Index: Ringtoets/Piping/src/Ringtoets.Piping.IO/Readers/PipingConfigurationReader.cs
===================================================================
diff -u -refdfbe3c54d3743aa50b0fc7be73e417638f2732 -r14bc51c4c374a77f6e5b7e4f707eb0f412bb668a
--- Ringtoets/Piping/src/Ringtoets.Piping.IO/Readers/PipingConfigurationReader.cs	(.../PipingConfigurationReader.cs)	(revision efdfbe3c54d3743aa50b0fc7be73e417638f2732)
+++ Ringtoets/Piping/src/Ringtoets.Piping.IO/Readers/PipingConfigurationReader.cs	(.../PipingConfigurationReader.cs)	(revision 14bc51c4c374a77f6e5b7e4f707eb0f412bb668a)
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
             XDocument xmlDocument = LoadDocument(xmlFilePath);
 
-            ValidateToSchema(xmlDocument);
+            ValidateToSchema(xmlDocument, xmlFilePath);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -112,18 +112,20 @@
         /// Validates the provided XML document based on a predefined XML Schema Definition (XSD).
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="document">The XML document to validate.</param>
+        /// <param name="xmlFilePath">The file path the XML document is loaded from.</param>
         /// <exception cref="CriticalFileReadException">Thrown when the provided XML document does not match the predefined XML Schema Definition (XSD).</exception>
-        private static void ValidateToSchema(XDocument document)
+        private static void ValidateToSchema(XDocument document, string xmlFilePath)
         {
             XmlSchemaSet schema = LoadXmlSchema();
 
             try
             {
                 document.Validate(schema, null);
             }
-            catch (XmlSchemaValidationException e)
+            catch (XmlSchemaValidationException exception)
             {
-                throw new CriticalFileReadException(Resources.PipingConfigurationReader_Configuration_contains_no_valid_xml, e);
+                string message = new FileReaderErrorMessageBuilder(xmlFilePath).Build(Resources.PipingConfigurationReader_Configuration_contains_no_valid_xml);
+                throw new CriticalFileReadException(message, exception);
             }
         }
 
Index: Ringtoets/Piping/test/Ringtoets.Piping.IO.Test/Readers/PipingConfigurationReaderTest.cs
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diff -u -r808d8de82712c31f26cf21ea82f849d7bb728caa -r14bc51c4c374a77f6e5b7e4f707eb0f412bb668a
--- Ringtoets/Piping/test/Ringtoets.Piping.IO.Test/Readers/PipingConfigurationReaderTest.cs	(.../PipingConfigurationReaderTest.cs)	(revision 808d8de82712c31f26cf21ea82f849d7bb728caa)
+++ Ringtoets/Piping/test/Ringtoets.Piping.IO.Test/Readers/PipingConfigurationReaderTest.cs	(.../PipingConfigurationReaderTest.cs)	(revision 14bc51c4c374a77f6e5b7e4f707eb0f412bb668a)
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Xml;
+using System.Xml.Schema;
 using Core.Common.IO.Exceptions;
 using Core.Common.TestUtil;
 using NUnit.Framework;
@@ -132,5 +133,23 @@
                 Assert.IsInstanceOf<IOException>(exception.InnerException);
             }
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        [TestCase("invalidNoItems.xml")]
+        [TestCase("invalidFolderWithoutName.xml")]
+        public void Constructor_FileInvalidBasedOnSchemaDefinition_ThrowCriticalFileReadException(string fileName)
+        {
+            // Setup
+            string filePath = Path.Combine(testDirectoryPath, fileName);
+
+            // Call
+            TestDelegate call = () => new PipingConfigurationReader(filePath);
+
+            // Assert
+            string expectedMessage = $"Fout bij het lezen van bestand '{filePath}': het XML-document dat de configuratie voor de berekeningen beschrijft is niet geldig.";
+            var exception = Assert.Throws<CriticalFileReadException>(call);
+            Assert.AreEqual(expectedMessage, exception.Message);
+            Assert.IsInstanceOf<XmlSchemaValidationException>(exception.InnerException);
+        }
     }
 }
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Index: Ringtoets/Piping/test/Ringtoets.Piping.IO.Test/test-data/PipingConfigurationReader/invalidFolderWithoutName.xml
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diff -u
--- Ringtoets/Piping/test/Ringtoets.Piping.IO.Test/test-data/PipingConfigurationReader/invalidFolderWithoutName.xml	(revision 0)
+++ Ringtoets/Piping/test/Ringtoets.Piping.IO.Test/test-data/PipingConfigurationReader/invalidFolderWithoutName.xml	(revision 14bc51c4c374a77f6e5b7e4f707eb0f412bb668a)
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<root>
+  <folder>
+  </folder>
+</root>
\ No newline at end of file
Index: Ringtoets/Piping/test/Ringtoets.Piping.IO.Test/test-data/PipingConfigurationReader/invalidNoItems.xml
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diff -u
--- Ringtoets/Piping/test/Ringtoets.Piping.IO.Test/test-data/PipingConfigurationReader/invalidNoItems.xml	(revision 0)
+++ Ringtoets/Piping/test/Ringtoets.Piping.IO.Test/test-data/PipingConfigurationReader/invalidNoItems.xml	(revision 14bc51c4c374a77f6e5b7e4f707eb0f412bb668a)
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<root>
+</root>
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