# Bankhead Electrical Services Limited > Family-run industrial, commercial and hazardous-area electrical contractor and control panel manufacturer based at Unit 5, Woodlands Road, Kirkhill Industrial Estate, Dyce, Aberdeen, AB21 0GX. Serving Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, the North East of Scotland, wider Scotland and the UK energy sector. Accreditations: NICEIC Approved Contractor, CompEx, ISO 9001, CHAS, BARTEC Local Assembly Partner. Phone: 01224 502050. Email: info@bankheadelectrical.co.uk. Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. We reply to every web enquiry within one working day. Free quotes: https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/quote/ (drawings and photos can be uploaded). Control panel division: Bankhead Control Systems (https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/services/control-panel-manufacturing/; bankheadcontrolsystems.co.uk forwards there), building control panels, MCCs and ATEX / IECEx Zone 1 and Zone 2 equipment in-house. BARTEC Gold Partner and Local Assembly Partner. Inspection and testing: Ex inspections to IEC 60079-17 (CompEx inspectors), EICR, EIC, Minor Works and PAT testing are recorded on site in Bankhead's in-house app. Clients have their own client portal showing every site, register, due date and remedial, with certificates and documentation packs to download: https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/ex-inspection/ ## Key facts - Based in Dyce, Aberdeen, with its own workshop at Kirkhill Industrial Estate; serves Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, the North East of Scotland and the wider UK. - Electrical contracting for commercial, industrial and hazardous-area sites: installation, maintenance and callout, inspection and testing (EICR, EIC, Minor Works, PAT, Ex inspection to IEC 60079-17). - Control panels and MCCs designed and built in-house by Bankhead Control Systems; BARTEC Gold Partner and Local Assembly Partner, assembling and certifying Ex d and Ex e enclosures. - Electrical engineering and design in EPLAN Electric P8 and EPLAN Pro Panel, and Siemens PLC and SCADA, by engineers based at the Dyce workshop: https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/services/electrical-engineering-and-design/ - CompEx certified technicians for Zone 1 and Zone 2 (gas) and dust-zone work, onshore and offshore. - Sectors: oil and gas, water and wastewater, distilleries, substations and battery rooms, agriculture and grain storage, manufacturing and commercial buildings. - Clients see their inspection results, asset registers, remedials and certificates in a client portal. - Brands supplied and installed: ABB, Siemens, BARTEC, Kraus & Naimer, WAGO, Schneider Electric. - Bankhead Electrical Services Limited, registered in Scotland, company number SC552601. ## Services - [Commercial](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/services/commercial/): Scheduled maintenance, testing and certification, fit-outs and fault-finding for shops, offices and commercial buildings. Includes: Bespoke electrical panel design, build and installation, LED lighting upgrades, Shop refurbishments and fit-outs, Data cabling installations and alterations, Fibre optic cable installations, Network installations and alterations, General lighting and power installation and repairs, Emergency lighting installation and repairs, Fault finding and repairs, Preventative maintenance contracts, Inspection and certification (including EICR), Out of hours emergency callout (existing customers), Thermal imaging for switchgear and machinery, Fixed plant testing, Back-up generator installations, Surge protection systems and installation, Arc fault detection (AFDD) systems and installation. - [Industrial](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/services/industrial/): Design, installation, inspection, testing and certification for factories, warehouses, processing plants and distilleries. Includes: Lighting, power, instrumentation, motor and pump installations, Bespoke electrical panel design, build and installation, Design and installation of single-phase and three-phase systems, Warehouse and factory lighting and power installations, Main switchgear upgrades and repairs, High-bay and low-bay lighting, Distribution board installation and upgrades, Planned and reactive maintenance, Containment installation, Out of hours emergency callout (existing customers), Thermal imaging for switchgear and machinery, Inspection and certification (including EICR), Fixed plant testing, Back-up generator installations, Surge protection systems and installation, Arc fault detection (AFDD) systems and installation. - [Hazardous Area / Oil & Gas](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/services/hazardous-area-oil-and-gas/): CompEx certified work in explosive atmospheres for oil and gas, distilleries and process plants. Onshore and offshore technicians. Includes: IECEx and ATEX electrical installation and maintenance, NORSOK electrical installation and maintenance, Periodic inspection of hazardous area equipment, Experienced offshore and overseas technicians, Lighting, power, instrumentation, motor and pump installations, New installation, Fault finding and repairs, Preventative maintenance contracts, Out of hours emergency callout (existing customers), Thermal imaging for switchgear and machinery, Fault finding on offshore modules, winch units, VFDs and control systems, Back-up generator installations. - [Control Panel Manufacturing](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/services/control-panel-manufacturing/): Bespoke industrial control panels and ATEX Zone 1 and Zone 2 enclosures, designed and built in-house by Bankhead Control Systems. Includes: Industrial control panels: motor control, PLC and VFD, ATEX / IECEx Zone 1 and Zone 2 control panels, Ex d flameproof and Ex e increased-safety enclosures, Bartec approved assembly partner, Design, build, test and documentation in-house, Installation and commissioning by our own electricians. - [Electrical Engineering and Design](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/services/electrical-engineering-and-design/): Schematics, 