Due to the inherent high risk that comes with working and/or lifting at height, equipment and machinery associated with these types of activities are strictly regulated.
Elevating Work Platforms (EWPs) are considered a high-risk plant item and are required by law to be plant design registered.
Mobile Crane and EWPs must undergo periodic inspections throughout their service life. They must also undergo major inspection/s after reaching the end of their design life (typically 5 or 10 years, depending on the age and history of the plant, but can be deferred if a life extension is deemed applicable).
Lifting equipment must be design verified and certified prior to commissioning.
RK Findlay offer professional engineering support for the Crane, EWP and Lifting industries. This is a broad area of work with services ranging through: Plant Design Registration and testing, Design and certification of structural repairs, Professional Engineer oversight of Major Inspection Scope, Service life extension assessment and certification.
- Plant design verification & plant design registration of Scissor & Boom type Elevating Work Platforms (EWP) in accordance with AS1418.10
- Compliance to AS1418.10 including:
- Stability assessment
- Structural assessment
- Weight distribution
- Support on outriggers and/or tyres
- Non-insulated or insulated
- Professional Engineer review of Major Inspection Scope
- Design and Certification of Repair Procedures
- Service Life Extension
- Lifting frames & devices – design, design verification and certification in accordance with AS4991
- Prepare test plan and conduct physical testing of lifting devices in accordance with AS4991