News Archive for November 2007
Striking New Lightning Protection!
Posted Thursday 01 November, 2007 | Permalink
The arrival of the new British Standard for Lightning Protection has dominated the media in recent months as the magnitude of its impact has dawned on the whole of the construction industry. The sheer size of the new document; five times the size of its predecessor, with dramatic changes to both the approach and amplification of its risk assessment, has sent many specialist contractors reeling. We spoke to John Sherlock, Chairman of the ATLAS Lightning Conductor Technical Committee and some of the workshop attendees to find out what this new standard is all about and just why it is going to change the way we build in this country forever!
