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Lifting plans for suspended loads

  • Lifting plans for suspended loads

    Posted by Dave Rogan on 20 May 2024 at 3:00 pm

    Hi team,

    How many of you are requesting lifting plans to be completed for suspended loads

    Regards Dave

    Peter Wilson replied 8 months, 3 weeks ago 6 Members · 6 Replies
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  • Peter Wilson

    Member
    20 May 2024 at 3:05 pm

    Hi Dave, Connetics requires a lifting plan be completed for all lifts when using a crane or excavator.

  • Stephen Small

    Member
    20 May 2024 at 3:46 pm

    We require a lift plan when we are not undertaking regular repetitive lifts. We use a modified version of the Crane Association NZ Lift Plan for this.

    Regular and/or repetitive lifts (e.g. lifting poles onto/off a Hiab, placing and removing poles, lifting standard Tx and Ground-mounted equipment) are covered by a SWMS, with any site-specific hazards covered during the tailgate.

    Stephen.

  • Andy Rogerson

    Member
    21 May 2024 at 7:52 am

    Yes we do require lift plans to be completed.

    If I can ask a follow up question… How do you validate/ verify the lifting plan? Do you rely on the lifting contractor? i.e. do you as the asset owner/principle of work have an obligation to understand the content of the lift plan created by the contractor doing the lift?

  • Christopher John Davies

    Member
    21 May 2024 at 11:45 am

    We have lift plans for HIABs , crane truck. Variable compliance. We don’t use mini diggers for lifting but would require a certified lifting point and lift plan for excavators being used for lifting. Any outside contractors used for crane lifts are required to have lift plans. I have seen some of these and was not impressed, especially for complex lifts. There is widespread lack of knowledge about temp works management, lift plans, excavations, scaffolds etc. do require engineered solutions in many cases but do not get them.

  • Graeme Johnson

    Member
    21 May 2024 at 1:44 pm

    We follow a similar pattern to that highlighted by Mr Small

  • Stephen Small

    Member
    21 May 2024 at 4:32 pm

    What level of proportion do you all go to – for instance we use our excavators or Hiabs to lift plate compactors on/off vehicles (as it eliminates the manual handling risk); would you expect

    1. a lift plan at all?

    2. a standard lift plan template covering 99% of occurrences?

    3. an individual site-specific lift plan?

    Not withstanding this, I agree with Chris Davies that even the crane industry seem to be lagging in this space when a single lift is involved.

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