The recently formed lightning protection division of Churchill Specialist Contracting Ltd has for the first time achieved a turnover of over £1M during 2012. The growth of the division saw seven new full time employees join the business during 2012 a year that saw the business open several new areas…

The ability to prove the competency of an individual to safely carry out a specific task has long been a problem in Construction which no scheme or card system has been capable of solving, however construction based NVQ's at last achieve this goal simply by removing grey areas and proving an individuals competency. …

Churchill Specialist Contracting Ltd is a multi disciplined contracting organisation specialising in the Lightning Protection, Earthing, Surge Protection and Working at Height sectors who wish to expand these specialist services into the Rail Sector. Operating from our centrally based HQ in Nottingham we currently employ 37 full time field operatives…

Churchill Specialist Contracting  have achieved accreditation to Achilles Link Up for both lightning protection testing & installations as well as specialist access platforms. This latest accreditation will support the business in obtaining contracts in the Rail sector without the need to be sponsored by a third party not only in the field…

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…