A lift machine repair is agreed, and then the access has to be sorted. One contractor quotes for the repair, another for the scaffold and a third is needed for steelwork. Each has its own dates, its own paperwork and its own view of who is responsible for what. The repair itself may take days, while the coordination around it takes longer.
Where the time goes
Delays often come from the gaps between contractors rather than the repair itself: scaffold that is ready after the engineers are, access designed without the weight of the machine in mind, or steelwork that is only identified late. Every extra contractor adds a booking, another set of documents to check and another party to chase.
What to define before work is quoted
- How the machine and its parts will be reached and lifted out.
- Whether temporary steelwork or modifications are needed.
- Who designs, erects and inspects the access.
- How lifting operations will be planned, as the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) expect, and who is responsible for the plan.
- Who holds the risk assessments and method statements (RAMS).
- The sequence and dates, so trades are not waiting on one another.
Ask for the access to be considered with the repair
When the machine repair, steelwork and access are considered together at the enquiry stage, plans, dates and responsibilities can be agreed once, and the access is shaped around the work from the start.
Request a quote from EES Vertical Transportation
Trade enquiries only
EES Vertical Transportation supports lift service providers on a trade-only basis. Its services include lift machine repair, steelwork modifications and access and scaffold integration, so all of these can be raised in a single enquiry. If you have a repair that needs access planned around it, describe the whole job in your first message. See the range of EES Vertical Transportation services, call 0161 655 4421 or request a quote.
EES Vertical Transportation is part of EES Group Holdings. Trade enquiries only.