QR Code Label Placement Guidelines

This document will offer recommendations for the label placement of the QR code during the

inventory/validation process. The QR code labels used by CenturyLink are made from durable Kimdura

synthetic paper which is designed to be used in wet, harsh, dirty, and direct sunlight conditions.

QR code placement should be visible and obvious to which equipment it is associated with. For most

equipment, the QR code label will be placed next to the manufacturers label or the equipment number,

whichever is most visible. When it is not possible to place the label on the equipment, place the QR code

on the disconnect or control panel for that equipment if it is close and obviously associated with it. If

neither of these conditions exists, affix the tag to something that can be hung from the equipment such

as a baseball card protector or access badge holder.

On Equipment Sub-types like Environmental Alarms, Exit & Emergency Lighting, Fire Extinguishers, and

Septic Systems, the QR code is placed inside the common entrance on the wall. This area should be

used for QR codes that do not have a specific area to place them on their respective equipment. See the

example below.

Figure 1 - QR codes that may not have a specific area to place them

For the building QR code label, record the Address ID on the line above the QR code. For equipment QR

code labels, record the equipment number (BMSe#) on the line above the QR code.

1. Backflow Preventer - Hang a tag on the backflow preventer and place the QR code label on the

tag, or place the QR code on the wall by the backflow preventer or on the support bracket.

a. BFP Installed Outside (Irrigation) - Hang a tag

on the backflow preventer and place the QR

code label on the tag or inside the common

entrance on the wall along with other QR

codes that may not have a specific area to

place them on their respective equipment.

2. Booster Pump – Place the QR code on the electrical

disconnect or the control box whichever is most

visible.

3. Building – Place the QR code on the common

entrance door frame or permanently affixed plate

next to the door if equipped.

4. Building Automation Main Control Panel – Place the QR code on the control panel.

5. Building Water Filters – Place QR code on the wall next to the filter or hang a tag on the filter

and place the QR code label on the tag.

6. Builtup UPS - Place the QR code label next to the Manufacturers label or the equipment number

whichever is most visible.

7. Dock lift – Place the QR code label on the control box.

8. Elevator – Place the QR code on the control panel.

9. Environmental Alarms - Inside the common entrance on the wall along with other QR codes

that may not have a specific area to place them on their respective equipment.

10. Escalator – Place the QR code on the control panel.

11. Exit & Emergency Lighting - Inside the common entrance on the wall along with other QR codes

that may not have a specific area to place them on their respective equipment.

12. Fire Protection/Detection Systems – Place the QR code on the control panel.

13. Fire Extinguishers - inside the common entrance on the wall along with other QR codes that

may not have a specific area to place them on their respective equipment.

14. Fire Pump - Place the QR code on the electrical disconnect or the control box whichever is most

visible.

15. Generator - Place the QR code label next to the

Manufacturers label or the equipment number whichever

is most visible.

16. HVAC equipment mounted at floor level – Place the QR

code label next to the Manufacturers label or the

equipment number whichever is most visible.

17. HVAC equipment mounted high:

a. Above a drop ceiling – Place the QR code on the

electrical disconnect or control box, on the ceiling

tile grid below the unit, on the wall below the unit

whichever is most visible.

b. Above a finished ceiling - Place the QR code on the

Figure 2 - BFP QR Code

Figure 3 - HVAC QR Code

electrical disconnect or control box, or next to the access hatch.

c. Open ceiling - Place the QR code on the electrical disconnect or control box or on the

wall below the unit whichever is most visible.

18. Kitchen Equipment - Place the QR code label next to the Manufacturers label or the equipment

number whichever is most visible. On the cooking equipment this can be difficult due to the

grease that tends to accumulate on this equipment. Do your best to clean (de-grease) a visible

spot to place the QR code or hang a tag on the equipment and place the QR code label on the

tag

19. Landscape Sprinkler – Place QR code on the time clock or inside the common entrance on the

wall along with other QR codes that may not have a specific area to place them on their

respective equipment.

20. Mail Lift/Conveyor – Place the QR code on the control panel.

21. Packaged UPS - Place the QR code label next to the Manufacturers label or the equipment

number whichever is most visible.

22. Portable Toilet – Place QR code inside the unit on the back wall.

23. Roofs – If there is a ladder and hatch, place the QR code on the inside rail of the ladder.

If there is no roof access, place the QR code inside the common entrance on the wall along

with other QR codes that may not have a specific area to place them on their respective

equipment.

24. Self Contained Smoke Detector – Place the QR code next to the device. What about multiple

detectors? Inside the common entrance on the wall along with other QR codes that may not

have a specific area to place them on their respective equipment.

25. Septic System - Inside the common entrance on the wall along with other QR codes that may

not have a specific area to place them on their respective equipment.

26. Sewage Ejector – Place the QR code on the electrical disconnect

or control panel, on wall above the pit or on the discharge pipe.

27. Stand Alone Fuel Tank - Place the QR code label next to the

Manufacturers label or the equipment number whichever is most

visible.

28. Sump Pump - Place the QR code on the electrical disconnect or

control panel, on wall above the pit or on the discharge pipe.

29. Walk-in Cooler – Place QR code on the condenser next to the

manufacturers label.

30. Walk-in Freezer - Place QR code on the condenser next to the

manufacturers label.

31. Water Conditioner – Place the QR code on the control box.

32. Water Fountain – Place QR code by the equipment number or manufacturers label whichever is

most visible.

Figure 4 - Sewage Ejector QR Code

33. Water Loops - Since there is no manufacturer’s label for a water loop place the equipment

number and the QR code label on one of the circulating pump electrical disconnects or control

box whichever is most visible.

34. Well Water System – Place the QR code on the electrical disconnect or the control box

whichever is most visible.