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Lifting Equipment Compliance
Accessories that cannot be found, examination reports with gaps in them and lifting operations that have changed since the last review all leave a managed site exposed. Tell us when the gap came to light and what has changed in use, operation or layout. That background lets us separate a new fault from an existing limitation or a change already planned.
Overview
An estate instruction should list every affected site. A symptom that recurs across the portfolio may have a different cause at each installation, so preserve each site's history and restrictions separately.
Our full service catalogue, including every individual service, is available across every listed sector and location. For one site or several, we agree the scope, access and programme around the buildings concerned.
What the work can include
The work can involve reconciling the register against what is on site, checking each item's maintenance and examination status, arranging suitable specialist input, and tracking defects and restrictions on use. The scope is written down first, naming the equipment included, the exclusions and the completion record.
All findings carry the asset identifiers or location codes from your register, so they serve budget planning, repeat visits and the next examination without re-keying.
Important decisions
Servicing lifting equipment and thoroughly examining it are separate tasks. A site may need both, and the examiner needs the right competence and enough independence from the maintenance.
Before we visit
We ask for asset identifiers, usage, examination reports, maintenance history and the lifting accessories within the work.
Confirm the site contact, the technical scope approver and the owner of the action list. Raise permit, shutdown and contractor coordination needs before attendance is booked.
How the work proceeds
We match the paperwork to the physical equipment, chase down whatever is missing and set out the actions required for continued safe use.
For multi-site programmes, the order of visits and the escalation route for material findings are fixed beforehand. Sites with open actions are shown as partially complete rather than closed.
What affects cost and timing
Scope grows with the breadth of equipment, the number of accessories, awkward access and the defects already on the list. From your enquiry and records we can tell what is priceable at once and what needs a visit first.
Compatible tasks can be grouped into one programme, but access windows and operational dependencies still need checking for each building. How additional findings are reported and priced is agreed before the programme starts.
Applications across sectors
Industrial sites and laboratories bring their own process equipment and substances into the picture. Managing agents need clarity on where landlord duties end and occupier duties begin; education and care premises need coordination around vulnerable users. Controls have to reflect the premises in front of you. Browse the sectors we serve and tell us how the building is used.
Locations covered
Whether the equipment is in Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Sunderland, Durham, Darlington or Middlesbrough, it falls within our coverage of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Tees Valley and the wider towns and communities in our location directory. For several addresses, send the site list and a contact for each.
Frequently asked questions
Are lifting accessories included automatically?
No. Accessories have to be named individually in the register and the instruction; folded into a general description of the machinery, they tend to be missed.
What information should I send about lifting equipment compliance?
Asset identifiers, usage details, examination reports, maintenance history and the accessories to be included. Add the site and the decision in play: investigating a fault, planning a repair or setting up a programme.
What affects the price and programme?
The breadth of equipment, how many accessories there are, how easy access is and what defects are already open decide the scope. Further work is scoped separately before being authorised.
What should the completion information explain?
A useful completion record names each item examined, says what was done and checked, is honest about limitations and lists what remains open, all against your own site and asset references so the next visit starts from it.
Useful guidance and records
See our guide on what remedial action tracking is for the decisions and records behind the work. That tracking guide also shows how a defect is carried to evidenced closure. For wider technical and management context, see the official guidance.
Related work and your next step
For related work see Asbestos Management; the Compliance and Specialist Risk overview sets out the wider group. Ongoing work sits with maintenance, larger changes with projects, and the full list is on the services page.
Pass Black & White Facilities your asset or site list, any findings and the operational constraints, and the work will be scoped with responsibilities and reporting made explicit. Make an enquiry.
Discuss the scope
Tell us what needs attention.
Share the site, the issue and any access requirements so we can discuss the next step.