Lift Plans & Risk Assessments in Kent, Surrey, Essex & Sussex

On any commercial construction site in the UK, lifting operations must comply with the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER). This means every lift needs to be properly planned by a competent person, appropriately supervised, and carried out in a safe manner. Our lift plan and risk assessment service ensures your project meets these legal requirements with thorough, professional documentation.

A lift plan covers the full scope of the operation: the load to be lifted (weight, dimensions, centre of gravity), the lifting equipment to be used (crane capacity, radius charts, sling specifications), the site conditions (ground bearing capacity, overhead obstructions, exclusion zones), the personnel involved and their roles, and the sequence of operations from set-up through to load release. It also identifies potential hazards and the control measures in place for each one.

The accompanying risk assessment identifies hazards specific to your site and lift — proximity to power lines, public access areas, adjacent structures, ground conditions, weather limitations, and emergency procedures. Each risk is evaluated and matched with appropriate control measures. Together, the lift plan and risk assessment form a complete compliance package that satisfies site auditors, principal contractors, and HSE inspectors.

This service is particularly valuable for site managers and contractors bringing crane operations into a larger build. Rather than producing the paperwork yourself or hiring a separate consultant, we provide the documentation as part of the job — written by someone who actually carries out the lift and understands the practical realities of working on Kent construction sites, not a consultant working from a drawing.

For straightforward lifting operations we produce the plan and the risk assessment ourselves. Where a lift is complex enough to need a dedicated appointed person, or the paperwork has to cover lifting work we are not carrying out, we bring in a lifting specialist we work with regularly and arrange it for you. Either way, describe the lift and we will tell you which of the two it is before you commit to anything.