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Power System Studies · UK · HSE EAW 1989 + BS 7671

Beyond assessment.
Toward prevention.

A five-stage arc flash risk management program. Assess with photographic + client-verified evidence. Label in four languages. Train with TeXeT certification + VR immersion + branded 3D video. Enforce with VijAI's PPEAI on your existing CCTV. Renew to year-five compliance, automatically.

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1,000+
Power Studies
12+
Years
3,000+
km P&ID
20+
Digital Twins
21+
Countries
50+
Fortune 500

Selected engagements across the VB Group portfolio · Bayer · Pfizer · TATA · Adani · JSW · plus 20 more on our verified roster. ISO 45001 · ISO 9001 · Licensed ETAP · SKM · AutoCAD.

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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Outdated labels, unverified data, lapsed training records.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 2 3 4 5 360° 5 STAGES 72° EACH
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
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
VB engineer presenting Arc Flash Safety 3D Animated Training Video on large screen to workers seated with helmets on table
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 · HSE EAW 1989 + BS 7671

Why VB

Why do most brownfield arc flash studies in UK 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 · UK-cost analytical bench

International standards, British 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.

UK regulatory frame

Which standards does VB Arc360 in UK reference?

HSE Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 + BS 7671 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.

HSE Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 + BS 7671 NFPA 70E · 2024 IEEE 1584 · 2018 IEC 60909 Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 · HSE BS 7671 · Requirements for Electrical Installations (IET Wiring Regulations) Factories Act PESO + DGFASLI
Proof of delivery

Not promises. Photographs.

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

01 · AssessThree 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 · AssessOutdoor 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 · LabelEngineered 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 · LabelYellow 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 · EnforcePMCC 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 · RenewWistwin 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 British regulatory layer is HSE Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 + BS 7671 · the country regulatory acceptance layer. Reports are signed by Chartered Engineers (CEng MIE FIE) and have been accepted in HSE · IET · ENA · Ofgem · BSI 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.

Request your VB Arc360 assessment.

Tell us your plant, your study history, and your timeframe. A named Chartered Engineer responds within 24 hours · with an evidence-grade scope and the names of British sites where we have already delivered the program.

  • 4 fields. No phone interview to start.
  • Routes directly to Practice Lead PSS.
  • Anonymised British-site case anchors with first reply.
  • Same-day callback for deadline-driven enquiries.

Arc Flash Risk Assessment scoping

UK · HSE EAW 1989 + BS 7671 + IEEE 1584 context pre-filled · routes to PSS Practice Lead at London hub.