PTSG strengthens lightning protection footprint: compliance gains for UK asset engineers
Reviewed by Tom Sullivan
First reported on The Construction Index
30 Second Briefing
Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG) has acquired Scottish-based Earth Tech LPS Ltd, a 25-year-old lightning protection testing and inspection specialist with long-term maintenance contracts across public sector estates, infrastructure and commercial property. Earth Tech LPS will be folded into PTSG’s Electrical Services division under managing director Mark Mitchell, with operational leadership by director Craig Finney, who has over 15 years’ experience in lightning protection T&I. The deal increases PTSG’s engineer density and service coverage in Scotland, supporting more frequent statutory inspections and streamlined compliance across dispersed asset portfolios.
Technical Brief
- Lightning protection activities sit within PTSG’s Electrical Services division, providing a single organisational interface for T&I.
- Earth Tech LPS has operated for over 25 years from a base near Edinburgh, anchoring Scottish coverage.
- Client portfolio includes public sector estates, infrastructure assets and commercial property with multi‑year maintenance frameworks.
- Long-term maintenance contracts support regular statutory inspections of air terminals, down conductors and earthing systems.
- Operational leadership for lightning protection T&I remains with director Craig Finney, ensuring continuity of technical standards.
- Former Earth Tech LPS owners stay on for a defined handover period to manage integration risks.
- PTSG positions the deal as disciplined capital deployment to build a resilient, high‑margin compliance services platform.
Our Take
Within the 398 Infrastructure stories in our database, UK lightning protection and earthing work is relatively niche, so PTSG’s acquisition of Earth Tech LPS signals a move to dominate a specialised compliance-driven segment rather than chase generic M&E contracts.
Earth Tech LPS’s more than 25-year operating history in Scotland gives PTSG an immediate depth of local track record, which is often a deciding factor in framework tenders for critical infrastructure and heritage assets in Edinburgh and the wider UK.
Management continuity from a leader with over 15 years’ experience in this specific business line reduces integration risk, which is notable given that several other UK building-services M&A items in our coverage have struggled when technical leadership was replaced too quickly post-deal.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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