study from a verified baseline · your data, labels, training records and PPEAI compliance history already live in our systems, so the year five revalidation is faster and lower-friction than a fresh study.

Why this matters

What does an arc flash event actually look like?

An arc flash is an uncontrolled release of electrical energy through air. It does not announce itself. It waits inside ordinary panels for an ordinary task · a racking operation, a loose connection, a dropped tool · then it releases heat hotter than the sun and a blast wave louder than a jet engine, in a fifth of a second.

35,000 °F

Arc temperature · four times the surface of the sun

140 dB

Blast wave · louder than a jet engine

0.2 s

Typical event duration · no time to react

How an incident becomes a liability

1 · Incident

An arc fault injures a worker during routine switching.

2 · Investigation

Regulator, insurer and counsel ask for your hazard assessment.

3 · No current study?

Outdated labels, unverified data, lapsed training records.

4 · Liability

Negligence exposure, penalties, insurance disputes, prosecution risk.

Safety is not a report. It is a responsibility.

The VB Arc360 program

Five stages. 360 degrees of protection.

NFPA 70E does not stop at the study. It expects labelling, training, auditing and renewal to follow. VB Arc360 closes the loop · five engineered stages, 72 degrees each, that take your plant from assessed to permanently protected.

1

000° → 072°

Assess

Onsite data capture, photographic evidence to the VB Tantra cloud, ETAP modelling, IEC 60909 short circuit, IEEE 1584 incident energy, NFPA 70E risk assessment.

2

072° → 144°

Label

NFPA 70E warning labels engineered, printed, pasted at site in English + Hindi + Arabic + Chinese. Arc flash boundaries painted on the floor.

3

144° → 216°

Train

TeXeT QP Portal · NFPA 70E 110.6. VR immersive module · headset included. Arc Flash Safety 3D Animated Training Video · branded.

4

216° → 288°

Enforce

Audit support per NFPA 70E. VijAI PPEAI · AI vision platform watches existing CCTV for arc-rated PPE compliance, alerts supervisors, logs audit events.

5

288° → 360°

Renew

Annual label + data updates. Year three QP refresher. Year five mandated re-study per NFPA 70E and CEA 2023.

Stage · Assess

Engineering truth, verified by you.

Most brownfield arc flash studies fail at the input layer. Single-line diagrams drift, settings change, cable schedules vanish. We close the gap with a photographic walkdown of every nameplate, every relay HMI setting, every cable schedule, uploaded to the VB Tantra cloud platform. Your engineers approve the evidence before a single calculation runs.

01

Capture

Onsite photo of every data point

02

Cloud

Uploaded to VB Tantra

03

Approve

You verify the evidence

04

Calculate

ETAP · IEC 60909 · IEEE 1584

VB engineer and client engineer reviewing the plant single line diagram on a table inside the UTILITY MCC room · CAPACITOR BANK and APFC PANEL cells visible on the labeled MCC behind them · this is the VB Arc360 ASSESS on-site data collection walkdown · real field photo

VB engineer at an 11 kV switchgear lineup with DANGER 11000 VOLTS signage and a 1.5 MVA Transformer cell visible · holding a tablet to photograph and digitise the panel meters during the VB Arc360 ASSESS walkdown · uploads to the VB Tantra cloud verification platform · real field photo

VB TANTRA · Your Digital Twin Partner

Stage · Label

A label only protects the worker who can read it.

NFPA 70E 130.5(H) compliant warning labels, engineered to your bus, printed and physically pasted at site by the VB team. Issued in English plus the languages of your workforce · Hindi, Arabic, Chinese and more, with VB watermark. Arc flash boundary marking painted on the floor at the same visit.

Real label samples from VB Arc360 deployments.

VB engineer in blue arc flash flash suit and orange hood pasting an engineered warning label on the red INCOMER-1 panel

English NFPA 70E DANGER arc flash label · DOUBLE BREAK ISOLATOR_1 · 1627.85 cal per cm squared

EnglishStandard

Arabic WARNING arc flash label · BUS-600 KVAR APFC Panel · 4.33 cal per cm squared

Arabicالعربية

Stage · Train

Three engines, one Qualified Person.

