What are Engineering Construction Activities?

The following is a summary of the activities which are in-scope to the ECITB and therefore leviable so long as they are carried out in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) or its offshore waters. A full definition of engineering construction activities is shown at Schedule 1, paragraph 1. of the Board Order (see Relevant Documents).

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES

1 Assembly, construction, dismantling, erection, fabrication, fitting, inspection, installation, maintenance, repair, replacement or testing of any chemical, electrical or mechanical apparatus, machinery or plant that is located on any site where a product is processed, including (but not limited to):
  • Chemical works
  • Gas making or gas treatment works
  • Nuclear or thermal power station or nuclear waste reprocessing site
  • Hydro-electric station
  • Oil refinery or oil terminal
  • Plant concerned with the exploration for or exploitation of oil or gas
  • Metal smelter
  • Steel or paper mill
  • Brewery or distillery
  • Human and/or animal food production
  • Pharmaceutical, cosmetic and petrochemical production
  • Cement and concrete bricks
  • Glass production
  • Sewerage treatment works
  • Any other installation involving the processing of any product
2 Supervision of the activities listed at 1. above.
3 The erection and/or dismantling of the main framework of a building or other structure that is made of steel or other metal where the building or structure is erected or dismantled on any site (not necessarily on a site where a product is processed). Types of structures erected or dismantled could include, for example, supermarkets, warehouses, stadiums, agricultural buildings, office blocks, etc.
4 Planning, designing, commissioning or procuring by way of contract or otherwise of any chemical, electrical or mechanical apparatus, machinery or plant mentioned in 1. above carried on in association with any activity mentioned or in association with any project for such an activity.
5 The hiring out by an employer of individuals in his employment to employers who are engaged in any of the activities listed above where the individuals being hired out will be engaged in such activities.

 

Provided that an establishment is wholly or mainly engaged in the principal activities of the engineering construction industry, the following activities are also in-scope to the ECITB.

OTHER ACTIVITIES
Related Activities
  • Research, development, design or engineering construction drawing (either created by hand or by computer related software) or dynamic simulation
  • Buying, selling, hiring out, testing (including NDT), advertising, packing, distribution, transport or any similar operations
  • Operations of a kind performed at office premises or laboratories, or at stores, warehouses or similar places
  • Cleaning, washing or garaging vehicles or carrying out running repairs or minor adjustments thereto
  • Training of employees or apprentices
Managerial and Administrative Support Activities
  • Any activities undertaken in the administration, control or direction of an establishment or establishments
Activities of industry or commerce
  • Any activities of industry or commerce.

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