Save by purchasing ANSI A300 standards with special companion Best Management
Practices booklets. The ANSI A300 standards represent the industry consensus on
performing tree care operations. The standards can be used to prepare tree care
contract specifications.
(Standard: ©2014, softcover, 18 pp.)
The BMP describes proper installation and maintenance of lightning protection systems that can effectively prevent serious lightning damage to trees.
(©2015, softcover, 41 pp.)
Topics in this BMP include:
- Identification of Trees Needing Lightning Protection
- Limitations of Tree Lightning Protection Systems
- Susceptibility to Lightning Strikes
- Lightning Protection Materials and Equipment
- Lightning Protection System Design and Installation
- Installation Methods
- Lightning Protection System Maintenance
- Lightning-Damaged Trees
- Electrical Testing of Grown-Over Conductors
- Testing Ground Systems
- Glossary of Terms