NFPA 70E 110.6 requires Qualified Persons. VB Arc360 delivers three reinforcing engines · digital certification, immersive simulation, and a branded animated video your workforce sees at every induction.

TeXeT Qualified Person certification portal · Safety Hero GOLD SILVER BRONZE Participation certificates

Module 01 · Digital Certification

TeXeT QP Portal

NFPA 70E 110.6 aligned. Structured online assessments, automated pass and fail criteria, certificates with Safety Hero GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE, Participation tiers. Records that defend you in audits.

3-year licence · unlimited trainees
Multilingual · auto certificates
Full audit log retention

NFPA 70E 110.6

Industrial worker in orange overalls wearing Pico VR headset during VB Arc360 immersive arc flash safety training with VB instructor

Module 02 · Immersive Simulation

VR Immersive Training

Perpetual licence including the VR headset device. Realistic arc flash hazard simulation, PPE selection drills, safe-work-practice scenarios. Risk-free, experiential, memorable. Workers practise the response before they face the risk.

Perpetual licence + headset included
Pre-loaded scenario library
Experiential learning

Drona Module

Module 03 · Animated Video

Arc Flash Safety 3D Animated Training Video

A professionally produced 3D animated arc flash video · about three minutes · customised with your logo and site context. Plays at inductions, toolbox talks and contractor onboarding. Your standard, every single time.

Your branding + site context
Multilingual
Induction ready

Branded Production

Stage · Enforce

Prescribing PPE is half the duty. Verifying it is worn completes it.

PPEAI is the AI vision platform from VB Group's VijAI suite. It connects to your existing CCTV and verifies arc-rated PPE compliance in real time, in the electrical rooms your study flagged. NFPA 70E requires the employer to audit field work and verify procedures are followed · PPEAI automates that duty.

93%

Reduction in PPE non-compliance and related risks

80%

Decrease in recurring PPE violations

24/7

Continuous monitoring · instant supervisor alerts

On-PremiseCloudExisting CCTV

LIVE · CAM 04 · MCC ROOM

PPEAI

DANGER

REQUIRED PPE

25 cal/cm²

CAT 4 · BOUNDARY 1.2 m

SUIT TAG READ

8 cal/cm²

ATPV

8 cal/cm²

ENTRY DENIED · STOP

OCR · SUIT TAG 8 cal/cm² < LABEL 25 cal/cm² · INSUFFICIENT

ENTRY BLOCKED · EHS ALERTED · LOGGED

Stage · Renew

Your compliance, kept alive.

An arc flash study is a snapshot. Plants change · feeders are added, settings drift, people rotate. VB Arc360 is designed around that reality, with renewal engineered in from day one.

Year 0

Launch

Study · labels · training launch

Year 1

Update

Annual data + label refresh

Year 2

Update

Annual data + label refresh

Year 3

Refresher

QP refresher cycle · portal renewal

Year 5

Re-study

Mandated re-study · Aramco SAES + SEC

Why VB

Why do most brownfield arc flash studies in Saudi Arabia fail at the input layer?

Competitors disclaim bad as-built data in their assumptions register and proceed anyway. We do not. VB fixes it before the study runs.

#1 Differentiator · Photographic + client-verified evidence

The brownfield as-built problem, solved.

Every nameplate, every relay HMI setting, every cable schedule, every utility short-circuit letter · photographed at site and uploaded to the VB Tantra cloud verification platform. Your engineers approve the evidence before a single calculation runs. Typical 22 to 40 percent legacy SLD discrepancy reduced to under 2 percent · before ETAP touches your model. The audit trail is the deliverable.

Moat 2 · One-roof expansion

From study to digital twin, under one roof.

Arc flash today. Load flow, short circuit, protection coordination tomorrow. TeXeT certification, VR training, VijAI PPEAI monitoring, and digital twin handover · all from one accountable engineering partner. No specialist or EPC matches this integrated stack.

Moat 3 · Saudi Arabia-cost analytical bench

International standards, Saudi delivery economics.

Licensed ETAP, SKM, AutoCAD. Cost-efficient analytical depth delivered to NFPA 70E, IEEE 1584 and IEC 60909 international standards. The same quality international consultants deliver, at delivery economics they cannot match.