3D panel layouts and drawing packs in EPLAN Electric P8 and Pro Panel, plus Siemens PLC and SCADA, from engineers in our Dyce workshop. Includes: Schematic design in EPLAN Electric P8, 3D panel layouts in EPLAN Pro Panel, Single-line diagrams and distribution design, Siemens PLC software, I/O design and commissioning, SCADA and HMI systems, PLC I/O and control schematics, Terminal, cable and connection schedules, Parts lists ready for pricing and ordering, Hazardous-area (Ex) enclosure layouts, Updating and redrawing existing drawings, including as-builts, Design to BS EN 61439, BS EN 60204-1 and BS 7671. - [Maintenance and Callout](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/services/maintenance/): Planned preventative maintenance, inspection and testing, thermal imaging and fault finding for industrial and commercial sites, with emergency callout. Includes: Planned preventative maintenance contracts, Periodic inspection and testing (EICR) with remedials, Thermal imaging of switchgear, distribution boards and machinery, Fault finding and repairs, Emergency lighting testing and repairs, Motor and drive inspection, testing and fault finding, PAT testing, Hazardous-area (Ex) inspection and maintenance, Out of hours emergency callout (existing customers). ## Sectors - [Agriculture and grain storage](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/sectors/agriculture-and-grain-storage/): Electrical installation, controls and dust-zone work for grain stores, dryers, maltings and feed mills. - [Electrical contractor for distilleries](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/sectors/distilleries/): Hazardous-area electrical work for whisky and spirit production sites across the North East. - [Substations and battery rooms](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/sectors/substations-and-battery-rooms/): Power, lighting and earthing for substations, switchrooms and battery rooms, including battery rooms classed as hazardous areas. - [Water and wastewater electrical contractor](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/sectors/water-and-wastewater/): MCC and control panel builds, site installation and maintenance for treatment works and pumping stations. ## Case studies - [Battery room upgrade at a 33 kV substation](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/case-studies/battery-room-substation/): The battery room at a rural substation needed new lighting, ventilation and DC distribution, and the client's assessment had classified the high-level space as Zone 2 because of hydrogen from the batteries. We replaced the installation with Ex-rated equipment while the substation stayed on temporary batteries. - [Periodic Ex inspection at an onshore terminal](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/case-studies/ex-inspection-terminal/): An onshore terminal needed its periodic Ex inspection done in one shutdown, with a register the site team could actually use afterwards. Our CompEx inspectors inspected every item, priced the remedials and handed the client a live register in their portal. - [Dust-zone rewire at a grain store](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/case-studies/grain-store-dust-zones/): A growing grain store had outgrown its wiring, and a DSEAR assessment had classified the silos, elevator and intake as dust zones. We rewired the store with Ex t rated equipment and built a new MCC for the dryer, elevator and conveyors, finishing before harvest. - [Office fit-out with EV charging](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/case-studies/office-fit-out-ev/): A two-floor office was refurbished while staff kept working. We rewired lighting and power, added emergency lighting and floor-box power for new desks, and installed twelve EV charge points in the car park. - [4000 A switchboard upgrade after a major fire](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/case-studies/switchboard-upgrade-after-fire/): After a major fire, a treatment works needed a new 4000 A primary switchboard and every MCC on site moved across to it. We planned a series of critical shutdowns with the client, with a 1500 kVA generator feeding the new switchboard through its own interlocked ACB while the plant was transferred, installed the heavy cabling from a 2 MVA transformer, and did it all in a hazardous area with H2S present and confined-space procedures in place. ## Recent news - [Welcoming our 2026 apprentice intake](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/news/welcoming-our-2026-apprentice-intake/) (2026-11-05): We have just taken on our 2026 intake of apprentice electricians, starting their careers with us in Dyce. - [We're now ISO 9001 certified](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/news/were-now-iso-9001-certified/) (2025-04-08): Recognised for our commitment to quality and continuous improvement. ## Frequently asked questions - Q: Do you provide EICR certificates for commercial premises? A: Yes. We are an NICEIC Approved Contractor and issue Electrical Installation Condition Reports for offices, shops, warehouses and landlords across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. - Q: Can you work outside our opening hours? A: Yes. Evening and weekend work is routine for shop fit-outs and office refurbishments so your business is not disrupted. - Q: Do you offer maintenance contracts? A: Yes. Planned preventative maintenance contracts cover periodic inspection, emergency lighting tests, thermal imaging and priority callout. - Q: Can you carry out thermal imaging surveys on live switchgear? A: Yes. Thermal imaging is done with the plant running so there is no downtime, and we report on any hot spots with recommended actions. - Q: Do you build control panels as well as install them? A: Yes. Bankhead Control Systems, our in-house panel shop in Dyce, designs and builds motor control, PLC and hazardous-area panels. - Q: Which industries do you work in? A: Fish processing, agricultural and holding facilities, distilleries, water and wastewater, and general manufacturing across the North East of Scotland. - Q: Are your technicians