Managing a dozen, a hundred, or several thousand lightning protection installations across sites dispersed throughout multiple countries: this is the daily reality of specialized engineering firms, lightning installers, and real estate asset managers.
Without a dedicated tool, this management often relies on spreadsheets, paper files, or unsuitable generic tools. The result: forgotten periodic tests, undetected non-compliance, and impossible traceability to produce in the event of an audit.
LPS Manager was designed specifically to solve this problem. Discover how it centralizes the management of your entire installation fleet, regardless of the number of sites.
The specific challenges of multi-site management
Managing a multi-site lightning protection installation fleet generates structural challenges that generic tools cannot address:
- Site heterogeneity — each installation is different (protection level, lightning rod type, required periodic test frequency)
- Geographic dispersion — sites can be spread across multiple countries with different regulations
- Multiplicity of stakeholders — field technicians, design engineers, clients, subcontractors
- Traceability requirements — audits, insurers, certifications require documented proof
- Periodic test deadlines to meet — according to IEC 62305-3, frequencies vary from 1 to 2 years depending on protection level
Each of these challenges represents an operational and regulatory risk if management is poorly organized.
Centralized dashboard — your fleet at a glance
The central feature of LPS Manager is its cartographic dashboard. All your sites are positioned on an interactive world map. At a glance, you identify:
- Sites whose periodic test needs to be scheduled within 30, 60, or 90 days
- Installations that have recently received a lightning strike (integrated weather data)
- The compliance score of each file
- Files shared with your clients or collaborators
The dashboard is available on mobile application (iOS and Android) and on web browser. Your field technicians have access to the same data as the central office.
Use cases — who uses LPS Manager in multi-site management?
Specialized engineering firms
An engineering firm managing 50 to 500 client files can centralize all its sites in LPS Manager. Studies, protection level calculations, and inspection reports are archived in each file, with the complete history of interventions.
The file sharing feature allows collaboration with the end client or a field subcontractor without duplicating information.
Lightning installers
The installer working on multiple job sites simultaneously can manage their periodic test schedule directly in LPS Manager. Automatic alerts prevent them from missing a regulatory deadline.
In the field, the technician documents their inspection through photos, forms, and notes from the mobile application — even without internet connection (offline mode available).
Real estate asset managers
An asset manager with several hundred buildings equipped with lightning protection needs to prove, at any time, that their installations are in compliance. LPS Manager generates downloadable PDF reports by site, immediately usable for internal and external audits.
The concept of LPS Manager score (from 0 to 100%) provides a visual summary of the condition of each installation, easily understood by non-technical management.
Alerts and history per site
LPS Manager integrates a configurable automatic alert system:
- Periodic test reminders — notification before the deadline (30, 60, 90 days according to your settings)
- Weather alerts — thunderstorm activity detected near a monitored site
- Product alerts — if the site is equipped with a Contact@ir System, detection of impacts directly on the lightning rod
The history of each site preserves all interventions, from file creation to the last periodic test. This history is immutable and timestamped — a valuable asset in case of dispute or loss.
Integration with the LPS France ecosystem
LPS Manager integrates naturally with physical lightning protection products. If your sites are equipped with communicating lightning rods Paraton@ir or Ellips from LPS France with the Contact@ir system, lightning impact data is automatically uploaded to LPS Manager.
To implement compliant lightning protection before ensuring its monitoring with LPS Manager, discover the lightning rods with early streamer emission devices (ESE) available on lpsfr.com — Paraton@ir and Ellips, certified according to NF C 17-102 and IEC 62305.
To go further in monitoring, the Strike Radar service allows you to access the history of lightning impacts around each site, including impacts that did not directly strike the lightning rod but may have caused induced overvoltages.
Conclusion
Multi-site management of a lightning protection installation fleet is no longer an insurmountable constraint with the right tools. LPS Manager provides the centralization, traceability, and alerts that professionals need to effectively manage dozens or hundreds of sites.
Available in a free version and professional subscription, LPS Manager is used by lightning protection professionals in more than 30 countries.
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