Lightning Protection / Consulting Service Center

Whether you need a preliminary assessment or require a complete in-depth engineering study or survey, our services are aligned and tailored to provide the most reliable information you need to fully understand your current situation and move forward with confidence and achieve success.

Getting Started: Defining the Scope and Determining the Needs

Find out what you need first! How this is approached is dependent on your environment, facility and your financial requirements. It can be as simple as a Technical Review of photos, drawings and building plans by our LEC solution specialists in-house and at no cost, which delivers a 'proposal of recommendations' to the client for further investigation at a later date and is preliminary; or more efficiently through a Site Evaluation which includes an on-site visit by one or more LEC solution specialists who study a number of key areas first hand. This visit can range from a one day, to a comprehensive multi-day event for large sites with complex electrical systems. Overall cost is based on the scope and complexity of the site and a Report with Scope of Work is generated. In some cases this is all a client might need to move forward, but neither does not include the level of Detail that a Study or Survey would.

What’s Involved?

• Identify areas of concern and desired level of lightning protection
• Assess vulnerabilities from direct lightning strikes and the effects of nearby strikes or other transient surges:
  • Review past lightning events
  • Examine existing lightning protection and TVSS systems
  • Review existing structures, electrical, communication, and data systems
  • Perform Ground Testing as needed
• Gather information on site-specific factors such as:
  • Local lightning and storm data (isokeraunic number, flash density data)
  • Environmental variables such as wind and ice loading
  • Corrosive elements encountered on site
  • Existing structural designs and restrictions including aesthetic, safety, access and maintenance requirements
  • Site topography

Contact us to learn more about: Lightning Protection Consulting

Step 2 - Recommendations & Proposal

Following risk assessment, you will receive a comprehensive consulting report which includes recommendations and budgetary information. As with the time our consultants spend on-site, the report’s level of detail is determined by the scope and complexity of your particular needs.

What You’ll Receive:

• Lightning risk analysis
• General recommendations for lightning, grounding, and surge handling as necessary
• Specific recommendations for an integrated lightning system:
  • Parts list, specifications, and statement of work (customized information is available to meet internal requirements)
  • Conceptual or detailed drawings reflecting the proposed work and parts required
  • Cost estimates for the proposed system

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Step 3 - Engineering

In this phase, LEC engineers design the device interfaces and custom system components for your lightning protection system. Learn more about Engineering Services.