Commercial Lightning Protection

Lightning is indiscriminate and will seek the least resistant path to the ground, making commercial buildings – banks, casinos, grocery stores, hospitals, restaurants, shopping malls, office parks – just as susceptible as any other structure. Multiple service entrances and the prevalence of electronic office equipment only heighten the risk.

A lightning protection system keeps equipment, inventory, employees and customers safe. It is also ideal for protecting structures with historical significance.

For commercial entities, Lightning Elimination Systems is often involved during the construction phase, working with architects or engineers as well as electrical and general contractors. This produces the best assimilation – both aesthetic and practical – between the features of the building and the components of a lightning protection system (air terminals, down conductors and grounding rods).

Similarly, bringing LES in to design and install surge suppression systems will ensure a professionally dressed-out installation of surge protective devices on the main distribution panels, telephone lines, electronic equipment and other conductive objects.

LES has previously designed commercial lightning protection systems following UL 96A, Underwriters Laboratories’ Installation Requirements for Lightning Protection Systems; and LPI 175, the Lightning Protection Institute’s Standard of Practice for the Design, Installation and Inspection of Lightning Protection Systems.