LOLER compliant lift plans from a qualified Appointed Person with 35 years construction industry experience. Tower crane contracts, steel erection planning, mobile crane and excavator lift plans.
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From an RMT lift plan drawing set
JCB 140X lifting elevation — machine, load and lifting geometry to scale.
What site teams say
“Since engaging Ricky Marsh within the NW Region of Caddick Construction Limited, governance of Lifting Operations (both Crane & Non-Crane) has improved massively and certainly ensures full compliance with both LOLER 1998 & BS 7121.”
“Everything is always completed in a timely manner, and they've often been able to help me out at short notice when I've had last-minute requests — which has been a huge help on more than one occasion.”
“The documentation is thorough, clearly structured, and has held up well under LOLER scrutiny from both our client and insurers.”
Based in Warrington at the junction of the M62 and M6, we attend construction sites across Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire the same day — and travel UK-wide for tower crane contracts and steel erection projects.
NOMA, Mayfield, MediaCityUK and the city-centre tower pipeline. Tower crane contracts, mobile crane lifts and steel erection.
Manchester lift planningLiverpool Waters, Knowledge Quarter and the Baltic Triangle. Mobile crane plans, lift plan checking and tower crane AP cover.
Liverpool lift planningSalford, Stockport, Trafford, Wirral, Bolton, Wigan, Widnes, Runcorn, Chester — same-day attendance across the M62 corridor.
View all UK locationsAlso serving Leeds , Birmingham , London , Bristol, Glasgow and Edinburgh — UK-wide coverage for tower crane contracts and complex lifting operations.
Professional lift planning services from a CPCS Appointed Person. Lift plans for excavators, telehandlers, lorry loaders, mobile cranes, tower cranes, and steel erection across the UK.
LOLER compliant lift plans for all equipment. Excavator lift plans, telehandler lift plans, lorry loader lift plans, and mobile crane lift plans with fast turnaround.
Ongoing Appointed Person contracts for tower crane compliance. 8-weekly audits, documentation management, and on-call support throughout your project.
Complete lift planning for structural steel erection. Fabrication drawing reviews, erection sequences, crane selection, and tandem lift coordination.
Independent Appointed Person review of lift plans submitted by subcontractors. Ensure all lifting operations on your site are LOLER compliant before work begins.
Learn more about our checking serviceIndependent assessment of your lifting operations, procedures, and compliance. Evaluate your systems against LOLER, BS 7121, and industry best practice.
Learn more about our audit serviceSee our drawing examples
Explore RMT lift plan drawings for steel erection, excavator lifting, transformer installation and telehandler operations. See how the proposed lifting arrangement, working area and rigging are presented.
See the lifting arrangement, structural cross-section and rafter rigging in an example steel erection drawing set.
View drawing examplesExplore a JCB 140X lifting example with an elevation, exclusion-zone plan and rigging detail.
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View the Fassi F905R.2 transformer installation example, including positioning, rigging and lifting-point details.
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See JCB 540-140 drawings for trailer unloading, material handling, scaffold loading bays and wide loads.
View drawing examplesEvery lift plan follows a structured process built around LOLER 1998 and BS 7121 — so the operation is signed off right, first time.
You tell us the load, the equipment, the site and the timescale. We confirm what level of planning the operation needs — from a generic schedule to a fully detailed written plan.
We work through load weights, centres of gravity, ground bearing conditions, and radius and capacity against the manufacturer's load charts, plus overhead and site-specific hazards.
You receive a complete, LOLER-compliant written lift plan: method statement, risk assessment, rigging arrangement, exclusion zones and a clear sequence of operations.
Every plan is checked against BS 7121 and LOLER by a CPCS Appointed Person and issued ready for sign-off — so it's accepted on site without delay.
Proper lift planning is a legal requirement under LOLER 1998. Here is what stands behind every RMT plan.
RMT Solutions is run by Ricky Marsh, with 35 years in UK construction. When you ring, you speak to the Appointed Person who signs off your plan.
About Ricky
Lift plan reviews for every lifting activity on a 45-unit industrial scheme, with a drone survey of the site.
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Appointed Person duties and independent lift plan reviews for Caddick on 116 homes at the former Horwich Loco Works.
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Site verification of a mobile crane installing steel balconies on a constrained urban site, with the public segregated.
Read case study →A LOLER compliant lift plan is a documented safe system of work for carrying out a lifting operation, as required by the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998. It includes risk assessment, method statement, load calculations, equipment selection, and site layout drawings.
Under LOLER and BS 7121, an Appointed Person should plan lifts where there is risk of equipment or load striking a person, specialist knowledge is needed, mobile cranes are used, tandem lifts are required, or lifts occur near power lines.
Standard lift plans for excavators and telehandlers can be delivered within 24-48 hours. Mobile crane lift plans requiring site visits may take 3-5 working days.
Excavator and telehandler lift plans start at £200 + VAT. Lorry loader and HIAB plans start at £250 + VAT. Mobile crane, tandem and complex lifts are quoted individually on a fixed-price basis, so there are no hourly surprises. We publish our prices, which most providers in this market do not.
Yes. Under a CPA crane hire agreement the crane company supplies the crane and operator only — planning the lifting operation, including appointing a competent Appointed Person, remains your responsibility as the hirer. Under a contract lift the crane company takes that duty on instead. If you are hiring on CPA terms and have no A61 holder available, an external Appointed Person covers the gap.
Often, yes. Standard plans are turned around in 24-48 hours as a matter of course, and same-day work is accommodated where the information is available and the lift is not exceptionally complex. Call 07803 808093 rather than emailing if the lift is imminent.
Yes. Independent lift plan checking is a service in its own right — a CPCS A61 Appointed Person reviews the plan against LOLER 1998 and BS 7121, confirms the lift category, and returns written findings you can paste straight into your response to the reviewer. This is commonly used by principal contractors reviewing subcontractor submissions.
Yes — plans are produced remotely and delivered UK-wide, from Cornwall to the Scottish central belt. Site visits are same-day within about 90 minutes of Warrington, which covers Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and the wider North West. Further afield, visits are scheduled around your critical lifts rather than offered same-day.
Contact us today for a quote. LOLER compliant lift plans from a CPCS Appointed Person with 35 years experience.
Or email ricky@rmtsolutions.co.uk
Based in Warrington, Cheshire • Serving contractors across the UK