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LOLER Thorough Examinations
A due examination, installation work or exceptional circumstances may require a LOLER thorough examination. Define the equipment and relevant history before arranging the visit, keeping the examination instruction separate from maintenance and ensuring the resulting defects, restrictions and next due date can be followed through.
Overview
Keep the examination history and restrictions for each installation within its own site record. Similar concerns across an estate do not establish the same cause on every item of equipment.
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
Confirm which equipment is being examined and on what basis. Arrange access to the required parts and report the findings together with the next examination date. Agree the included assets, exclusions and completion documentation before work starts.
Retain the identifiers already used in the asset register or location records. Examination findings then remain usable for budget decisions, future checks and any repeat instruction.
Important decisions
Keep examination sufficiently impartial and independent. Combining its instruction with maintenance must not leave either activity without the appropriate separate scrutiny.
Before we visit
Send the asset list and earlier examination reports, the examination scheme where applicable, and a record of repairs or major alterations.
Establish who arranges local access, approves technical decisions and receives the action list. Confirm permits, shutdowns and contractor coordination before the examination visit is booked.
How the work proceeds
Agree preparation and the competent person’s remit, release the equipment for examination and address the defects and restrictions reported.
Set the site sequence and the escalation route for significant findings. Keep incomplete work and outstanding actions visible rather than closing a property while parts of the instruction remain open.
What affects cost and timing
The requirement depends on equipment complexity, the examination approach, preparation and the access available. Review the enquiry and records to distinguish work that can be quoted from items needing assessment on site.
Combine compatible programme tasks only after checking each building’s access windows and operational dependencies. Agree how newly identified work will be reported and priced.
Applications across sectors
Examination planning must reflect intended equipment use. Care and residential occupants may depend on lifts, warehouses need suitable goods and loading arrangements, and public premises need protected walking routes during works. Explain actual building use and consult the sector range.
Locations covered
The area covered includes County Durham, Tees Valley, Tyne and Wear and Northumberland, with Durham, Darlington, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne among the locations served. See the location directory for further communities and send all site addresses with local access contacts.
Frequently asked questions
Does every thorough examination need a load test?
No. The competent person selects the examination and tests needed; a routine load test is not an automatic requirement for each asset.
What information should I send about loler thorough examinations?
Provide the equipment schedule, earlier findings and any examination scheme, noting repairs or major changes. State the location and whether the instruction supports investigation, repair planning or an examination programme.
What affects the price and programme?
Equipment complexity, preparation, the method of examination and available access influence the requirement. Any further investigation or additional work needs a defined scope before it is approved.
What should the completion information explain?
Identify the equipment or areas covered, the work and checks performed, and any limitations. Keep unresolved actions under existing site and asset references so later maintenance and inspection can follow the findings.
Useful guidance and records
Read what statutory inspections does a commercial building require for the supporting inspection and record decisions. Use Remedial-action tracking to keep an evidence trail from defect to closure, and official guidance for further technical and management background.
Related work and your next step
Review Dock Levellers and Loading Bays and the Lifts and Lifting Equipment overview when considering associated equipment. Explore maintenance for ongoing arrangements, projects for coordinated changes and the complete services directory for other requirements.
Send Black & White Facilities the equipment or premises schedule, earlier findings and operating limits. Define examination scope, reporting and responsibilities together. 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.