Lorry Loader Plans Rewritten for HS2
A tyre-fitting specialist needed its lift plans brought up to the standard the tier 1 joint venture reviews against. Both plans are now accepted and in use on HS2 sites.
Plans that would stand up to a tier 1 review
The client services the tyres on earthmoving plant across HS2 sites. Tyres up to 600 kg are removed, handled and refitted using two vehicle-mounted cranes: a knuckle-boom loader crane with a hydraulic tyre handler on a 32 t rigid, and a smaller loader crane on a 3.5 t service van.
Their existing lift plans needed rewriting to the standard the joint venture running the works reviews against before the work could carry on. We rewrote both plans from the ground up and acted as Appointed Person.
What we put in them
A tier 1 reviewer checks a lorry loader plan against the right standard, the manufacturer's data and their own site rules. We wrote to all three.
One plan per vehicle and crane, restricted to that machine and configuration, so nobody can borrow a plan for a crane it was not written for
BS 7121-4 (lorry loaders) as the governing standard, with ALLMI’s code of practice and lift planning method
The joint venture’s own vehicle immobilisation and release standard and its approved cards guidance, written into the safe system of work
A generic plan for a repetitive lift with a purpose-built attachment, as BS 7121-4 allows, stepping up to an Intermediate lift and back to the Appointed Person when the pre-lift check finds an overhead line, an excavation, a slope or any other proximity hazard
Duties read from the manufacturers’ published duty charts for each crane
Ground bearing under the stabiliser mats checked by the ALLMI method
Elevation and plan drawings to scale, the manufacturers’ data, COSHH, a risk assessment, pre-lift verification hold points and a briefing sheet
A six-month review date, or sooner on any change of machine, attachment, load or method
Two cranes, two governing lifts
Truck-mounted crane
HMF 3000 K5 knuckle-boom on a 32 t 8×4 rigid, with a hydraulic tyre handler. Governing lift: a tyre up to 600 kg plus the handler, 1,390 kg in all, at 12.0 m radius: 81.8% of the published duty against a 90% ceiling. Ground bearing 179 kPa against 200 kPa allowable on 1.0 m mats.
Van-mounted crane
Hyva HA 22 E3 on a 3.5 t service van, lifting tyres with a bead hook. Governing lift: a tyre up to 545 kg at 2.31 m radius on the first hydraulic extension: 73.5% of the published duty against a 90% ceiling.
Written to be reviewed
Each plan carries our 19-point assurance map and sets out the hold points the lift team must close on the day, before the first lift.
Accepted and in use on HS2
Both plans were accepted by the joint venture and are in use on HS2 sites. Because each one is generic for its vehicle but tells the lift team exactly when to stop and call the Appointed Person, the client can work across sites without a new plan for every visit.
We write lorry loader lift plans to BS 7121-4 and ALLMI for HIAB, loader crane and van-mounted crane operators, and review lift plans for principal contractors. There is more on how we work in our software and drawings.
The client and the joint venture are not named. Figures are taken from the issued lift plans. The drawing shown is one of our public examples, not this job.
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