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Practical answers to the questions property managers actually ask.

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Risk Assessment

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Do I need lightning protection? What BS EN 62305-2 actually asks

The risk assessment explained for building owners: the four losses, what drives the number, and why most buildings need a Class III system or nothing at all.

Cost

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Why we price to the standard, not the drawing

Consultants over provide. How Fabier prices what BS EN 62305-3 needs and lists the extras as options, so the client sees the real cost of copper and tighter down conductor centres.

Design

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Natural components first: using the building you already have

Metal roofs, structural steel, rebar and piles as air termination, down conductors and earth electrodes, and when a dedicated system is the honest answer.

Testing

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The annual test: what a good certificate looks like

Individual and combined earth readings, 10 ohms combined, continuity, the next due date, and why a test book is cheaper than a strike.

Compliance

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Surge protection: why we do not sell it and who should

SPDs belong in the LV switchgear package under BS EN 62305-4 and BS 7671. Why Fabier writes them to the electrical contractor every time.

Regulation

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Building Safety Act duties for a specialist subcontractor

What changed for competence, cooperation and information under the 2022 Act, and how a small contractor evidences it.

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