ABOUT SME 

 

SABS - ISO 9001:2015 Quality Protection Specialist

With over 35 years industry experience in all industries

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SME Lightning Protection and Earthing has built a strong reputation over more than 35 years in the industry, not only only for a specialist company with the technical skills and extensive industry experience, but also for a company with integrity and the highest quality of installations on projects, valued by industry-leaders in different sectors from electrical consulting engineers, leading mining and petrochemical companies, architects, ITC companies, commercial property managers to residential owners and solar PV developers.

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"We are very proud to be the first SABS certified company in our industry, according to the ISO 9001:2015 International Quality Management System standards, and currently the only company in the LPS industry with this accreditation. This recognition reflects the continuous hard work our team is putting in to evolve our processes and systems to ensure that we are continuously improving our risk management and customer service support to our clients, focusing on safety compliance, and ensuring quality SANS installations which significantly differentiates us from other service providers." Stated Eduard Ferreira - CEO.

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Fast-growing specialist company

The increasing demand for the SME Lightning Protection and Earthing's specialised services has propelled SME to evolve the business even further and faster to expand the operations to support our growing client base across Southern African countries including South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Botswana, Swaziland, Zambia and Kenya.

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Technical expertise

While many competitors claim they comply with the relevant SANS codes of practice, most of them are actually never audited against any QMS system or any installation compliance elements against these SANS codes.

(It simply means they mark their own homework under the false pretense that they strictly follow the relevant SANS)

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SME Lightning Protection and Earthing provides peace of mind and quality assurance to our clients, as part of our commitment to being a quality driven company, our compliance with the ISO 9001:2015 standards and industry code of practice contained in the South African National Standards (SANS), we are annually audited by the SABS in terms of our QMS with procedures and site installations.

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The following key South African National Standards govern our company and industry:

• SANS 10089 Electrical and other installations (Petroleum industry)

• SANS 10313 Protection against lightning – Physical damage to structures and life hazard

• SANS 10199 The design and installation of earth electrodes

• SANS 62305 Protection against lightning (Part 1)

• SANS 62305 Protection against lightning - Risk Management (Part 2)

• SANS 62305 Protection against lightning – Physical damage to structures and life hazard (Part 3)

• SANS 62305 Protection against lightning – Electrical and electronic systems within structures (Part 4)

 

And the Occupational Health and Safety Act No85 of 1993 and Regulations.

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Integrity driven company

SME has a strong culture of shared core values and prescribed business ethics policies and processes, which has guided the business to stay clear of any collusive conduct or irregularities, which is so prominent in the construction and service industry.  

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Safety is our priority 

Not only do we provide quality protection to our clients to protect their people, property and equipment but we adhere to a high standard of safety with our installations, our tools, equipment and vehicles, as well in the way we operate from our operational offices. We have a strong valued reputation in terms of safety on industrial, mining, construction and petrochemical plants.

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Business Driven 

We harness a business driven culture where we promote excellence in the working environment where we encourage forward thinking, pro-activeness, problem-solving attitudes and a hard-working business drive.

We encourage training and development as we are ear-marking the future business leaders.

We have a strong team building culture and have participated and completed various challenges and races as a team.

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Our committed family

We have selected the best candidates to form part of our team and our business.

We embrace their personal and professional development, and encourage them to be the best from a customer service delivery point of view through to the dedication of producing high-quality work which they can be proud of all the time.

It takes a special type of person to excel in our high-pressure, fast-paced environment, and only the best of the best succeed and become true ambassadors for the company building their careers through the growth and success of the company. Then we become a family in the business serving our clients and supporting their projects together.