CompEx certified? A: Yes. Our hazardous-area technicians hold current CompEx certification and work to IEC/BS EN 60079-14 for installation and 60079-17 for inspection. - Q: Do you work offshore? A: Yes. We provide offshore and overseas technicians for wireline units, winch units, masts and pressure control equipment. - Q: Can you do periodic Ex inspections? A: Yes. We carry out initial, periodic and sample inspections of Ex equipment with full documentation for your inspection records. - Q: Are you a BARTEC partner? A: Yes. Bankhead Control Systems is a BARTEC Gold Partner and Local Assembly Partner, so we assemble, populate and certify BARTEC Ex d and Ex e enclosures, control stations and junction boxes in our own workshop in Dyce, Aberdeen. - Q: Can you build ATEX Zone 1 panels? A: Yes. As a Bartec approved assembly partner we populate and certify Ex d and Ex e enclosures in-house for Zone 1 and Zone 2. - Q: Do you supply drawings and test documentation? A: Yes. Every panel ships with design drawings, a test record and the certification pack. - Q: Where are the panels built? A: In our own workshop at Kirkhill Industrial Estate, Dyce, Aberdeen. - Q: Do you do PLC and SCADA work? A: Yes. Our engineers design, program and commission Siemens PLC systems and SCADA alongside the electrical design and the panel build, so the control software and the hardware come from one team in Dyce. - Q: Which software do you design in? A: EPLAN Electric P8 for schematics and EPLAN Pro Panel for 3D panel layouts. Drawings can be supplied as EPLAN projects and as PDFs. - Q: Can you design a panel that someone else builds? A: Yes. We can supply a design only, or design and build it in our own panel shop in Dyce, where the engineers and the panel builders work side by side. - Q: Can you redraw or update old drawings? A: Yes. We survey existing panels and installations and redraw them in EPLAN, so you have accurate as-built drawings for maintenance and future changes. - Q: Do you design hazardous-area panels? A: Yes. We lay out Ex d and Ex e enclosures and their controls, which are then built and certified in our BARTEC-approved workshop. - Q: What does a maintenance contract include? A: It is set up around your site. Most include periodic inspection and testing, thermal imaging, emergency lighting tests, PAT testing and priced remedials, with visits planned around your production or opening hours. - Q: Do you offer out-of-hours emergency callout? A: Yes, for existing customers. Ask us about adding callout cover to a maintenance contract. - Q: Can you take over maintenance from another contractor? A: Yes. We start with a survey and inspection so the condition of the installation is recorded before we take responsibility for it. - Q: How are maintenance visits recorded? A: Inspections and tests are recorded in our own Inspection & Testing app, so certificates, remedials and the next due dates are kept together for every site. - Q: Is a grain store a hazardous area? A: Often, yes. Grain dust can form an explosive cloud, so the inside of silos and bins, elevators, intake pits and dusty conveyor runs are commonly classified as Zone 20, 21 or 22 under DSEAR. Electrical equipment in those zones must be rated for combustible dust (Ex t) and installed and inspected by competent people. - Q: Can you finish before harvest? A: That is how we plan agricultural work. Surveys and panel builds happen in the quieter months so the installation and testing on site fit before the store fills. - Q: Do you build control panels for dryers and conveyors? A: Yes. Starters, MCCs and control panels for dryers, fans, elevators and conveyors are built and tested in our own panel shop in Dyce, with interlocks and level controls to suit your plant. - Q: Is a distillery a hazardous area? A: Parts of it usually are. Spirit stores, filling halls and areas around stills can be classified as Zone 1 or Zone 2 under DSEAR, which means the electrical installation has to comply with BS EN 60079 and be maintained by competent, CompEx-certified people. - Q: Can you work around production? A: Yes. We plan around mashing and distillation schedules and silent seasons so that work fits your operation. - Q: Why can a battery room be a hazardous area? A: Vented and some valve-regulated lead-acid batteries give off hydrogen while charging. If ventilation cannot keep the concentration low, the area near the batteries and at high level is classified (often Zone 2), and the lighting, fans and any other electrical equipment there must be Ex rated and installed and inspected by competent, CompEx certified people. - Q: Do you work on DC systems and battery chargers? A: Yes. We install and maintain battery chargers, DC distribution boards and the cabling between them, and can keep the site on temporary batteries while we work. - Q: Can you work in a live substation? A: Yes, under the site owner's permit and safety rules. Low-voltage power, lighting, small power and earthing in substations and switchrooms is routine work for us. - Q: Do you build motor control centres? A: Yes. MCCs and control panels are designed, built and tested in our workshop to BS EN 61439-2, then installed and commissioned on site by our own electricians. - Q: Can you work on live treatment sites? A: Yes. We plan changeovers around plant demand and permit systems so that treatment is not interrupted. ## Other pages - [Inspection and testing, with the client portal](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/ex-inspection/) - [Case studies](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/case-studies/) - [About](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/about-us/) - [Sectors](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/sectors/) - [Downloads: certificates and policies](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/downloads/) - [Careers](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/careers/) - [Request a quote](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/quote/) - [Contact](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/contact/) - [Full text of every page](https://www.bankheadelectrical.co.uk/llms-full.txt)