Most industrial failures start below the surface
Roughly 90% of problems at industrial sites and substations trace back to grounding. We measure it, explain it, and fix it — before it costs you the equipment.
Symptoms that look innocuous — until they aren’t
As more equipment and infrastructure goes electric, existing grounding systems get pushed past what they were built for. The warning signs are usually quiet.
Lightning devastates ungrounded equipment
Systems without proper grounding take the full force of a strike, often requiring full shutdowns to recover.
Motors and equipment lost for good
High-end residential and industrial motors have been lost entirely — not damaged, lost — from poor grounding.
Distributed controls and VFDs are exposed
Variable frequency drives and distributed control systems are especially prone to grounding-related failures.
Surge protection doesn’t work alone
Surge protectors are only as good as the ground beneath them — without it, they can’t do their job.
Measure it. Explain it. Fix it.
A straightforward, standards-based process — from first measurement to completed remediation.
Measure
We measure your grounding system’s real-world performance on live, energized sites — not just design specs on paper.
Prescribe
Every assessment produces a clear, prioritized work list — exactly what needs fixing, and why it matters.
Fix It
We perform the remediation work directly, or manage the subcontractor delivering against our own prescription.
Objective measurement, not guesswork
Grounding assessment is a discipline with real published standards — we hold ourselves to them.
IEEE Std. 80
The governing standard for substation grounding system safety and design.
IEEE Std. 81
The standard method for measuring earth resistivity and ground impedance.
Certified methodology
Trained in integrated grounding system design and testing, including advanced impedance-based measurement methods.
The kind of problems hiding in plain sight
Illustrative examples of what a real grounding assessment uncovers.
Only 4 of 11 grounding wells were actually connected
A lightning-damage investigation at a compression station found that most of the site’s grounding wells weren’t doing anything at all.
Assessments were happening — just not measuring the right thing
Across dozens of treatment facilities, grounding checks were being performed without measuring true impedance to earth.
A single grounding issue exposed a much larger gap
One facility issue was the first sign of a systemic grounding gap across an entire utility’s substation footprint.
Mismanaged cathodic protection damaged nearby assets
Improperly separated grounding technologies sent stray current into the earth, degrading unrelated infrastructure nearby.
Built for high-consequence sites
Don’t wait for the next strike
Schedule a grounding assessment and get a clear, prioritized picture of what’s actually happening beneath your site.
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