The service initially involves the compilation of an equipment register or asset database that covers all equipment to be inspected. Once collected, this information is stored on a Morris database.
With the register in place, which then forms the working base from which all future inspections are carried out, the condition of each item of lifting or below-the-hook equipment listed is entered on to a palm-top computer. This current reported information is then up-loaded to the equipment register database.
During an AIMS inspection visit every single item of lifting equipment is colour coded for the relevant inspection period, thereby making it immediately identifiable to personnel that it is safe to use. Should any item be located displaying a colour other than that of the current inspection period it should be removed from use until inspected again.
AIMS can identify items that require repair or which cannot be found, and those that should be taken out of service following the inspection visit. It can also print out Certificates Of Thorough Examination for compliance with the UK LOLER crane use regulations.
“Perhaps the single biggest benefit that AIMS delivers is the speed with which information can be relayed through to a client following an inspection visit,” said maintenance services operations director Pat Campbell. “Under normal circumstances, we aim to forward full and comprehensive inspection results typically within five working days of any visit to our clients’ premises nationally.”
