Standard single-crane lifts
Routine picks with one mobile crane — precast units, plant, modules and steelwork. Load chart verified for the exact configuration on the day.
Lift Planning Services
Mobile Crane Lift Plans
CPCS Appointed Person mobile crane lift plans for all duty types — single picks, tandem lifts and contract-lift support. Every plan is built on a verified load chart and written to LOLER 1998 and BS 7121, with a site visit included where the operation needs it.
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What goes into a mobile crane lift plan
A mobile crane lift plan is not a generic template with the site name changed. Every plan we produce is specific to the load, the machine and the ground it stands on, and includes everything an HSE inspector or principal contractor expects to see in a LOLER-compliant lifting documentation pack. Not sure which machine suits your lift? See mobile crane vs tower crane, or read what a lift plan is for the fundamentals.
- Configuration-specific load chart verification with documented capacity margin
- Ground bearing pressure calculations against site investigation data
- Outrigger and crane mat / spreader requirements
- Rigging design — slings, shackles and lifting beams with capacities at the working angle
- Exclusion zones drawn around the swept volume of the load, not just the crane base
- Set-up position, access route and travel path assessment
- Method statement and lift supervisor briefing pack
- Proximity hazard assessment — overhead lines, structures, public and live highways
Verified against the load chart — every time
The most common reason a crane lift plan fails an independent review is that the capacity has not been checked against the actual configuration. A 50t crane on full outriggers at 12m radius does not lift 50t — it lifts whatever the manufacturer's load chart says for that exact set-up. We show that calculation on every plan. If you want a second pair of eyes on a plan you have already received, that is our lift plan checking service.
Request a QuoteMobile crane lifts we plan
From a single routine pick to a tandem lift on a constrained urban frontage.
Tandem and multi-crane lifts
Two or more cranes sharing a load. We calculate the share on each crane through the lift, account for dynamic effects and define the supervision and signalling arrangements.
Contract lift support
Where a crane hire company provides a contract lift, we can act as your independent eyes — reviewing their plan against LOLER and BS 7121 before you accept it on your site.
Constrained and public-facing sites
Urban frontages, live highways and occupied buildings alongside the lift. Exclusion zones, public segregation and traffic management planned to keep the operation inside the site.
Our mobile crane lift plan process
A clear route from enquiry to a plan your site team can work to.
01
Enquiry
Tell us the load, the site and the crane if it is already chosen.
02
Quote
Fixed-price quote within 24 hours, with the site-visit scope agreed up front.
03
Survey & plan
Site visit where needed, then full plan worked up with verified calculations.
04
Delivery
LOLER and BS 7121 compliant lift plan, ready for your file and site team.
Mobile crane in practice
See a mobile crane lift we verified on site
Our Chorlton Baths balcony lift case study shows what a mobile crane operation looks like when it is planned and checked properly — steel balcony units lifted into place on a constrained urban frontage in Manchester, with a live highway alongside and the public segregated from the lift.
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Learn morePlanning a mobile crane lift?
Get a fixed-price quote from a CPCS Appointed Person. We cover mobile crane lifts across the UK, with same-day site attendance practical across the North West — including Manchester. Need plain lift plan writing for other plant? See our lift plan writing service.
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