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Yes, and this is one of the most commonly overlooked requirements. NFPA 70E requires that your arc flash risk assessment be reviewed any time system changes could affect the results, not just every five years. Adding motors or drives, replacing breakers, swapping fuses, expanding a facility, or even adjusting a breaker setting to stop nuisance tripping can all change incident energy calculations — sometimes dramatically. If your study doesn't reflect your current system, the labels on your equipment may be wrong, and workers relying on them are at risk.

It's a fair question. The answer is that most of the work has to be repeated regardless of what the original study looked like. Field verification, equipment walkthroughs, updated utility fault data, re-entering changes into the model, re-running short circuit and coordination calculations, updating one-line diagrams, producing and applying new labels, and PE review — these steps are unavoidable because every calculation depends on the current state of your system. In our experience, fewer than 1% of facilities document every electrical change accurately enough to skip the site visit. The five-year update isn't a clerical refresh; it's a structured validation that your labels still reflect reality.

Yes, and this matters more than many buyers realize. While NFPA 70E and IEEE 1584 don't explicitly mandate a PE stamp, most states classify arc flash studies as engineering services, meaning they must be performed or approved by a licensed Professional Engineer. In many states, a study performed without PE oversight can be invalidated — and in some cases, performing one without a PE is a misdemeanor or felony. Every Guidant arc flash study is reviewed and approved by a licensed PE. This isn't a formality; it means every calculation is defensible, every label reflects verified data, and you have an auditable record of due diligence.

Our technicians are experienced working independently in industrial and commercial facilities, you don't need to dedicate an employee or contractor to escort us or apply labels after the fact. Visit duration depends on the size and complexity of your facility, but most sites are completed in one visit. For multi-site programs, we coordinate scheduling across all your locations and work with your teams to minimize operational disruption. Before we arrive, we'll walk through what to expect so your maintenance staff knows exactly what's happening on the day.

We work with the industry's leading arc flash modeling platforms — SKM, EasyPower™, and ETAP®. Whichever your team uses or prefers, we can deliver model files in that format. And yes, the files are yours to keep. There's no vendor lock-in. Your data belongs to your organization, and your engineering team can use, build on, and maintain it however you choose.

Yes — and this is one of Guidant's core strengths. We serve organizations with one facility and organizations with hundreds, using the same methodology, the same report standards, and the same PE review process at every location. Your team accesses all reports, model files, and documentation through a single portal. When you need to present compliance status to leadership or prepare for an audit, you have a unified view across your entire portfolio — not a different PDF from every regional vendor.

Yes. Many arc flash providers hand you a report and walk away, leaving your team with a stack of recommendations and no clear path to fix them. The Guidant team can take you from findings to implementation. That includes electrical distribution redesign, protection studies, coordination analysis, system modernization, and construction oversight. You don't have to find a separate engineering firm to act on what we find.