Outsourced Electrical O&M Manuals for Contractors
Project won. Handover deadline looming. No time — or resource — to produce the manual in-house. Project-OM handles the entire O&M production process for you, at a fixed price, so you can focus on the job.
Sound familiar?
These are the three reasons electrical contractors outsource their O&M manuals.
Handover deadlines don't wait
Practical completion is fixed. An incomplete or missing O&M manual puts you at risk of delay, retention holds, and snagging notices at the worst possible moment.
No dedicated documentation resource
Most electrical contractors don't have a technical author on the payroll. Pulling an engineer off tools to compile a manual is expensive and often produces an inconsistent result.
Getting it wrong has consequences
An O&M manual that doesn't reference the right standards, misses system sections, or has poorly organised appendices reflects badly on your business — and can come back to you post-handover.
How it works
Three steps from project win to handover-ready manual.
Submit your project
Create a project on Project-OM and upload your documents — job spec, manufacturer data sheets, as-built drawings, test and commissioning certificates. Takes minutes.
We produce the manual
Our team compiles a structured, professional O&M manual from your documentation. System narratives, maintenance schedules, equipment registers, standards references — all included.
You deliver to client
We issue a review draft. Once approved, you receive the final PDF, ready to hand over. One round of amendments is included in the price.
What's included in every manual
Every O&M manual we produce is structured to meet standard handover requirements for commercial and industrial electrical installations — referencing BS 7671, BS 5266, and BS 5839 where applicable to your project.
- Project scope and system description for each installation
- Manufacturer product data sheets, organised by system
- As-built drawings and schematics
- Test and commissioning certificates
- Routine maintenance schedule and frequencies
- Asset register (equipment schedule with serial/model numbers)
- Warranty documentation appendix
- Standards references where applicable — BS 7671, BS 5266, BS 5839
- Contents page and section indexing
- One included round of amendments after first draft
Who uses Project-OM
Built specifically for electrical contractors — not a generic document service.
Electrical contractors
Domestic and commercial electricians, approved contractors, and specialist installers with handover obligations as part of their contract.
M&E contractors
Mechanical and electrical contractors on commercial, industrial, or mixed-use projects where the electrical installation forms part of a wider O&M submission.
Subcontractors
Electrical subcontractors required to submit documentation upward to a main contractor or principal designer as part of the project close-out package.
Produced by qualified electrical contractors
Project-OM was built by people who have worked in the electrical industry — not generalist document writers. We understand what a main contractor expects at handover, how test certificates should be presented, and why referencing the correct standards matters. That knowledge is built into every manual we produce.
Ready to outsource your O&M manual?
Fixed-price packages starting from £198. Upload your documents and we'll take it from there.
Not sure which package? Get in touch — we'll confirm the right tier within 24 hours.