Lightning Protection Services

At Harcon Services, we test and inspect sites across the UK. We do this for small independent companies and large multiples with many sites around the country.

We are also height safety experts so can offer a combined service to save you costs on repeat site visits.

We work from a central CRM system using tablets and hand-helds, as such our field engineers are able to feedback on inspection results quickly and we are able to issue reports and certificates in a swift manner.

Some of our work can be seen on our case studies page here.

We can work for and on behalf of facility management companies. We have a vast amount of experience at this and can tailor our service to suit you, working to your standards.

When considering building maintenance and safety, a lightning strike is not always the first thing that springs to mind but ongoing changes to the climate are resulting in more frequent lightning strikes. A Lightning Protection System is a system that has been designed to protect your infrastructure and contents from being either directly or indirectly affected by a strike.

Not only does lightning affect a building structurally but it can also interfere with operational aspects of a business such as electrics, telecoms and computers. These are susceptible to the power surges created by a lightning strike and can be disastrous for a business resulting in data loss, fires and even loss of human life.

How does a Lightning Protection System work?

Lightning Protection Systems are designed to channel current safely to the ground. They do this using a series of parts:

• Air Termination Network: this part is designed to protect the structure on the roof. This is what gets hit if lightning is to strike.
• Down Conductor Network: this carries the current from roof level down the side of the structure giving the current an easy root toward ground.
• Earth Termination Network: receives any electrical current from the down conductors and takes this into the earth so it can dissipate safely.

Read more about how a Lightning Protection System works here.