Saudi Arabia regulatory frame

Which standards does VB Arc360 in Saudi Arabia reference?

Aramco SAES-P-104 + IEC + SEC requirements now reference arc flash injury protection and mandate Qualified Person training. NFPA 70E 2024 + IEEE 1584 2018 + IEC 60909 are the universally accepted technical method. The Factories Act sets the duty of care. PESO, DGFASLI, CEA and the State Electricity Inspectorate audit compliance. Arc-rated PPE cannot be defensibly selected without an incident energy study.

Aramco SAES-P-104 + IEC + SEC requirements NFPA 70E · 2024 IEEE 1584 · 2018 IEC 60909 Aramco SAES-P-104 · Arc Flash Hazard Analysis Aramco GI-2.100 · Work Permit System Factories Act PESO + DGFASLI

Proof of delivery

Not promises. Photographs.

Real VB engagements across 21+ countries · arc flash field work, photographed at site.

01 · Assess Three VB engineers in blue arc rated coveralls and 3M Peltor hard hats reading a Siemens MV switchgear relay HMI during the VB Arc360 ASSESS walkdown · capturing relay protection settings on the spot · real field photo

Three VB engineers in blue arc rated coveralls and 3M Peltor hard hats reading a Siemens MV switchgear relay HMI during the VB Arc360 ASSESS walkdown · capturing relay protection settings on the spot · real field photo

Data collection · every relay HMI setting captured

01 · Assess Outdoor distribution transformer with visible nameplate · the kind of asset every VB Arc360 walkdown photographs and uploads to VB Tantra · real field photo

Outdoor distribution transformer with visible nameplate · the kind of asset every VB Arc360 walkdown photographs and uploads to VB Tantra · real field photo

Photographic walkdown · every nameplate captured

02 · Label Engineered VB warning label installed on HVAC VIVARIUM LAB 1600A panel · 7.1 cal per cm squared with arc flash + shock boundary + bus + protection · real field close-up

Engineered VB warning label installed on HVAC VIVARIUM LAB 1600A panel · 7.1 cal per cm squared with arc flash + shock boundary + bus + protection · real field close-up

Engineered label · installed at the panel

02 · Label Yellow and black tiger stripe arc flash boundary painted on the cable pit walls at an outdoor 33 kV substation · the physical approach boundary called out on the VB engineered label · real field photo

Yellow and black tiger stripe arc flash boundary painted on the cable pit walls at an outdoor 33 kV substation · the physical approach boundary called out on the VB engineered label · real field photo

Arc flash boundary · marked at the panel

04 · Enforce PMCC TRAFO panel with VB engineered warning label installed alongside the active MICOM protection relay and tripping relay and ammeter · the enforced compliance state · real field photo

PMCC TRAFO panel with VB engineered warning label installed alongside the active MICOM protection relay and tripping relay and ammeter · the enforced compliance state · real field photo

Enforced state · labeled + relayed + monitored

05 · Renew Wistwin digital twin QR asset tag installed on Transformer-2 100KVA at a Bayer plant · the renewal hook that connects VB Arc360 to lifecycle digital twin · real field photo

Wistwin digital twin QR asset tag installed on Transformer-2 100KVA at a Bayer plant · the renewal hook that connects VB Arc360 to lifecycle digital twin · real field photo

Wistwin QR tag · the renewal flywheel

Our guarantees

What does VB Arc360 put in writing?

Four written commitments that make the compliance duties of this scope enforceable. Each one is part of every VB Arc360 engagement.

01

Turnaround SLA

Draft report within 15 business days of written SLD approval. Schedule lives on the project portal where you see it, and slippage caused by us is reported by us, first.

02

Free label re-issue

If your team corrects any input data within 30 days of the final report, we recalculate affected buses and re-issue the labels at no cost. Accuracy is our risk, not yours.

03

Audit support pledge

When a regulator, insurer or corporate auditor reviews this study, we stand with you · documentation, methodology defence and engineer time, included.

04

12-month warranty

Study deliverables are warranted for 12 months. Any error or omission attributable to our engineering is corrected free of charge, with affected labels and tables re-issued.

Practical questions

Frequently asked.

