How can a Lifting Equipment Consultant help?
Australian Standards Lifting Equipment Inspections
From the standard workshop chain hoist to the largest offshore luffing crane, AME deliver reliable inspection services for purchasing, project management, registration and ongoing inspection.
We also offer Major Assessments including Structural and Mechanical Inspections, such as Design Working Period calculations, and NDT inspections, and are experienced in runway surveying, repair and adjustment.
AME has specialist engineers highly skilled in the Inspection, Specification and Evaluation of cranes, as well as the Registration of cranes with the Department of Mines and Petroleum, WorkSafe WA or relevant regulatory bodies.
Engage AME to meet your annual crane inspection requirements.
[ Felipe Couto – AME Inspector Carrying out an inspection on a Hook Block ]
Why Conduct Australian Standard Lifting Equipment Inspections?
Lifting equipment inspections assist to ensure:
- Plant and equipment safety
- Site and personnel safety
- Compliance with Australian Regulations and Standards
- Prevention of loss of productivity with unplanned downtime
- Cost effective savings in simple repairs instead of complicated repairs of equipment replacements
- Root Cause Analysis in case of accidents and failures
Lifting Equipment Inspection Services
AME can carry out the registration of cranes with the Department of Mines and Petroleum, WorkSafe WA or relevant regulatory bodies. Our lifting equipment and crane inspection services most commonly apply to:
Elevated Work Platforms (EWP) Inspection
EWP includes mobile machines that are intended to move people, tools and material. Our annual and 10 year EWP inspection services typically apply for vertical type EWP, scissor lifts and boom lifts.
Bridge & Gantry Crane Inspection
We regularly carry out inspections to manage risks, identify hazards, assess safety and to meet Bridge and Gantry Crane inspection requirements.
Mobile Crane Inspection
AME assist clients in meeting registration and ongoing mobile crane annual inspection requirements. We are equipped to help you achieve best-practice for inspection and management of mobile cranes.
Concrete Pumping Trucks (Tower Cranes) Inspection
From registration to management and setting up Registerable Plant equipment files, statutory and itinerant record books as well as statutory and duty of care registerable plant inspections, AME is your partner for professional asset management.
AME’s Lifting Equipment & Crane Inspection Services
We offer independent 3rd Party Crane Inspections and Mandatory Annual Assessments of lifting of new and existing lifting equipment including but not limited to mobile cranes, overhead cranes, winches, jib cranes and monorails.
Our Crane Inspection Services:
- Fixed plant inspections of monorail, post & jib cranes, bridge, gantry, semi gantry, ASC, ship loaders and more.
- Itinerant plant inspections for mobile cranes, lattice boom crawler, rough terrain cranes, Franna cranes to 25T, forklifts, EWPS, scissor lifts, vehicle loading cranes, post vehicle hoists and more.
To learn more or talk with one of our Inspectors, contact (08) 9466 7444 or fill in the contact form below.
Training Course
AME’s Crane Inspection Awareness Training Course has been created to fill an existing void in Australia for the training of inspectors to meet their training competency requirements for crane inspections.
Lifting Equipment Consulting Services
AME have assisted several clients with the collation of registration documentation and the registration of cranes with the relevant regulatory bodies. We have an excellent rapport with the regulators and ensure crane registrations happen promptly and efficiently.
Why use AME?
- AME staff have an innate understanding of DMP and WorkSafe crane registration requirements assisting to expedite the registration process.
- Our engineers have a background in crane design, verifying, commissioning and sign off.
- Advantages include early identification of issues prior to submission, extensive knowledge of the systems, and regular correspondence between all parties.
We offer independent 3rd party crane inspections and mandatory annual inspections of new and existing lifting equipment including but not limited to mobile cranes, overhead cranes, winches, jib cranes and monorails.
Crane Inspection Services:
- Fixed plant inspections of monorail, post & jib cranes, bridge, gantry, semi gantry, ASC, ship loaders and more.
- Itinerant plant inspections for mobile cranes, lattice boom crawler, rough terrain cranes, Franna cranes to 25T, forklifts, EWPS, scissor lifts, vehicle loading cranes, post vehicle hoists and more.
AME can offer expedient and cost-effective project management for lifting equipment, from initial consultation to ordering, delivery and registration. We also offer services for crane modernisation up to AS2550.1 and AS1418.1 requirements and the building of runway repairs.
- AME can offer you the widest and best choice from what is available through competitive tenders or multiple quotes.
- We can expedite, review, survey and inspect, ensuring you receive exactly what you need from the supplier, the builder and the engineers.
Having the right equipment specified, manufactured, supplied, installed and maintained correctly will always result in a more productive and safer lift.
Our expert engineers can offer purchasing advice on the selection and specification of your lifting equipment to ensure you receive the right tools to suit your application requirements. We can also ensure your crane purchasing is cost effective, providing estimates for costs of overhauls versus new equipment.
AME offer crane familiarisation training with particular reference to appropriate national and local standards. Stay tuned for our Crane Inspector Training course currently in development.