The lift planner is not as knowledgeable. The lift planner should seek help from companies or individuals that are experts in the various fields or disciplines that In these situations, the worst thing that the lift planner can do is make assumptions and guess just to complete the lift plan. But, they may not be as familiar with such things as calculating ground bearing pressures, determining presumptive bearing capacities and developing foundation systems that will support the load handling activity. He or she should be well versed with the load handling equipment that they’re using, the principles of rigging that they will employ and the methods of load handling that they will use to move the load. The lift planner does not have to be the be-all, end-all to lift planning. One of the most important things that a lift planner can recognize is his or her own limitations.
If lift planners are not detail-oriented, provide inaccurate information and make assumptions during the planning process, a poor lift plan will be developed soon to be followed by a poorly executed lift. The adage regarding computers rings true to lift planning, “Garbage in, garbage out.” Regardless of the technology you choose to document your lift plans, the people putting the lift plans together make the difference. Various crane manufacturers even make planning software available to companies that purchase their machines. They range from paper forms through elaborate macro Excel spreadsheets up to CAD drawings and web-based planning software. I have seen plans scribbled on napkins – not ideal – and plans presented in multi-page layouts with CAD drawings, 3D renderings, tabulated data, cut-sheets of the rigging equipment to be used and detailed sequences laid out step-by-step.Ĭurrently, there are numerous forms of technology available to lift planners to convey the lift plan to management and to the people executing the lift.
Lift plans come together in a variety of ways. If you have a question for Joe, please submit to. Joseph Kuzar, assistant technical director, ITI Field Services, is a member of the ASME P30.1 Planning for Load Handling Activities committee, the NCCCO Lift Director Committee, and a 3D Lift Plan Expert Lift Planner.
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