VB Arc360 is a five-stage arc flash risk management program: Assess, Label, Train, Enforce, Renew. A standard arc flash study delivers only the assessment phase. VB Arc360 closes the loop by also engineering and installing NFPA 70E warning labels at site, training and certifying your Qualified Persons through TeXeT, deploying VR immersive training with the supplied headset, enforcing PPE compliance through VijAI's PPEAI vision platform, and renewing the program to the mandated five-year re-study.

Most brownfield arc flash studies fail at the input layer with 22 to 40 percent discrepancy between SLD-as-marketed and SLD-as-installed. VB Arc360 closes that gap with a photographic walkdown of every data point · nameplates, relay HMI settings, cable schedules, utility short-circuit letter · all uploaded to the VB Tantra cloud verification platform and approved by your engineers before a single calculation runs. Typical legacy discrepancy reduced to under 2 percent. The audit trail is the deliverable.

TeXeT is the Qualified Person Training and Certification Portal. It runs structured online assessments aligned to NFPA 70E 110.6, issues certificates (Safety Hero GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE, Participation tiers), maintains training records and scores as documented proof of due diligence, and supports the three-year retraining cycle. Unlimited trainees, multilingual, audit-log enabled.

The VR module is a perpetual licence including the VR headset device, pre-loaded with realistic arc flash hazard simulation, PPE selection scenarios, and safe-work-practice drills. It teaches risk-free, experiential, memorable lessons. Workers practise correct response to arc events in virtual reality before they ever face the real risk. NFPA 70E expects competency, not just attendance.

PPEAI is the AI vision platform from VB Group's VijAI suite. It connects to your existing CCTV, identifies arc-rated PPE compliance in real time inside the electrical rooms your study flagged, alerts EHS supervisors on violations, and logs every event for audit. NFPA 70E expects the employer to audit field work and verify procedures are actually followed. PPEAI automates that duty.

Yes. The technical method is NFPA 70E 2024 + IEEE 1584 2018 + IEC 60909. The Saudi regulatory layer is Aramco SAES-P-104 + IEC + SEC requirements · the country regulatory acceptance layer. Reports are signed by Chartered Engineers (CEng MIE FIE) and have been accepted in Saudi Aramco · SEC · SASO · MODON · Ministry of Energy audits.

NFPA 70E requires the arc flash study to be reviewed at intervals not exceeding five years, or upon any material modification of the electrical system. VB Arc360 starts the re-study from a verified baseline · your data, labels, training records and PPEAI compliance history already live in our systems, so the year five revalidation is faster and lower-friction than a fresh study.

What does an arc flash event actually look like?

How an incident becomes a liability

1 · Incident

2 · Investigation

3 · No current study?

4 · Liability

Five stages. 360 degrees of protection.

Assess

Label

Train

Enforce

Renew

Engineering truth, verified by you.

Capture

Cloud

Approve

Calculate

A label only protects the worker who can read it.

Three engines, one Qualified Person.

TeXeT QP Portal

VR Immersive Training

Arc Flash Safety 3D Animated Training Video

Prescribing PPE is half the duty. Verifying it is worn completes it.

Your compliance, kept alive.

Launch

Update

Update

Refresher

Re-study

Why do most brownfield arc flash studies in Saudi Arabia fail at the input layer?

The brownfield as-built problem, solved.

From study to digital twin, under one roof.

International standards, Saudi delivery economics.

Which standards does VB Arc360 in Saudi Arabia reference?

Not promises. Photographs.

What does VB Arc360 put in writing?

Turnaround SLA

Free label re-issue

Audit support pledge

12-month warranty

Frequently asked.

What is VB Arc360 and how is it different from a standard arc flash study?

How does VB Arc360 solve the brownfield bad-data problem?

How does TeXeT QP Portal satisfy NFPA 70E 110.6 training requirements?

What does the VR immersive training module include and why does it matter?

How does VijAI's PPEAI vision platform close the compliance loop?

Does VB Arc360 satisfy Aramco SAES-P-104 + IEC + SEC requirements and NFPA 70E together?

What happens at the year-five re-study point under NFPA 70E?

Request your VB Arc360 assessment.

Arc Flash Risk Assessment scoping