Churchill Specialist Contracting new online store offers a full range of lightning protection, earthing and surge protection products from the UK and Europe’s leading manufactures including Furse, Wallis and Sudafix. Due to our locality and our relationship with the UK’s largest manufacturers of lightning protection products established over an 18…

Throughout history lightning has always been seen as extraordinary and has intrigued people. Even today people are astonished of the power of lightning and the images it produces. Lightning featured in the news once again recently, when a bolt of lightning struck the Empire State Building in New York…

Churchill have secured the contract to replace 2no 40m boiler chimneys at the TATA Steel site in Rotherham. The turnkey project will include the removal and re processing of the 2no existing steel boiler chimneys and the supply and erection of 2no steel replacement stacks with all site work being…

Churchill have successfully completed the piecemeal small dismantling of a 50m tall x 2.2m diameter disused steel chimney on a COMAH 1 site in Stowmarket. To add to the complexity of the project that would see a requirement for hot work at height the chimney was situated adjacent to a…

Surge Protection - Latest BS 7671 Wiring Regulations A new key section (534) within the latest edition of BS 7671 Wiring Regulations published on the 1 July 2011 came into  effect on 1 January 2012. Section (534) now sees a requirement for all new electrical installations designed after 1 January…

Lightning protection science was first conceived by Benjamin Franklin in 1749 with his invention of the first pointed lightning rod conductor that became known as a “lightning attractor” and much later  as the “Franklin Rod.” Franklin spent many years in the lightning protection design process to include his famous kite…

With lightning being a specialty here, we have decided to share with you 10 interesting facts about lightning!A single bolt of lightning is around 50,000f or 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun. The irrational fear of lightning is known as keraunophobia. There are two types of lightning, negative strikes and positive…

Lightning is both amazing to watch, and also highly destructive. The amount of energy a lightning strikes imparts on an object means damage to people and buildings can be significant. It isn't just the strike itself though that causes the problems, there are in fact three ways in which a…

We've talked a lot about lightning protection but not actually about the phenomenon of lightning itself to understand how protection works its worth having a look at why and how lightning strikes. The lightning most frequently referred to in terms of lightning protection is cloud to ground lightning, other forms…

One of the most important components of any lightning protection system is the actual lightning conductor. Conductors are available in two different materials, aluminium and copper and a range of different widths, the most common width used in the UK is 25x3mm. Designers of lightning protection system will establish the…