Lightning Protection Test & Inspection Report software

What this certificate includes

• The structure section records the structure and roof type, the kind of system (isolated, attached or electrically insulated), the standard it was designed to, from CP 326 and BS 6651 through to BS EN IEC 62305, the Lightning Protection Level, the LPS drawing reference, and the reference, date and edition of the risk assessment the level came from.
• The design standard must be recorded before the report can be issued. A Lightning Protection Level from I to IV is then required for a system designed to the BS EN IEC 62305 series, and for one designed to BS 6651, CP 326 or another earlier standard the report prints that a level does not apply, rather than leaving a blank.
• Every report records why the inspection happened: during construction, on completion, periodic, after an alteration, or after a known lightning strike. It cannot be issued until one is chosen, and the wording of the report names that occasion.
• Each occasion asks its own questions: whether parts were inspected before being covered on a construction visit, what was altered and by whom, or the strike date (or that it is not known) and whether damage was found.
• You record whether the inspection was visual only or complete with electrical testing. A visual report changes its title and declaration and states that no earth-resistance testing was carried out, so it never claims readings that were not taken.
• A complete inspection cannot be issued without at least one earth-electrode reading, the overall earth resistance, and the make and calibration date of the earth-resistance tester.
• The earth-electrode table takes one row per electrode: reference, resistance, ground type and condition, electrode type and size, test facility, test method (fall-of-potential, clamp-on or dead-earth) and a pass, fail or unable-to-test result. An over-range meter reading is kept exactly as shown.
• If the overall earth resistance is higher than the lowest single electrode reading, which electrodes in parallel cannot produce, it is flagged before you issue. Where the overall figure is recorded as measured through the connected system, it is shown as an advisory instead.
• You must answer whether the structure contains an explosive-atmosphere zone. The answer decides whether the overall earth resistance is judged as a mandatory limit or as an advisory target, and a yes opens a section for the zones, bonding checks and work permit.
• Concealed joints and bonds each get their own row with a reference, the measured continuity and your judgement of satisfactory or not. No pass mark is applied to these rows: the decision is the engineer’s.
• Surge protective devices are listed one per installation point, with location, installation type, type or model and condition. A failed SPD or too few down conductors under an overall PASS is flagged before you issue; when the overall result is recorded as FAIL, those findings are carried as advisories so the failing report can still be issued.
• The visual condition section asks about damage, corrosion, alterations, extensions and bonding. On an electrically insulated system the separation-distance question is replaced by one about whether the insulation is adequate.
• The declaration has a test engineer and a reviewer, each with name, signature and date. The test engineer’s name and signature are needed before issue.
• The next inspection date is filled in twelve months ahead and can be changed. It is left blank for a during-construction visit, and a date on or before the inspection date stops the report being issued.
• Once the certificate is issued, CertSync records when its re-inspection falls due, lists it in the Renewals due panel on your dashboard and emails you 90, 30 and 7 days before that date.